Year: 2009
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Christmas Plans 2009
The original idea had been to go to Utah to spend it with Martin, Stacie and offspring but a heavy schedule at work means that it really isn’t do-able in the current situation 🙁 We invited them to come spend it with us but Martin is more or less in the same situation. 🙁 Lousy…
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On How We Connect Today
If an average person on the subway turns to you, like an ancient mariner, and starts telling you her tale, you turn away or nod and hope she stops, not just because you fear she might be crazy. If she tells her tale on camera, you might listen. Watching strangers on television, even responding to…
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Birthdays Abound
It’s that time of year when our main batch of birthdays are coming to a close. Mara’s 13th (19th of last month), Bryna’s 6th (30th), Joshua’s 16th (9th of this month) and mine (19th of this month) always seem to come thick and fast every year. Bryna’s and Joshua’s have warranted parties this year but…
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Wonderful Australia by Bryna Glass
There are many wonderful things about Australia. I like Australia because it has kangaroos. I like kangaroos because it can jump fast and far. I like Australia because it has koalas. I like koalas because they sleep a long time like my sister[1]. I like going to the beach. I like going to the beach…
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Year of Four Schools
In the past we’ve gone to some lengths to keep the children at the same school, mostly for stability while other things changed. However, circumstances change and now, with the children stretching across age group boundaries, we find ourselves with children going to four different schools this academic year. Bryna and Ariana are in the…
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Micah’s First
Amazingly, one year has passed since we welcomed Micah into the family. And while the year has appeared to fly by it’s easy to see how long it really is by looking at the progress Micah has made. Apart from having his older brothers and sisters (usually) at his beck and call, he has also…
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Summer Holiday 2009
One of the ironic exchanges made for us when moving to the US from Europe was the vast improvement in weather coupled with a vast reduction in work holidays in which to enjoy said weather. So it was with a fair bit of anticipation that we organised a couple of weeks away. There had been…
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Father’s Day 2009
Father’s Day is quite the event in the US and the third date on which we have celebrated it. It’s almost as big as Mother’s Day and very similar in many ways — breakfast in bed, children shower you with presents and adoration and generally have a bit of a bludge. Ariana is usually the…
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Summer Holiday Plans 2009
After saving up my holiday time from work we are thinking about a couple of weeks away. Specifically, a trip to Vancouver, BC, Canada to renew our US visas and a trip to a campground in northern California where we intend to do pretty much nothing for as long as we can get away with…
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Rugby 2009
Being Australian we do enjoy a lot of sports and, having left the country, we often go to some lengths to ensure our children receive a good sporting education. This usually involves grabbing relevant sporting events — Tri Nations, Super 14, State of Origin, AFL Grand Final — from the internet since they don’t receive…