Honey, we're home!

We’ve arrived!After about 19 hours of traveling G and I finally made it to Mobile.Hallelujah! We looked a bit like a circus act with all of our bags,but who needs pride anyway?Here are a few highlights of our travel infused day:- walking into the Newark airport. It really is amazing to see justhow much...

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Procrastination

We’re flying back to the States tomorrow morning, which means that today my job is to pack. and clean.  and organize.  pretty much all of my favorite things.  or not.So I’m procrastinating a little.  I watched a couple episodes of Friends.  I read the news.I read the TV recap...

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London town

After five months of living here Glenn and I finally made it to London.  We had a great weekend away. Here are a few photos of our trip:aThis is at Buckingham Palace.  I wonder how heavy those hats are…Here she is in all her glory!One of my favorite things about London are its parks.  I...

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Plan to Change, Change to Plan

As I’ve written in several other posts, over the past six months Glenn and I have been learning the art of flexibility- or as I like say, “open handedness."  It’s a tough lesson to learn, but a good one.  We are instructed not to worry about tomorrow, and I think a main reason is that you never know what tomorrow will bring.  Last week we learned that a project that G is working on...

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A couple weeks ago I headed over to Mildenhall, an American/RAF military base.  My sister in law and the two kiddos were going to fly out of Europe from this base so I headed over to say hi and spend a little time with them.  Side note: I’m becoming mildly obsessed with those two kids.  I...

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Looking at the Loo

A couple weeks before starting my senior year of high school I checked into a hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to wait out at 24 hour layover from Uganda to New York’s JFK.  It was a nice place, and upon entering the room I immediately checked out the facilities, excited to see that, for the next...

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Unexpected turns along the road

I have a long overdue introduction to make: meet our beloved dog, Zeke.  (pronounced Z-EE-K, like, “Hey, don’t you give me any cheek!")His full name is Ezekiel James LaBron.  Yes, it is totally normal for a dog to have two middle names and yes, I do often refer to him by his full name.  My...

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