Yep - by 3:55 pm the family will be "out of North America and going to Europe" - to quote Rebecka as she was talking about her (almost) 3-month-long trip to Sweden with some of her friends.
I'm excited for them and sad at the same time. Our little house will be empty. But now I don't have to feel guilty when I get home from work at 9 pm and just barely have time to say the night-time prayers with Becka and plop into bed, exhausted from the demands of the day.
Hmmm. Please write me a lot - and call. My parents won't mind the big phone bill... Right? ;)
On another note - for you celebrity-obsessed readers out there. Check out the Huffington Post for lots of celebrity blogs and the latest news. From this dandy site, I found out that Clinton and the next Governor of Arkansas are starting a "ten-year campaign to get the fast-food industry to serve smaller and healthier portions and to improve school dinners."
Finally!! Let me know how I can help.
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Can you hear the crickets chirping yet, Tab?
AnonD
I'm not sure what that means... Is it an expression?
hmm...I've never heard it as a 'saying'...it's what the clever televisions guys do when the scene is suppose to depict something very desolate.
picture me...in wisconsin...the sound track in your head will be crickets chirping.
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got it! thanks for clarifying... this is one of the very few downsides of not being a native... heh.
Quick "not being a native" story:
I was looking for marshmallows at my neighborhood Target today. Around where I live there are a lot of immigrants and they make up a lot of Target's workforce.
So today I asked a young associate Efrem if they sold marshmallows.
"Marshmallows? I'm sorry. I don't know what that is."
Exercise for the reader: Pretend you are talking to someone who's never heard of or seen a marshmallow and try to describe what one is. Extra points if you can avoid using the word "thing" in your description.
With his coworkers help, we eventually found them and bonded some more looking over the actual ingredients together.
AnonD
AnonD,
I know exactly where you went wrong: the point where you actually asked for help. many a time I have covered each aisle of a store twice, lapping many a useless 'team member' on my way. sometimes I find my desired item, sometimes I leave the store in discust: never knowing if it was there or not. but I'll be darned if I ever proactively ask someone for help. it's a fool-proof system.
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