Consumables Epic Fail: Fail Beyond Imagination
It's eerie.Two years ago EXACTLY, James and I were buying our consumables for Chengdu.Ah, memories. I remember it like it was yesterday.Let's go buy consumables! And then let's go buy MORE! I even...
View ArticleIn Which James ACTUALLY GETS an Onward Assignment!!! (And Other Stuff.)
After a year (A. YEAR.) of bidding, I am thrilled to announce that my husband has been officially HR paneled for the onward assignment we will be heading to after we leave Chengdu, China!! TOKYO,...
View ArticleThe Epic Tale of The YEAR of Bidding
As I said in my last blog post...The YEAR of bidding is over for us.We ultimately got Tokyo and are thrilled. And while the journey of what we went through this past year has a happy ending, I think...
View ArticleChapters End, Chapters Begin...
Life is moving very, very quickly for our family right now. After flying out of Chengdu, Zachary and I were staying at my Mom & Dad's house in Florida. We had a ton of fun, and let me just say - we...
View ArticleBig Changes
Well, so. Last you heard, I was at Georgetown University in school and my guys (James and our sons Matthew and Zachary) had gone on to our new assignment - Tokyo - without me while I stayed behind in...
View ArticleMy Husband + Management Tokyo = My Heroes
So, like, I told you guys already that I had to leave Georgetown pretty much at the drop of a hat and come to Tokyo, but I didn't really tell you why.This is because, quite frankly, when I wrote that...
View ArticleLittle House in the Big Tokyo
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books were, quite frankly, my favorite books EVER. I love them so much that I read them to my boys over and over again while they were young, and I have even...
View ArticleIn Which President Obama Shakes One of Our Hands!!
I know I haven't blogged in a while, and it would probably be best to resume blogging after this extended, unintended absence by talking about how supremely insanely awesome this assignment to Tokyo...
View ArticleSmarmy Slimebag (or: Ebay Opportunity Alert!)
Before I get to the bottom line of the latest thing to REALLY tick me off (it's always something don'tcha know), there's some backstory that we need to talk about first.First of all, have you ever...
View ArticleYou carry a Coach bag? Or maybe Louis Vuitton?
Yeah, well, I've got something waaaaayyyyyyyyy more fashionable. Eat your heart out, y'all:Here we have my pasty white bread kid modeling my new purse that I just bought today. It was literally...
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