When we first began making plans to transition out of Army life, we had pictured ourselves moving back to San Antonio and both getting jobs. About 6 months ago, that plan changed. John decided he wanted to go back to the University of Texas to finish what he started and…
Remember that ad campaign? Apparently it’s still around and now has its own website under the same name. Last weekend, we watched No Impact Man, a documentary about a man and his family who set out to live without any net impact on the environment for 365 days. I first heard about…
Between a week of visiting with family and having a gimp pointer finger, I have neglected our blog. Entschuldigung. John’s dad, step mom, sisters and brother came to visit while on their whirlwind European vacation. We were thrilled to show them around the area as well as explore some new…
Last Tuesday, John called me about half an hour before the start of his workday to tell me that our car – our one and only vehicle – had broken down. He was stuck on the side of the road and the car wouldn’t run anymore. It turns out a part…
After a very hot and sunny weekend (it got up to 86 or so both days – no air conditioning either!), I’m ready to wrap up these posts about our anniversary/Memorial Day weekend trip to France. Saturday night was our four-course dinner. It began with an apéritif in the living…
I can’t believe that this has turned into a four (plus) part story. I hope I’m not scaring away people from reading, but truth be told, I am writing this as much for our remembrance as for our readers’ knowledge of the Côte-d’Or. I’d like to say that if you stick…