From the monthly archives:

October 2007

What I remember

October 31, 2007

My grandfather was a strong man. He wasn’t perfect. He loved his family in his own quiet and sometimes not so quiet way. He never told me often that he loved me. Yet, I didn’t need him to tell me. I knew that he did. My grandfather married my grandmother even though she had five [...]

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Today

October 30, 2007

I am taking the kids to the village doctor to get them all checked out after this round with a nasty bug. Yesterday, I made the appointment in between loads of laundry. The doctor’s office is on the second floor of a house with apartments on the entry floor. There is an elevator to go [...]

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Birthday cake

October 28, 2007

We celebrated Sweet Bear’s birthday Friday night. The fruit toppings made her cake colorful. It was as good as it was beautiful. My kids have been taking turns being sick for a week. I am sick as well. Sleep is not going well and I am exhausted. Last Saturday, we had to take Sweet Bear [...]

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Ultimate brownie recipe (recette)

October 26, 2007

Melting the butter and chocolate on low heat. The apartment smelled like a big slice of chocolate heaven. Sweet Bear was the official mixer of all the ingredients. She had fun drizzling the chocolate over the flour making pictures. The finished product. I will sprinkle powdered sugar over them at the school when I am [...]

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Birthday weekend

October 25, 2007

Sweet Bear is five today! I will be busy baking homemade brownies tonight for her birthday party at school tomorrow. I pray they come out because it is the first time I have ever baked brownies that were not from a box. The weekend will be full of birthday bliss. I will be blogging lightly [...]

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Learning to knit online

October 25, 2007

I have always wanted to learn to knit. It seemed too hard and I always put it off saying I’ll get to it later. Well, later is here. I have since torn out all of this work because it wasn’t like I wanted it. It is all about practice, practice, practice. This was my third [...]

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Chatty

October 24, 2007

I did a one word meme, yesterday. I forgot to add into the post that I changed the meme from one word answers to more of a questionnaire. Luckily, Patdem picked that part up when he did his. Go read it here. I was feeling too chatty for one word to each question. Instead, I [...]

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Meme: Questionnaire

October 23, 2007

I found this one word meme on Ms. Mac’s blog. I decided to go ahead and steal it. So, here we go. It might be fun. Edit: I forgot to add in the post before I posted it that I change the meme. I had more fun answering the questions like it was an interview. [...]

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Google thinks I am sexy

October 22, 2007

Someone searched for my french sex blog on Google. Guess who came first? Yelp, it was Pumpkin Pie your favorite French sex goddess. Actually, I have been meaning to tell you all about my secret sex blog…

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My children

October 22, 2007

I have made the decision to remove all photos of my children where they are recognizable from this blog. In my flickr account I have went through over two years of photos making all pics of my kids visible to family only. I got too comfortable online not unlike many parents out there. Since I [...]

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Closet stylist

October 22, 2007

I cut the families hair yesterday including my own. We don’t have money to spend on a stylist. Stylists are expensive. Vilay and Boy Blue are easy. I pull out the clippers and buzz, buzz, buzz. Afterwards, I clean it all up with the scissors. Clippers are a one time expense. Ours were bought in [...]

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All a bunch of clowns

October 21, 2007

We were in La Chaux-de-fonds this Saturday. On our walk from the train station to the Carrefour we passed these signs. A poster of Christoph Blocher, current Swiss Minister of Justice, and member of UDC party (Swiss People’s Party). Someone has spray painted a red clown nose and Hitler black mustache with a swastika by [...]

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Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser magically…works

October 19, 2007

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is a must have with kids. When we bought the magic eraser it was out of desperation. We decided it wasn’t expensive. So, it was worth a shot. I have bought things in the past that were supposed to magically clean away kids art creations on walls and furniture. None of [...]

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Mama’s belly

October 18, 2007

Sweet Bear asked me about when she was in my belly. Children adore to hear about when they were inside their mother’s belly and their birth. During our conversation she told me with conviction, “Everyone was in your belly.” I smiled and said, “Not everyone…Only Angel, you, Petite Clown and Boy Blue were in my [...]

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quiet

October 17, 2007

I feel quiet today. It has been beautiful out for the last few days. However, I haven’t been able to get out to enjoy it. My kids have been taking turns being sick and passing germs around. So, when I want to go outside I am faced with one kid or another that wants to [...]

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