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at La Roche en Ardenne

by Toiny 4 August 2012
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I took 700 pictures last weekend.  700.  I struggled to pick just one for the newsletter.  I really debated putting in the one of my sister, Annelore, right as Soren surprises her.  It wasn’t the big bear hug, or the scruffy beard, that surprised her but the fact that he was there at all!  I [...]

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I Miss My Big Boys

by Toiny 30 June 2012
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We knew all along it was a possibility, and honestly I am not ready to leave Germany let alone pack-up and move.  Earlier this month we got our orders.  Not an extension, but a full consecutive tour.  We are in Germany another three full years. Most of me is really, really happy.  I love my [...]

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The American Cemetery in Margraten

by Toiny 30 May 2012
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I had a hard time writing this today, my hand notwithstanding.  I try to keep politics out of the store, and have it be a welcoming place for everyone.  But I am a soldiers wife.  I am soon to be a soldiers mother.  It is because of the military I am in Germany.  Politics are [...]

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Flying Space Available

by Toiny 19 May 2012
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While we love being stationed in beautiful Germany, one of the major downsides is how far we are from family.  Our parents, my sister, our big boys. This is especially difficult when it comes to big events.  Events we really, really want to be at, like Soren’s graduation two weeks ago.  It is not cheap [...]

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San Francisco

by Toiny 16 May 2012
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It seems jet lag coming back from the states is much worse than going to the states.  Cole & I especially are struggling with getting our eyes open in the mornings, then keeping them open when late afternoon hits.  I would complain, but, well, I not only got to see my oldest son graduate college, [...]

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Thank God for the Americans

by Toiny 29 February 2012
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We are in week 5 of strep, colds & viruses at my house.  There has been someone home sick keeping me company for weeks.  As much as I love my family, I’m going a little stir crazy.  Thankfully my husband is not currently deployed, and he is just as ready to get down & dirty [...]

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Cirque Dreams

by Toiny 25 February 2012
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In my excitement to share about our Fat Tuesday parade, I completely skipped over our other exciting day this week. On Monday Armed Forces Entertainment brought a FREE show to all the military families in the Stuttgart community. My entire family was against going. Unlike me, with my great love for Cirque du Soleil, the [...]

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Fat Tuesday

by Toiny 22 February 2012
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Yesterday was Fat Tuesday, the last day before Lent kicks in. It is the last day to celebrate, make merry, break the rules & have some fun! Here in Germany it is almost as big a deal as Carnival in Brazil. I took the little ones over to the big parade a couple towns over, [...]

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College Today

by Toiny 22 October 2011
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I spent over a phone on the hour with my oldest baby today. Soren is 21, in California, at university and has a girlfriend I’ve never met. I’d like to change that. He’d like to change that. He wants to bring her home for Christmas. Eeeep. Yes! It’s a male-dominated world I live in, even [...]

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Man Date

by Toiny 20 October 2011
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I smelled snow in the air yesterday.  I tried very hard to not do a little happy dance out on my front porch, in front of all the neighbors, who already think of us as the crazy Americans.  I love snow.  A couple more weeks and we’ll be playing in the snow.  For now, it’s [...]

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