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Our holiday excursion
Happy New Year! 2014 is here and I can barely remember what I did in 2013… oh yeah, I mostly moved. My list of major activities in 2013 is short and includes packing, unpacking, packing again, and unpacking. I look … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving already?
Is it really November already? Thanksgiving is a only ONE week away, which means Christmas is next month! Normally by now, the kids are feeling the Christmas buzz, we take an additional 10 minutes to get out of the house … Continue reading
A Diplorat Halloween
Halloween was a diplorat success! We don’t have many kids amongst the embassy crowd here, but the ones we have we’re treated to an American style halloween with trick-or-treating and a pizza party. The kids all got dressed up in … Continue reading
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Wordless Wednesday
Getting ready to go shopping again… This time I have an actual shopping bag… Not my suitcase!
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Grits
One of the random things I purchased while on my recent shopping outing (Chops-Guinea style), was grits! Grits, people!! Can you believe it?! I was super excited to find them, for two reasons. The first is obvious… I mean, come … Continue reading
The Last 24 Hours
Before we moved to Conakry, We made a number of purchases. Important things like a year supply of wine and soy sauce. Each time we went to the store to make a huge purchase in bulk, Peter would buy a … Continue reading
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America to England in 7hrs
The craziest day of the move is travel day. Or so I am told. My moving day started at 4:00 am with my youngest walking into our room in tears having just been sick all over himself and his bed. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conakry, diplomats, foreign service, guinea, plane travel, travel, traveling mom, Traveling with kids
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The Reluctant Diplomat 