So You Wanna Join the FS? Saturday, July 8, 2017. Reftel, septel, n. These are both ways of referring in one cable to information discussed in mo.

Perspectives of a Trailing Spouse, etc. Just another Diplowife and her blog. How I got kicked-out of a bike tour in Amsterdam. If this were a movie the opening scene would be me flying through the air in slow-motion. Flashback to a few days, our trip to Amsterdam began like most of our trips. We were still posted in Muscat at the time and JG and I looked forward to a bit of a cooler climate.

Two adults, two children, one rabbit - one hell of a ride! RIF - Reading is Fundamental, but not always Fun. I just have to say that I hate summer reading lists. I mean Hate, H. To the contrary, I love to read. I have always loved to read. I love to read so much I became a librarian.

My attempt to find the joy I once had in cooking, embrace what I have been given, and live my life one plate at a time. Wednesday, August 26, 2015. 2 cloves garlic, mashed.

The musings of an Out and Proud Foreign Service Officer. Thursday, February 08, 2018. It has been more than a year since I have posted. A fair number of more junior folks have left as well. Many are now on Facebook insisting you have to leave or be complicit with the current administration. And so I am still here. There is a good piece.

Give me the luxuries of life and Ill willingly do without the necessities. Necessities of life are highly overrated. Why spend money on soap when a bottle of Oban adds so much more to my life? Why waste your time fretting over the things you think you should have by this age. The Root Cellar and The Attic.

Secret Confessions of a Trailing Spouse. A support blog for those who chose to follow. then started to freak the fuck out. And when not freaking out, lots of posts about making stuff. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. New Support Group for Trailing Spouses - Sioux Falls, SD Edition. Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

The cost of sea power, then and now. Infantry, cavalry, armor, and air power come and go in importance as technology and tactics change, but sea power is the perennial king of interstate warfare. Ever since completing my first warg.

We packed up the family and joined the Foreign Service in 2011. Update on life in Guangzhou. Chinese NY decorations were awesome. I used to think about my blog all the time and compose blog posts in my head. Now weeks go by without my even thinking of it. So I guess I should update it, with a post about real life, not just vacations! She loved her Chinese NY dress.