HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween isn’t exactly celebrated here in Switzerland, but tonight we’re going to carve our pumpkin, and eat some candy while watching my favorite movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Our house is decorated for the holiday, but we likely won’t see any trick-or-treaters. Though, I have seen a few Halloween decoration items for sale in some [...]

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SNOW!!!

Our first snowfall in Switzerland! Yup, at this very minute, I’m watching big clumps of very wet snow fall past our windows!!!! It’s still a little warm for it to stick, but it is still lovely! SNOW!!! Unfortunately, Eddie went to sleep right before it switched from rain to snow, but hopefully he’ll see it [...]

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Edward’s First Word

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Change of seasons

We’ve had a few rainstorms knock most of the leaves off the trees. Yeah, fall is nearly over here in northern Switzerland. I don’t think I’ll find any more photos to go in my Fall in Switzerland album. Hard to believe that fall is moving into winter already. It is still 80 degrees back home. [...]

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Oops!

There is a nice little Mexican import shop in Zurich that we’ve been to a few times. The last time we were there, among other things, we picked up two packages of flour tortillas and a package of handmade tamales. I grabbed the former, and as the baby was screeching, and the store was a [...]

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Eddie – 7 Month Update

Just a little note – Eddie is learning how to sit on his own right now. He’s almost got it, but we still keep our hands hovering behind him in case he doesn’t keep his balance. We have hard laminate floors, so it would be a pretty nasty bump if he leaned too far.
He can [...]

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“Hey honey, watch this!”

You know that phrase can never prefix something good.
“Hey honey, watch this!” My husband said as he stood in the kitchen with an egg in his hand. “I’ve been watching Gordon Ramsey*.” He cracked the egg fearlessly on the side of the pan. Half the egg splurted out on the countertop, and the other half [...]

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Jucker Pumpkin Farm

On Sunday we went to the Jucker Farm where harvesting-type events are held year-round, but we went for the pumpkins, or kürbis. The farm is situated on a picturesque lake not to far from our town. We caught a ride from two our our new friends here, and met up with a second couple and [...]

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Bern, Switzerland

On Saturday we decided to visit the city of Bern. We didn’t get to see nearly as many things as we’d hoped to, but we still had fun, and will definitely go back again.
Bern is one of the oldest cities in Switzerland, first formed in 1191. Several fires in its history caused it to be [...]

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Birthday Review

Can I start by saying that Heath gets major husband points for going above and beyond for my birthday?
On the Saturday before my birthday, we went into the altstadt (old town) and browsed the shops for a new outfit for me. Heath was very patient with me while I popped in and out of shops, taking [...]

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Twitter

And I don’t mean the networking website… In the quiet of the afternoon while the baby slept, the boisterous children who live below us miraculously ceased their racket. I noticed an extra sound in the background of trains, cars, and those buzzing motorized bicycles. Hundreds of sparrows (I think) seem to be nesting up in [...]

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Four Things

(A) Four places I go over and over: Lyner (the best local bakery), Migros and COOP (local grocery stores), and Denner (liquor store where I go to recycle plastic bottles).
(B) Four people who e-mail me regularly: I’m bad about replying, but I would have to say probably my mom, my husband, my sister in law, and emails [...]

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