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Since this is such a dead time in the blog world- I GUESS people have like families and vacations to go on or something….I decided to give you a little of my best. The best I have had to offer here throughout the life of this ever evolving/name changing blog.

So take a moment or not and do a little clicking!

Most Commented on posts: 

1. Its a place to live not a matter of national security: A total Craigslist blunder I got into while trying to find a place to live before I promptly decided to move to Ethiopia.

2. Post Secret #17- When I submitted my own post secret & it was published on post secret.


3. I love you more than [                                                  ]- a silly website I found to entertain me at work. Apparently it entertained some of my readers as well.

4. Portofino anyone? a post on a dream vacation I thought up while at work one day. I still want to go. Who is with me?

5. Dear Neighbor boy- an open letter to a boy I used to live by. We had a mini tryst. It was a fun flirtation. He like to run into me at the oddest of times.

Most Viewed posts: 

1. My Interracial Marriage- Why my husband and I have different last names: an explanation of the Ethiopian naming tradition and how we are trying to merge two cultures here in the US. 

2. Seeing THEboy again- Getting back to see my love in Ethiopia after I spent some time in the US during Ethiopian Federal Elections.

3. My Interracial Marriage- because people ask me all the time: Who I decided or didn't think about marrying a foreigner. Or I guess I was the foreigner in his country. 

4. Don't Cry you are just parking a car- the time I {ALMOST} cried while trying to park a 4Runner in an underground parking lot in Addis. Yeah you do that and get back to me.


5. REWIND- Our first Date: Adam & I eating tibs in the back of a car on our first kind of official date. And the picture I magically wrangled because my mom and auntie diane wanted to see the boy I was talking so much about.

My Favorites: 

•  In Pursuit of Honesty- my raw feelings about living in Ethiopia. I closed comments on it in an attempt to write more openly. I however forgot that people could comment on facebook where this thread blew up. 

• {US}- a love letter to my husband

• Sometimes you just need a good cry- A really, really, really bad day at work lead to a mini rant and a tribute to my grandmother. 

• Just a NORMAL Wed AKA: "The day i DIDn't go missing (or get kidnapped, murdered or to be found later dead in a ditch/my shower)" I have a dear friend who has a vivid imagination. I didn't have my phone of for like I don't know...a few hours and she about called the FBI.  

• The EX request- because we have all been in that SUPER awkward situation where social networking gets us back in touch with people we would rather not be back in touch with. For me, and Ex.  

• Being Mormon in Ethiopia part III- My Mormon in Ethiopia posts are some of my favorite. I have a few others I need to polish and post. They have connected me with more people, given me more opportunity & helped people get connected with [rides/volunteer opportunities/missionaries] they even helped one family have the courage to think about relocating- which they did. 

Just a few unpublished beauties from this year:

Come on 2011, let's see what you've got in store for us!

♥ the MRS.

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