This might be the case for a lot of people with artificial trees, but each year, my hands are black from dust after setting up the tree. Pre-move, I had decided that this year, I would rinse the tree in the bathtub before we decorated it.  But then we got a garden ( Read more... )

We've finally got all our stuff moved to the new place and are ready to hand the keys over to our ex-landlady. And stuff...wow, do we have too much of it. We are going to have to do some serious triage before moving back to France.  This place is significantly smaller than the other, despite having one more bedroom, and there is hardly any storage ( Read more... )

We started moving day before yesterday and plan to sleep at the new place starting tomorrow night. No idea how things are going to work out with the Internet, so I'll see you when I see you.

Be well.

I lost track of the days. That happens rather frequently to me, but I had not a single oh-it's-Sunday thought yesterday ( Read more... )

Not a fun morning; an admin morning ( Read more... )

We signed a rental contract today for a new apartment ( Read more... )

Just a little anecdote of the craziness we sometimes come up against ( Read more... )

We had a small electrical fire in the wall the other day ( Read more... )

...OK, probably not only in Egypt, but it makes for a good subject line ( Read more... )

aka Luna.

Remember the little rescue kitten?

She was still in pitiful shape before we left for the summer, but three months and many doses of ringworm meds have done her wonders.

Then:


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