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My Life and Musings: September 2014
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Monday, September 29, 2014. This post is for the September expat blog challenge. It's still September. I haven't run out of time. Our prompt is: "Only in .". We're supposed to take a store from the news or current events in our country and explain why it makes me say, "Only in (x country) .". When you start a job in Australia, you automatically get 10 minimum entitlements. After working for the same employer for 12 months (ha! Vacati...
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My Life and Musings: May 2014
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Saturday, May 24, 2014. A Few of My Favorite Things. A long time ago . In a land quite close to me . We were given the monthly prompt for our blog. Needless to say, I'm a bit tardy. I apologize, C. in Oz. I wish I could say it wouldn't happen again, but I tend to procrastinate. Also, I was suffering a bit from the "don't wants.". Right now I'm loving pork and prawn dumplings. And roti with beef curry. And pepperoni pizza. I'm finding...
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My Life and Musings: Day 16: Interpretation of a Quote
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Sunday, February 16, 2014. Day 16: Interpretation of a Quote. It's Sunday. That means yet another interpretation of a quote selected by C. in Oz of In an Opal Hearted Country. It is a bitter-sweet thing, knowing two cultures. Once you leave your birthplace nothing is ever the same.". And All Good Things: From Paris to Tahiti: Life and Longing. Sydney's "culture" is really an amalgamation of so many vastly unique cultures. There a...
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My Life and Musings: March 2015
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. A Day in My Life in Photos. I can't even remember the last time I had a blog post. That's pretty pathetic considering how much I used to enjoy writing about things going on in my life in Sydney. But now Mr. Smith and I have been back in the good ole USA for about a month. Today is the first day I even have a place to sit down because the furniture we ordered a month ago was delivered today. Kitchen - we are p...
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My Life and Musings: March 2014
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Sunday, March 23, 2014. The Music in My Soul. I remember listening to a variety of music as I grew up. My mom and cousin were the biggest influences that I can recall early on. The first musical mediums for me were 8 track tapes. But I do remember singing and dancing in the living room with my mom to Nancy Sinatra. I also remember our Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band album. Here's my favourite song from that album:. Then one da...
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My Life and Musings: A Day in My Life in Photos
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. A Day in My Life in Photos. I can't even remember the last time I had a blog post. That's pretty pathetic considering how much I used to enjoy writing about things going on in my life in Sydney. But now Mr. Smith and I have been back in the good ole USA for about a month. Today is the first day I even have a place to sit down because the furniture we ordered a month ago was delivered today. Kitchen - we are p...
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My Life and Musings: Getting Through Customs
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Sunday, April 29, 2012. In fact, you are not allowed to bring in any type of food product. Or animal product. Or whatever. There were a lot of things we could not bring. We thought we had been very careful about packing. We gave away/sold/threw away a lot of things. So imagine our surprise when we get an email from the moving company telling us that an item in our inventory was being held in quarantine. 30 April, 2012 16:36. Was surp...
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My Life and Musings: April 2015
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Thursday, April 30, 2015. On February 26th, Mr. Smith and I boarded a big jet plane with A LOT of luggage bound for the USA! It was late when we arrived at the hotel. The only viable option for dinner was Wendy's, but we weren't complaining. The funniest bit was how unaccustomed we were to the portions and the unlimited soda. God bless the USA! In the days and weeks that followed, we have been very busy. We closed on our new home...
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My Life and Musings: We Have Repatriated!
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Thursday, April 30, 2015. On February 26th, Mr. Smith and I boarded a big jet plane with A LOT of luggage bound for the USA! It was late when we arrived at the hotel. The only viable option for dinner was Wendy's, but we weren't complaining. The funniest bit was how unaccustomed we were to the portions and the unlimited soda. God bless the USA! In the days and weeks that followed, we have been very busy. We closed on our new home...
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My Life and Musings: June 2014
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My Life and Musings. Aka What's Going on with Me and Other Random Crap. Saturday, June 14, 2014. Oh, How I've Changed. Again, this isn't a post to try to get sympathy. It's fine. I'm fine. But it's changed me. I still make friends. But I don't get attached. I enjoy meeting new people. I enjoy spending time with my friends. But I also don't share all of myself anymore. I'm hoping it'll help me to not be so hurt when I leave again. Birds outside our balcony entertain me occasionally. Sunday, June 1, 2014.
