Bit by the Time Bug
November 6, 2011 by Sarah Those of you reading this in the USA will be “falling back” as daylight savings time comes to an end. We thought you were doing that last week. The Moscow in Your Pocket guidebook said so. And…
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What is cold?
November 5, 2011 by Sarah Today the high was 32 degrees and my kids were out playing for at least 3 hours (though not consecutively.) Travis got their bikes put back together and they got to ride around the compound, Sadie riding…
Today…
November 4, 2011 by Sarah I unpacked about 20 boxes. I washed about 5 loads of towels and sheets and stuff from boxes that smelled like old lady clothes. I looked around and the only thing I could think was that I…
Russian Posers
November 3, 2011 by Sarah There is something you can’t help but notice as you travel around the city: oh, of course, the grandeur, the architecture, the sky, but I’m not talking about any of that. I am talking about the way…
Halloween In Theory & Practice
November 2, 2011 by Sarah Today our shipment with all of our STUFF (except big furniture) came! I am super excited to share those details with you, but it will have to wait until I’m not too tired to go upstairs, find…
Birthday Fun
November 1, 2011 by Sarah This past week we celebrated Sadie’s 7th birthday. Being new to Moscow we weren’t sure of how it would all go down. After all, we have only been here for about a month and a half and…
The Big Test
October 31, 2011 by Sarah I signed up with NaBloPoMo which is a spinoff of the NaNoWriMo which I have considered doing in the past. But I’m pretty sure doing a blog entry every day for a month will be a little more attainable than doing…
The New Normal
October 26, 2011 by Sarah Life here has been filled with adjustments to our new normal. Like waiting weeks and weeks for mail to come, and dropping everything to bask in the wonderment of cardboard and letters from friends (thank you!!). …
Sing again!
October 1, 2011 by Sarah Most of you know that I attended and graduated from Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, or HSPVA, and that my art area was vocal. I loved my friends there, I loved singing there, and…
Our First Outing: Tsaritsina Honey Festival
September 28, 2011 by Sarah Those of you who enjoyed the pics in my last entry will be happy to see that I am putting a few more in this one. Last weekend we decided to take the plunge: we were going to: –…