http://www.condons-abroad.net To update our family and friends on what is going on over here in Germany Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:53:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are the floor plans for our loft in Brussels and the design of the kitchen that will be put in soon. I am using a cool new service called iPaper from Scribd to display these pdf files. http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=77 On Friday night, I bar-tended for the first time at the 3-Star Lounge at the USAG Brussels.  They were having an event, and the bartender quit suddenly on Wednesday, so they asked me to fill in.  It was lots of fun and I got bunches of tips, and I could ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=90 I'm filling in at the gym today, so I'm not doing much of anything other than folding towels, answering the phone, and watching AFN.  The movie that's playing right now is Secondhand Lions, which is a really great film.  Thought I'd try to catch up on Tom's blog, since he ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=89 Skylar came home yesterday!  :)  We are very happy to have him back with us.  Tom's mother is also visiting- she flew with Skylar and will stay with us for a little over a week, then go to Stuttgart to visit her other son Jim for a while.  Unfortunately, I've ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=88 My parents introduced me to Star Trek.  It came out in 1966, ran through 1969, and was already in syndication by the time I was old enough to watch TV.  My parents watched the reruns, and I watched with them.  I could never have known as a child what a huge ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=87 Lately I've been trying to convince Tom that we should have a Star Trek theme party for Halloween.  We'd serve Klingon qagh and blood pie, Trill soup, Bajoran spring wine, and a few others.  (Not real qagh of course, no one would eat live worms at a party.)  I could dress ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=86 Ah, the life.  I'm sitting here, as I have been all weekend, watching hours of Star Trek.  Tom is gone out of town for several days, and I picked up the first season of Star Trek (the original series) from the library to keep me company while he's gone.  Naturally, ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=85 Tom has been bugging me to update the blog for some time now, so I've finally decided to do it.  He's out of town, and I find that I can multitask- watch Star Trek and blog at the same time.  Naturally, he could do it, but he will never get ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=84 http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=76 This weekend, Skylar told me that when he grew up he wanted to marry me. (How sweet!) I explained to him that I was already married, and he would have to find his own wife, a nice girl who was not already married. He thought about it for a little while, then ... http://www.condons-abroad.net/?p=75