I didn’t think I would say this this year, but I am a little stressed out. Hence the lack of posts. The sh*tload of work I have to do at work is not helping either. Do you know the feeling when you’re counting down the days to a certain date...
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Ok, hold on: before anyone freaks out. I booked my flight. (Breathe out!) I know, I am kind of a player to book about two weeks in advance, especially around Christmas time, but honestly, that has worked for me pretty well the last two times. I found better roundtrip deals...
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4 day-weekends are just awesome. Even though I get 3 day-weekends most weekends, 4 days are definitely better and the weekend has never felt that long in a while. Do I sound snobby or what? ;) After the great food on Thursday and some shopping yesterday, I didn’t leave the...
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Well, this was a fake turkey dinner, because it was not a turkey. It was a chicken. There was no way I was going to cook a whole freakin’ giant bird for just J and I. No way. I think for my first attempt to prepare a turkey dinner, a...
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So, Christmas is only a month, 4 weeks and 1 days, away and here I am, all excited about the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with my family. There is nothing in the world that I want to do more for the holidays… and yet, I keep coming across people – online...
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Look what I found at the store! I was so excited! If you aren’t sure what it is, I will let you guess. The woman at the cash register looked definitely a little bit confused and said she hadn’t seen this vegetable before. How the hell do you eat it?...
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… for 10 years at least, before I have to re-apply for the extension of my green card. Sigh. The two year ‘temporary’ residency mark (since immigration) was reached yesterday and I am now a resident alien (“I am alien, I am a legal alien, I am an Englishman German...
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It is this time of the year again. Christmas is only 36 days away and I wanted to remind everyone that I am doing the Christmas Card Exchange again this year. Yes, I am sending out real paper Christmas Cards by snail mail. I am not kidding. A couple of us...
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