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UPDATED!! On Today’s Episode of House Hunters International…
On today’s House Hunters International we follow the Carlson family. This family of 4 is looking for a moderately spacious apartment in Basel, Switzerland that will accommodate not only 2 active young boys, but also guests! The boys are enrolled in an international school in Aesch, which is 30 minutes to the south of the […]
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Noticings in Basel
I have been in Basel for a day now. We landed after a long flight across the Atlantic and a short hop from Amsterdam. We also have been walking all over the city looking at apartments. Basel is a beautiful city. Lovely old and impressive new architecture. The tram system is amazing. I love it. […]
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The Adventures of the Swiss Family Carlson Begin
Today we hurl ourselves over the ocean in a big metal tube and move to a country where we not only don’t know anyone, we also don’t know the language. And we’re doing this willingly. At least it will be overnight so we can all try to sleep through it. I am unbelievably nervous. So […]
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Some major things checked off
The move continues and time has begun to rush by exponentially. Thankfully we have gotten some major things checked off the list. The Civic is sold! We have a (temporary) place to live! We have renters for our house! We have our Visas! We have our plane tickets! We just made a major purge/donation of […]
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Purging the House, Round 2
Most of the pictures are off the walls and in storage. It makes the house echo a little bit and look a lot emptier. The house doesn’t look forlorn and lonely yet. It looks more like a lady without any jewelry on. Just in time to go on the rental market. The purging, sorting, packing, […]
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School’s Out!
No more classes! No more books! No more teacher’s dirty looks! We are all excited. The boys are ready to not be in school anymore and I am ready to not administrate the preschool for awhile. I am ready to just be with my guys. Yesterday I brainstormed a lot of craft projects and other […]
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Teacher’s Gifts
It’s the end of the year and it’s time to show our appreciation of our teachers. They have taken our children and work with them all year. Through frustrating challenges and easy successes. This year is especially bittersweet as we will be moving away from all these school friends for a year and a half. […]
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Purging the House, Round 1
We are doing battle with the house and our own pack-rat natures. We’ve lived here for 12 years now and we have collected a lot of stuff. Facing a move where we actually have to cart stuff *across an entire ocean plus part of a continent* we have realized we have a lot of things […]
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Death Star Pinata
Soooo…. I made a Death Star pinata. For real. Seriously. A Death Star Pinata. Here it is. Here is what it’s suppose to look like. Let tell you. This was hard. And it took a looooong time. 3 days. And let me tell you, sweethearts, I am never doing this again. But don’t […]
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Googling for Star Wars Ideas
Oh, the things I will do for my children. (And because they sound really cool.) This time it’s for H and it’s for his birthday party. He has already turned 5 and his party is the Saturday 9 days later. H has asked for a Star Wars-themed birthday party. We only do a big party […]
Mindy Carlson 