Umm, I don’t think we’re in London anymore…
Our first day in California, we woke up to bright blue skies and the SUN… and it was 70 degrees the entire time!
Such a contrast to the dark, dank, and dreary winter we left behind, huh?
The overdose on Vitamin D clearly made me gitty as I kept asking [...]
Okay. So, I lied on Facebook.
We didn’t actually go house hunting in San Francisco after all. Being completely unfamiliar with the Bay Area, I had no concept of how much of it was considered “San Francisco”.
(i.e. We used to live in Flower Mound, Texas, but no one knows where that heck that is so, just [...]
After 18 hours of flying (+ layover) across an ocean and then across the country, we’ve made it to San Francisco safe and sound for the next part of our crazy adventure.
Just like on the flights to London, Avery was a total champ, completely content to stay in his seat, play with cars, and watch [...]
Whoa! Whoa Whoa! When did 2009 sneak up on us?
Wait! Was it while I was drowning in packing peanuts and cardboard or having my fifth anxiety attack over the logistics of our trans-Atlantic/cross-country move…
It’s funny to think back to my New Year’s resolution for 2008…
LOSE THE BABY WEIGHT ALL READY!
Little did I know at the [...]
I’m a big believer that there’s a reason for everything. God has a larger plan for all of us and the like, but I just could not understand the reason for sending us back to the States so soon.
I mean, the “bigger” reason… beyond visas and global economic collapses.
Sure, Mike has a great job waiting [...]
With our upcoming return to the States, I’m up against a challenge…
We have certain household items that need to be sold. We don’t want to do without them until the very last minute, but that doesn’t leave much time to haggle.
Giving it all away is NOT an option.
This proves problematic when up against variables such [...]
I got stumped while booking our flights to the US today…
I… umm, have no idea where we “reside” anymore.
Dallas? London? California?
By our fourth and final day in Paris, the fatigue of being tourists had set in and all three of us were yearning to return to London.
Even our sweet little Avery asked, “Go home to [...]
Loosely translated: “having a rosy outlook on life”… or so my two years of college French taught me.
My French professor believed that anyone could learn a language. It was just a matter of throwing yourself into it with wild abandon and allowing the little “drawers of your mind to open up”.
(Why do profs always say [...]
I hate the words “economy” and “credit crunch” so much that I practically foam that the mouth when I have to say it aloud…
“Well, with the economy being the way it is…”
“The credit crunch is hitting us all…”
Ahhh! So aggravating, to say the least, but there’s no better way to explain our situation.
There’s still [...]
With my entire family coming for the holidays, I’ve been kicking myself for leaving my favorite “family cookbooks” in the States– the ones sold to raise money for our parish or local hospital and have recipes titled “Aunt Susie’s Very Best Christmas Morning Casserole” or simply “Party Potatoes”.
These cookbooks contain only the tried and true. [...]
American Mom says,
"Mind your manners"
