Wednesday, June 30, 2010

14 Expatriate Years

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Ten days ago, on June 20th, was our 14th "anniversary" as expatriates in this country. We arrived from Brazil with student visas a...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

I cannot believe...

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... that my boys watched much more of the game between Japan and Paraguay today (we were cheering for Japan, the team with less tradition in...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

I have one wish for the next World Cup

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I hope my boys are old enough to watch the games with me/us, instead of complaining that they want to watch something else on Nick Jr. or a...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010

A Tale of Two Games - Brazilians Watching the World Cup

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This (exactly a week ago): Was way better than that : And after the game was over (we were watching together before an under the sea themed ...

Questions Without Answers

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How many things won't I have time to unpack or find before it's time to pack again if we move a year from now? When will I find the ...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Zeroed or, in the path of "financial freedom"

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I didn't want to write that last part of the title because for whatever reason I can't stand Suze Orman, though all she says is true...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Roller-Coaster Ride's Not Over Yet! ;-)

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That elusive interview is up! So, there's a real possibility that we'll spend a year at #3 and go on to #2 .* K's first words w...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Two Weeks... still grief stricken, I wanted closure...

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I found out on Sunday when we met with our Brazilian friends in Philly, that Blues actually disappeared on 6/8, two full weeks ago. My frien...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

I tried

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Last night I tried to write a post by sending a text message to blogger during our drive back (I had it set up ahead of time), but it obviou...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Loneliest World Cup Watching Experience EVER

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Watching the Brazilian national team play in the World Cup is something you do with friends and family in Brazil. It's a social event. T...
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Devastated... My kitty has gone missing

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It's just too difficult to write this post. I'm at a public place and I just can't start bawling loudly and I just might. Lookin...
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Friday, June 11, 2010

The World Cup!!

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I grew up watching the world cup every four years and I love watching soccer (at least every 4 years). Too bad I won't be able to watch ...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Texting my way into the 21st century

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Until very recently, I think I'd never sent more than one text message in my life, but things have changed dramatically in the last 24 h...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Stuff is in, Strength is out

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On Saturday night dear friends came (having driven down from PA earlier that day), accompanied by his brother and brother's son and thei...
Saturday, June 05, 2010

Below the Mason-Dixon Line

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Perhaps you'd think that, as an expatriate, what should I care about the "North" & "South" divide in this countr...
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Friday, June 04, 2010

Back to Where We Started

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In 2001, nine years ago, we had been able to save ten thousand dollars and we used it as a down payment on our first house. We made around 6...
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Thursday, June 03, 2010

No More, 2007-2010

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I don't know exactly how I feel about it now. I didn't allow myself to cry, although I felt like crying on and off all day and night...
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

The Birthday Boy & The "Moving" Party

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A chaotic moving day (OK, the first of several "moving days" we're having here) prevented me from posting on my son's birt...
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Weird -- SS Administration Says I'm Underage

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This is one of the weirdest things that has ever happened in my life as an expatriate in this country. I've been dealing with various se...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Approved (a bit too late)

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Well, it's not really too late, it seems we are going to benefit from this after all, I'll explain in a second. On K's birthday ...
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