Today marks my 2-year anniversary of moving into my awesome downtown apartment. Crazy to think about that passage of time – how I’ve become more myself (I think), how I’ve lost a bit of weight, how I’ve become (maybe too) comfortable on my own, how my family unit has shifted, and how I can sit…
Category: food
A body in revolt
Last Friday, I got home a wee bit early and promptly devoured the food I had in my fridge. Yes, it was probably a bit much, but it was turkey nachos, with black beans, 3 kinds of peppers, tomatoes, and cheese. Not completely terrible, but my stomach hurt a bit afterward. I took a walk…
Vacation – days 9 & 10: Edinburgh => Dublin => Los Angeles => San Diego
Woke up fairly early but had gotten some good sleep. Used the morning hour to write the blog for day 8. Got my bag together. I went into Barbara’s room for a tearful (on my part, she was still half asleep) goodbye. It has been so wonderful traveling with her, and I’m really going to…
Vacation – day 8: Methil => Kirkcaldy => Aberdour => Edinburgh
We were happy to leave Methil. I didn’t sleep much, though my sleep was okay during its 5 hours. And, weirdly, my sleep machine kind of broke in the morning. The button to turn it off stopped functioning, so I can still use it but I have to plug/unplug to turn it on/off. So that’s…
Vacation – day 7: Allandale => Falkirk => Doune => Falkland => St. Andrews => Methil
Another great day in Scotland! I didn’t fall out of the bed so it already started better! I took a shower and leisurely got my bag packed up. Barbara asked for an extra hour before check out so it was no big hurry. We got our breakfast rolls, sausage for me this time, and coffee…
Vacation – day 4: Inverness => Dornoch => Ullapool=> Loch Ness => Loch Lomond => Glasgow
Posting this one around 5 pm on day 5: having lots of internet issues so unable to upload photos to this post except to the featured image which is Loch Lomond. ~~ What a day! Unfortunately, I had trouble sleeping in the very cool apartment. Couldn’t fall asleep until midnight or so, then woke up…
Vacation – day 3: Edinburgh => Inverness
I woke up around 7:30 am and searched for a place to go get some coffee. I thought about having the hotel breakfast again (not sure if I could have since I was checking out), but then I thought to myself, “Lizzie, you are in Edinburgh, go see what you can see!” So I located…
Vacation – day 2: Edinburgh
After a solid 8 1/2 hours sleep (with only a couple wake-ups not knowing where I was at first), I was ready to take on Edinburgh. But first I took advantage of the free breakfast I got with my room here. I opted for some of what they offered in their buffet: scrambled eggs, a…
Vacation – day 1: LAX => London => Edinburgh
I am certain I’ve written about this concept before but international travel = time travel. I got on a plane in Los Angeles at 3:30 pm on Saturday, April 28. Technically 24 hours later, I was strolling through the streets of Edinburgh. But was it 24 hours? The flight to London was 10 hours, then…
Dad’s 78th
Yesterday was a tough day. April 21 is the day my dad was born back in 1940. He would have been 78 yesterday. This post came up on my FB memories yesterday from 2016: 6 years ago, my mom, dad, sister, her kid & her husband met up in Las Vegas to celebrate my dad’s…
