Why Do I Blog? Well, for One Thing, There's so Much Misinformation Out There!

This is us. The one showing lots of shoulder (in her Chengdu, China Marine Ball ball gown!) is the EFM who writes this blog. The one wearing a tux (James) is the employee who moves her (and their two sons) around all over the world. The red link, below, is how you can get in touch with me...

The time in Chengdu, China

Chengdu: city of fabulous food and beautiful Buddhist monasteries!

In Our Same Boat (with State)

Beyond the Cornfields
Brand-new State Department family in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Love their two little girls (she just recently had a baby while being posted in Dhaka), horticulture, traveling and adventure!
Email From The Embassy
State Department family formerly in Beijing, China, and recently posted to Amman, Jordan. A trailing spouse, she's also a writer, and frequently publishes articles with major news sources. A very experienced State family, this new post is something like overseas post number six or seven for them.
Just US
A beautiful family of seven - they have arrived at their new post: Jerusalem! They just finished off an unaccompanied tour to Iraq and are very much looking forward to sightseeing around the middle east.
Our Life
State Department family on their second post...Tijuana, Mexico. It's their first overseas assignment and they have two little boys. They love Tijuana so far and post pictures frequently! They also get to enjoy the best of both worlds for they can sneak over the border into San Diego when they want to!
The Dinoia Family
State Department family formerly in California, now in DC for a DC tour. Next, the husband will do a one year unaccompanied tour. A very experienced State family (formerly in Iceland and Caracas) with a blog that has been around quite a while and has great archives. Jen has a sweet heart and a lot to give!
The Perlman Update
State Department family formerly in Chennai, India, who then did a year-long unaccompanied tour in Iraq. They are now on a DC tour and after that will do another unaccompanied tour (Afghanistan). She totally tells it like it is and doesn't sugar-coat what life is really like. Witty, snarky, funny and down-to-earth. Look elsewhere if you want fake. Read if you want REAL.
Where in the World Am I?
State Department family formerly in Bujumbura, Burundi and now in Hyderabad, India. They just had their first baby this summer - a beautiful little girl- (there's a separate blog about this) and she also eats gluten-free (with a separate blog, also).

One of the most intriguing things about Chengdu is that it is a seamless blend of ancient and modern... all together, side by side.

Can't Live Without (non-State)

Crass-Pollination: An ER blog
The best ER nurse blog EVER!
Doctor Grumpy in the House
The best doctor blog EVER!
In Which...
My IRL friend, a stay-at-home, homeschooling Mama of seven. Her darling daughters are, goshdarnit, probably too young to be hoped for as my future daughters-in-law.
The Crib Chick
My IRL friend, a stay-at-home, homeschooling Mama of five. Hopefully two (Any two! I'm not picky!) of which are my future daughters-in-law.
the underwear drawer
An anesthesiologist who is possibly the most talented & entertaining writer ever. I've read her blog ever since she started medical school. No, don't know her in real life. Wish I did.
The Bloggess
This blog is both hysterically funny and hilariously irreverent. I actually let my 17 year old son read it (who loves it as much as I do!), but wouldn't even CONSIDER letting my 12 year old son read it. Which is about all the description it needs!

The grounds of Chengdu monasteries can be very, very peaceful...even though they are smack dab in the heart of a city of millions of people.

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05/30/2010

Why Do I Blog? Well, for One Thing, There's so Much Misinformation Out There!

Sometimes I find things online that have to do with my husband's job, and the stuff I read is so incredibly WRONG that it makes my eyes cross.

For example, did you know that single/unmarried applicants are given preference for my husband's job during the federal government's hiring process?

Neither did I. BECAUSE THEY AREN'T. Contrary to some hideous misinformation that I read here on this site (the "Best Answer," I suppose, is a bit inaccurate in a few areas, but it was well-intentioned. The "Other Answer" is truly offensive.), lots of folks with my husband's job are MARRIED. With CHILDREN. Like WE ARE.

Mercy.

Anyway, I have moved on from my state-of-mind yesterday (and have reminded myself of how grateful we are not to still be where we were in the past), and have gotten the last of the Washington DC Zoo photos together.

My apologies to anyone who is sick of Zoo pictures. I have actually saved what I consider to be the cutest for last! I couldn't get over the elephants and the prairie dogs. Oh. My. Heavens. Too incredibly cute!

Playing with water...

Taking a reallllllly long drink...

A portrait...

Eating what looked like ENTIRE BRANCHES from a tree!

The prairie dogs were so terribly cute (and pudgy) that I think that my mother might possibly just pass out from the sheer cuteness of it all.

My guys, being guys, compared this next prairie dog picture to its being a prairie dog zombie, wandering around muttering, "BRAINSSssss..."

Cutest little pudgy prairie dogs!

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We're a lot alike when it comes to taking photos at the zoo... I seem to snap every single animal I see.

Looks like you had a GREAT time. Love that you're taking public transportation and getting out and about while you're there!

I'm looking forward to having solid internet soon enough so I can really see your photos... oftentimes I'm disconnected before they all download!

Happy Sunday! Hopefully I won't be too much of a stranger this week... but who knows...

Posted by: jill | 05/30/2010 at 09:52 AM

oh dear, the prairie dogs look like really pudgy squirrels (except more cute). I want to hang out with them

Posted by: lindsay | 05/30/2010 at 09:58 AM

Single guys with no kids get preference? That is too funny! If that is so how do you explain our compound in Jakarta? 14 townhouses, all married couples almost all with kids. 14 houses, 24 kids.

Love the zoo pics of course!

Posted by: shannon | 05/30/2010 at 12:15 PM

It looks like the National Zoo really needs to implement some kind of prairie dog Weight Watchers program.

Posted by: Zoe | 05/30/2010 at 01:46 PM

Those last pictures were the cutest! Loved them all. Thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Daniela | 05/30/2010 at 03:11 PM

Ha ha, that last prairie dog picture is chubby enough to look like my baby daughter. :) They're so cute!

Posted by: Chelsea | 05/30/2010 at 04:29 PM

Thank you for the wonderful pictures. The elephants are always my favorites, tied with girafes.

Posted by: Emily | 05/30/2010 at 09:35 PM

O.M.G. That last one is the world's most perfect happy prairie dog picture. There can never be a more perfect prairie dog photo anywhere in the world. Could not possibly be improved upon. End of discussion.

Posted by: Mom | 05/31/2010 at 11:15 PM

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James loves me. And our sons. And his job. But not having his picture taken. In 2011 he finished up over a year and half of training, and in the fall of 2011 we got to our first overseas post - Chengdu, China!