I'll have the usual
I'm excited, because I noticed that our daily routine has shifted from vacation-like to routine. We have found our favorite place to buy...
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Aug 20, 20183 min read
Foreign and familiar
We've had a busy few weeks here full of adventures. Firstly, #1 has visited and already returned to Israel. We had a nice visit, but it...
May 7, 20184 min read
Me-ah-Me
The first time I traveled internationally, I traveled to France. This was in 1985, right after high school graduation, and I learned that...
Apr 30, 20182 min read
On the cusp of homelessness...
There are a few things that I've found during the Great Purge of 2018 and one of them was my library card. I've belonged to the...
Apr 24, 20182 min read
Good buy & goodbye
Saying goodbye can be challenging for me, especially when I know that it is a final goodbye. I will not gloss over the fact that--though...
Apr 10, 20181 min read
When words fail
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” — Destin Sparks For the next few days, I will likely be putting up few worded blog...
Apr 3, 20182 min read
Stuff & stuff
C and I will be celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary towards the end of the month, and for the majority of those years, we have been...
Feb 26, 20182 min read
Make this place your home
Today we hit two big milestones in the process of getting ourselves over to Spain: we had photographs taken of our home for the real...
Feb 19, 20182 min read
Home?
It's been a whirlwind the past few days and I'm back in Atlanta. My Mom and I had a great time eating our way through Valencia, though...
Feb 12, 20183 min read
Love & laughter
It's only been a weekend, and so much has changed. Most exciting and important, my Mom is now here. She came out on Saturday and I've...
Feb 9, 20182 min read
That's a wrap
Every day C asks me if I think that Valencia continues to be the right choice for our family. After 24+ years, I know that this is not so...
Feb 8, 20182 min read
Who do you think you're fooling
The day before I left for Spain, as I was packing, I listened to a webinar about accents and sounding like a local, wherever that may be....
Feb 7, 20182 min read
Creating a life
The last few days have been chock full of things outside of my Spanish classes. Yesterday was a trip to one of the schools that we are...
Jan 29, 20182 min read
Almost missed connections
Saturday was a relaxed day. I had been out the night before and wasn't interested in doing much, but C called and asked me to checkout a...
Jan 26, 20183 min read
Exploration: the new frontier
One of the things that I'm most enjoying about this adventure, is the excitement of discovery. I don't know about you, but I've been in a...
Jan 24, 20182 min read
You say patata, I say potato
When I set out to learn Spanish, little did I know that this was going to be a political issue. I'm just learning Spanish, right? What...
Jan 22, 20183 min read
Raindrops from your eyes
Today is a holiday in Valencia though I'm not entirely sure for which Saint. It is not a national holiday, just a holiday for those in...
Jan 4, 20181 min read
Quick & dirty update
Don't have too much time for a long post today, but I did want to update that I found out where I'll be staying in Valencia when I go....
Dec 8, 20175 min read
Have apps will travel
Earlier in the week I mentioned that I'm a planner. In the age of the internet and smartphones, it's been easy to have access to...
Nov 20, 20171 min read
Here we go
You may have already heard, and then again, maybe you haven't. We are moving y'all, and this time it isn't just ITP. Our family is...
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