Crossing the Ocean
The most anticipated part of our journey had finally arrived. Embarkation day. After eighteen months of hard work, stress and more goodbyes than I care to count, it was time to…
The End of the Road Trip
Welcome back to another weekly installment from Adventures of an Ordinary Life….and only a month and a half late! I procrastinate because writing these posts take me so long….far longer…
The Road Trip
Hello again! It’s been way too long since my last post, so thank you very much if you’re tuning in again. I'm so happy you're here! Life, as we know,…
Just a snippet for now…..
My plan was to continue to write about our journey. In my last post, I finally got to the end of our time in San Diego. The next thing I…
The Final San Diego Crunch
Hello! Long time, no post. December got a little busy, and I've been traveling for a bit, so if you're reading this now, thanks for hanging in with me! I…
Memories/Cramming, Part II
I really thought I was going to be able to get all of the memorable events from July 2018 to December 2019 in my last post. Obviously that didn't happen.…
Making Memories or Cramming It All In?
Sunset Cliffs - my peaceful place I have been looking through all of my photos to jog my memory as I am writing about this journey. It is occurring to…
Getting Ready
Welcome back to my long-winded saga of our move to France. I know it’s been a while since my last post. We had a lovely vacation and some visitors from…
The Idea Becomes a Plan
By the time we returned from our vacation in May 2018, our whimsical “what ifs” had been replaced by “ok…how can we really do this?”. We were completely enamored with…
The Seed was Planted
Skip and I on our 25th Anniversary in Montfort My husband, Skip and I have a long, long history of daydreaming together about living someplace else. Every vacation, we would…