Further thoughts on Italy

Today we lingered around the hotel room a bit more catching an extra morning nap. I think after a week of walking at least 6-7 hours a day, it was catching up with us. We finally headed out into the city around 11:30 am. It’s been rather chilly here so the walking [...]

Greetings from Firenze

Firenze is a blast. So far, we are enjoying it far more than Rome, not that Rome isn’t wonderful. It’s just less hectic here - a more casual pace. The streets are smaller and there are little shops that appear everywhere in the sides of buildings. The architecture is amazing and [...]

Buon Pomerrigio

Good afternoon from Florence. Obi-Wan and I just arrived in Florence after spending 3 days in Rome. Rome was fun, gritty, busy but great to see. We saw just about all of the main tourist attractions, including the Vatican, Colliseum, Pantheon, and others. We ate lots of good food, had some [...]

Countdown

In less than 24 hours, I will be in Rome with Obi-Wan.  I leave tonight at 7:30 EST.  He is already there and has wandered around the city quite a bit.  He arrived 2 days earlier than I did to make sure that he would get there in time and be able to meet me [...]

Puppy love gone crazy

Anyone who knows me or has read a bit of this blog knows that I LOVE my dogs.  I do.  They are my babies and I spoil them pretty well, I think.  Or at least, I thought I did.  Apparently, I could be doing far more for my precious wild beasts such as buying them [...]

The milspouse sisterhood

I just read an excellent post over at SpouseBUZZ about the sisterhood of military spouses.  I can’t really add anything to it b/c the post was well written and couldn’t have said it any better.
One part of the post particularly jumped out at me so I’m referencing it here.
The point is that these women are [...]

A word of thanks

Part of my preparation for the big Italy trip is calling the banks and credit card companies we use to notify them of overseas purchases ahead of time so that they don’t disable our cards or anything for fear of identity theft.  I called my bank and credit card company today, which included USAA, and as usual, [...]

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

I love the holidays - I really do.  But seriously, tonight while on the road, several radio stations were already playing holiday music.  Really - can we get through turkey day first before diving into holiday music?  I can’t get into the holiday spirit in mid-November.  I just can’t.  Now once December 1 rolls around, I’ll [...]

Morning rant

Ok, before a complain, I’ll say that my dealings with a certain unnamed military health insurance provider (”UMHIP” (you know who you are) have been mixed- some positive experiences and some negative experiences.  I have had good experiences with the doctors and quality of medicare care for the most part.  However, I no longer go to the local MTF (military [...]

Dogs, dogs, dogs

As I referenced in Friday’s post, I had to clean up my vehicles this weekend.  The puppafurs were taking over Obi-Wan’s truck.  I tackled this task yesterday afternoon and 45 minutes later, I’m not certain that I truly conquered the puppafurs.  The back of the truck particularly was just a disaster b/c that’s where I [...]