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Happy (Almost) Mother's Day
I happen to be somewhere with VPN internet this moment in time, and thus I am able to access YouTube and post this awesome video. (Better early than never? I have to post it now because I will most...
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Calculus in a Month? WHY NOT.
So I finished my last final exam late last week (Thursday), and then I proceeded to have a massive panic attack of Biblical proportions when, less than ten minutes after the last final exam ended, it...
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In Which China is... So Very China
I haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately, and so it's a great thing that a sweet (non-State) girlfriend of mine has. Because even when my life is upside down and backwards, and even when my...
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Again with This
Prepare to be SHOCKED.Ready for a stunning revelation?James didn't get paneled for an onward assignment at today's DS panel.You have to pick yourself up off the floor now, right? (/sarcasm)Yeah, so,...
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This -n- That
Well, first things first: No, we didn't get paneled to an onward assignment at the last panel. Trust me, if we had I would have come on and said something. I would have trumpeted it to the skies. So,...
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Freaking WAH, Lady
Oh, yeah, people. The gloves are COMING OFF. So, like, yesterday or whatever my bloggy friend Donna published a totally awesome piece with the Huffington Post about how her husband, Bart (who is...
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It is Finished.
(No, NOT bidding.)(It feels like bidding will NEVER be finished.)(It feels like bidding will be with me until the end of time.)(Death. Taxes. AND BIDDING.)Anyway, what is actually finished is...
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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...
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In 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,...
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The 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...
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Chapters 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...
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Big 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...
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My 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...
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Little 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...
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In 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...
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Smarmy 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...
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You 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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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...
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In 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,...
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The 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...
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