Australia

As did many other families I’m guessing, my family and I went and saw our annual Thanksgiving weekend movie today.  We chose to see Australia.  I would definitely recommend it to those of you looking to go see a new movie.  It is a long one (a little over 2.5 hours), but I thought it [...]

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owww

Apparently I felt the need to make up for lost time today.  I spent Thanksgiving 2007 over in Addis at the home of another American girl who lived there and was working for an NGO.  It was fantastic.  There were roughly 20 young Americans all enjoying a wonderful meal together.  The only difference between that [...]

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words

Can I just say how fun it is to be around children when they are in the early stages of talking?  The boys are almost 16 months and they say a few words, but it is so fun when they start saying new things or start repeating things more frequently. My personal favorite is “uh [...]

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Thank you, Mr. Postman

So, I’m going to go ahead and guess that most women out there have those days when you just feel super unattractive. (I’m guessing some men may have those days too).  Perhaps your hair looks bad, your skin is acting weird, your clothes don’t look right, etc.  I am definitely having one of those days: I [...]

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non-drowsy…right

I remember feeling lousy once during grad school so I took what I thought were a few daytime (non-drowsy) Sudafed before class to try keep my head clear.  Turns out they were Benadryl tablets and it took everything in me to not fall asleep during class.  Well, today I woke up feeling stuffy and sniffly.  [...]

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I love my neighborhood

Here are a couple of photos that I took in Addis last fall.      Everywhere I went I saw women carrying their babies (or toddlers) this way.  The majority of women in Ethiopia can’t afford strollers or fancy baby Bjorn carriers…just give them a big piece of fabric and they are ready to go.  And, I [...]

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good reminder

It is always funny to explain the past few months of my life to people who I don’t know or who only know bits and pieces of information.  “You broke your back?!  You had surgery overseas?!  And, you can run now?!”  While deep down I know that my progress and recovery is remarkable, I am [...]

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crazy close

I knew that the MN Senate race between Al Franken (D) and Norm Coleman (R) was going to be close, but this is crazy close. Sounds like a recount will be conducted since the margin of votes in favor of Coleman is only a few hundred.  Wow.  Well, perhaps the close nature of the votes reveals that their [...]

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Lots of dressing up

I’m pretty sure that this Halloween marked the first time since college that I really got all decked out in a costume.  And, while many women take advantage of Halloween as the one night to be scantily clad without fear of judgment, I definitely chose the high road, so to speak.  Like, way high…not a hint of [...]

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