Posts from ‘April, 2008’

Sissi asked me:
My question is:how did you meet your husband ?
Would you like to go back to the US ? ( to live there not to vacation)
How did you meet your husband?
Drumroll…
I met my husband online.
At the time it was very embarrassing to tell anyone. I even made fun of others for meeting [...]

Vilay and I are at a point where in three months our life will change.
Again.
It may be a little change.
It may be a big change.
It all depends on how we play our cards.
With a little luck and a whole lotta work, we should be living in another village or city by the end of summer.
However, [...]

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Each week, I tell my husband to make sure he empties out his pants pockets.
He responds that he always checks that his pockets are emptied. When I double check his pockets, there is still a random paper, money, or an occasional pen left inside.
I feel he is responsible for emptying out his own pockets [...]

It was a warm day in the mountains, but not warm enough. So, we took the train to Neuchâtel where we knew it would be more to our liking.
It always surprises me how much warmer it is once we get out of the mountains.
In Neuchâtel, there were leaves on the trees! LEAVES! [...]

Our mountains are blooming with Spring.
We are taking nightly walks as we did before the snow. The children run in the fields along the road and search for hidden treasures in nature while Vilay and I talk about how much we love it here.
Here are some of my favorite photos I took:
The train as [...]

I found a gallery of photos of several glamorous stars shown with and without makeup. Some of the images are scary because the contrast between makeup vs. no makeup is HUGE.
It really makes you think about what is beauty and what is not.
After seeing these stars without makeup, I had to ask myself why [...]

It is the only explanation for her behavior.
Yesterday, I did my laundry like always. I went down to switch loads out and noticed one of my son’s shirts that had been hanging to dry was laying on the floor. I didn’t think much of it and hung it back up to dry.
The next [...]

I have just realized that each time I feel isolated here in the Jura it is because of something going on with my neighbors.
In the States, I would have simply thought I have bad neighbors. However, since I am an expat in a new country it is too easy to in a sense blame [...]

Last month, I asked readers to ask me any question they wanted. Two of you did. Questions listed in order received.
Question number one
Debbie asked me:
Hi there! just a few random questions for you:
- favorite book
- favorite movie
- food you miss the most from the US!!
Answers:
I can’t really pick a favorite book or movie [...]