Santa Watch 2011
From Forever is Tomorrow is Today, 5 month ago Similar articles
We are all about Santa in this house, and have been for a few weeks. We talk about Santa, we pour over catalogs, we talk about going to see Santa, about Santa coming to see us. And one thing I quickly noticed is that Finn wants pretty much every single thing he sees in the catalogs, well, save for the 'girl' pages.(It is ironic he says this because he will flip past a 'girl' page and on the very next page ask for a hot pink Barbie horse to have as his very own)So we have been working hard on...
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in Greece now...
From Not so desperate yugowife, 2 days ago, Similar articles
Yesterday I talked with a former basket ball player who said he "stopped playing because things got unprofessional". He told me how the team went from traveling in business class and staying in nice hotels to 9 hour bus rides, no overnight stay, cold showers and no salary for months on end. "What is this'!" he kept saying. Another sportsman told me he only received part of his 2011 salary in March 2012. Players are being signed up a month at a time. These are people who were well off here in...
Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, But Do Watch This Video
From Living in Egypt, 3 days ago, Similar articles
There is a video that I think everyone who has an interest in the Egyptian political scene in either the short run or in the long run should spend an hour and a half to watch. Mahmoud Salem, a blogger also known as Sandmonkey (see his blog at http://www.sandmonkey.org), spoke at the Washington Institute for Middle Eastern Affairs a few days ago. Aside from being an extremely astute and acute observer of our political scene, Mahmoud is a highly entertaining speaker. His description of Am...
A Mother's day I will never forget.
From Put Your Flare On, 4 days ago, Similar articles
Photo from our last trip to Belle Ile, Dec 2011. Â My little dreamer. Â Maximilien pulled a fast one on us today. We packed up this afternoon to head to the Jardin des Plantes pour the plant festival this weekend. We planned to ride over on our bikes so we headed directly over to the bike locker. Though we didn't verbally say we were taking the bikes we walked in the opposite direction of the entrance/exit of our residence to get our bikes. Maximilien ran ahead of us like he does...
Amazon just did WHAT'?? Get refunded and keep the book'
From Mama(e) in Translation, 1 weeks ago, Similar articles
WOW... I'm blown away right now, seriously. I only buy books at Amazon* (I know, I should be supporting local bookstores, etc... but I love books and I need to buy affordable books) and I always use their free saver shipping (though I've recently decided to dump netflix and get an Amazon Prime account so I can get free shipping always and be able to watch streaming video).If you're not familiar with it, the free shipping requires that you buy 25 dollars in books, so I always need to buy "tag...
Sunday Evening In Centro
From Brenda And Roy Going To Mexico, 1 weeks ago, Similar articles
Last evening we went downtown to have dinner and to watch some of the dancing on the Malecon for International Day of Dance. Â They had dancers from various groups in Guaymas such as the Casa de la Cultura and Belles Artes and some dance groups also from Obregon, the next city south of us. We had a good dinner, both of us having a loaded hamburger and fries. Â I am sure this sounds silly to anyone up north; but it has been ages since I have had a hamburger and fries. Â It is not...
Celebration
From Frenchless in France, 1 weeks ago, Similar articles
France has a new president, Hollande, and we went to Bastille to watch the celebration there. It was full of people-most of them young- when we arrived but after thirty minutes or so more and more people poured into the square and we decided to leave. We had a hard time returning to the metro as you can see by the last part of the video.
Hunting season
From A New Life In Costa Rica, 1 weeks ago, Similar articles
It's hard to watch these beautiful birds this time of year knowing they're hunting for the babies of our everyday yard birds. I caught this shot of a toucan checking out the prospects from the computer room yesterday morning. Callista and I watched the smaller birds attacking him to protect...
Tuck Admitted Students Weekend
From Life is Good, 3 weeks ago, Similar articles
So Zach and I got back last night from visiting New Hampshire and attending Tuck's Admitted Students Weekend. Â The trip was exhausting and pretty amazing. Â The ASW was scheduled for Friday and Saturday, but we figured we'd make the most of the long flight and add a day or two to the trip to try to explore the area a little. Â And, thankfully, my mom was able to fly here to watch the kiddoes while we were away (so very grateful for her flexible work schedule and cheap flight...
You Can't Get There From Here
From Ali Blah Blah, 3 weeks ago, Similar articles
It took six flights to get us to and from England:Santa Barbara to PhoenixPhoenix to PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia to ManchesterThe first time I saw that itinerary I thought Expedia was having a laugh. Who flies to the UK via Phoenix and Philly, except people who can only fly through cities beginning with P'To say I was dreading the flights would be a massive understatement. Last time we flew home, two years ago, we also had six flights. But then we also had an Icelandic volcano and a one year old...
Climate Change
From Ali Blah Blah, 3 weeks ago, Similar articles
This is the weather in Santa Barbara a couple of days before we flew off to England:As you can see in the following photo, all was not quite what it seemed. It was a freak snowfall, and only on the top of the mountains overlooking SB - and even though my girls are wearing quite a fine array of Old Navy fleece, they are in fact gloveless and completely unprepared for real snow.Here I am herding them towards a patch of snow, iphone in hand, desperate for that 2012 Christmas photo...Anna said...
