I've been wanting to say that and mean it ever since this post, and now I can. I'm going to Italy next week! Woohoo! And that's all for today, folks. Thank you, and good night....

Until today, I hadn't mowed a lawn in 12 years or so. I had forgotten how much work it is. I like it here. Slowly we are turning this house into a home, and it is calm yet filled with life in a way the apartment never was. This is a place to live, not just [...]...

Unbelievable. Where did July come from? Obiously I knew it would arrive but I didn't quite expect it to come this soon. July is here, I've waited for July for over a year and now I want to stop the time. What am I going to do when all this is over? When we're all settled in the [...]...

It's been cold, and it's been raining, and I've carried box after box until my feet were about to explode. We've bought flooring, we've bought paint, we've bought pizza. Right now I'm sitting in what-will-become-my-office, looking out the window at a perfect evening sky. I am tired beyond belief, I am aching in muscles I didn't know [...]...

I'm doing it again. What do I pack? What must I bring? I write lists longer than my suitcase. Sunscreen. Wet wipes. Aloe vera gel. Bug spray. Do I need to bring bug spray? Are there mosquitos in Amalfi? Ridiculous. If we should need it I know where the farmacia in Amalfi is. Should that be closed, I know where the one in Positano [...]...