Her First Smile December 28, 2009
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…. December 5, 2009
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Ok, this was TheGirl’s idea. Don’t know what motivated her to want to do it.
Thanksgiving and the Bridge to Somewhere November 26, 2009
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I know I haven’t been writing here much recently, but I find it difficult to pick a topic to write about that’s not overtly boring or too full of frustration for public consumption. Although ‘winging it’ amidst our cartons, suitcases and boxes was o.k. for awhile, it got old pretty fast. Now everything feels so temporary and slapdash and unstable – with (for the moment, at least) no definitive end in sight.
Yes, it’s beginning to really get to me.
Grand-daughter on Board! November 22, 2009
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I had a chance to go to the ob/gyn with my daughter last week and see the ultra-sound of my first grand-daughter. Technology is truly wonderful! It was very exciting to see the pictures, hear the doctor’s explanations, and see her move around so happily. The pictures were pretty sharp, too. Sharp enough to count the little toes as she rocked herself back and forth.
She is growing according to plan, and is doing fine in every respect.
Pups on the Run October 20, 2009
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The night before my birthday the puppies decided to run away from home.
It’s not the first time they have scampered off – humming “Born Free” as they run – but they had gotten so much better. And there lies the root of the problem! We have been training them to run and jump into the car without their leashes when the car is parked right in front of the house. And usually they do.
Sometimes, though, they don’t…
In Transit October 14, 2009
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Living as we are – out of boxes and suitcases until…? – I feel like I do when I am on board a plane.
Before any flight, I am as busy and as hectic as the next person. There are things to pack (“Has that blouse been washed yet?”) and arrangements to make (“What time should the taxi be here?”) and then that final countdown (“Money? Check! Passport? Check! Tickets?!?!”) before actually boarding the plane.
The More Things Change… October 6, 2009
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…the more they stay the same.
It looks as though the news of my imminent move was slightly premature.
In other words, last minute complications threw a monkey wrench into the works at (almost) literally five minutes to midnight.
After an short-but-intense period of disorientation, we’re picking ourselves back up, brushing ourselves off, and – after a personal health day or two – getting back to the drawing board.
Domestic Update September 2, 2009
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The new lease has been signed, and now we are getting things organized/coordinated for the move.
The upheaval next door hasn’t been solved. There was an incidence of domestic violence at the end of last week that added to the confusion, though it also helped clear up some of the details. ChessMan came back from an evening walk with the pups to find the neighbor outside, shaking in her proverbial boots and crying. Seems she and her young boyfriend had had a slap-up, and she had fled onto the street through the bedroom window. ChessMan brought both of them – he quickly appeared outside once ChessMan began talking with her – into our house while I called the ambulance. We were afraid her hand was broken. Fortunately, her thumb was only dislocated.
While they were here we were told:
Peyton Place in my Neighborhood August 13, 2009
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For the 2nd time in exactly two weeks the police have come because of our new neighbors. In this case, it seems the man is moving out and the women is preventing him from getting his things.
The tale began to unravel when – on a pizza run – ChessMan needed to stop off at the bank to get some cash. On his way he happened to see our new neighbor (female) snuggled up at our local fast food emporium with the guy who I thought was her older son.
How naive I am.
I’m Being Moved! August 9, 2009
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Ok. It’s official. We are moving.
We invited our landlords over last Thursday to tell them about our decision. They are sorry to see us go, but also understand and respect our decision. They’ve also already talked with the new neighbors about some of the issues we brought up (see: earlier entry).
I will be very sorry to leave this house/this neighborhood/this village. I will especially miss my experience working outside in the garden, as well as the opportunity to use the balcony as basically an additional room to live and work outside during the summer months. We have already seen some interesting properties, but still haven’t found that one new space that made us both spontaneously shout. “That’s it!”
