Blogs from Maryland, United States, North America - page 52

In two days, I'll be in a Northwest plane which will be racing off the runway. Now that I have "Business Visa F", I know this trip is really going to happen. Presently, I don't know where to start getting ready. My mind is a scattered mess. I start one thing and remember something else and before I know it I move on to a third thing. I'm hoping that writing for a couple of minutes will get me focused. I look at this trip much like I looked at childbirth-As happy as I was starting or enlarging the family, I knew that I was putting myself at a great risk; women die because of pregnancies and/or birthing. The same is the case whenever we venture away from our comfort zone (which for me, you know, ... read more

Good Morning all, April and I are finally on THE ROAD -- Woo-Hoo! We left home rather late (although early to us..lol) yesterday (around 11:30am I believe). It was beautiful weather outside, we had our I-Pod plugged in, and we were anxious to go! Our first destination was a small one, but a place where we have been dying to go -- Famous Dave's BBQ in Mount Vernon (sp?), New Jersey. I wanted to check it out because I saw a segment on this restaurant one day while flipping through the channels and thought it was the cutest/funkiest little place. The one on TV was made to look like an old fashion BBQ shack/Juke Joint/Roadhouse. Ape & I love stuff like that! Actually, I thought the style was so cute I turned OUR kitchen into ... read more

We are getting ready for the big trip to India. Meredith's first time out of the US. It is going to be an amazing experience for her to see a completely new place. It is also going to be an amazing experience for me to see my family again after 10 years. Tonight we are going to do a test pack. If it were up to me, I would just shove some clothes in a backpack and we would be off! I want Mer to take it slow and make sure we have enough room for everything she needs. We are going to do a test pack tonight to make sure we have enough room for clothes, toiletries (sp?) etc. My Dad left yesterday from the US. He was to connect through Amsterdam, but missed his ... read more

Call it providence, accident, dumb luck, co-incidence … whatever you want to but it is amazing how everything has come together making this adventure of living in Prague for six months possible. When we received the invitation several big questions came to mind; i.e. what to do about the house? What about medical insurance as Bill will go on Medicare in February? What about the mail for six months? What about our medical prescriptions? These were the biggies as far as we were concerned. The house was the biggest potential problem. We really did not want the house to sit empty for six months. What could we do? Nancy came up with the idea of talking to a remodeling company we have used on various tasks in the past, asking if they had a need for ... read more

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