Are You Packed?
One of the biggest questions we’ve been getting is “are you packed?” Answer: Kind of. Here’s the longer answer. We own a house in Colorado (ok, technically the bank owns it, but you get...
Nikki Abridged Blog
The Bittersweet Time
It’s a bittersweet time. The sweetness is in the future adventure, the move to another country – another continent even! – the new people we will meet, the new games we will play, new...
Busy Couple of Years; Now What?
Hello again! It’s been a busy few months, well, ok years, and I’ve been away for a while. It’s time for me to get back on the weekly posting train! It’s been a busy...
Learning Dutch Housing Terms
We’ve been daydreaming about housing in the Netherlands for a number of months now, looking at various websites to see what kind of places might be available to us. A quick side note: the...
Our DAFT Plan
So you’ve decided to move to another country. Neat! Now what? First step is figuring out how you’re going to be allowed to live there legally, which usually involves a residence permit. In most...
Le Chat
I have what I consider to be an adorable cat. She’s not seen in the same light by everyone; she has a particular personality. She also needs a new home, for various reasons, but...
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Sorry about the delay in getting this post out to you all. I was in a car accident about a week and a half ago and it’s impacted a lot of things. More on...
Administrative Points
I plan to post on the blog once a week. The first post, the Beginning, seemed to have traveled in time, as I posted it on March 7th, 2018, but it was showing up...
The Prelude
I love learning. I think I’ve always been that way. I remember in college meeting someone who was basically a career student and thinking how awesome that would be. These days I find I...
The Beginning
Truly, this isn’t the beginning. Indeed, where can you decide that something actually starts? Did this start when I started typing, or when I had the idea for the blog or the website, or...