“Hi, mom. Happy Birthday! The maid said you and Aunty Aor are heading to the doctors so I called you on your cell.” “Oh, thank you, sweetie! Yeah we’re on our way again. The morning appointment was cancelled so this is round two. Why don’t you call back tonight when your dad and your brothers are home and we’ll talk?” “Dad and Onk aren’t home? Where the heck are they?? How dare they leaving you alone on your birthday!?!?” “Oh they’re in Chiang Mai. They’ll be back for dinner with me tonight. Call me when you wake up then, okay?”...
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Thai-Blogs.com, yet another place Oakley does her writing, is getting into some financial crunch. Thai-Blogs and many other portal to Thailand and Thai cultures started by Richard Barrow, an expat living in Thailand, have been serving the community for some time. As they gain popurarity, the cost of operations goes up. So, help Richard and his crew keeping these wonderful sites alive! See the Million Baht Project link on the right hand side to help out....
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It’s Sunday after Thanksgiving afternoon, and most of my Christmas presents are bought and wrapped. Yep. Right on schedule on that one. We won’t put up Christmas tree this year, so I piled all the gifts in front of the book shelf instead. Did I already tell you why there will be no tree this year? I don’t remember, so here goes again. We’ll be moving in February so I didn’t want to bring out the tree and then had to turn around and pack it right back. Too much work. We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at Shane’s house...
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I dreamed about Dr. Gregory House the other night. That I was a new doctor to join his team, following Dr. Cameron around on my first case with the team. We were doing some research well into the night and I fell asleep on the couch in the office. House tapped me on the leg with his cane, and woke me up. He sat down in the chair next to me. Some sort of conversation went on which somehow I got up, leaned in, kissed him, then got up and walked away. Yeah. I have a wee little bit of...
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Only one turkey can be pardoned today… And it just ain’t your day, Mr. President....
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come again, well, perhaps after New Year’s day? Yep. The sore throat-fever combo is back. So I’ve been resting all day, didn’t eat much of anything but tylenol, scrambled eggs, and a big pot of hot water + honey + lemon (thanks be to the Demi-Boss for her bountiful lemon tree). Hopefully this is not going to turn into strep… Just want to drop a line to say that I had a great time Friday night at the joint b-day party for me and Shane. Well, it was really Shane’s party and a few of my friends and I happened...
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