Catching Up!

It has been a while since I've posted on my blog...So much has happened! Matt and I went to Tennessee for Thanksgiving, along with Matt's dad. It was great to see my family, although I really missed my absent sister. It stuns me to think that it's been over a year since I last saw her. If that is surprising, it is even more so (to me) to think that Lori and Matt have never met! Unreal. Anyway, Thanksgiving was great.

Two days after we returned from Tennessee, Matt & I jaunted off to Europe! It was our belated honeymoon and it was fabulous! We visited London, Paris, and Prague. I loved all three cities, but Paris was my favorite. Sure, it smelled every bit as bad as I had been told, but I loved the language, and was even able to learn a few phrases. And people there were FRIENDLY! I'd heard that the French hate Americans, but it's just not true. The Louvre was spectacular, and we didn't even see but just a tiny bit of it. It probably didn't help that we were incredibly hung-over. (The first night in Paris was terribly fun, but I don't remember much after 9pm. Thank you, alcoholic memory loss.) I did see some photos of that night, and am somewhat embarrassed. Oh well, I can't beat myself up over it. It was fun. We met our friends, Claudia and Brian, in Paris. They were every bit as great as we'd expected.

We saw a couple of theater productions in London. To elaborate a bit, we had front-row tickets to both Wicked and Mary Poppins! They were both phenomenal, and I am loving reliving every moment listening to the soundtracks! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Prague, of course, is Matt's favorite city, and I loved it also. It was the prettiest of the places we've visited. Shopping there is also great, due to the fortuitous exchange rate! We purchased hand-crafted Christmas ornaments, gifts for our friends and family, and also a set of the bohemian crystal for which the Czech Republic is renowned. We were fortunate to have friends in this city, also. We met up with Sisina & Angela, both friends of Matt from online. We also made a couple of new friends, Neysa & McKenzie, who were recent Prague imports from America.

We made a lot of fantastic memories on our trip. Some are stories that can only be told aloud, not committed to paper, in my opinion. Ask me about the hotel manager in London and the peep show. Or about my antics at Dany's in Paris. Or about my lovely hat, R.I.P. I'll gladly tell the tales.

In the meantime, it's now January. We've long since returned from our trip. We celebrated Christmas, making new traditions in our new marriage. We rang in the New Year, perhaps retiring some old traditions...We'll see what this next year brings. I will endeavor to keep this blog somewhat up-to-date. I feel as though I am glossing over so many important details, but, alas, if I were to elaborate any further, I would be so caught up in talking about my life that I wouldn't be free to live it. And it is a fantastic life.