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October 10, 2014October 10, 2014 Tracy

Missing iPhone

Kids, Living Overseas

I was away for almost 2 weeks on a business trip; my first since having Willa. Up until the moment I got on the plane, I was anxious: what if

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April 27, 2014 Tracy

Working Mom Blues

Kids, Life in General

So, now I know for sure: there is truly no perfect situation for working moms (and dads). Not for me, anyway. I think I’ve found to closest thing to balance

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April 12, 2014 Tracy

Lessons Learned

Life in General, Living Overseas, Photography

My amazing friend Sara over at Our Yuppie Life wrote a great post last month about the key to happiness as an expat in Addis: staying busy. Sara’s positive attitude

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January 23, 2014 Tracy

What Kind of Mother Are You?

Kids, Life in General

This morning, during my daily breakfast internet browsing (a.k.a. my delicious half-hour of wasted time when I could be paying better attention to my children) I stumbled on this empowering photo series called

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January 13, 2014 Tracy

Habesha Mary Poppins

Addis Ababa, Kids, Life in General

We hired a nanny this week. We don’t actually need a nanny right now, but it looks like I might go back to work sooner than expected, so I decided

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December 30, 2013 Tracy

2013: There Are No Words. (Just kidding, I have lots of words.)

Life in General, Living Overseas

Thinking about everything we’ve done this year, I can hardly believe it was all the same year. 2013 was fantastic, really; we just packed so much into it, I feel

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December 6, 2013December 6, 2013 Tracy

Working Mom’s Closet

Kids, Life in General

So you agreed to go to a conference this week. No problem. The cleaning lady can stay with the kids for a while. Let’s worry about that later. Right now,

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November 15, 2013 Tracy

Threenager

Kids, Life in General

I stole the title of this post from my friend Beth, and it’s probably from somewhere else but I love it so I’m using it. Charlotte is such a pleasure

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October 28, 2013 Tracy

This Is Not a Food Blog

Addis Ababa, Kids, Life in General, Living Overseas

Life is getting better, y’all. We hired a housekeeper/cook (well, she has a “certificate” in cooking, but admitted she has no experience as a cook), so the house no longer

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October 11, 2013October 12, 2013 Tracy

Quality time

Kids

We visited Grandma at the Embassy yesterday, mostly to show off the baby to her colleagues. After our visit, we went out for lunch at a nearby restaurant, and enjoyed

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