Archive for January, 2006
seven up
My friend Randy turned me on to the “Seven UP” series that was done by the BBC. Following the phrase “Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man.”, they asked 14 children aged 7 how they feel about certain topics - racism, money, poor/rich people, boys/girls, etc. […]
Posted by Marie on January 31st, 2006 under Uncategorized | Comment now »trying to write about El Salvador
I’ve been turning over things in my head about crossing cultures back up here, and can’t come up with too much - nothing very significant, anyway. Here’s my top ten list though, for what it is worth.
1. I took a shuttle from an airport to central Massachussetts the other day, and the shuttle van […]
just like my big brother
When I was in the Twin Cities, my brother told me that his wife gave him a paper airplane calendar for Christmas. Every day, you rip off the date and you have a piece of paper with which you can make a paper airplane. Brian said that he usually waits until it’s […]
Posted by Marie on January 28th, 2006 under Uncategorized | Comment now »how to use a duvet
Shortly after I arrived back in my new/old life, I bought myself a nice new bed. It is larger than my previous bed (queen) and has a nice headboard - I figured I am in my thirties and should be able to purchase a headboard for my bed. Also, two people in a […]
Posted by Marie on January 25th, 2006 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »which cars are going where
Did you ever read that book “The curious incident of the dog in nighttime”? It tries to step inside the mind of an autistic adolescent. Well, my godson and nephew Brett is a lot like that book. Brett is autistic but very high-functioning - so much so that he is on the […]
Posted by Marie on January 24th, 2006 under Uncategorized | Comment now »a few things about yesterday’s post
Thing one: Dawn (sister-in-law from Texas who moved to Minnesota) is both good at giving and receiving crap these days. She wears hats that scrunch her hair down, too. And feeds venison to her children (although she still doesn’t like it much).
Thing two: Note that I said I was from Minnesota/Wisconsin, as if […]
wanna go with
When I first moved away from Minnesota/Wisconsin, I heard someone make fun of the fact that people from Minnesota say (incorrectly) “with” at the end of sentences. With What? these people would ask. For example, “I’m going to the mall, wanna come with?” is apparently incorrect. It was the first in a long line […]
Posted by Marie on January 23rd, 2006 under Uncategorized | Comment now »the last 8 months of my life
My friend Kara and I went to see a movie the other day, and on the way home we stopped in a new food store. We saw some gourmet-type sesame crackers, the kind you don’t really see in El Salvador, and I said to her, “I’ve really been liking these crackers lately.” She […]
Posted by Marie on January 19th, 2006 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I’m a big fat liar
I just want everyone in the world to know that I’m a big fat liar, but I am aware of it. Become angry with me if you like, but if I am going to keep up with this blog thing I have to come clean.
The lie: I still own my condo, it never […]
ES blogger summit
Tim (Of Tim’s El Salvador Blog fame), Meg (left-wing liberal catholic blogger), and myself (you should know me, I write in this space) met up in El Salvador over the holidays. Tim’s wife took a picture of us, and he put it on the blog for posterity (thanks, Tim!).
It was a very interesting discussion […]
- ceiling fan, and baby exercises
- baby competition
- z’s first concert
- yay obama
- my lame halloween costume
- Our little social … human
- I guess time really is money
- starting and stopping work
- talking about breasts
- fresh out of the oven
- my life as a stay-at-home mom
- updated pictures on flickr
- but I do believe in miracles
- our little o negative baby
- blamers and the nuclear family
- his feet look like mine
- pictures on flickr
- new baby in the house
- We just joined the “buy more sh&t” club
- tomato sandwiches
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