The other day, my sister called me at what struck me as a somewhat unusual time (10 a.m. PST – 7 p.m. CET) and I was wondering why she called me early. She usually waits until both kids are in bed and asleep, so we have more time to talk....
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{via GoogleEarth} In some ways, I have not moved around much in my life at all, in other ways, I’ve made a bigger move than a lot of other people will ever make, when I moved to a foreign country to live with the man I love. Grevenbroich, Germany. I...
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“Hi, mein Name ist J….” With these three German words, J’s and my relationship began exactly 9 years ago today. He was this handsome Freshman in College and I was the exchange student from Germany. Two other exchange students and I had gone to the Freshman party on Campus and...
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(via my 365 project} It’s not a secret that I like to hit up the thrift stores every once in a while. My MIL took me thrifting for the first time a few years ago and at first, I didn’t really know what to expect. I actually thought that she...
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I apologize for not being able to cough up a decent post lately, but I am somehow at a loss of (written) words. It’s not that I don’t want to write, but the things that I want to write about are still blurry and unclear in my head and need...
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What’s the most exotic food that you’ve ever tried? I’d like to think of myself as pretty open to new foods and new tastes. I am not a picky eater and there are not too many things that I just simply can’t eat at all (one example would be liver)....
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{via} … when I really miss living closer to my family. When you read this, my Dad will be undergoing hip surgery. I know this is a pretty standard procedure these days, but it still bothers me that I can’t be there when he wakes up. That I can’t go...
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{via} Time seems to be slipping through my fingers lately and I am wondering if this is a result of my “hypothetical allergies” to adulthood (and the responsibilities that come with it) or plain and simple poor time management. During the week, I postpone a lot of stuff until the...
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