Posts Tagged ‘America’

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 sat out on [...]

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 [...]

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 teachers let [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 twice, I have [...]

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 [...]

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 home.
I adore fondue, [...]

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 [...]

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.) [...]