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Laurie's Zoo: November 2011
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Check out all the shenanigans going on at Mark and Laurie's! Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Boo-ter later than never! Mark and I carved two pumpkins this year and entered them in a contest at his work. Mine is supposed to be a dog (of course) with the words "Happy Howl-o-ween" on the back and Mark's has a bunch of different leaves around the entire thing. Sadly, we did not win! As I type this it is actually November 11, Veteran's Day. Today is a parent-teacher conference day, so no school for me! My Blog Lis...
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JKB in Turkey: January 2007
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This is my blogsite. Saturday, January 27, 2007. Dear Family, Friends, and Interested Observers,. Welcome back to my jkbinturkey.blogspot.com website! After seven glorious weeks in the States, I returned to Ankara on January 11th. I am featuring some photographs from the holidays in this blog entry. I’ve spent the last two weeks wrapping up a lot of paperwork, and look forward to resuming the hardcore research on Monday. I do have several respites from the grind of research on the horizon. In two wee...
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JKB in Turkey: May 2007
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This is my blogsite. Saturday, May 19, 2007. Dear Friends, Family, and Interested Observers,. Welcome back to the blogosphere! Now that Jim's visit has ended, I have settled into a routine. I get up, exercise, and eat my bowl of oatmeal before heading off to the Ottoman Archives in Sultanahmet. I commute by tram. Facsimile) correspondence defters in the final two weeks of my stay. We'll see. My sweet / my sugar). The refrain goes:. Shake it up,. I know what you're thinking. Shake it up,. Catchy and inane...
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JKB in Turkey: April 2007
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This is my blogsite. Monday, April 30, 2007. A Trip to America, A Trip to Turkey, A Deportation, and A Trip Back to Turkey. Dear Family, Friends, and Interested Observers,. Minus the drug trafficking and everything else, of course. Risk takers that we are, Jim and I booked an Alitalia flight to Istanbul on Wednesday afternoon. The flight was so cheap that we thought it was worth taking a chance. The new passport arrived on time, and we left Chicago for Istanbul via Milan on Wednesday, April 18...Jim’s...
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Laurie's Zoo: April 2011
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Check out all the shenanigans going on at Mark and Laurie's! Saturday, April 2, 2011. Spring is (Not) Here! Well, if you lived in Wisconsin during the month of March, you certainly experienced the truth of the old saying "March comes in like a and out like a ." In this case, March came in like a lamb, with sunny,calm days that were warm enough to melt the majority of the snow, but definitely a very large lion came out at the end of the month! Happy Birthday, Leila! After each girl served the ball, they w...
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Laurie's Zoo: August 2010
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Check out all the shenanigans going on at Mark and Laurie's! Tuesday, August 10, 2010. Last week Mark and I had our niece, Emma, over for a two day/two night fun-filled extravaganza! Emma is 9 years old and will be starting the fourth grade this year, so she is at a really fun (and pretty low-maintenance:) age. Designing and sewing her own doll clothes. Making her own toys (in this case a camera and this camera certainly morphed into something more detailed). Cooking (she made breakfast from scratch.
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Laurie's Zoo: July 2011
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Check out all the shenanigans going on at Mark and Laurie's! Friday, July 29, 2011. A Howlin' Good Time. Mark and I recently returned from a vacation up north. We traveled with Mom and Dad for a day to the Upper Penninsula and enjoyed being a little silly (wolf picture), viewing some beautiful nature (Bond Falls and the Porcupine Mountains), and getting away from the heat (Rhinelander was even hot during the hot spell! Thank you, Mom and Dad, for hosting our stay! Dad admiring the soft, warm sand. Lake o...
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JKB in Turkey: February 2007
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This is my blogsite. Saturday, February 17, 2007. Veni, Vidi, Vici! Dear Family, Friends, and Interested Observers,. It’s a beautiful, sunny day in Ankara. That’s good, because I was not happy with last month’s gas heating bill. I’m glad that my roommate Sinan is there to help pay. Lute) player was drowned out by the corny synthesizer accompaniment. Scott and Hannah put on a brave face. We rolled into Tokat Saturday evening. The descent from Sivas was steep and winding. Tokat is much lower in ele...Steam...
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Laurie's Zoo: October 2010
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Check out all the shenanigans going on at Mark and Laurie's! Monday, October 11, 2010. On a warm and sunny autumn day in September, my cousin Josh married his love, Hilary. The two had an absolutely beautiful ceremony and reception outside of Wausau, in the "foothills" of Rib Mountain. In this picture, Josh awaits his bride. Hilary and Josh saying their vows. Lisa, John, Mom and Dad. A proud Uncle Dave congratulates his son. It was also really, really great to see my cousin, Mitch and his wife, Mary....
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Laurie's Zoo: Going to California--San Francisco
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Check out all the shenanigans going on at Mark and Laurie's! Friday, July 27, 2012. Going to California- San Francisco. Mark and I decided we needed to take a vacation this summer and when an opportunity arose to travel to San Francisco and Wine Country at a reasonable expense, we jumped at the chance to sneak away for 5 days! Chinatown- when we stumbled upon this fat cat SLEEPING quite peacefully on the sidewalk. It was amazing! Leave it to me to take my first picture on a vacation of a cat! Which we di...