Author: Eileen OShea

  • The money pit strikes again!

    We have just spent a really entertaining 6 months trying to evict a deadbeat tenant.  I kid. There was nothing even mildly entertaining about it. But let’s start at the beginning. Here’s a factoid about us: we own a duplex and live in one part and rent out the other. For years it’s been no

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  • The endless quest

    As we continue our prep (well, at this point more like pre-prep) for our African trip, I have once again let myself get sucked down the rabbit hole that is my endless quest for the perfect laptop backpack. This is related to my other endless quest for the perfect suitcase (and I’m feeling pretty good

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  • Still fascinated by bright, shiny objects

    We just got back from four days in Las Vegas attending the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show. We have been going off and on for several years as “industry professionals” (or something like that). Chuck swung this magical designation for us long ago and since then we keep getting invited. We don’t go to sessions, we

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  • Starting to plan for a very big trip!

    In my opinion, the second best thing to actually going on a trip is to plan for a trip. And we are starting to plan for a really big trip – an African safari. Okay, I could say a tour of Africa but saying you’re going on an African safari is SO MUCH MORE exciting,

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  • Switzerland, part two

    We left Zermatt and journeyed to Mürren, a trip that entailed 5 train transfers and one cable car ride. Pretty neat! The cable car fooled me. When I looked at it, I asked “Where are the tracks?” as they appeared to just disappear into the mountain. And indeed they did as we floated up and

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  • Switzerland, part one

    After we bade a fond farewell to Slovenia at the charming Ljubljana airport, we flew to Zurich by way of Paris. And in Paris we bid adieu to my sister and brother-in-law who were heading home to Pittsburgh via Reykjavik (you’d never guess, I bet, they flew Wow Airlines). I always hate to say goodbye

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