“Before You Were Born” Old

FG came home from school last week and starting telling me about a historic event which took place a long time ago. When I asked when the event took place, she replied with “Oh, it’s ‘before you were born’ old~ like in the 50’s.”
I asked what is older than “before I was born” and she said “Well, [...]

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Elvis and Priscilla??

OK, my attempt at being Priscilla to FM’s Elvis was pretty lazy. FM, on the other hand, really got “into” being the King. We need to work on the hair and sideburns though and I’m hoping my sister, who lives close to Memphis, will have a better chance of getting an Elvis impersonator wig. Hint!
We spent [...]

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Walking in the Woods

Leaves falling slowly
like technicolor snowflakes
carpeting my path
I’m beginning to understand FMs love of distance running without music. 
I found a wonderful walking trail which winds through the woods next to a lake. In the past, I’ve always found a walking partner soon after arriving at a new post. It’s so much easier to get motivated to walk when someone is waiting [...]

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Entertaining New Friends…

…with thoughts of old friends.
Last Friday, FM and I hosted a dinner for several new friends but as I prepared the menu, I spent most of my time thinking of old friends. If you’re a military spouse like me, I’m sure you have your fair share of “unit” cookbooks. For this dinner, I used three [...]

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Delicate Ears

All these years, since FG was born, I’ve attempted to protect her from obscene language, TV, movies, etc. I’ve had no problem “requesting” someone stop swearing if we were in the near vicinity. The worst incident was on an early morning train from Munich to Weiden during Oktoberfest and FG (age 5) & I were seated [...]

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Want a Blood Sample, Too?!

As someone who has worked in Sales and Marketing, I completely understand a company wanting to gather demographic information and normally, I don’t mind but they are starting to get a little too intrusive for me. Everywhere we shopped on our cross country trip, cashiers would ask for our zip code. It was funny to see their [...]

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Into a Good Groove…

Being in a rut is a “bad” word around our home. There’s a fine line between being in a comfortable routine and being in a rut. Thankfully, since I’ve never lived in one place for more than five years in my entire life, it’s safe to say I don’t usually get into a rut. In fact, [...]

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Up Late With The Chefs

I was up way past my bedtime last night watching the season finale of Top Chef. I’m a latecomer to this show, having started watching it about 3 weeks ago but thankfully they replay episodes all the time. I’ve seen them all except for the first one.
The show reminds me of the people I worked with [...]

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I Evoke Fear and Loathing

Someone out there loathes the very sight of me. She gets angry and upset if she sees me driving down the street. What have I done? I’m a mom and I drive a suburban.
As I was driving home, in my beast of a car, from the dog park last week, National Public Radio (NPR) had a show on [...]

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