Butterscotch Sundae

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I finally found the cord for my camera. So here is a picture! And there are some more over here!

Several people have asked why we so abruptly changed our plans. There were many reasons, and I really don’t want to go into great detail here. So I’ll let you pick your favorite reason, and we’ll move on from there.

We left the Netherlands because:a) We felt that we should be closer to our family.b) Nichole

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WE HAVE BAG!

After much running around and nearly getting into a fistfight with the baggage claim girl (I may have raised my voice a little. I’m not proud. But I did get my bag back.) and a tour of the Island of Lost Bags, we came back to the hotel room and started calling US

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Did I mention that one of the airlines lost a piece of our luggage? Well, they did. We saw it go on the plane in Charlotte, but we didn’t get it back when Martinair bumped us from our Orlando flight. We’ve been trying to track it down ever since. On Friday, I got an email

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We’re going back to North Carolina, and we’re going to try to stay afloat until Rockford either finds a teaching job with a university or a community college or he finishes a licensure program to teach at a secondary school. I know this is a circuitious route we’re taking, and I know it sounds more

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So …

We’re coming home.

I know this is a convoluted thing, and I don’t really have alot of time to go into it right now.

You could call it a mid-life crisis, I guess.

Don’t worry; it’s a good thing. And they found our lost bag! It’s in Amsterdam! Where we’ll be on Monday!

Departure We sat on the runway in Atlanta for an hour and a half.

The journey Poppy slept for about 5 hours of the 8 and a half hour flight. She’s a peach of a traveler. I watched “Over the Hedge” and then slept for a little while – maybe an hour – and Rockford didn’t

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We’re in Atlanta. They’re supposed to start boarding in about half an hour.