Welcome to the New Year! I hope everyone had safe and happy New Years celebrations. Bülent and I have been so busy lately that we welcomed the New Year from bed, where we had been snuggling and watching movies. It…
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I LOVE food. ALL FOOD. As my husband will attest while shuddering with repulsion and distaste, I will eat anything. I will try anything once or twice (sometimes you need more than one tasting.) I have no prejudice when it…
Sweat+Blisters+3 Hours=3 acres of shiny freshly cut lawn Now I just have to do this every five days for the rest of the summer. On the plus side…no one needs a gym when you have a yard with an incline…
I will be posting as often as possible, though coverage may be sporadic. I am at my parents home in New Hampshire, hanging out, visiting family, and prepping for the upcoming wedding…Mine! So in between the bachelorette party, (this weekend),Bülent…
I looked at the Calendar and all of a sudden we are way into January. Crazy! Where did the year go? January means two things, the first is that my awesome cousin Elizabeth and her husband, Jake, are coming to…
It is fall in Ankara. The days are warm, the nights are cool. The weather is lovely. The leaves are starting to change-sort of. I think it is because it is not quite cold enough that the leaves are changing…
I don’t know whether the adjective expat seems cool or obnoxious. But that is now what I am, no longer on extended vacation. I am now officially an American living abroad! Or "yabanci" as Turkish call it... To summarize, my…