November 2007
The Archives
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11.09.07Winter WonderlandRubbing the sleep from my eyes I stretched to see what the kids were so excited about. Their shrills of happiness pushed me right out of sleep and into the day. Looking up I saw snow not falling but blowing from the sky. It was coming down hard and reminded me of a rain storm. As I am typing this it is still coming down hard but the flakes are visible and criss-crossing each other like in a winter wonderland. It is beautiful. Vilay and I have been waiting for our first snow in Switzerland. We ...
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11.08.07Snow markersSnow markers have been up all over our village since Monday. I was told that last year there wasn't much snow here in the Jura. However, the year before the snow level was up to the orange! That's a lot of snow. We have already bought snow pants and a coat that is wind and water proof for my five year old daughter. At school, the kids go out and play in the snow at recess. Her school yard is more a yard with park equipment than a school yard typically found in the States. I think my ...
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11.08.07Perils of the French RI was explaining to a woman that has a child in Sweet Bear's school which I had promised to give the Ultimate Brownie recipe to that I hadn't forgotten to do it. It was taking me a couple days because I had to translate it from English into French. I didn't mention all the other little life chores that have kept me busy the last few days. For example: laundry day, cable guys working in and out of our apartment for an entire day rewiring, knitting...knitting...knitting my mother's scarf as fast as possible because she ...
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11.07.07Parent Meeting at schoolLast night I sat through my first parents meeting in Switzerland with my five year old daughter's two wonderful teachers. I am totally impressed with her school. All the parents sat together in a circle as the teachers explained what the children were doing in school. Each parent was given a book with their child's work inside. The children have been learning about the five senses. I was tickled pink when I saw Sweet Bear had written her own name on the back of some of the pages. One of her teachers (she has two) explained that she uses ...
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11.06.07Snow and mistI woke up and went to the bedroom window to open the shutters. I stood for a moment watching a women walking her dog in the rain. A half hour later my mother called me as I was sitting down at the kitchen table with my coffee. Talking with her I glanced out the window to see snow flurries slowly dancing down from the sky. I was happy to see that the rain had changed to snow. The girls and I ran opening all the blinds wide so that we could watch the snow fall. The snow drifted lazily across ...
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11.05.07Language learning with MamaBack in August I made a post about my bilingual children and language learning. I wanted to make the follow up post sooner but kept putting it off due to lack of time due to laziness. Now, I am making myself sit down and do it. While in college, during one of my social psychology courses, I learned that a mother naturally talks to her children in a sing song high pitched voice. A mother is more likely to repeat words and sentences over and over than a father is. I assumed that is where the term 'mother ...
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11.04.07Seven random things memeMight I add...? tagged me to do the Seven Random Things Meme. You can read here Seven Random Things Meme by clicking here. I am not sure I can think of seven things about myself that I haven't written about before. I'll give it a shot. I don't know much about my heritage and would like to know more. All that I do know is that my father's grandmother was English and my mother's great-grandmother was Cherokee. I am pretty sure that my mother is a descendant of English immigrants to America due to her ...
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11.03.07Berne (Bern), Switzerland photosWe took the train to Bern on Thursday. We felt the need to get out of the village. Since it was a holiday in the Jura, Vilay didn't work. The weather was warmer than it had been all week which didn't help our restless mood. The tram in Bern. The Swiss Alps are all the way in the back. I could see them clearly but the camera doesn't capture distance very well. These chandeliers were for sell at a little shop. My camera didn't capture the depth of color in the trees and the reflection in the water below. ...
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11.02.07Cat womanSince about three days ago I have had this overwhelming need to go out and snatch myself a cat. We had a cat who was this huge tan and grey tiger. She has been living with my brother since Sweet Bear was born. After the birth of Sweet Bear, our cat began peeing on the carpet. I read online that it was normal territorial behavior due to jealousy of the new baby. However, I couldn't keep her since we were renting and no matter what online remedy I tried she wouldn't stop. It was best in the end ...
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