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Eva was our first exchange student. She came and lived with us my senior year of high school. She was from Gelsenkirchen, Germany. She was a pretty cool chick. We had a lot of fun despite our family's insanity, and despite the fact that one time [[bio-dan Dan]] swung his backpack into her face while we were waiting for the bus. [[bio-dan Dan]] wasn't always so nice in those days.
Poor Mom got spoiled having two daughters that year and was very sad when Eva left in July of 1994! I got to follow her to Germany and go on a crazy vacation with her divorced parents though. Lots of stories there. She calls her mom "Melone" which means "melon", and, according to her, it's because she's round like a melon. Poor Melone! It was a fun trip, I hopefully have a lot more pictures from it to post. I'm pretty sure I do.
Important notices
Notice my new header photo! I will try to put a note here anytime I change it. This is from my trip to Italy last September. We had a lovely day at the Avignonesi Vineyards and Winery in Tuscany.
Questions about my new weblog platform?...
Glad you asked. It's a super awesome new platform for creating weblogs or any other dynamic site created by my genius boyfriend Rob (robreed at gmail dot com). Email him and tell him how awesome he is.
Why you should visit this site regularly
Because I'm totally hilarious and mostly all I ever do is get too upset about everything, which is typically entertaining for everyone else.
What's going on right now
We're still working on getting settled at our new condo in East Boston. The living room paint color took four tries and we had to paint the final color twice because we screwed up the wall after the first time trying to put a shelf up. We recently discovered our kitchen sink isn't properly sealed to the counter and leaks. The garbage disposal was also leaking and getting worse. Then it fell off recently and I reattached it, after which the leaks from the disposal stopped. Good thing we're not too scared to do some home repairs ourselves. Someday I hope to decide the place is settled enough to have a long overdue housewarming party.
In Memory of Billy the dog
Best.Dog.Ever. 1995-2009.
Many of you knew or knew of Billy. We miss him a lot but his memory lives on, especially thanks to this blog.
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Some photos in honor of Billy's 13th birthday