The Necessary Disclaimer

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.

Specifics

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The Necessary Disclaimer

See me? On the left? In the black Marine Ball gown? I write this blog.

And I am not a State Department employee.

See James? On the left? In the tux? And on the right? Not wanting to have his picture taken? He does NOT write this blog. He has never written ONE SINGLE WORD of this blog. And he WILL never write a single word of this blog.

So everything you read on here is mine and mine alone, and is filtered through my own experiences. And if you don't like my blog or the fact that I'm blogging, you can do one of two things. You can click the little red X at the top of the page, or you can talk to what is pictured on the right. (The hand. Get it?)

The End.

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Awwwwww! What an amazingly beautiful wedding photo!!! (and the disclaimer is awesome too)

Posted by: Connie | 09/12/2011 at 10:02 PM

LOL! Too funny. Love your sense of humor and SOOO glad you are back to blogging now that Chinese is finally over. The changes look good, well except for you deleting my link from the sidebar, but I guess I live with that. Have a great vacay before heading to post. Safe travels.

Posted by: shannon | 09/12/2011 at 10:27 PM

Shannon, I know. I'm sorry. The links had to go. Maybe someday I'll be able to explain.... but I removed about 90% of my State links.

Please forgive me, and please know that this falls squarely under the whole Please Trust Me, I Promise I Have A Reason For Doing All The Things That I'm Doing.

Posted by: A Daring Adventure | 09/12/2011 at 10:53 PM

What course materials does the State Department currently use to teach Mandarin?

Thanks

Posted by: Mike Anderson | 05/10/2012 at 04:50 AM

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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!