A train strike adventure for Chris

The scene:* Chris and his buddy Mike, sitting in the backseat of a stranger's vehicle somewhere in Rome. The Beach Boys' "Surfin' in the USA" is blaring and the non-English-speaking driver is singing along. A fellow passenger and birthday twin, James from Liverpool, is joining in. James' wife's jacket, studded with [...]

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Reunited and it feels so good

Reunited with our car, that is. It arrived while we were away, and we got custody of it last Friday. Yay! Unfortunately, of course, it is missing its driver's side wing mirror. You'd think when they noticed it was messed up in the shipping container, they might have picked up the mirror and chucked it into the car. [...]

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A Roman Holiday

And Naples, too. We took our first off-the-island trip to celebrate both Thanksgiving and Chris' birthday and we ended up having an absolute blast. I did learn, however, that I need to revisit baby-wearing. Like now. I had given up on my Ergo pretty quickly after Fiona learned to walk because she'd throw a fit ever [...]

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First days in our new house

Well, it has been a little while again! In that time, the following things have happened: 1) We moved into our new home on the 21st 2) We found a car! Right after we gave up on just about all of our parameters (detailed

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