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  • About me:

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    Ten things you may not know about me: 1. I’m the worst person to watch movies with.  I flinch & hide at everything!  I wish I was kidding…sadly I’m not! 2. I DO love watching “Murder She Wrote”. Yep…that’s more my speed.    3. That being said…I watched the new “Star Trek” movie today …and…

  • ISCOT Spring Soccer Tournament at IST

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    May 15, 2013- Oh boy.  Annika woke up this morning saying she doesn't feel well.  Now, in the past I've disregarded that statement and it's always been met with harsh consequences (ie. having to clean up vomit from places I really didn't want to be cleaning vomit from. blech).  However, she's not showing any signs…

  • Get posts emailed to you!

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    June 1, 2013- Hey!  It's JUNE!!!  Happy June 1st everyone! Umm…no, it's not a special holiday.  I'm just happy it's June. 🙂 Now, where was I?  Oh, right! Here's what I wanted to tell you – I've got a link in the side bar –> where you can get my blog posts sent to you…

  • Building codes??? What are those?

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    May 31, 2013- HEY! It's *bleeping* early in the morning!  What's with all the hammering and banging and grinding noises happening in our neighborhood???   Several of the houses in our block and in our subdivision are having work done on them. And the noise in CONSTANT and freaking annoying. Oh my HEAD!  Make the…

  • Which blog header do you like better?

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    May 30, 2013- You may have noticed…there have been a few changes happening here on the ol' blog.  It's about time for an update! So, here's the question – which of these two blog headers do you prefer AND WHY? Version #1: Version #2: I'll have more options as I'm still in the process of…

  • Great Wall “Fun Run” 2013

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    May 18, 2013- 3:00 am- TIME TO GET UP!!!!!  Wakey, wakey!    Today is the Great Wall Run!!! Eat a small bowl of cereal & a banana.  WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!  I wanna go back to bed! 3:30 am- Time to walk over to Angela's house.  Angela has organized a bus for a group of us expats running today.…

  • blog is Under (re)Construction

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    May 28, 2013- Sorry for the mess…  I just felt that it was time I bit the bullet and update the look and feel of this old blog.  I'm taking an online course from Jessica Sprague called "Bloom Your Blog" to help me (hopefully) turn my blog from good into great! So far it looks…

  • People’s Park in Tianjin

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    April 28, 2013- I've had this goal in my head to learn how to use my big fancy schmancy DSLR Canon camera by photographing different places in Tianjin.  Our expat friends have mentioned at various different times that People's Park is an interesting location, especially early in the morning when the Chinese are out doing…

  • Ireland…a Mom’s Only Outing!!!

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     May 4-12, 2013- Several months ago, my very good friend, Christina, asked if I'd want to go on a mom's only outing.    

  • A Chinese Wedding= Truly Remarkable Event!

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    May 1, 2013- About six months ago one of Mark's co-workers (Chen Chen) asked if Ava could be a flower girl at his May wedding.