Raising Little Caesars
Okay it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, but it’ll do. I am admittedly no expert, having put in a paltry 8 months in market research, but I believe that application time could be stretched…
Cleaning House
So what do you think? Graphic design and layout are the opposite of ‘my thing,’ and I’ll never be able to justify paying somebody else to spruce up the imaginary world that hosts my tales of bodily…
My Euro Pregnancy: 20 Weeks In
Sitting here on the brink of halfway done, and I thought it was time to come clean with some photo evidence of this baby’s existence. First, let the record show, taking pictures of yourself while pregnant is…
Imports and Exports
Do you know what I have been fantasizing about for the past 3 weeks (ever since this little adventure novel we’re living took an abrupt and fascinating twist toward home)? Super Target. No but seriously, there’s more…
Life’s a Beach
5 days out of 7…. that’s not bad, right? That’s like a solid C. I’ll take it. It has been HOT here in Rome. Like too hot to leave the house between noon and 6 pm. And…
In Which I Melt Under the Tuscan Sun
Eh, the Roman sun. Close enough. Checking in today and doing my duty in posting for a third consecutive day, a feat so incredible it had to be recorded on the internet for all of posterity. It’s…
‘Once in a Lifetime’
Not always an uplifting phrase. You know how when you’re a teenager and you’re not a parent but you’re completely sure that someday in a million years or so when you are, you’ll do a much better…
Back in the Saddle
So. Nearly 3 weeks off from stay-at-home mom-ing have left me flabby, exhausted, and a little bit shocked at the brute physicality this job demands. Last night, in a fit of what can only be classified as…
26 Hours Later…
We’re home in Rome, we’ve all survived the most whirlwind travel schedule of all time, and the baby just pooped on the floor. I have so much to report and so much to ponder, but first I…
Carpe this Diem
Latin isn’t Italian…but it built it’s linguistic basement. Which is helpful as a Catholic who has been quietly absorbing root words and linguistic building blocks her whole life, unknowingly. So yes, maybe I sound really, really stupid…
