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Repatriation During the Holidays is Harder Than Being Overseas….
The pitfall of living overseas is the inevitability of coming home. Dull. And with that the recalibration of expectations that the Offspring have regarding holidays and how they are spent. Some expats have a problem living overseas during traditional American … Continue reading
Posted in Moving to Japan, Uncategorized
Tagged Culture, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Japan, Moving, parenting, repatriation, Tokyo, Travel, Vacation
29 Comments
Some Beauty In These Sad Times
Over the summer, Offspring #2 and I visited Paris- her reward for the eight hours of French tutoring she endured weekly upon our move to Montreàl. As it always is when tragedy hits a place you know, there`s a certain … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged Amblerangel, Culture, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Ginkgo, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Japan, Moving, Paris, Peace, Tokyo, Travel, Vacation
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Fishing with the Clampitts – Canadian Edition
Children of avid fishermen- and women- are all aware of the big fish and where to hook them. All the liars in my family have stories, very rarely backed up with photographic documentation, of swordfish caught in Mexico or Tarpon … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged Amblerangel, Canada, Children, Culture, Emily Cannell, Fishing, Fishing in Canada, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Moving, Offspring, parenting, Travel
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So- Where Were We When I Last Told Riveting Stories of Canada?
I know many of you have been wondering whatever happened on our driving tour of Western Canada two years ago. My last post involving our year stint as Canadians involved complaining about the cold and singing hallelujah to the Canada … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Culture
Tagged Amblerangel, BC, Canada, Children, Culture, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Moving, Offspring, parenting, Travel, Vacation, Vancouver
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Dear Spouse, I`d like an RV for my Birthday
During the six days of driving it took Offspring #2 and me to cross this great country, I came to the conclusion that an RV would have preferable to the Toyota we had to push half the way to California. … Continue reading
Posted in Moving Lesson
Tagged Amblerangel, Children, Culture, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Moving, Offspring, Reinventing the Event Horizon, RV, Thirdeyemom, Travel, Vacation
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Moving Diaries- Episode 2 Cont`d. I See Red Shoes Under That Barn
When we last left off, pots and pans, the coffee pot, and two suitcases were hog tied to the top of the car. Neither me, nor Offspring #2, nor any number of thieves would be able to break in to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Moving
Tagged Amblerangel, Culture, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Moving, Offspring, Road Trip, Tornado, Travel, Vacation
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Moving Diaries- Episode 2- One Teenager, One Car,Two Dogs, and 3000 Miles
In the Clampitt family we love our Offspring but it`s possible we love our dogs more. When you think about it, until the Offspring can talk, a pediatrician and a veterinarian are interchangeable. Both keep you up all night as … Continue reading
Posted in Moving, Uncategorized
Tagged Amblerangel, Children, Culture, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Moving, Offspring, parenting, Road Trip, Travel
10 Comments
There are Bear in those Woods- or There Were Recently
Some of you may be concerned that I forgot about the story I`d started last time. This part of it cost me so much money that like a repressed memory, it`s hard for me to recall the details. Whistler, BC … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged Amblerangel, BC, Bear, Children, Culture, Emily Cannell, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Moving, Offspring, Travel, Vacation, Whistler
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The Biggest Drawback to the Clampitts` Move to Canada…
is Offspring #1 can drive. We`re more concerned about ourselves than him as one of us has to sit in the front seat while he learns. It was much easier to guide him from the coffee table to the couch … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged Amblerangel, Children, Culture, Driving, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Offspring, parenting, Travel, Vacation
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