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• Burning Mountain

  

  For all you dying to come to Azerbaijan (yes, all two of you, Mom and Dad), I have some very disappointing news: it's really just not that exciting. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Ladies' Night Out

  Last Thursday night I dressed up in my nice dry-clean only clothes, put on makeup and jewelry, kissed Brandon and the kids goodbye, and headed out on the town. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living in Baku: New Year

  

  Azerbaijan is kind of a strange place, culturally. It's even strange geographically. If you're trying to book a flight on Lufthansa, it's in the middle east.... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• One Year

  It's official. We're now been here one year. One year ago yesterday we landed at the Heydar Aliyev Airport, took the short diplomat line through passport... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Christmas 2012

  

  I have a long and troubled history with Christmas. Well not technically with Christmas - I love Christmas, I love the sweets, I love decorating, I love listenin... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Johnny Cash Teaches My Children About Relationships

  My children live an incredibly sheltered life. Nobody goes to school, we don't have a TV, we can't listen to American radio, and there are no English-lanugage... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Smart Parenting

  For Mormons, Sunday is a day of rest. Theoretically. We don't participate in sporting events, go shopping, or various other rest-of-the-week activities. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Edwin's Third Birthday

  

  Saturday was Edwin's third birthday. Since we don't have birthday parties, we try and do something fun for the birthday child to make it an exciting day. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Abandoned

  Right now Brandon's in the Ankara airport, waiting to go to Istanbul so that he can get on a plane and come to Baku - at 3 am tomorrow morning - and rescue me... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Road Construction... Continued... Still...

  So, back in June, backhoes started digging a large ditch on the road outside my neighborhood. After a month(s?), it got filled in. The next day they started... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Breaking in the New Help

  This week is the third full week that our new housekeeper, Asli, has been working for us. My last housekeeper was actually a cook that had just started her... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living in Baku - Pomegranates

  

  True story: When I was a child, I loved to read Greek myths. I think every child goes through the myth stage, when the lure of those stories pull you into a... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thanksgiving 2012

  This year I attempted another Thanksgiving dinner at home. My first me-cooked Thanksgiving went pretty well, as Brandon's sister and brother came and were my... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• In Which I Get Abandoned

  Warning: this post contains complaints about housekeepers. If you don't want to hear the whining of an over-priveledged and under-worked housewife, please go... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Sewing Projects Gone Bad

  

  Last Saturday was the Marine Ball, or for those overseas, Diplomat Prom. Once a year everyone gets dressed up, goes to a fancy hotel, and pretends that we are... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Joseph Turns One

  

  Friday was Joseph's first birthday. Friday was also the embassy Fall Festival (rescheduled because of rain last week) and the day before the Marine Ball and I... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Weather

  

  We just turned on the heat last week. Our house has a heating/cooling system that Brandon and I like to call The Coolerator. It's a forced-air radiator that run... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How I Miss the Libraries

  I really like living in Baku (really, I do!). The city is fairly modern (for non first-world countries), not that big (compared to Cairo), not too trashy, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Halloween!

  

  Different year, same costumesIt's 5:31. Edwin is in the bath, sitting in the dark watching the LED tub light change color (I know you're jealous). Joseph is... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Facing My Fears, Or How the Squat Toilet Got Me in the End

  Warning: This post is about bodily functions. If that grosses you out, you've been warned.I don't consider myself a fearful person. I will squash a cockroach... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING