Like nomads, but with more stuff

The last post foreshadowed this one.  They say if you state publicly something you want to do, it creates more accountability and makes it m...

We solved puzzles - well, Terry and Alex worked on them. We played games. There are always new games among the Hanukkah and Christmas gifts ...

We dedicated Saturday of our Jasper long weekend to Moraine. Moraine Canyon is about 15 minutes outside Jasper, with Moraine Lake another 30...

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, a much preferable holiday to celebrate than Columbus Day, although the coincidence of the dates is food for tho...

That's British Columbia. See, the week before our vacation Terry was supposed to TDY to Vancouver. This of course means we were all supp...

Calgary surprised me with the dearth of Hanukkah candles in December, so I was prepared to expect nothing in any store in the way of matz...

Next stop was Rothenberg ob der Tauber. It is highly recommended among the Frankfurt Consulate Community and I had been saving the trip to ...

The morning after our return from K ö ln we hopped in the car and headed down to Heidelberg. I had such high hopes for Heidelberg!!  BUT ot...

Terry was here for the kids' winter holiday (which is still ongoing, entering its third week, dear Lord will we survive this much toget...

For the first time that I can remember, there were no illnesses or previous commitments, yet we did not spend the long weekend at the cab...

I waited a little long, so they only arrived today. But my kids are getting the thrill of opening up a little door each day and finding a ...

We are the least romantic people in the world. Our Valentine's Day began with cold cereal and my gift to the family - not making them c...

Admittedly, it has been 15 years since Christmas was my own private free day, where I could read undisturbed all day and then run into othe...

Well, picnics and fireworks and red, white and blue weren't in tonight's plan here in Astana but I did manage to get a little of ...

On March 22, otherwise known as Nauryz in Kazakhstan and a few other countries, we went to see how they celebrate.  We had gotten some advi...

According to Alex, today was the best day ever. Started with pancakes. Then a Kiwi Crate...  Zoltan-bird Woodpeckers pecking at a...

Today is something like Terry's birthday. Although he downplays these annual displays we do at least normally get ourselves some good g...

I don't usually do resolutions. Sometimes I plan guidelines, the last two years I have participated in the "One Little Word" ...

The waffles were made and eaten, as well as the homemade breakfast sausages (Note to husband, there is no such thing as too much maple. T...

The problem with being married to someone with artistic and design experience is that it is difficult to argue convincingly with them ab...