Our first year or so in Spain was in many ways exhausting. The simplest acts of shopping or doing any kind of transaction took amazing amounts of patience and energy. As we are settling in we are taking on increasingly difficult tasks in Spanish, like buying a car or going before a Spanish [...]
This afternoon as I embarked on a spray painting project that has left my hands ridiculously blue, I listened to the “shannon” list in our iTunes. After a while Brian came and asked “WHAT are you listening to? This is the craziest play list I’ve ever heard.” Really, it’s not a list [...]
While Shannon was away last week she had to change her return trip flight. She called the airline and was able to get her new seats held on the flights but the agent didn’t know what the final cost would be and asked Shannon to call back a few days later to finalize the [...]
Several weeks ago I lost my aunt very unexpectedly. When it happened I wasn’t quite sure what to do with myself, or for my family, and then I dreamt up a project sure to keep me busy for a while: I would find all the photos I had of her, scan them, and [...]
While listening to Mrs. Palin’s acceptance speech, I was of course horrified by the civil liberties bit (Here’s hoping…) which is a very serious issue for me. The speech also struck a humorous note with me that I thought I’d share today.
The speech was in part intended to be a “get to know me” [...]