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• 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

• In Which We Travel to Rural Azerbaijan with All Four Children and Everyone...

  

  I'm not much of a traveler. Those of you who live in the U.S. can now laugh. But really when you don't include all of the back-and-forth to the U.S. traveling... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• I Really Know How to Party

  One of my least favorite things about Brandon's job is the evening events he has to attend. When Brandon got hired, I went on a dress-buying frenzy so that I... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Kathleen's Mom

  Sometimes I feel like I've been a parent forever. My memories of life before Kathleen arrived are retreating into that part of memory that is shadowy, indistinc... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Sick Day

  

  s. Every mother dreads them. As a child I loved sick days - I got to spend the whole day watching movies, reading books, and staying home from school in a... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Petroglyphs!

  

  Did you know that Azerbaijan has petroglyphs? Neither did I until we came here. I hadn't thought much about them until a month or so ago when we read the chapte... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING