tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post1798863277931949906..comments2024-01-30T04:22:34.784-05:00Comments on Beauty In The Ordinary: The Expat Life #1Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-90253167349874165532012-09-14T20:14:54.741-04:002012-09-14T20:14:54.741-04:00Thanks for laughing along with me Dagmar. Traveli...Thanks for laughing along with me Dagmar. Traveling certainly does broaden the mind and the heart...what we don't appreciate sometimes is the way it all happens!<br />Safe journey for your husband.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-70093578517361427852012-09-14T20:13:05.286-04:002012-09-14T20:13:05.286-04:00Thanks Hippo...love that little girl and her puppy...Thanks Hippo...love that little girl and her puppy too.<br />I went to a lecture shortly after arriving in Japan...all about the role of the non-working partner...helped a lot.<br />And mostly I'm glad you laughed...I still do every time I think of this story!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-50062150119606020742012-09-14T05:39:22.333-04:002012-09-14T05:39:22.333-04:00Wonderful totaly wonderful. could be my words and ...Wonderful totaly wonderful. could be my words and actions....hihi. I do have to share this with my husband as soon as he sets foot in the house tonight. He will leave for China in november and might have a bite at Mc Donalds too....although come think of it...if I don't share....I might have a laugh too.<br />Happy days my friend. Thanks for putting a big smile on my face.<br />Hugs DagmarDagmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711553888657920818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-88433900252598761742012-09-13T04:57:04.620-04:002012-09-13T04:57:04.620-04:00..so you thought you would share..
I am so glad y.....so you thought you would share..<br /><br />I am so glad you did! I was laughing all the way through but laughter tinged with much sympathy. It is alright for the working partner; they have their job, their routine, their colleagues at work but the homemaker is suddenly on their own, bereft of old friends in a strange land, incomprehensible languages and sometimes bizarre customs. And bewildering semi automatic doors...<br /><br />The photo on your side bar of the small child holding a puppy leaning on the kerb is beautiful, by the way. Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-26434964418254471252012-09-08T08:07:56.556-04:002012-09-08T08:07:56.556-04:00Thanks SH...they have fixed FIL up with a pace-mak...Thanks SH...they have fixed FIL up with a pace-maker (or peace-maker, as he calls it LOL!) and he should be going home early next week. Hi Ho...on we go!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-40921860284034585172012-09-07T17:19:42.578-04:002012-09-07T17:19:42.578-04:00Thanks for sharing - glad things going well for yo...Thanks for sharing - glad things going well for your hubby but hope your FIL is on the mend soon.Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-83704099696993949432012-09-07T16:12:55.887-04:002012-09-07T16:12:55.887-04:00First week has gone swimmingly....the only hiccup ...First week has gone swimmingly....the only hiccup has been my FIL is now in the hospital with his heart - never rains but it pours eh Molly?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-698255695125075132012-09-07T16:11:05.707-04:002012-09-07T16:11:05.707-04:00Important to have the 'stuff' that makes y...Important to have the 'stuff' that makes you feel at home. Rudy did continue traveling to California - every week until the new year. The girls and I new more about Tokyo than he ever did!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-55445606429893326952012-09-07T15:39:56.207-04:002012-09-07T15:39:56.207-04:00Thank you for sharing that lovely memory J. When a...Thank you for sharing that lovely memory J. When all else fails - there's always McDonald's (i.e. if you can get through the door)!! Hope your hubby is going on OK - you're both in all our thoughts xxMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-89297837592882691492012-09-07T06:29:37.527-04:002012-09-07T06:29:37.527-04:00Hope everything is well with you. Your experience...Hope everything is well with you. Your experience reminds me of the disorientation period of moving to a Rome apartment with a toddler and baby of five months taking a huge, old-fashioned-type pram by car and all our worldy goods - the pram wouldn't fit into the small lift, but it was good being able to take a stroll with the little ones on warm evenings while husband worked 24/7. In the end I loved the experience of living in the heart of an exciting city. Linda Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634839688042592781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-23320260662693575142012-09-07T05:28:17.085-04:002012-09-07T05:28:17.085-04:00It does give new meaning to vulnerability when you...It does give new meaning to vulnerability when you can't rely on your usual coping skills - especially being able to read. We had many adventures getting lost (but always carried a meishi {map with our address on} which one could hand to a taxi driver to get you home). The train system was amazing Cro...and we all learned how to use it.<br />Strangely, moving to the US was more difficult - a lot of people there presume you know a lot of things just because you DO speak the language!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-74301032856691059442012-09-07T05:23:55.158-04:002012-09-07T05:23:55.158-04:00It certainly made me adaptable Rob-bear. The one ...It certainly made me adaptable Rob-bear. The one thing I did learn thought, we are all more alike than different.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-10549964928615341702012-09-07T05:23:10.193-04:002012-09-07T05:23:10.193-04:00What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!
We w...What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!<br />We went on from Japan to the US, Thailand and finally England. I know I can live pretty much anywhere now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-81123132459731177692012-09-07T05:21:40.877-04:002012-09-07T05:21:40.877-04:00It was a great adventure JohnD...ended up loving e...It was a great adventure JohnD...ended up loving every minute of it...even the hard ones!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-81200909784470778182012-09-07T01:00:00.776-04:002012-09-07T01:00:00.776-04:00I can do Europe; no problem. But a country where I...I can do Europe; no problem. But a country where I spoke not one word, couldn't even understand the alphabet, and can't read road signs; no thanks. Well done, you deserve a medal.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-5248967423089150452012-09-07T00:41:25.679-04:002012-09-07T00:41:25.679-04:00I suspect that, if you could handle all that "...I suspect that, if you could handle all that "fun," you could handle just about anything. Well done!<br /><br />Hope your husband's treatments are going well. Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-87758019445923203072012-09-06T22:19:58.974-04:002012-09-06T22:19:58.974-04:00Did not mean the ?, sorry, my finger slipped on my...Did not mean the ?, sorry, my finger slipped on my iPad.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-90583588713810687992012-09-06T22:17:18.220-04:002012-09-06T22:17:18.220-04:00I lived a similar situation with a husband who tra...I lived a similar situation with a husband who traveled, with transfers always in the works, and me trying to figure out how to give my kids some stability. We didn't get to Japan, but sometimes I felt like I just wanted to run that far. It was hard but today I look back, and like you, I laugh. It was an adventure, a part of our lives that tested us, and we came through it.<br /><br />Great story, Jacqueline?Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-86749717147373517382012-09-06T21:18:02.949-04:002012-09-06T21:18:02.949-04:00Great story - really enjoyed it and had similar en...Great story - really enjoyed it and had similar encounters during my visits to SEA.JohnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608216150220329902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-32301509001161238912012-09-06T21:05:46.689-04:002012-09-06T21:05:46.689-04:00First year anywhere new Joanne is a throw-away yea...First year anywhere new Joanne is a throw-away year...good news is yes, it got better and better and better!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861124098541076451.post-51863424679109457962012-09-06T20:37:05.312-04:002012-09-06T20:37:05.312-04:00Like any undertaking, I know it had ti get better ...Like any undertaking, I know it had ti get better with practice and refinement, but I can appreciate the tear jerking frustration of the break in period. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.com