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spoiled rotten 1h31This morning, the mailman rang my doorbell shortly after 11am, and in his arms, he had a beautifully-wrapped box, straight from the good ole US of A.
![]() You'll notice that Mom decorated the package with hearts (USA got hearts in the top left corner, and my full name, Erica Lee Johnson, also got the heart treatment). Bypassing the customs form because I wanted to be surprised, I savoured the opening of the package. On the top was a lovely card from my parents, and then I started pulling out the goodies. A bag of candy from one of mom's "meals on wheels" friends. Mmmm, American candy. Speaking of which, Mom and Dad threw in a bag of Reese's peanut butter cups. Yum. There was an egg timer that I had asked for. I heard it can help with motivation. We'll see. I also got a ceramic dish that has turkeys. A thanksgiving present! Plus it had a few packets of gravy for my upcoming thanksgiving celebration. And hidden in the recesses of the turkey dish was a small black box. A jewelry box. I opened it and discovered this: ![]() A ring that I had tried on last January when I was walking around the Natick Collection with my mom. Isn't it beautiful? And aren't I SPOILED ROTTEN ?? Thanks Mom and Dad, your package made my day!
New Feature 8h10I'm constantly thinking of new ways to enhance my blog.
World Toilet Day 21h32![]() Today, November 19, is apparently World Toilet Day. (found on Neatorama) Today is World Toilet Day! The World Toilet Organization invites you to become informed and get involved to promote global water issues and sanitation. 2.5 billion people do not have access to proper toilets. The international charity WaterAid has ways you can help, and some fun stuff like potty games and printable posters.
"Sometimes" 15h27A poem I came across on a blog today that really touched me. I feel so blessed at the moment, but at the same time, I keep worrying that it's all going to slip away. As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving next week, let's remember to be thankful for all that we have.
Sometimes when day after day we have cloudless blue skies,
this is really ... creepy 10h09I came across the following blog post thanks to a friend's facebook status, and it was so bizarre that I had to post about it here.
Now that we're settled in from our respective vacations, and enjoying the fall weather- Summer and I are getting back down to business. I was over at her place this morning photographing some tasty treats that will hopefully show up here later today, and she suddenly remembered this crazy broccoli package in her freezer she wanted to show me. She handed me the box and I studied it carefully, squinting, even allowing my eyes to blur, to try and see what I was missing. She pointed- "Do you see?" See what? I didn't see anything. Just broccoli. Her finger tapped on a certain part of the box and she urged me to look closer. "There- right there. Do you see it? I'm not going to tell you what it is if you don't see it." And then, it suddenly became clear to me. WHAT THE HELL?In the macro shots, if you look closely enough, you can see many little faces on the ends of the broccoli. I don't know about you, but that's kind of creepy. I wonder if it's some weird marketing technique?
"Come on get higher" 19h01Matt Nathanson's song "Come on get higher" has been at the top of my playlist recently.
happy 40th birthday ... to the computer mouse! 15h33ok, so i'm not sure of the exact date of its creation, but in 1968, Doug Englebart presented "the mouse" to a conference. While the product has evolved greatly over the past 40 years, the name has stuck. This year, the mouse is celebrating its 40th birthday!
getting older! 0h43So i left Clermont on friday, and I was 26. I got back this evening, and I'm 27. Weird!
bringing me to tears 15h22how come Grey's Anatomy always makes me cry? It's just a tv show, right?
Paris is so "gai" 17h22So I'm back in "gai Paris" for a five-day weekend to celebrate my 27th birthday. I'll be celebrating with my Clermont friends next friday, but given that next Tuesday is a holiday, I wanted to come to Paris this weekend.
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I'm a 27-year-old American who has been living in France since September of 2003.
I teach English at one of the universities in Clermont-Ferrand, and I'm doing a doctorate in American civilization and history at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Lyon. I also own and run a small website design company based in the United States.
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