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Take a look. Welcome back, Eddie Bauer! : )

I'll just be blunt about it: I'm hitting you guys up for a donation to a great cause. If you don't want to donate, don't worry and don't read the rest (I'll still like you.) But...if you do want to donate, read on:

Just before Cory and I went to Japan, the wife of a good friend of ours was diagnosed with Leukemia. She was young, newly married, and ( Read more... )

 Oh my God!  My mom is driving me insane!

My grandmother passed away Saturday morning, losing her decade-long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. It’s very hard to put into words what kind of woman Grandma was, and what she meant to our family. In fact, I’m sure nothing that I write will do her justice. However, I can say that she was the most fun grandma anyone could ever have and even ( Read more... )

Rangel to introduce bill reviving military draft

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15805957/

Sometimes I think people go too far to make a point...

It's our last night in Muraoka and I thought I'd impress you all by updating our Web site one last time about our life in this town.

Slowing down. A LOT. And…first goodbyes.

Weird feelings and FUN dinners

Hey all!  So yeah, we're down to 2 weeks in Muraoka (eek!) and 3 weeks left in Japan.  PERIOD.  So glad to be coming home!  And thus, to celebrate our very soon return (please note the Japanese-ness of my English - I'm going to need help when I get back home...) I've finally added some journal entries to our website.  Check 'em out!  If not because ( Read more... )

Beware all who are about to read the following post: it's VERY LONG.

Sorry.  But you should read it anyways.  ;)

Recap of possibly the best weekend ever (well, in Japan at least...)

OK, so the presentation I posted about a while ago?  Well, it's HE-RE...  Actually, it's tomorrow and right now I only have a 20 (at best) minute speech in Japanese and then about 7 student volunteers to ask questions.  Do you think there's ANY WAY I can stretch that into 40-45 minutes?  Yeah, no way!  Seriously, my speech is like 6 pages long (yes ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm apparently cranking out these journal entries on our website(www.theholmers.com).  Feel free to read more (warning, short rant ahead):

Awesomeness and lameness

I'll give you a hint: the lameness is about this:


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