Author: Eileen OShea
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Mother’s Day
Mary Ellen Flick, Nov 13, 1914- Oct 23, 1967. My mother died ten days after my tenth birthday. She had a brain tumor that they tried to remove when I was six with limited success. It left her aphasic and changed. We learned to read together – me for the first time, her for the…
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The end of the remodel or how we spent the last four months and $20,000
Well, it took a lot longer than anticipated (due to our failure to anticipate how long it takes to get kitchen cabinets, among other things), but our front house kitchen remodel is complete! And even better, the house has been rented. Okay, at a bit less than we had hoped, but still, rented! So…
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Post impressions
We’ve been home for a few days now and already Europe and our time there is receding in my memory (kind of like the jet-lag). But casting my mind back, when last I left us, we were off to Delft. Delft turned out to be a really cool town! We took the local train and…
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Those crazy Amsterdammers!
We arrived in Amsterdam yesterday, and are staying at (as everyone who hears we are staying here tells us) a five-star hotel. Chuck’s remark on seeing our room was, “I expected something bigger for a five-star hotel.” Actually, it’s a pretty good sized room and is (la-di-da!) on the executive floor. The only perk this…
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Au revoir Paris, Goedendag Amsterdam
Katie headed back to Michigan yesterday (that would be Tuesday). We took her to Charles de Gaulle via metro and saw her through the security line, then headed off to Roissy-en-France to secure a hotel for our return to Paris next Sunday. Roissy, you may remember, is where we stayed the week we were stuck…
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City of lights
Monday was Katie’s last day in Paris so Chuck opted to end things on a high note. More on that later. We started the day getting breakfast across the street from the apartment where the waitress is working on Chuck’s pronunciation. Yesterday’s lesson was “jus d’orange.” It’s pretty cute watching him struggle with the alien…
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