Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom’s home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.…
December 4: Cycling around the island
Cycling … gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you’re working on. David Byrne With the sun shining, bright blue skies, and relatively warm temperatures we ventured out on our bicycles to explore the island on Sunday…and can hardly believe that we are actually living in Detroit! It is…
December 2: Printer at the front door
The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides When I think of what quote to use for my blog, I usually just type in a keyword that comes to mind with the photo. Today it was freedom…because at dog started barking at 7:45 am (Sunday morning), so I went…
December 1: Canadian rockies
The view of the Rocky Mountains…. is considered one of the finest… Bayard Taylor One of the things that I think we have forgotten with living globally is that not everyone gets to experience beauty beyond our borders. So often when Mike sends me pics of the places he drives past on a business trip,…
December 3: New closet
Your closet needs to be a place of joy and celebration of who are you now – not who you were. Stacy London Part two – the closet completed! SO excited to have this amazing new space with more than enough room for both of us to organize our clothes! Woohoo! Now all I have…