Deciding to move to a country where you don’t speak the language takes a lot of preparation. We started learning Spanish on Duolingo in July 2019. We both did at least 5 minutes of Spanish most days until the end of 2021, for a total of nearly 30 months of daily Spanish practice. By the […]
When we decided we wanted to live near Spain’s high speed rail we discovered Valencia city. It’s an hour to Madrid by high speed rail and an hour to Barcelona by ferry over the Mediterranean. They have an international airport. The location was exactly what we were looking for. When we looked into the city
The work I’m doing in therapy is in boundaries and lowering my stress levels. My Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and my Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome are exacerbated by stress. This makes controlling my stress levels and body response to stressors is extremely important. My last therapy appointment my therapist asked me to work on an idea
In January 2019 we went to London and Hyderabad India and we had an adventure. Travel was difficult, but the experiences and the different perspectives we were exposed to were wonderful. We started to play with the idea of retirement in the European Union. After a few months of research we decided Spain would be
Happy New Year friends & readers! We hope this season finds you with some peace and joy. This year brought lots of changes to the Carter-Embry home once again. We were vaccinated and boosted as soon as possible. Still yet, we have continued to take precautions against covid. Ammi’s health over the last half decade
We’ve had a wonderful busy spring. Everyone has been getting vaccinated. Cirrus has one more booster round and then the entire house will be vaccinated and we’re celebrating. We’ve been training up Cirrus and getting the house ready for spring. It’s a lot of mowing. We had a beautiful raised garden installed, it’s so easy
Cirrus McFluffington was born December 7, 2020 here in the beautiful state of Tennessee. Cirrus joined our pack February 7, 2021. His name was a challenge, we wanted something that referenced Magnus, something short, and something that would be fine to holler. We went through Scandinavian names (Brodric, Bjarke, Pádraig being rejected). We went through
I look back at my last regular post and cannot believe it’s been a whole year. The world has changed so drastically. We’ve moved! The first week of September Daniel and I closed on our new home. We found a beautiful home in the Crieve Hall area on a nearly ¾ acre lot. We have
Today (and all this week) I’m celebrating my favorite person’s 37th year on this planet. It’s not been our easiest year, but it’s shown me that together we can weather anything. We faced such a variety of stresses and hardships and we’re coming out the other side stronger and happier in our relationship. Despite the
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