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• Housebound

  Winter has settled in here in Dushanbe. Thankfully, winter in Dushanbe is more like "winter," which means a mix of grey rainy days with nice sunny ones and... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Just Call Me Martha Stewart

  Since moving to Dushanbe, Brandon and I have not had any date nights. Which, at least for our finances, is probably okay since we really lived it up near the en... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thoughts on My House

  My house is starting to feel like a home. Our books are unpacked, my very favorite carpet is in the living room, I'm sleeping on my magic memory foam topper, an... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Return to Normalcy

  Saturday, Brandon and I assembled our last piece of furniture. We've had a lot of practice doing this over the years; our bed has now been assembled four... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Tajik Hospitality

  

  I've never been a big fan of 'cultural experiences.' This probably makes me completely unfit for this lifestyle - what better place to have those experiences... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• And Finally, Time to Stop

  I love unpacking. I think I love it as much as I hate packing; packing is just the first step in a long and complicated series of actions that ultimately ends i... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Christmas, Observed

  

  Saturday morning was Christmas Day, Observed at our house. We rationalized that, with the switch in residences and recent move halfway across the world, Santa... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Merry Christmas!

  

  For Christmas this year, we decided to move to our permanent house. Much to the children's relief, however, we're celebrating two days late, so they still get t... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Edwin!

  

  This week Edwin turned five. Edwin was my first foreign service baby, born while we were at our first post in Cairo. He's mostly grown up overseas, with his... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Learning to Deal with It

  Today marks the fourth week we've been in Dushanbe. We're still in temporary housing and were told last week that next week is when our house will be done. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Home-Churching (I May Never Want to Go Back)

  Every time our family goes to a new post, our church community gets smaller and smaller and smaller. In Cairo we attended a lovely little ex-pat branch that... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Book Your Plane Tickets Now!

  

  We've now had three Saturdays in Dushanbe and the weather (and lice) has cooperated enough for us to be able to get out of the house for the past two weeks and... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Got Milk?

  

  I always dread going back to UHT milk. It tastes funny, is insanely expensive ($1.70 a liter?!?), and we go through over a box per meal so our trash is... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Busting Down the Door, Or That's How We Sherwoods Get Things Done

  Once upon a time I used to be a shy(er) person. I would spend twenty minutes getting my courage up to do something simple like ordering a pizza. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The First Week

  Moving to a foreign country almost halfway across the world isn't as bad as having a newborn, but it's pretty close. I know because I've done them both - severa... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The First Day

  4:30 AM, November 20th, we landed in Dushanbe. As we waited for all of the other passengers to file out of the plane and onto our last bus (seriously?!? I'm... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Hello From Dushanbe!

  We've now been here for ten days and life is settling down - somewhat. Our internet was finally hooked up on Friday, so here's my journal entry about the trip... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Shots in the Rain, Again

  Last Wednesday was shot day and so it rained. The Wednesday before was also shot day and so it also rained. As Brandon works for the Federal government, we... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Eleanor, Almost Six Months

  

  So Eleanor is almost six months old. If she was my first child I would be counting in weeks, days, hours, and minutes, but since she's my fifth, we'll just... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Welcome to Crazy Town

  We have just a tad over three weeks left before we hop on a long sequence of airplanes that will eventually deliver us to Dushanbe. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING