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• My Azeri Hero

  Driving in Baku is an irregular proposition. Most of the major roads are fairly well-paved, and the city is continuing to repave roads that hadn't seen new... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thanksgiving 2013

  This year I did not cook Thanksgiving dinner all by myself. I still spent all day cooking, but this year I only cooked pies (pumpkin, apple, coconut cream),... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living with Children: Laundry

  After our housekeeper quit right after we got back from R R in August I took some domestic tasks back on myself. As we all know very well by now, none of those... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Downsides

  Brandon is gone tonight. He was gone last night. He's going to be gone again tomorrow night. He's been gone a lot lately; the last time he made it home for... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Pumpkin... Everything

  We have less than two and a half months before we leave. One of the most obnoxious things about moving, from a logistical standpoint, is trying to get all of... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Marine Ball 2013

  Brandon in his hours-old tux and me trying to hide the baby bump.This year was my second Marine Ball. We never went in Cairo; the mission was so big that we... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Getting Ready for the Marine Ball

  Back in September I started thinking about my Marine Ball dress. When the pouch can take a month and dresses may take six weeks to special order, September is... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Pregnancy Cravings

  I must say that fifth pregnancies are not so bad (It still shocks me every time I say/think fifth. That's a lot of pregnancies!), all things considered. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• This Time I Don't Even Care About Charm

  I fired my fourth housekeeper last week. To clarify, I haven't fired four housekeepers - two quit, one went missing, and the last I fired - but I now have had... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Joseph!

  

  I have reached a new milestone in my life - all of my children are at least two years old. I've never had a second birthday that didn't have some small sibling... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Halloween 2013

  

  I blame my mother. She never cared much for Halloween (ironic, considering her deep and abiding love for sweets) and must have passed her feelings on to me. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• London, All By Myself

  When I went to the doctor here at post to announce my pregnancy (when your life is paid for by the federal government nothing, especially childbearing, is... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• It's That Time Again

  We have some news. Quick. I'll give you three guesses. Okay, time's up.Why yes, that is right! We're having another baby!The first time I was pregnant, I kept... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Georgia, Part II

  

  When we pulled into the Tbilisi train station, we were met by the usual zoo of taxi drivers looking for easy marks. Brandon, deciding to be an easy mark in a... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• So How Was საქართველოს*? *Georgia (the Country, Not the State)

  

  We're back from Georgia and I am proud to report that we still have all four children. Nobody got lost, nobody got hurt, and most importantly, nobody got... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Time to Hide the Camera Better

  

  Every afternoon the girls have quiet time in the toy room. The boys and I need a nap and everyone has just finished school, so the girls are sent upstairs to... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Adventure is a Four Letter Word

  I am not an adventurer. I wasn't before I got married, and having children has made me even less so. When you have an entire circus train to haul behind you... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• It's Autumn Time

  

  This week fall came. Thunder woke me up around two AM Monday morning and we had rain for the next two days. When our preventative maintenance men came on... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Our Evil Plan is Working

  This evening I took the children on a walk around the neighborhood. Theoretically Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but around here life gets a little... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Moral Superiority is For the Dogs

  A month ago my housekeeper quit. We got home from our R R Saturday night at eleven o'clock. Sunday afternoon Brandon rolled over in bed and asked me if I had... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING