Category Archives: love all around

ami tomake bhalobashi

that goes out to Michael.  if I can trust the internets it’s “I love you” in Bengali.  cuz he’s in Bangladesh and the internets say almost all people in Bangladesh speak Bengali.

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we haven’t disappeared

  we’ve just been keeping busy doin’ more not much.  well, it hasn’t all been not much, but it is hard to top a motorcycle wreck and a broken clavical.  Saturday was the rugby tournament.  our school is what you … Continue reading

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all present & accounted for

except Michael. he’s accounted for, but not present – he’s in Manila. we picked up my dad this morning. his flight was delayed. so we did what we always do when we have to wait for a delayed flight. yep, … Continue reading

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the letter meme

i found this meme at hay’s and have just copied and pasted the instructions. the rules for the letter meme are as follows : you leave a comment on this post, and I’ll assign you a letter. you write about … Continue reading

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the obligatory look at my loot post

which isn’t really obligatory at all.  but I think it looks better if it appears I’m being forced to show off my presents… Michael is one of the best gift givers I know.  but somewhere along the way I’ve lost … Continue reading

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big chewy ginger cookies

It’s a food post.  With pictures. I got myself invited to a cookie exchange.  And then I panicked.  I needed a good recipe. Something interesting. Just off the beaten path enough to not be the same cookie everyone else was … Continue reading

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doin’ our own thing

we’ve placed decorating for christmas at the bottom of our priority list.  we’ve made a conscious desicion that next year will be a big decorating year for us and this year will be minimal to non existant. what with shifting … Continue reading

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lighting the advent candle

this past sunday i was asked to perform the lighting of the advent candle with one of my children.  my choice.  both a11 and s9 were quite keen on doing it – c14 quickly informed me that he was way … Continue reading

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can you get too multi-cultural?

last night we had friends for dinner. i mean we had friends join us for dinner – not that we ate them. our friends are from mongolia and are taking a sabbatical here in chiang mai. so i had to … Continue reading

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i see the moon and the moon sees me

God bless the moon and God bless me tonight the moon smiled at us.  and his smile was so friendly that jupiter and venus had to get in on the action.  pretty cool.

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