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So i mentioned in passing my last post that we were buying a new car – well, bought & collected on Wednesday, 10th Oct 2007. i personally wasn’t ready to say goodbye to our faithful little car – Ford Focus Hatchback, which has served us so well for the last 5x years. i thought i had a couple of weeks from the time we said we buy till when we actually had to collect – but apparently, they work fast here & all the paperwork was done & ready to go within a few days so…

Anyhow, we bought a 2006, Ford Focus Kombi, 1.6 TDi, dark grey in colour.
Here’s a picture of our new car:

It is supposed to be very good with mileage & has a good pickup – so that’s great! Walter likes driving it. i haven’t driven it much yet – only 1x test drive for like 10mins or less. Tuesday i’ll be helping a friend to pick up her daughter from her in-laws so that will be the real test for me 😉 My biggest worry of cos is not driving it, but parking it, especially parallel parking – urgghh!

Oh for those of u who know me well, u know how i love dogs – i’m very happy to be dog-sitting for our upstairs neighbour while they are away for a short trip to Austria – so Snowy is with us for 5x days!! Here’s a picture of Tobias, trying to make Snowy comfortable after a tiring day of running around with the kids at church:

i’ll post some of our Scotland holiday picts in my next post – hopefully that will be soon.
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Got tagged by Karen Wong (wongsintheusa)… 

A. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.

B. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves

C. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.

D. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

E. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Here are my 8 random facts about me:-

1. We just committed to buying a new car – well, it’s 2nd hand but new to us.

2. i never wanted to be married till i met my husband.

3. i’m the shortest in my entire extended family.

4. i have lived in 4x countries in the last 9x years, 5x of which is here in Switzerland.

5. i’m a bookworm who has finally learnt the art of not booking the whole bookstore when i visit one. Hahhaha 😉 i’ve switched to buying 2nd-hand off other mums 😉

6. Actually, i’m such a bookworm – i sell books now 😉

7. Since becoming a Homemaker, i’ve become slightly obsessive compulsive.

8. i eat at least a bar of chocolate every other day – so switzerland is the perfect country for me to be in.

i have decided to tag the following people: 1) Jonathan Wong, 2) Michaela, 3) Jen at Motherdom, 4) Nino at Cease Cows 5) Tessa Werner 6) Melanie Bucher, 7) Rowena, 8) Danielle at Bipolar Dairies.

That’s my piece.

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(UPDATE: As of 30th Sept, this video is no longer available – sob!sob! – copyright issues.)

A mum posted this on my Expat mums chat group – have a look – great fun! Just make sure u don’t have screaming kids running around u or u won’t catch the words – click Play, listen hard & laugh even harder after 😉

Here’s a little about the video:
A mom (Anita Renfroe) has condensed everything a mom might say to her kids in 24 hours into less than 3 minutes – to the tune of the William Tell Overture.

Oh by the way, she is also a Christian writer – check out her website. i’ve never heard of her before this so can’t recommend her – but found it interesting – anyone knows/heard about her before this? Please share if u have.

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