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• Late Night Paperwork Party

  Working for the US Government is not for those who hate paperwork. Since everything the government does is funded by public taxpayer money, everything that cost... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Filling Out All the Forms

  Recently our Tajik visas expired. Since we still have a few months left in Dushanbe, we had to get new visas. When we had to extend our visas the previous two... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, William!

  

  William turned one this week. I remember Kathleen's first birthday and how incredibly long one year felt - at least a decade had passed between her birth and... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Week When Everything Broke

  The former Soviet Union is not an area of the world known for its high construction standards. It wasn't great when the Soviets were in charge and it hasn't... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Sledding Saturday

  

  This year has been a bad year for snow in Tajikistan and so we've only gone sledding once, up at the ski resort. This past week it snowed three or four inches o... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living in Dushanbe: Entertainment

  There are a lot of things about Dushanbe that aren't the greatest. There's a good reason it's a thirty percent differential. It's a colossal pain to get here,... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Return to the Mountains

  

  My family has been very happy on Saturdays for the past year or so. When we first arrived in Dushanbe, I would drag them up to the mountains to hike almost ever... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Safed Dara

  

  Last Monday was a holiday, so we took the children up to Safed Dara, Tajikistan's best (and only) ski resort. Although Tajikistan gets plenty of snow in the... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• iPhone, One Year Later

  So I've now had an iPhone (my very first smart phone) for a little over a year. I always swore that I would never get a smart phone because I didn't want to... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Uzbek Circus

  

  My phone rang Thursday afternoon while I was feeding children lunch (one of the least favorite parts of my day) and it was Brandon. "Question for you," he asked... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• 2017 In Retrospect

  2017 was a pretty good year for the Sherwood Family. Honestly I can't really think of a year that was horrible all around, although I think that 2011 probably... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Making Sunday a Day of Rest

  This Sunday we had leftover Chinese food for dinner. We had gotten takeout earlier in the week and Brandon, planning ahead, ordered enough to have leftovers... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Edwin

  

  This past week Edwin turned eight. We started out his birthday with his breakfast of choice, overnight baked pumpkin (it's time to use it all up again) french... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Christmas Decorating

  

  I love decorating for Christmas. Normally I am not a decorator. I like the idea of decorating - having a lovely house is a pleasant thing - but the mentally... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thirty-Five Happens to Everyone Who Gets There

  When I was younger (by a decade or two), I remember my mother telling me about the dreaded thirty-five. "You hit that age, your metabolism slows down, and that... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Time for Christmas

  

  This year we got a four-day weekend for Thanksgiving. The new chargé found a random local holiday (Flag Day) to justify the time off and everyone at the... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thanksgiving 2017

  

  This year Brandon and I hosted Thanksgiving. While cooking Thursday morning, I added up the times we've hosted Thanksgiving. This is our third hosting in... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Marine Ball 2017

  

  Last Saturday was the Marine Ball, our third and last Ball here in Dushanbe. Brandon would usually be perfectly happy to stay home and watch a movie with the... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Dubai

  

  Months and months and months ago, I decided that Brandon and I needed to take the children to Dubai. Normally, I am not the type of person who likes to travel... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• London

  This trip to London was my fifth trip (if a long layover where Brandon and I did some sightseeing counts) to the city, and my third trip this post. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING