It’s already the 2nd week of the One Room Challenge, a blogging event where participants and featured designers makeover a room in 6 weeks. I’ve decided to make some much-needed changes in my master bedroom, and I shared all the “before” pictures of the room here. Well things are moving right along. Last week, I spent a … More New Bed & A Plan – ORC Week 2
Rome / Tivoli / Assisi / Florence Probably the best thing about working in the UK is the amount of required holiday for employees. In the US, I was content with 10 vacation days a year, but now I get 25 -not including bank holidays!!! As I typed the title of this post, I was reminded of how … More 10 Days In Italy
Guess who has decided to participate in the One Room Challenge™ (ORC) this spring? ME!!! ORC is an online blogging event hosted twice a year by Linda at Calling It Home. Bloggers/anyone who want to participate are challenged to transform a room in six weeks. Each week they link up to share their experiences, and … More Master Bedroom ORC Week 1
Happy April 1st! March was an eventful month for us. We planned a trip to Italy, went to Italy, and oh – our MoveCube arrived! It was delivered on March 7th, and it’s been great getting reacquainted with everything we packed in boxes 8 months ago. But before we could start enjoying our possessions, we had … More The Things Are Here!!!
It’s been six months since Andrew and I hopped across the pond to live in the UK. You could say I’ve had this six-month mark on my mental calendar since the day we arrived in London. I knew the first few months would be difficult. For starters, we had to find a place to live, … More Moving: Expectations vs. Reality
This post is better late than never! To celebrate Thanksgiving, Andrew and I took two days of holiday and decided to spend them in Budapest. Budapest is perfect for those with limited time and money (us). We bought 72-hour travel cards that gave us free access to public transport, walking tours, and most of the … More Discovering Budapest
Way back in July, we filled a big wooden crate with all of our possessions to be shipped to the UK. We knew the shipping process would take a long time (about 3 months). We knew there was some risk involved. We forged ahead, reasoning that risks and some unpleasantness are unavoidable with an international … More Living Room Update/Horrors of Shipping
When we told people we were moving to the UK, I think most of them assumed we’d start travelling right away, and spend all of our time going to new places. By now we should have seen 80% of Europe, at LEAST! Now, you might be wondering what gave me that impression. I submit to … More Life Lately
Moving meant saying goodbye to a lot of things –including our furniture. I really wasn’t sad to see it go at the time, but living in an unfurnished cottage for a few days definitely made me miss our homey apartment in San Diego. As it turns out, buying all new furniture is expensive, so we’ve … More Dressing Up Ikea Tables
After 2 ½ months of living in limbo, we have our own place again! It’s a little rough around the edges, but we’re excited to slowly transform it into our home. Now we just have to wait another two months for our stuff to arrive…
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