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Is it better than a brownie?: November 2014

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Is it better than a brownie? Saturday, November 29, 2014. I am at the airport on my way to China for three weeks. It still seems odd that I am the one always leaving while Husband stays behind. He is in charge og Christmas this year and we're all a little afraid. The amazing Christmas tree place that delivers isn't delivering this year, so he has to get the tree himself. See why we're nervous? Child 2, on the other hand, filled up her list with things that never existed in real life! So since slicing off...

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Is it better than a brownie?: February 2015

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Is it better than a brownie? Monday, February 23, 2015. Is that "cha" the one that means car or tea? To learn the local language, it's that the Foreign Service Institute in its wisdom insists on teaching words and phrases that are completely not useful in every day life. And the answer to that question is never. I have never had a full course of language training before leaving for Post, and I also suspect that even if I had, it probably wouldn't matter. Proper greetings and salutations on letters. She h...

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Is it better than a brownie?: DC does too count as a Post!

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Is it better than a brownie? Tuesday, June 23, 2015. DC does too count as a Post! Packout begins tomorrow, so of course I am blogging. I should be sorting dishes, packing my suitcase, and washing all the sheets. But I'm tired and I've had packing nightmares all week so I am avoiding the thing that scares me by thinking about the thing that terrifies me- actually leaving. Because the worst is always funnier. The Community Liaison Officer is nowhere to be found, so whenever someone wants to do something fu...

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Is it better than a brownie?: It's a new kind of color blind

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Is it better than a brownie? Saturday, August 8, 2015. It's a new kind of color blind. I live in India. I know this does not come as a shock to many of you because I wrote months and months ago about how I was moving to India. But it has actually happened! So obviously living in India has its challenges, but exploring a new city with places like this is way better than a brownie. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Where did all these scrunchies come from? I dont care if I get detention! We are the People.

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Is it better than a brownie?: Where the streets have no name

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Is it better than a brownie? Sunday, August 16, 2015. Where the streets have no name. On Friday, we moved into our new house, finally! He has NO respect for tradition. Some words, anyway. What we thought was a pot of spaghetti with noodles sticking out was actually a hand reaching into a tub. So spaghetti was hand wash. Which makes me wonder what the butterfly was. Were we supposed to only put butterflies in the wash? Is a butterfly more delicate than a flower? August 19, 2015 at 11:53 PM. 69th Secretary...

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Is it better than a brownie?: October 2014

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Is it better than a brownie? Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Good thing my teeth have skin! The Ebola craziness has got to stop. After two weeks of totally stressing about getting screened at the airport, my trip through passport control and customs was a breeze. Where I got tripped up was at the doctor's appointment this morning. Here is how the conversation went. Nurse: Have you been to West Africa? Nurse: Have you had a fever? Me: Yes. Wait! Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Sunday, October 12, 2014. I am leaving...

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Is it better than a brownie?: I didn't say it was a good example

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Is it better than a brownie? Tuesday, June 30, 2015. I didn't say it was a good example. So our pack out is finished. In order to help anyone else out there who might be moving, I thought I would give a few tips on how to make your pack out go as well as ours did. Wednesday morning at 8am, do not answer the door! Definitely do not be dressed, and don't have your suitcases packed and try to be in the middle of washing dishes to put in UAB (the air freight) when you do open the door so that you have water ...

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Is it better than a brownie?: August 2015

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Is it better than a brownie? Monday, August 31, 2015. Where did all these scrunchies come from? I know Foreign Service Officers are supposed to be able to do the impossible, but time travel isn't one of my talents at the moment, and if it were I wouldn't waste it on work. There are way more important things to do than to go back in time and ask someone to give you something to work on that they want and should be taking care of on their own. Just saying. Or can you always just make more like popcorn?

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Is it better than a brownie?: August 2014

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Is it better than a brownie? Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, repeat. Child 1 is leaving. We're packing her suitcases and The Dog is all sad and mopey. The Dog gets sad and mopey whenever she sees suitcases. I suppose she's not as stupid as we think. Last weekend when Husband and I went to North Carolina for his friend's wedding, The Dog was extremely mopey and puzzled but the children stayed home with her so it was alright. In your ceiling. 50,000 of them.