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A little Homesick

September 7, 2008

Some photos of when we were in the States two summers ago. My son was so little and this photo is too cute! For you Mom! My mother’s dog jumped up on my lap and my son giggled like mad as he caught her wagging tail. I don’t know how many times my family has [...]

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Bonnie Blue bonnet

July 2, 2008

Living out of the States, I take every opportunity I can to teach my children about their American heritage. So, this past May when I came across Grandma’s Girl on Etsy I couldn’t pass up buying my two youngest girls bonnets. The bonnets arrived and as the girls were trying them on ironically an advertisement [...]

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Chicken pox

June 18, 2008

When I stretched my arms this morning and then rubbed my eyes open, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Sun! Today, for the first time in days, we have sun. Many of the children in my five year old daughter’s classroom have chicken pox which is kinda a downer to the sunny weather. The [...]

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Question = Answer

April 30, 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 [...]

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Answers

April 21, 2008

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 [...]

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Socializing in Switzerland

April 19, 2008

I have done some research online about socializing in Switzerland since my last post describing how I continuously stick my foot in my mouth while socializing in our village. My biggest mistake: Here in Switzerland you do not talk about personal subjects where as in the States we are fairly open with people. Once or [...]

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Unscrew America

February 27, 2008

Unscrew America is a really cool and informative website full of information about switching out your old light bulbs for new energy efficient ones. This website is a lot fun. It does use pop up windows so you will need to eventually allow the pop ups or not. Enjoy! More information on another website about [...]

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Adjustment period

February 7, 2008

My new slippers I found for 5 Swiss francs! I have found that I, personally, have an adjustment period as an expat. It took about 10 months for me to start feeling at home in France and it has taken me about 8 months to adjust to life in Switzerland. Switzerland has slowly become my [...]

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Language learning with Mama

November 5, 2007

Back 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 [...]

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Chris Jordan photography

September 19, 2007

Last night I watched an Arte program, États-Unis, la richesse à crédit. The subtitle “Le pays le plus riche de la planète est aussi le plus endetté.” (The richest country in the world is, also, in the greatest debt.) No surprise for me. Not after working in American banking for seven years. One of my [...]

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Remembering 9/11

September 11, 2007

I still can’t go through a September the 11th without thinking about ‘that day‘. When I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 in Strasbourg I couldn’t stop the tears from welling up in my eyes and spilling down my face. I know others saw me crying as I tried desperately to stiffel the sounds. It took me a [...]

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Jumpcut for video

September 4, 2007

I found a new video service. A fan of dailymotion, I am. That is not going to change. I am looking for another video service that fills a different kind of need. The need to quickly make and share videos all in one service. I jumped at the chance to try out jumpcut! Like dailymotion, [...]

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Broken with love

August 17, 2007

Petite Clown tumbles out of bed with tears in her eyes. She comes to me and tugs at my pants. She can barely speak. In a hushed voice she tells me, “Mama, my baby’s head is broken.” She sleeps every night with this doll. It is her baby. My mother got Sweet Bear and Petite Clown [...]

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Bill Maher – “Hillary equals France”

May 7, 2007

I am coming out of my hibernation for this one post because I wanted to share this article written by Bill Maher (who is extremely opinionated) with all of you here just in case you didn’t find it somewhere else. I found this article on Danielle’s blog and loved it! Bill Maher – “Hillary equals France” [...]

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Richard Gere may get the slammer for a kiss

April 27, 2007

Richard Gere bacia la bella Shilpa VidÃ©o envoyÃ©e par picchioforte Oh, come on….it was only on the cheeks! However, when one is not in our own country it is important to inform ourselves of the dos and don’ts of the country we are visiting. I think he made a huge cultural blunder. But, jail time [...]

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