I left off just as I was beginning to tell my tale of a month in India, and now I'm headed to India-- again. Literally two years (almost to the day) later. I know I'm a terrible blogger. Lately, I've found myself making a list in my planner of all the blog posts I will write "someday" when I have time.…
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Before we moved out here, a friend suggested that I write down everything that seems surprising at the beginning. "Pretty soon, all of those things will feel normal and you…
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When we found out we were moving to Okinawa we weren't even engaged. In fact, we were driving a U-haul cross country to move me out to Kansas, where I…
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As I know I have made abundantly clear... I really loved house hunting in Okinawa. After talking to some friends back in the States about it, I've been told it…
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After three days of Oki-style house hunting, we had narrowed our options to two places. And if I thought house hunting was fun, house finding in Okinawa, is even better!…
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I LOVED house hunting in Okinawa. It seemed like such a fun experience to have as a grown-up, married couple. Almost everyone stationed at Kadena has to live on-base unless they…
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We're definitely not in Kansas anymore. When a storm is making headlines here, it doesn't get a name like Ivan or Sandy. Nope. Phanfone and Vongfong are the names of the…
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From the minute we started wedding planning, I've been dying to get a cute return address stamp... but that was difficult given that we knew we'd be moving less than…
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I noticed Dane packing fruit and water bottles in a backpack as we left for church Sunday morning but I didn't think much about it... he is really big on…
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There are absolutely conveniences to having access to an American base: salsa, cheap(er) gas, contract translators, language classes... and did I mention the availability of salsa? However, amidst all of…
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We've been briefed. Kadena AFB is nothing if not thorough when it comes to their newcomers briefing. We'd been warned it would be a painfully long day, but as a…
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We flew direct from Detroit to Tokyo on Saturday afternoon with 6 suitcases, 2 carry-ons, and 2 personal items, one of which was a five-pound yorkie whose ticket cost almost…
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Moving abroad... huh. I keep waiting for it to sink in that in the last four days I have picked up my entire life and moved it to the other…
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