Monthly Archives: September 2008

but then again, i could have it all wrong

Posted on 17/09/2008 by

started the day off wrong – yesterday, as in the day before today.  that’s when i discovered my inability to read a travel itinerary has not improved in anyway. 1:10 is not an arrival time. it’s the length of the … Continue reading →

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my bonnie flies over the ocean

Posted on 16/09/2008 by

(i thought that blog title was sooo funny i twittered it, too. (of course, when i sing type bonnie i mean the bonnie non royal michael, not the bonnie prince charles) i slay myself.)  (look at all these parenthesis.  i’m … Continue reading →

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safety

Posted on 15/09/2008 by

you know how in the states when you have a baby and they won’t let you leave the hospital with the baby unless you can show them you have a carseat and know how to put it in your car? … Continue reading →

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flooding in thailand

Posted on 14/09/2008 by

we have had a lot of rain over the past few nights.  gobs and gobs of it.  heavy downpours.   i’m talking deluges here.  today, this was in my feedreader from thaivisa. The Meteorological Department warned of more rains and flooding … Continue reading →

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feeling un(der)supported

Posted on 13/09/2008 by

the average bra size in thailand has grown from a 32a cup to a 32b cup… the figures come from the thai garment association so that should make it official. i’d link to directly to the qoute, but the page … Continue reading →

Posted in me me me, thailand | 12 Comments

haiku – rain

Posted on 12/09/2008 by

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rain in the ev’ning whispers to me that God sees my melancholy i seem to have fallen into a comfortable melancholy.  my melancholy isn’t of the “gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression” variety.  it’s more … Continue reading →

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foreign feeling foreign land

Posted on 11/09/2008 by

michael wrote a post where he sort of gives words to this constant condition of being i’ve felt since we moved to thailand.  it’s really more that he describes the absence of this feeling.  he wrote of returning to america … Continue reading →

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Tackle Practice – Day One

Posted on 11/09/2008 by

When I left him at rugby practice it was raining and this was a white shirt. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ **Today’s capital letters are in honor of my ‘rents anniversary!  Happy anniversary, Mom & Dad!!** ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~

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one thing

Posted on 10/09/2008 by

happy birthday, s89! nine years ago we welcomed you into our family.  and those doctors had the nerve to tell us, “there is only one more thing that we can try…” turns out, all you needed was that one thing.

Posted in love all around, s11 | Tagged | 11 Comments

somethings are too good not to share – part deux

Posted on 09/09/2008 by

she doesn’t do silly.  

Posted in a14, love all around | 6 Comments