tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75479975947751428242024-03-18T21:47:58.860-07:00lanlettielanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-89283607950950234812015-01-01T18:31:00.000-08:002015-01-01T18:31:04.440-08:00Something something New Year Something<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spent the first day of the year as a statement. On the surface I did nothing, but in reality I rested. This year needs to start out in rest. I don't know why exactly, but that's what makes the most sense. I don't seem to have a word for 2015 (Further proof that I was never going to be a real blogger) so I'll just go with resting to start out and take it from here. </div>
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The day was further spent reading books and articles, talking budget, travel plans and healthy eating ideals. No hard or fast resolutions just letting the priorities become clear again.</div>
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And the priorities are (and have clearly not been the last few weeks): Time spent being completely filled with God. Because out of that do I move into being the best wife I can be, then friend I can be, then employee I can be. </div>
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Followed by the the priority of intentional healthy and whole habits followed by creative outlets and silliness. </div>
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This day also had to include this post on<i> Lanlettie</i>, because I still can't seem to quit this space despite the loveless past few months. I'm sentimental I guess...</div>
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lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-85285380081935461242014-12-15T17:56:00.001-08:002014-12-15T21:13:12.464-08:00Lately <br />
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<b>Crafting: </b>Braiding white and red yarn for Christmas gift wrapping and rewriting my Chocolate Salted Caramels labels to say 'Keep refrigerated and not refriDgerated' <br />
<b>Baking:</b> The famous, top secret, only-bread-worth-eating family recipe Cranberry Nut Bread and making the last few batches of Salted Caramels. <br />
<b>Feeling proud:</b> Three weeks later and I'm still very proud of hosting our first Thanksgiving, mix and match chairs, a fold out table, a Walmart fabric make do table cloth... perfectly cooked turkey, South African style green beans, new traditions and string lights.<br />
<b>Listening to:</b> Christmas music, yes, the reformation of the self identified Grinch continues.<br />
<b>Planning:</b> A Whole15 sometime in January, not January 1st.<br />
<b>Dreaming:</b> Of a white Christma... ha ha, no. I'm dreaming of the Italian summer vacation I'm planning with my family next year. Living on the other side of the world as your family does have its perks, like "let's meet half way, oh! half way is Italy"<br />
<b>Wondering:</b> What being a dog owner is revealing about my future parenting style.<br />
<b>Grateful:</b> for the sweet care package I received in the mail from my bestie today. It's insane how happy the word 'Woolworths' makes me. Also feeling grateful for the amazingly wild journey of 2014, it's been weird and hard and wonderful and charming. <br />
<b>Hoping:</b> to paint my walls white, trim my bangs and learn Swahili soon.<br />
<b>Watching:</b> On season 6 of watching Gilmore Girls the second time around. Parks and Rec with Ben and counting down the days till I can watch Downton Abbey!<br />
<b>Enjoying:</b> Playing hide and seek with Ben and puppy Henry, sneaking in mini hikes before everything is covered in snow and getting into the Christmas spirit.<br />
<b>Reading: </b>Anna Karenina, only about 50 pages in and loving it.<br />
<b>Excited about:</b> The Christmas break and all the crafting and catching up with gorgeous people I'll be doing.<br />
<b>Sharing:</b> These random pictures with you, mostly from our trip to the Jerry Johnson hot-spring in Idaho. Others from Thanksgiving and others from the Christmas tree hunt, in no particular order:<br />
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<br />lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-42736752742703554932014-10-14T19:04:00.001-07:002014-10-14T19:04:21.989-07:00My houseHardwood floors, cherry trees. Front porch, plum trees. Dying grass and a dishwasher. Clothes that may be forgotten in the dryer.<br />
No down stairs neighbors to consider when walking in heals. Separate closets. Mirrors for days. <br />
Light.<br />
Dog toys and bones strewn about and the kids next door dressed in ninja costumes.<br />
Chalkboard black kitchen walls painted and trips to home depot.<br />
Farmers market and Summer night outdoor movies. <br />
The happiest yellow front door on the street and a double sink.<br />
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I'm smitten with this home living in the suburbs. <br />
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<br />lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-12965967628231238152014-09-19T11:18:00.000-07:002014-09-19T11:19:30.212-07:00The Oregon Coast and what feels like home<div style="text-align: justify;">
Oregon Coast Weekend.</div>
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Living so far away from home is still something I learn to deal with. It's easier, much much easier than it's been, but still. The last two years I've learned a few things that help with homesickness. (If you're a South African wondering if you're home sick <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2013/02/you-know-youre-homesick-when.html">you should read this</a> to double check).</div>
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I've learned to listen to South African music, call my mom and drink rooibos tea when I'm feeling far from home. I've also discovered that the ocean is a great comfort.</div>
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The ocean is so constant. Standing at the edge of where the waves meet the shore, staring out to the deep, infinite wild blue space I feel like I'm where I've been before. Where I've been with family, where I spent Summer holidays or wild adventrures from my early twenties, it's so familiar to me. The ocean greets me with a magical smell, breeze and sound that's the same whether it's the Indian, Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. </div>
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I could for a moment imagine I'm on the beach with my sister, walking along the <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2012/08/jefferys-bay-my-kind-of-wonderful.html">Jeffery's Bay </a>coastline, or on December school holiday, caravan camping with my family on the East Coast of South Africa. I'm not the stranger in Northwest America, I'm in a familiar and welcoming place.</div>
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This trip was my first visit to the lusciously lovely state of Oregon and I'm a fan. We packed our new puppy, our bigger tent and soup cans to spend 4 nights exploring up and down the coast. Again, it was a lot of driving, but we don't mind that so much. The campsites were full, but the beaches where empty. We spent many hours just the three of us walking the low-tide sandy part, discovering washed up treasures and letting puppy Henry have the best day of his life. We even found a washed up bottle cap with Japanese writing on it, from the Tsunami maybe. </div>
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Hoping to sneak at least one more camping trip in before the big freeze arrives. </div>
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lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-81706208638557427032014-09-11T20:00:00.005-07:002014-09-11T20:00:46.325-07:00Super fast, super short, super right, Glacier National Park road trip<div style="text-align: justify;">
When I'm in the presence of mountains things make sense. Things like life being a gift and time passing too quickly making sense. God is amazing and His creation shouts of His love for us... things like that make sense to me.</div>
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But then also, driving all day Saturday to get to mountains and driving all day Sunday back make perfect sense. Glacier National Park is worth it.</div>
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I love this quote:<br />
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“Mountains are not Stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.”</blockquote>
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Two weekends ago, at the height of our Summer is ending freak out, we spent Labor day weekend in one of our favorite places in the Northwest. As I mentioned, a lot of driving, but then again we're a long forever road kind of couple, so it works out well.</div>
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(forgive the weird quality, I'm still figuring things out)</div>
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<i>Thinking about</i>: What I should be thinking about so I can write about it here. Thinking about how I thought this would be a quick and easy post prompt for me to write something on the blog today. Other general thoughts are about <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2014/08/from-unemployed-sad-person-to.html">my job</a>, my other job, finding ways to see my family again soon (Uhm Europe...??), how much I'm going to miss<a href="http://lublyou.com/"> this girl</a> when she moves somewhere awesome, hanging art on our empty walls and being intentional. All bloggers think about being intentional... so I'll just go with that.<br />
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<i>Reading</i>: <a href="http://whole9life.com/itstartswithfood/">It starts with food</a>. Preparing for our second Whole30, but first time actually reading the book, so far so good. Oh sugar, why are you such an asshole? Also, reading the book of Daniel at the moment, remembering how the story of <span class="st"><em>Shadrach</em>, <em>Meshach and Abednego </em>used to be one of my favorite bible stories as a kid. It still one of my favorites. I mean like... wow. </span><br />
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<i>Listening to</i>: First Aid Kit Pandora station. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syPzVZXrSlc">Stay Gold</a> is the song on repeat in my head. <br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><i>Thankful for:</i> A husband that doesn't keep score with household chores and makes special ice cream trips for me. Our quick Glacier National Park trip we managed to book last minute for this Saturday. Being a puppy owner. </span><br />
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<i>Photographing</i> : Puppy Henry mostly. Hoping to spend more time with my camera in these last few 'we-need-to-camp-every-weekend' end of Summer craze. <strong><br /></strong>lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-74111308676143661872014-08-08T13:34:00.000-07:002014-08-08T13:34:36.475-07:00From Unemployed Sad Person to Employment Specialist<div style="text-align: justify;">
Oh hey my blog, what you been up to while I spend my summer wondering what to do with you and what to use you for? Other than attracting the most ridiculous spammy comments? </div>
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Isn't it funny how for the longest time it feels like nothing is happening, then suddenly everything happens at once? If you tried to remind me of these 'big bang occurrences' during my 'nothing is happening' phase I probably would have punched you and returned to my corner to sulk. However, here I am on the other side of an eventful few weeks. Eventful it still is. </div>
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You might know by now that in the last two months we've gone from renters to home owners (although it's more like need-to-give-lots-of-money-to-the-bank-over-a-few-decades kind of "owners"). We've become pet parents. I found a full time job! I found a full time job that I adore. I found a second job that I also love for more reasons than I can say. Also, it's still summer which is like the delicious hot caramel syrup topping on the ice cream cake. </div>
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Am I here today to brag, to use this social media tool to try make my life look amazing and puppy filled? YES! Jokes! Of course not!! I do feel it important to share, because I want to fill this space with reminders that life is weird and sometimes you need to wait and wait..... and wait for what feels like years before the next step makes itself known. Oh the wisdom of my late twenties. </div>
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My employment life from the day I arrived in the US has been a volatile and difficult one (comparatively to my employment life in South Africa and Vietnam). I couldn't work for the first few months because of green card restrictions, so I interned and worked for free while I figured out what to do when I grow up. I did different things, I tried on the dreams of a variety of careers and nothing seemed to fit. I prayed for wisdom, I prayed for direction and the answers never seemed to be a clear cut "Do A, then B, then proceed to super fun C"... The answers where more along the lines of "Trust Me" "Don't be Afraid" "My Grace is sufficient for you". Not exactly the A-Z I was earnestly seeking, but still the most valuable wisdom I could have gotten from this season. </div>
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I got hired for a job late last year that I don't want to spend too much time on because my time there still gives me nightmares (no really). I couldn't stay for long, I had to get out. I was desperate to find the direction and run with determination towards this idea that I've found what I was looking for. My passion. That thing that makes me come alive. You know how the Pinterestable wisdom goes right? I still couldn't seem to get it. What was wrong with me I thought? Why can't I just figure this out. </div>
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So I became a "freelance", even now I can't exactly tell you what I was doing. Was I trying to be a Social Media Manager, a writer, a content manager? I did do some cool things for some cool people, but I was far from really making a career out of it. So the search for a job continued. I felt embarrassed. I felt like a failure for still being basically unemployed. I couldn't bare the thought of having the "So what do you do?" conversation with anybody. I didn't want to be around people. And as I would later realize I neeeed to be around people. I spent my days on Indeed.com and other generic job search websites. I felt discouraged a lot. I cried often. I would jump over the seventeen hoops that is a job application process for jobs I didn't even want to begin with. I would have hot tempered conversations with my resume for failing to be impressive enough. Bah, it sucked! </div>
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Then one day I found a job posting on one of these generic job search sites for an employment specialist at World Relief. I would not even have thought twice about applying for something like that months before, I mean, that's like HR type work right? I'm not HRish... But in those job searching days I jumped on anything that wasn't manufacturing or medical related and read the description. "Employment Specialist" yeah, the irony wasn't lost on me. I almost didn't apply thinking that how could I help others find a job if I myself couldn't even find a job? Then it occurred to me... wouldn't I be more useful in helping others find a job with all this time of applying, and interviewing and resume making experience? I held on to the latter thought and applied. Long story short after a few rather stressful weeks in themselves later I got the job and I love it. Working with people makes me "come alive" as they say.</div>
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<a href="http://worldreliefspokane.org/">World Relief</a>, if you are unfamiliar with them as I was, is a Christian world wide NGO, their work in Spokane is specifically to help resettle and establish the weekly arrivals of refugees to the city. The refugees come from all over the globe, from Iraq to Burma, from Congo to Ukraine. I work as part of the team that help them find employment. There are so many things I want to tell you about what I've learned since starting this job in June, but I still want to find the right words. </div>
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I moonlight for <a href="http://applebrides.com/">Apple Brides</a> and try do most of my work on Fridays when I don't work at World Relief. It's a bizarre combination of things that's helping me bring home some of the bacon these days and for now, I wouldn't have it any other way. For example yesterday I was trying to say 'see you again' in Nepali and crying because one of my clients didn't get the interview. Today was spent mostly on wedding blogs putting together <a href="http://applebrides.com/2014/08/08/links-you-should-follow-117/">this post </a>about wedding cake and colorful bridesmaids dresses. It's been an interesting week.</div>
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If you're in a place where work or lack of work is a cause of sadness and frustration for you please email me, let me know how I can pray for you and with you if you'd like. I know what you're going through. I know what it feels like to be the grown up of 'when I grow up' without the job. lanette 906 at yahoo dot com. That's all for now xoxo</div>
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1- It's still summer, hot hot yummy summer<br />
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2- We adopted our puppy today! We're a family of 3 now! I can't wait to pick him up on Monday! I can't seem to talk about our puppy with exclamation marks!! Because PUPPY!!!! <br />
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3- We camped at the North Cascades last weekend. Just like we did last year and I'm sure will do every year for as long as we live in Washington State. Which makes me think I might never want to leave WA, ever.<br />
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Here a few shots from our whirlwind trip.<br />
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Not pictured: What we look like after a 14 mile hike, what we look like after driving 6 hours in an Aircon-less car across a desert, what we look like right now as we try to patiently wait for Monday. Because puppy!<br />
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<br />lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-18388156911787072252014-06-26T20:56:00.001-07:002014-06-26T20:56:51.483-07:00I should be packing...... But I'll share these photos instead. <br /><br />
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Hashtag Northwest is Best! <br />
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Camping Big Meadow Lake. A free camping site close to the Canadian border. <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2013/07/big-meadow-lake.html">We camped here</a> last year too. (Because free and trees and yes) lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-28234280270151834842014-06-23T20:42:00.000-07:002014-06-23T20:42:14.915-07:00Summer to do list: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh hi! Disappeared on you for a bit there. Mostly because I've been going through a weird phase where I think every written sentence sounds stupid and pointless. Not fishing for encouragement (well kind of), because I know it's just a phase and I'll get over it and continue to ramble on.<br />
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I've also recently started my new job. All I can say so far, is that I feel like I'm exactly where I should be, and I haven't felt that way in a loooooong time. I hope to write about my experience in unemployment/under-employment/free lance/ 'dunno what I want to be when I grow up' soon. It's been a difficult and useful phase and I finally feel like I'm on the other side. <br />
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Just as a disclaimer, I refer to the above in terms of career path. I can assure you, I'm most definitely married to the right man and am at total peace about living in Spokane. Although, I really should write a post about the very real 'post-visiting-your-home-country-depression' something I wasn't expecting to deal with, but then did, and now I'm okay.<br />
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Woah, I actually just showed up today to share my summer to do list. Welcome, welcome gorgeous Northwest Summer, I was totally made for you and you for me. I promise you won't hear me complain about the heat. I love the heat! Also, it's just not acceptable to be one of those people who complain about the weather at all times.<br />
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This Summer will look a little different than our first care free, newlywed, newly immigrated summer and I can't tell you that I've had time to be sad about that. I'm so ready for the 'to-do' list that lays ahead. Moving boxes, puppies, office hours! Let's do it!<br />
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-Do my best to introduce more watermelon to daily life. Ever since Pinterest taught me that I could scoop my watermelon with an ice-cream scoop I've been obsessed. <br />
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-Diligently watch every <a href="http://www.cesarsway.com/">Cesar Millan</a> episode for new dog ownership tips.<br />
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-Also find the new member to the family to apply above mentioned tips. <br />
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-Wear my new bright orange lipstick like it's nobodies business<br />
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- Embrace the after work hike. I want to go back <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2013/03/fresh-air-and-all-that-it-brings.html">here</a> often. <br />
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-Weekend camping. Duh. It will take a few months to build up leave again, so we'll need to embrace the weekend quickies. <br />
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-Gardening and composting, because that's what you get excited about after living in balcony-less, big-windows-opening-less apartment for so long. <br />
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-Paint my front door yellow.<br />
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-Move into house with yellow door.<br />
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-Try a new ice-cream flavor until the end of July.<br />
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-Try to remember to wear sunscreen. Drink more water. Eat more salads. <br />
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-Run
in the mornings before work. I did it this morning for the first time
and now feel superior to all, also, it will very soon just be too hot
to go in the afternoons... and I'll need to keep running if I want to
justify all the ice-cream flavors I NEED to try this season.<br />
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-Find and purchase a grill for our backyard and BRAAI, BRAAI, BRAAI (bbq) ALL THE THINGS!<br />
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One last thing: YAY summer! <br />
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<i>Photos are all from my iphone, edited with Vscocam. Follow me on<a href="http://instagram.com/lanlettie#"> Instagram here</a>, it's fun I promise.</i>lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-68415032473460749752014-06-06T10:19:00.000-07:002014-06-06T10:19:03.716-07:00Friday thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few recent thoughts:<br />
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"It's summer! It's summer! It's summer! It's summer!"<br />
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"<a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/categories/house?page=5">Apartment Therapy</a>, why can't I quit you?!"<br />
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"I should probably write a post here about how we're buying a house"<br />
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"I should also probably write a post here about how I (finally after months and months of passionate patience and tears and frustrations) got a job that I'm really, really excited about starting next week"<br />
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"Shall I clean the house today and take photos of our first apartment together"<br />
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"Shall I post those pictures here?"<br />
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"It's summer!"<br />
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"When will we lift the ban on 'dog adoption websites' so we can find our third member of the family?" <br />
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"Really loved <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2014/06/on-happiness.html">this piece on 'happiness'</a> as shared by Cup of Jo. Happiness is not the end goal, and I'm over the pressure of trying to be happy all the time, wholeness is better."<br />
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"What will I find in my planned Goodwill shopping tomorrow morning"<br />
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"Because I should find more modest clothes"<br />
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"Because my new job will not appreciate skinny jeans"<br />
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"I love skinny jeans"<br />
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"Hoping I win <a href="http://lublyou.com/2014/05/30/russian-treats-giveaway-plus-recent-snaps/">Katie's Russian Treats giveaway</a>. Hoping you don't enter so my chances are better, or hoping you win and will share your bounty with me" <br />
<br />
"Am I the only person in the world that thinks 'The Goldfinch' is overrated and boring?"<br />
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"It's time for some Jane Austen next"<br />
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What's been on your mind lately? Happy weekend. <br />
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lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-37142367317025016792014-05-29T14:40:00.000-07:002014-05-30T09:20:46.726-07:00We went camping and I can't find a good blog title for it...Oh camping/outdoor/fresh air/long summer days! I thought you'd never get here, and here you are. (Sort of, today is cold, but generally you're here)<br />
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This last weekend was a 'trial run'. We only spent the Saturday camping and it helped us remember:<br />
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- that sleeping on the ground is in fact, still hard.<br />
- to pack: tongs, paper towels, more cookies<br />
- that yes! We still love it!<br />
- we can't believe we get to live this close to this kind of awesomeness. I love you Northwest America. <br />
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<br />lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-25819349379741494802014-05-23T10:17:00.000-07:002014-05-23T10:18:33.208-07:00Friday ...<br />
... is quote day! Also, these lilacs.<br />
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“I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are
wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.”- St. Augustine. </div>
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I've been trying to do these small things daily:<br />
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Drink more water.<br />
Do at least 5 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZQA08SlJnM&feature=kp">burpees</a> every day. <br />
Write one page filled with words of some kind.<br />
Rely less on my iphone as a distraction in public... Looking up.<br />
Watch at least one YouTube tutorial on how to improve my photoshop and camera skills.<br />
Be outside (this one is the easiest) <br />
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What you doing this weekend? We have high optimistic hopes of finding a camping spot despite it being a long weekend. Prepare for a summer of this blog being flooded by our tight camping adventures. Maybe some outfit posts and DIYs too, since I'm working on becoming an actual useful blogger. #dreams <br />
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Last fun fact: <a href="http://spokanelilacfestival.org/">Spokane is the Lilac city.</a> <br />
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<br />lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-37901889337789772692014-05-21T11:57:00.001-07:002014-05-21T12:03:27.915-07:00Dressing up is always a good idea. This is Sarah, my friend that has the great talent to convince those around her to dress up for fun.<br />
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All friends should be like this.<br />
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This is us in early 2010 living in Hanoi dressing up.<br />
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And also us over this past weekend dressing up.<br />
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I bought my blue dress here:<br />
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and my creamy SHORT! lacy dress at Forever New in Jo'burg about two years ago. <br />
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Just a quick 'back in Nam' (with sparkles) story for you this cheery Wednesday. xoxo<br />
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<i>All recent photos were sent to my Sarah, so aren't my own. </i> lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-71022242362938534262014-05-16T09:11:00.000-07:002014-05-16T09:11:31.906-07:00Friday is quote day! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...the great affair is to move, yes!lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-50286374094704675772014-05-14T15:27:00.000-07:002014-05-14T15:27:36.662-07:00 How I recovered from Post-awesome-holiday-depression in 10 easy steps:<b>(Or: The last 56 South African photos I'll share with you, probably.) </b><br />
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6. Shared here about the amazing trips we got to do. Yeah, why
do I blog? Free therapy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember me
telling you about <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2014/04/and-now-more-from-kruger-national-park.html">our Kruger National Park trip</a> or <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2014/05/tourist-in-my-own-town.html">our cultural day trip experience</a>?</div>
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10. MUSHY ALERT! Loved on my handsome husband who’s the reason
why I’m here in the first place, remembering that I’m exactly where I’m
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99% of these photos were taken with my iphone and edited with the VSCO app. lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-47966414971316832262014-05-09T11:08:00.000-07:002014-05-09T11:08:21.613-07:00Friday is Quote day! <br />
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<br />lanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-78734791806111426642014-05-06T17:24:00.001-07:002014-05-06T17:43:37.132-07:00Tourist in my own town<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://www.places.co.za/html/basothovillage.html">Basotho Cultural Village</a>, Free State.<br />
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So not exactly my own town. Considering my town now is Spokane (where I <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2013/05/riverfront.html">often pretend to be a tourist</a> anyway) and that my old town used to be Jo'burg, about a 2 and a half hour drive from the cultural village. So really, the title is a lie. </div>
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I've visited the Golden Gate Highland Park many times before, drove past the Basotho Cultural Village a few times and always thought "Hmmm looks interesting, I should totally go there" and then never did. That was until I left the country. So on my first visit back I wanted to do everything I could possibly think of, everything that I always thought would be 'just around the corner for me'.<br />
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What you need to know about the Cultural village is that it's not an actual village. It's built with the intent of showing how the Bashoto people used to live over the last 400 years to the present. It's educational, and it's also a lot of fun. I can recommend you stop by the next time you're in the area. You'll learn so much, drink traditional beer with the chief, play dress up with the first wife, listen to traditional jam sessions and get decor inspiration for sure. You should go. <br />
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Cost: R 75 per person. (About 7USD)<br />
Included: A personal tour guide, with traditional foods and drinks to try and a gorgeous view of the Golden Gate park.<br />
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"The Free State landscape gladdens my heart, no matter what my mood.
When I am here I feel that nothing can shut me in, that my thoughts can
roam as far as the horizons.”<br />
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We've had some beautiful days here in Spokane this week. Like run around bare foot, try new ice cream, wear your favorite dress, pick dandelions and hum happy tunes kind of beautiful days. I'll probably talk about the weather here a lot more, like I have in the past. Good weather is such a big deal to me. Yesterday was the warmest day we've had in 222 days! 222 days! Warmer than in Jo'burg for the first time in months, yes yes yes! Give me the summer, bring back the sun! </div>
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This weekend I'll be attending a Wedding industry conference the whole day Saturday and then Sunday we run <a href="http://www.bloomsdayrun.org/">Bloomsday</a>! It's a 12km road race attended by over 50 000 runners and walkers if I'm not mistaken. It's a big deal, and you're basically shunned from Spokane if you don't do it... Well not really, but I need all the motivation I can get. </div>
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I rediscovered these photos that from our 2012 trip through Glacier National Park today. My new favorite thing to do is change my screen saver often and have rotating photos display. Vietnam file, wedding file, travel through Europe file, and then today I set it up to display 'Travel 2012'. </div>
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I can't tell you the amount of times I just stopped my work, waiting for the slide show to start. I was especially struck by how many amazing places I was fortunate to experience that year. I loved staring at that the stop over in Istanbul, the <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2012/04/whales-found.html">whale safari</a>, the <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2012/04/stagit-washington-state-road-trip.html">daffodil fields</a>, the <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2012/08/moma-and-me.html">Modern Museum of Art in NYC</a>, and of course <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html">Glacier</a>. </div>
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I hope that in that year, despite being nervous about immigrating, visa applications and finances, I was able to take in the wonderfulness of all of it. It came as a reminder today, that despite dealing with homesickness and job stress and everything that comes with that, that life is a gift, being here in the Northwest is amazing and being with the love of my life is nothing ordinary ever. </div>
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It's impossible for me to choose only a few photos to share our few days in the <a href="http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/">Kruger National Park</a> with you. So I'll just share these for now, and then probably some more and then probably some more. I hope you will forgive me. I've already shared some <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2014/04/fears-revisited-wild-animals-and-give.html">here</a>, in case you don't mind. <br />
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My family has always loved the bush, in fact, Ben would talk about the many trips he took as a kid to Disney World and surrounding parks and I would think "hmmm, I guess while you were doing that I was going here". (Ben's family lives in Florida so that helps). Being a multinational couple will never cease to amuse me!<br />
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You don't have to work very hard to fall in love with the bush here, it doesn't really give you much of an option anyway. The thick warm air that smells like no place you'll ever go, the sunsets, the sunrises, thorn trees, African sounds and of course the wildlife. It's touristy yes, but for all the right reasons.<br />
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With our recent trip to South Africa I had high hopes of exploring parts of the country that I've not been to, or at the very least that Ben's never seen. Like Kwazulu-Natal and surrounds, but with only a few short weeks it's basically impossible to pass up on a trip to the Kruger, especially with a crocodile river front view like the one I knew we'd have. <br />
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That's just the trouble with the love of travel isn't it? Go back to the most amazing places we've seen or explore new most amazing places that we'll want to travel back to. Usually I'm up for the new, but lately I've found myself thinking about the places I've been and wanting to take Ben there, or wanting to share it with my friends. This summer is going to be hard not to basically repeat everything we've done last summer. Just look at <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-north-cascades-in-photos-and-figures.html">our trip to the North Cascades people</a>, it will be wild and difficult to keep me from going there again. <br />
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Anyway, back to the Kruger. We didn't actually stay in the park itself, we stayed here, at <a href="http://www.ngwenya.co.za/index.php/en/">Ngwenya Lodge</a>. It's right on the border of the park so we could blissfully sip on gin and tonics and watch the happy hippos frolic about in the river and be on the look out for game on the Kruger side river banks. Things spotted from our porch: Happiest hippos, impala, crocodiles, buffalos, a sleepy rhino, and about 100 different types of birds. <br />
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Fine, I'll share some more pictures on this post just because I know you're used to scrolling down if you've made it this far. xoxo<br />
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Three things that are making me really happy today:<br />
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1- Daffodils and Tulips everywhere I look.<br />
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2- Finally getting into '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goldfinch">The Goldfinch</a>', it's taken me a while... by 'in to' I mean excited about reading what comes next. <br />
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4- My photoshop class tomorrow and seeing lovely people on Sunday!<br />
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By the way: Don't think for a second I'm done sharing South Africa photos and stories with you. More to come, a threat or a promise... xlanlettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038657513508592601noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547997594775142824.post-55832193020293183422014-04-24T11:57:00.001-07:002014-04-24T11:57:28.288-07:00Seemed like a good idea at the time... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought it might be fun to give you some feedback from those wild fears I had about going back to South Africa. Remember: <a href="http://lanlettie.blogspot.com/2014/02/going-to-south-africa-and-im-terrified.html">Going back to South Africa and I'm terrified</a> ? There were 12 things that gave me nightmares in anticipation to our trip. </div>
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I also thought it would be fun to share a few of my Kruger National Park captures while we're chatting.</div>
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ALSO: there's a give away at the end of this post. yay! </div>
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1.<b>How time will fly by faster than you can say 'gimmie-another-helping-of-potjiekos'</b></div>
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Man oh man, was this true! Even though I got to spend that extra week I'm recovering from the shock that it's all over. Just like that, where did March even go? So this fear was totally legit. </div>
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The great aspect of having such a legitimate fear is that I could fully throw myself into the incredible thankfulness that I had for being there. I rarely felt like I was taking time with amazing people for granted and I ensured that my camera was charged at all times. So overall, thanks fear Number one! </div>
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Yup, yup, yup... that happened. Thankfully there is talk around our apartment of a half marathon coming up soon. So I don't even regret one koeksister, extra savannah dry or braaivleis for breakfast. Nope! <b> </b></div>
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<b>3) Sunshine overload.</b></div>
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Jo'burg had a surprising amount of rain for that time of year, so our white as freaking snow selves could ease back into the land of sunshine. Kind of a boring fear to have had.<b> </b></div>
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<b>4) Moving back will seem like such a good idea.</b></div>
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You know what? Moving back is SUCH a good idea you guys!</div>
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<b>5) Buying more items from Woolworths than my luggage limit allows</b></div>
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I'd like to take a moment here and thank this bizarre two piece concept rule that allows travelers two suitcases in stead of one. If you didn't know, this is, for the most part, only applicable if you traveling from or to the US or Canada.. the rest of the world (for the most part!) only get's to travel with one suitcase as sad little economy passengers. So thank you second suitcase and thank you Woolworths for still being wonderful!<b> </b></div>
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Yeah, so that totally happened. I did however loose apparent American accent towards the end there. I was also surprised at how fast I got into the habit of saying 'hey' at the end of every sentence hey. </div>
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I can gladly report back that nothing disastrous happened. Stupid fears... I actually loved driving in Jo'burg again with a stick shift. I remember coming home after living in Hanoi for a year and a half and loving how calm driving in Jo'burg is. I felt the complete opposite after living in medium sized, gracious drivers Spokane for a year and a half. I can't say that I really missed the taxis though! <b> </b></div>
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<b>8) Forgetting the do's and dont's of going on Safari.</b></div>
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Funny I would say that because we had a near <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enzsujSTeBo">Elephant storming our car incident</a>, however not because of our stupidity but that of the drivers around us thinking that the elephant was just joking around. Not my favorite moment of the trip I must say. Doesn't anybody pay attention to YouTube anymore?! <b> </b>(No seriously, YouTube a few 'Kruger National Park Elephant attacks for fun and you'll see) </div>
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<b>10) Instagramming overload.</b></div>
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Yeah, so I lost a few followers along the way and that's okay. Not following me on Instragram? <a href="http://instagram.com/lanlettie#">Catch up here</a>, it's fun I promise! </div>
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<b>11) Remembering how much I love my country and being around my people.</b></div>
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It's true! I do really love all of the country and all of my people. It's not been as easy to get back into the swing of American living as I thought, but I'll get there. It was great being around people that remembered that one time in 8th grade, or could understand when I mix English and Afrikaans. Overall I'm just so very grateful that I was able to go and go for enough time to make things feel normal-ish. <b> </b></div>
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<b>12) Getting on that return flight come April 2.</b></div>
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Well this fear never materialized seeing as my flight was cancelled and I had to book a whole new ticket... a ticket I booked for a week later. Still... those moments right before I say good bye to my family, as my dad prays over me and my mom holds onto me are some of the hardest moments to face. They suck, I'll never get used to it.</div>
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<b>GIVE AWAY!</b> Well kind of...</h4>
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I'll send a copy of one of these photos in the post to the first three people that comment. </div>
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Just tell me which photo you'd like and send me your email address in the comment section (so that I can get your postal address) </div>
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So, yesterday I made <a href="http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/2010/06/03/the-secret-to-homemade-mayo-patience/">homemade Mayo</a>, like I've made before, and it totally failed. Boo. I've been diving into the job market and the most enticing offer was "<a href="http://spokane.craigslist.org/tfr/4405539852.html">best dolphin impersonation gets the job</a>". Friday and Monday are not public holidays like they are in South Africa this week. Aaaand it's raining.</div>
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However, you can't really feel sorry for me when I spent a whole day walking around Clarens in the Free State just the other day. Hand in hand with my favorite, looking at art, shopping for home made jam, spending a good part of the afternoon at the local craft brewery, smelling this tiny town after the rain. I just can't complain about many things with memories like these still fresh in my mind. </div>
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