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I miss the Autobahn

March 22, 2011

And this isn’t about the lack of speed limits (and in case you’ve never been to Germany, there are speed limits on a large proportion of the Autobahn, so it’s not as exciting to drive as you think). A while ago, a friend asked me, what would I miss most from Germany if I moved [...]

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Weekly Winners – 23 November 2008

November 23, 2008

November 16 – November 22, 2008 Frying Pan Park Oliver trying on his raincoat It snowed in Virginia this week! Uncle Christopher swinging Oliver Oliver at Algonkian Playground Self-portrait: Me and Oliver For more Weekly Winners visit SarcasticMom.com.

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Inauguration-mania

November 22, 2008

Here in the DC metro area, the inauguration excitement is already in the air.  Local news is covering the Obamas every move, speculating on what school the girls will attend (Sidwell Friends), what dog the family will get, which church the Obamas will join, and last but not least, who will fill the remaining cabinet [...]

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Weekly Winners – 16 November 2008

November 16, 2008

November 9 – November 15, 2008 Flowers at Sully Plantation Reston Fall leaves in Reston Close up of Christmas decorations in Reston Uncle Christian and Oliver in motion For more Weekly Winners visit SarcasticMom.com.

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A Morning With TQE

November 15, 2008

Oliver is not a morning person.  I thought with the time change during our visit in the States, I could at least get him on a morning schedule during our trip.  Well, he quickly adjusted to going to sleep at 11pm and waking at 9:30am.  Since I’ve been doing the majority of my blogging after [...]

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How do you deal with jerks?

November 12, 2008

Today was apparently jerk day in northern Virginia.  We spent the day running errands for my mom and kept encountering irritating people and obnoxious, unhelpful sales clerks. What was it?  Post-election let-down? Normally, when someone is a little (or a lot) rude to me, I try to give them the benefit of the doubt.  Maybe [...]

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President Obama

November 5, 2008

Virginia, you didn’t let me down.  it was close, but we did it.  McCain gave a nice concession speech and Obama is getting ready to come out on stage.  I’m gonna watch his speech then head off to bed.  More on the election tomorrow.  Night!

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