Our trip to London has been wonderful, after the first night we have gotten along famously. But now the volcano has hit! I did not think I would see the tulips bloom, but we are still here and no sign of the airport opening. We were scheduled to leave on 4/19, and now rescheduled for 4/22. [...]
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Woke up at 5:oo this morning to catch the train to Paris. One thing teens don’t do well is wake up early. 2.5 hour train ride and we visited Norte Dame , the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower . Had an expensive lunch along the way at a Brasserie. Beautiful city and a good contrast [...]
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Camden Town continued — at first I felt horror. But then I said screw it, this is a part of life and it is up to him to cope. We split up for the first time since that horrible night. I enjoyed my time to myself found a fabulous little tea shop. Rested my weary [...]
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Today we visited St. Paul’s Cathedral. We climbed to the top of the dome, my sweaty palms told me I did not want to go, but my son gave me the courage. I would not have gone to the top if it weren’t for him. I guess I am really steping outside my comfort zone. [...]
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I now feel like we are making better progress. We went to the Tower of London without any mishaps. . bBut I do feel like I have my guard up. I think it will take me some time to get over what happened that evening. It was so scary on many different levels. Now we [...]
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London is a beautiful place . Almost story book like but sadly I will have to say our first night was not the best and hopefully it will get better. The only thing I could think of last night is why did I do this and I thought he had grown up. The drinking age [...]
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I read this article today about Google tweaking the search results to offer help for those in emergencies or dire situations. Maybe Google is not the best place to go if someone is choking or has just been poisoned. Here is the article, Google Trying To Help Suicidal Searchers. What do you think?
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Lessons for Parents: Responding to Bad Grades I receive an email today from the Insider’s Club of the Love and Logic Institute. Sometimes I read them but most of the time they go in my trash, but today’s subject really spoke to me, “Responding to Bad Grades”. We have an ongoing battle in our house [...]
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