Happy New Year! To follow up on the previous post for reading goals, I am writing this to get it into my head and continue fleshing out my thoughts on it. 2017 was a huge reading year for me. I read 96 books according to Goodreads. Pretty good considering we traveled quite a bit and … Continue reading 2018 Reading Goals Are Set
As this year winds down I have been giving some thought to my reading goals for next year. In 2017 my very loose goal, more just a tracking system to keep count, was 100 books and at the moment I am at 89 so I'll be in the 90's by the end of December but … Continue reading 2018 Reading Goals
Time sure flies around here, I can't believe it's been so long since my last post and its almost 2018! We did Prague again for Thanksgiving weekend this year but on our own terms instead of doing the USO tour. It was spectacular. We walked around 10-12 miles every day and this year the sun … Continue reading Prague In The Sun
We haven't been doing much in the way of travel in September/October so I don't have any fun photos to share. That doesn't mean we have been just sitting around either. The last month we have been dealing with some life things and working on plans for the last two months of the year. The … Continue reading End Of The Year
When visiting a foreign country it's best not to: Pronounce the country's citizenship publicly and loudly in a stupid and intentionally mistaken way. ie: Italianios is not a cute way of saying Italians, Cheelatoes is not Italian ice cream (gelato), it shows disregard and ignorance... unless you are 5 or 6 years old. Announce to … Continue reading 10 Things Not To Do When Visiting Another Country
I lived in an apartment complex with my husband and on my birthday decided to go to a friend's apartment where there were a lot of people gathered. Music was playing, people were dancing, chatting, laughing or making out. The air was smokey and low lit, it was like a scene from the free love … Continue reading That One Time I Did Drugs
That moment when someone puts out a long dramatic post exclaiming they are trying to avoid drama but are actually starting it and/or inflaming it. Yes, that. STFU - that avoids drama. Family stuff. Facebook is a blessing and a curse. It keeps us in touch with so many while we are overseas but the … Continue reading The Funny Thing About Drama
Sit back with a cup of whatever and settle in, this is a long one with a lot of thoughts processing. What did you want to be when you were young looking ahead at life? Most of my teenage years were spent wanting to be a pilot of a fighter jet then it changed to … Continue reading When We Grow Up
Wow I have read 50 books so far this year. I'm pretty happy with that number although according to my Goodreads goal set for the year I'm 10 books behind schedule to make it to 100. Hmm So I should have made the 50 books statement back in June basically. haha The goal is a … Continue reading 2017 Reading Update
About an hour North of us is the small town of Cassino, Italy. It's about half way to Rome on the highway and a common train change station on the way to Rome. If you walk out the train station and look up this is what you see: Needless to say, we've been very curious … Continue reading Montecassino Abbey
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