July 2007

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So I’ve decided that maybe I haven’t done a very good job so far of describing what average Ukrainian life is like. Believe it or not, not every day is all George Michael concerts and buying puppies on the street. So I’m going to start a new series of posts here called “Realities of Ukrainian Life” (based on the title of a class I took at FSI called “Realities of Foreign Service Life”) and I want your input. Post a comment and let me know what you’d like to know more about Ukraine. For this week, I’m starting with Ukrainian Food.

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Growing up

Our little girl is growing fast. Too fast, it seems (she learned how to climb on the couch over the weekend…) The first photo is from the day we brought her home - she was about 7 weeks old. The second photo was taken on her 3 month birthday last week.

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You gotta have faith

Last night I went and saw George Michael in concert with 3 friends. Somehow Summer ‘07 has become my summer of gay British pop stars.

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Happy 4th!

Happy Independence Day to those of you that celebrate it! I’m spending the day with my two favorite pets - Peema and Laika. I briefly considered dressing them up in some red, white & blue concoction and snapping an adorable photo for the blog, but decided that was too much work and one or all of us would end up wounded. I have enough scars from the puppy as it is (she likes to bite and scratch everything…especially things that move).

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