Tuesday, November 30, 2010

What Was Left Unsaid... / New Goal

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The end of November is pretty intense every year, so it's a bit of a pity that this month has been arbitrarily chosen for "National...
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Monday, November 29, 2010

One Year to Grow 3 Inches

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My almost nine year old son has one year to grow from 51 to 54 inches tall if he wants to go to roller-coasters with me next year. You see...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Study Confirms What I Already Felt About "Voluntourism"

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When I came to the U.S. I quickly found out that Americans, particularly those who are religiously affiliated, are passionate about going ab...
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There's More!! Birds on the Wires II and III

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After posting about the Birds on the Wires video I found a couple more videos on Vimeo (love this service, just joined this morning and upl...

Birds on Wires -- Perfect Song for a Sunday Morning

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I promise there'll be a post of more substance later today, but I've wanted to post this for almost a year, but keep forgetting. Lis...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Christmas in November

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Tonight we drove to MD to see our youngest nephew -- so cute! Really big, and smiley, but we didn't take ANY photos before he was put to...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Safely Back Home

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After exact 12 hours on the road we made it safely back home. We're always thankful to get back without the car breaking. We're le...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving at the Beach

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Today we went to the beach again. It was a bit chillier and we got there a couple of hours later than yesterday, but it was nice! Quite empt...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Long Time Friend

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I've always had many friends, particularly after we moved from a rural place (my parents taught at a boarding academy in the Brazilian c...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

I never, ever thought I'd like roller-coasters so much...

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When I was a child I was always scared of moving too fast. I liked swings and would even jump off a swing, but whenever kids were playing of...
Monday, November 22, 2010

False Advertisement - Sea World doesn't care (edited)

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Edited to add -- this post is now moot, blogging about the problem managed to un-jinx the site! That means we'll be going. I still have ...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

May the Force Be with Me (& You :)

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That's just a joke, that title... It's just that my friend Wally has helped "initiate" me into Star Wars tonight. And he...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

In Florida... catching up blog reading

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Edited to add... this whole obligatory posting leads to empty posts like this one, but I still think NaBloPoMo is worth it/fun in spite of i...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Incredible

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It looks like for the first time ever we'll be able to leave for a trip on time -- if I can just stop blogging, finish loading the car a...

Second Wind

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I thought I'd never be in the mood to get this post written... You see, when our nicely configured trajectory "derailed" a l...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Small Accomplishment & Whirlwind Day Coming Up

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I'm so thrilled that I finally finished a project that took me over two weeks to complete! I hope my parents don't read this (they p...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

They Are Just TOO Happy!

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I was going to blog about something entirely different,* but K's comment about the boys just a few minutes ago was too fun not to quote ...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Medicated

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I hope to be able to write about this more thoughtfully later, but now I'm trying to deliver my daily post already a bit late. The vis...
Monday, November 15, 2010

I'm a Blissful, Confessed Addict

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And it's not to blogging, though that is my confessed addiction of choice. According to this great Slate essay, I'm totally addi...
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Super-Ultra-Efficient

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I still can't believe it's true, but I just ordered our holiday cards and will be picking them up at Costco tomorrow. This is the m...
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