Archive for February, 2006
maybe I’ll be a chef
I have met a few people in my travels who, after not being able to find a job that they like, they can keep, and pays them enough money, have said “Maybe I’ll be a chef”. As if, because they know how to cook they can turn it into a high-paying career. Well, […]
Posted by Marie on February 28th, 2006 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »been there, got the tote bag
So, I just had to buy about six books at the Strand bookstore, which required me getting a tote bag that would allow me to carry them all home with me on the plane. I love books, and for most of my adult life I have purchased too many of them. As a […]
Posted by Marie on February 25th, 2006 under Uncategorized | Comment now »18 miles of books
I have not posted in a few days, longer than normal for me. I am traveling for work this week, and forgot my laptop power cord - and so had to run around New York City to find something that would work.
Like I have said in earlier posts, I enjoy traveling, and am glad […]
citizenship
Some of you know that I have been taking Spanish classes in Chicago, trying to keep working on my Spanish. It’s been good, I’ve been learning more verb forms (and how to use them properly), and it keeps me thinking in Spanish twice a week. There are also a few people at my […]
Posted by Marie on February 21st, 2006 under Uncategorized | 2 Comments »ideas and the people who have them
I receive a daily email called “Thought for the Day”. I forwarded one to a particularly caustic former boyfriend once, and he asked me in response “Isn’t it nice to have someone tell us what to think?” Well, yes, it is nice. I like to think about topics that perhaps are not on […]
Posted by Marie on February 16th, 2006 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »my friends’ friends
It’s a good old aphorism - you are defined by the company you keep. My friends say something about me, and the friends of my friends say something about them. I’ve had a few opportunities to think about the friends of my friends lately and am glad of my circle.
My great friend Kara, […]
the sanitation in El Salvador
Someone commented on my post about the things that I found different back in the states, and asked where it was that people in El Salvador actually put the TP, if they didn’t put it in the toilet bowl? They put it in the garbage can next to the bowl, of course.
I learned all […]
moving into the 20th century
I finally had my landline (telephone) connected. I had been trying to live for a while with just the one phone (cell phone), but it just doesn’t work as well as it did when I lived in El Salvador. I prefer to be able to walk around my house when I’m talking on […]
Posted by Marie on February 10th, 2006 under Uncategorized | 2 Comments »fuego and the department store garage sale
Yes, I’m reading Harlequin romances on the El (rapid transport in Chicago), but they are in Spanish, and I’m reading them for the practice. I suppose that admission is kind of like “reading Playboy for the articles”, but there it is. This is the level of my Spanish reading right now — the […]
Posted by Marie on February 9th, 2006 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »more that I learned
In some ways, I feel like I took a sabbatical from my job when I joined Peace Corps a second time. The place where I work is a multinational company that makes software, and I work on project management, system analysis and data analysis. It tends to get very stressful at times, and repetitive […]
Posted by Marie on February 8th, 2006 under Uncategorized | Comment now »
- 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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