Holy Cow. To say the last few weeks have been busy for us might be the understatement of the year. Both of us were slammed with stuff to ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Updates
Hello? Remember us? Is anyone still out there? The hubby told me if I didn't post again soon I would lose my "following"....
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Nineteen...
...days until we're back in the States! Things I'm looking forward to: seeing my family driving wrapping presents Ralph'...
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Buon Natale
This place knows how to do Christmas. A few days ago, little tiny buildings started showing up on the sidewalks around our home. A...
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Turkey time
Whew. We're just waking up from our turkey comas. Thanksgiving was a big hit. We ended up having 12 people in all, and enough...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Food Prep
When we decided to have Thanksgiving at our house, John Ralph told me I needed to factor in "crying time" to my schedule becaus...
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thanksgiving Feast
John Ralph and I are hosting our first annual Thanksgiving Feast in our home on Thursday. We spent all weekend cleaning and I think we...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
More from Poland
While in Poland, we visited the Auschwitz I, and Auschwitz - Birkenau concentration and death camps. Over 1.1 million people lost their ...
Monday, November 14, 2011
Krakow
I really loved Poland. The flight over was really beautiful because we flew over some big snowy mountains. A lot of Polish people speak E...
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Veterans Day Weekend
We're ending this workweek with a trip to Krakow, Poland. John Ralph and I are flying out of Milan tomorrow morning to meet a few frie...
Monday, November 7, 2011
Tut tut, looks like rain
You know how in the movies a person will be standing on the side of the road and a car will drive by and splash the person with water? T...
Friday, November 4, 2011
Heart Warior
John Ralph's 5 month old cousin, Madison, is having open heart surgery today. She has a Complex Congenital Heart Defect, or as we like...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Updates
While I feel like we've hit the ground running every morning, there hasn't been too much to blog about lately. We've both been...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Cravings?
John Ralph and I fixed separate suppers tonight. His was a chicken breast topped with shredded cheese, sweet pickle relish, and BBQ sauce...
Monday, October 31, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Blessed
I don't say it enough, but I have an amazing family. When John Ralph and I got married, the size of my amazing family doubled. We are...
Friday, October 28, 2011
Home again , home again, jiggity jog
John Ralph is home! He got in early yesterday morning (around 0430) and I couldn't be any happier. We had such a great day yesterday ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
We have a couch...
...Oh, buddy, do we have a couch. I spent the better part of 6 hours today following an Indian man around the city looking for his truck, ...
Monday, October 24, 2011
I probably deserved a princess band aid
Things have been really busy here, but not exactly interesting. You know how sometimes you can run around doing things all day long, but a...
Friday, October 21, 2011
A city after my own heart
Vicenza is having a chocolate festival all weekend long. One of the perks of living downtown is that I only have to walk about 50 yards to...
Friday, October 21, 2011
Spooktacular
This afternoon I found myself with a little extra time on my hands, so I decided to start doing a little redecorating. Yesterday, I stop...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Radiators
I may have mentioned this earlier, but there is some silly law in Italy that you can't turn your heat on before a certain date in Octob...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
She works hard for the money
I got a phone call on Tuesday letting me know I was hired to work in the homework lab, an afterschool program with Child and Youth Services...
Monday, October 17, 2011
Ask and you shall receive
I have been praying that I would get the courage and have an opportunity to really get out and be immersed in the Italian culture... ...w...
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Goblins and Ghouls
Well, I think it's safe to say that after a few Skype dates with Scootie and Seeber (sister and niece) and phone call each from my two ...
Friday, October 14, 2011
Challenges
The last few days have been a little tough. I was wondering when it was going to actually sink in that I'm living in another country,...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Fall
The hubby left this morning and is going to be out of the country for the next few weeks for work (boo!), so I'm on my own for a while....
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Eat more chicken?
John Ralph and I enjoy entertaining (for those of you worrying that you haven't gotten your Christmas Party 2011 invite, rest easy, J...
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