Author: Rachel
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Just landed: First thoughts from Italy.
Two weeks. We’ve LIVED in Italy for two weeks now. Somedays it’s hard to believe. We still don’t have internet set up in our home so the blogging may be sparse for a while. We were told it would be ready by December 5th. DECEMBER!? Hopefully it’s ready before then. In the meantime, Nick walks…
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The final countdown
Just 20 minutes before we start the big day of travel. I feel like I need to write out my feelings so I don’t forget when this is just a blip in our story. It’s a jumble, but that’s exactly how I feel right now. Jumbled. I woke up this morning with my heart pounding…
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Goodbye to 1085
Currently we’re sleeping with mattresses on the floor and eating at our dining room table while sitting on camping chairs. The couch, dining room table and one of our cars still needs to sell. Our house is pretty empty. Nothing on the walls, no shelves to hold anything, 5 boxes are waiting for us in Italy,…
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Downsizing for an International Move
We’re just shy of a month away from the big move! YIKES! Our lives consist of selling everything on craigslist and Facebook. It’s kind of consuming my life right now. The emails, the photo taking, the disassembling and hauling out to strangers’s cars, the reorganizing the things from inside the shelves and drawers. Soon we’ll…
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The H word
Whelp. I’m coming out. Coming clean…we’re homeschooling. Technically I suppose we’ve been doing it since June, but now we’re getting serious about it. By serious I mean we bought curriculum and have somewhat of a plan. That plan? Some regular time carved out for school work with the curriculum. You guys. It’s not a detailed…
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The Great Weight Debate
After a weekend of shopping for new clothes, I’m filled with all these questions and feelings swirling around in my head about the body I currently live in….. First of all I look in the mirror and ask myself “Who am I?” I’m in total denial about the person who looks back at me.…