Category: another day in the life
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One foot in front of the other
Here it is, day three of Katie’s Semi-Grand Tour. Today we took on the Louvre (ooh, ahh!) and the Galeries Lafayette and Montmarte, Sacre Coeur and the red light district (should one capitalize “red light district?” one thinks not). It was a lot of ground to cover, but by gum we did it! And we…
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Que la force soit avec toi!
For our second day in Paris, after a good night’s sleep, we decided to take on Disneyland Paris (formerly known as Euro Disney), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. This was Katie’s choice. We were all, “Sniff, Disneyland Paris, Pshaw!” We too the metro to the RER then headed to the end of…
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Nous sommes arrivee! And our luggage is here, too!
After our whirlwind weekend in Pittsburgh, then one busy day working it was on the road again – well, really in the skies again. We flew to Paris yesterday (was it really only yesterday?) and hit the ground running (in a sleepy completely jet-lagged sort of way), trying to stay awake as long as possible…
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I love it when a surprise works!
Our good time overload continued this past weekend when we made a semi-secret trip to Pittsburgh, PA to attend a surprise party for my brother-in-law Tony, who is turning 70. My brother and sister-in-law came, both of my nephews (my sister & brother-in-law’s kids, that is) and their families, Tony’s two older brothers, as well…
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Happy birthday to my beautiful man
You’re 65 years young today, and I continue to be grateful for every minute of every day I get to spend with you. Happy, happy birthday! This song’s for you:
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On hold
Ah the perils of home improvement! When last we visited the money pit, the front house remodel was bopping along quite nicely. The contractor’s work was going well and looking fabulous and we were on track to be done by March 1. Then – da-da-DUM – we went to Lowe’s for kitchen cabinets, largely out…
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