Category Archives: friends real & cyber

fourth grade field trip

Posted on 10/11/2008 by

*this is a photo heavy post.  sorry about that, but i didn’t want to leave anything out!  i’ve uploaded many more pictures from the field trip to flickr. the field trip was scheduled to start at 8am friday morning.  and … Continue reading →

Posted in culture shock, food, friends real & cyber, kids, life is good, nablopomo, s11, school, thailand | 9 Comments

it won’t be long before we can solve this puzzle on our own

Posted on 20/10/2008 by

bright and early this morning michael and i were up and out the door.  we met some new friends and followed them to their church.  it is a brand, spankin’ new church.  and probably the biggest church we’ve seen in … Continue reading →

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haiku – lack of email

Posted on 10/10/2008 by

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ if i unsubscribed newsletters and mailing lists i’d get no email not exactly true ten from family and friends in the past 6 weeks i shouldn’t complain i haven’t done much better shouldn’t be surprised

Posted in family, friends real & cyber, haiku, me me me | 12 Comments

**updated** scraped away

Posted on 23/09/2008 by

almost a year ago i wrote about how s9 (then s8) was trying to usurp c14′s (then c13′s) birthplace.  i even had an exhibit.  it looked like this. photo relabeled to reflect my inability to stick with the same pseudonym … Continue reading →

Posted in family, friends real & cyber, love all around | 7 Comments

i’ve got nothin’ for ya

Posted on 05/09/2008 by

but michael’s got plenty to say.  he’s in the states right now.  and the rest of us aren’t.

Posted in family, friends real & cyber, michael | 5 Comments

going to the chapel

Posted on 07/07/2008 by

michael and i went to a wedding on saturday. it was beautiful. the church, the weather, the bride, the groom. it all was wonderful. it was a christian service and very similar to the kind of service we are used … Continue reading →

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the times they are a changin’

Posted on 01/07/2008 by

when we moved to thailand michael told me that he would be my fill in girlfriend until i find one here or for one year – whichever comes first. and he really has tried pretty hard. he’s watched some borderline … Continue reading →

Posted in family, friends real & cyber, me me me, michael | 11 Comments

baring it all – or a little of it anyway

Posted on 28/06/2008 by

i’ve been toying lately with doing away with my secret identity and telling the world who i really am. because sometimes i feel silly being referred to as transplanting me. especially when someone i know in real life does it … Continue reading →

Posted in a14, c16, family, friends real & cyber, kids, love all around, me me me, michael, s11 | Tagged | 10 Comments

no more pencils, no more books

Posted on 05/06/2008 by

school’s out for summer. and to that statement my kids would add finally. in a11′s class they had a farewell party and for c14 there was an extended homeroom and reports on all the field trips taken during high school … Continue reading →

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i’ve up and joined a book club

Posted on 27/05/2008 by

how rewarding is it to join a book club on friday, get the book (a thousand splendid suns) on saturday, read the book on saturday and go discuss it on monday? it’s this rewarding! kabeli pilau (i think) ginger tamarind … Continue reading →

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