Adams Australian Adventure – Part One

On July 4th (US Independence Day), our friends Chastity and Maggie Adams arrived from Florida!  Yippee!!  Their timing was perfect because certain US only holidays can really make us nostalgic for home – 4th of July and Thanksgiving… Read More

Eight Days in Tasmania

This past semester was my most challenging. University, internships, and work proved to be a taxing trio, yet I held my determination and enthusiasm, knowing I would jet off to Tasmania when it was all over. I am… Read More

Our beloved Dalai

Today, our beautiful 16 year old Tibetan Terrier Dalia had a stroke and joined her brother Deano in heaven.  Our 16 year old daughter Eve was home with the dogs while Lawson and I had run to the… Read More

Sydney

Recently, we made a very brief (less than 24 hours) trip to Sydney. The particulars of the trip involved us driving rather than flying which was a big frustration as the roads between Brisbane and Sydney were not… Read More

It’s been a while

So, it really has been a while.  I originally wrote the post below a couple of weeks ago just to get my thoughts on paper not at all planning on posting it.  Then this past week happened.  The… Read More

Mum’s Day Weekend

Happy Mum’s Day to all!  This is our first Mum’s Day in Australia and it didn’t disappoint!  I am especially thankful that we were all able to spend the day together!  Our 16 year old Dalai dog was… Read More

Straddie for the day

Yesterday, our house was buzzing before 5 am as we prepared to spend our Saturday on Stradbroke Island (or Straddie as they call it here.).  The trip to Straddie requires a bit of planning as there is an… Read More

A long holiday weekend

Did you know that Good Friday is quite a big deal in Australia?  It is one of three days (Christmas and Anzac Day are the others) during the year when most businesses are closed.  There were more things… Read More

Death and Taxes

You know the Benjamin Franklin quote “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”?  Yeah, these past two months have been dominated by these two things.  We spoke of death in our… Read More

Rough start

When we started the blogging process, we decided we wanted to post not just about the fun part of the expat experience but also about the challenges..  Some of you know from Facebook or Instagram that our 2018… Read More