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Auf Wiedersehen, for now.

I've made the decision.  I'm moving in a new direction and starting a brand-spanking-new site.

I've been struggling with the decision for weeks.  Not the decision to start a new site, that I've been sure of for awhile.  Sure, I can make An American Girl more general and less Vienna-focused all the time, but the truth is that I can't send this blog out far and wide because there are many people who don't know, who I don't want to know, about Vienna yet.  So, I can't post this on Facebook or send out without worrying about who's going to find it.

I have been struggling with the decision about what to do with An American Girl.  I thought maybe that I could just have two blogs.  Yea.  That's not going to happen.  Then I thought that I should at least keep this going while getting the other up and running.  Unfortunately, I began to feel so overwhelmed and a little guilty about the whole thing that I wasn't working on either!

Just the other day I thought, you know what, this is supposed to be FUN.  Not a burden.  And in that moment I knew.  An American Girl is going to take a break for awhile, at least from this blog.  This is not to say that I won't bring it back when we get closer to our move to Vienna.  I might just do that.  But in the meantime, I'm taking a different approach.

I can't share the site details with you yet, but if you check back in a couple weeks or so, I'll post the link.  And for those of you with whom I've connected via your blogs, I'll send along the new site as soon as I can.  For those of you who simply pop by to read An American Girl every now and again, I thank you ever so much for following along and do hope I can bring you along to my new virtual playland when the time comes.

Danke shoen & Auf Wiedersehen
Caroline
An American Girl
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The results are in....

and I took home two 3rd place trophies, which ain't so bad.

I was a little disappointed in my placing (I could have sworn I had 2nd locked in), but I am not at all disappointed in how I looked or presented myself.  I actually did quite well on stage and was told I seemed a natural with the stage presence and all.  So, I've decided to be happy with third and use the frustration and energy to do better next time.

More later in the week, as I begin to come back to life and get back to a schedule, but I promised you photos, so here ya go!







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