This is not the first time I’ve had issues with rental cars. Once I had to be rescued ontop of a mountain when I was reduced to only first gear. That was an event, leaving the car to be towed, and hopping into another car with a guy from the rental company. Usually, I rent…
My life is like one, big reality show. As a matter of fact, I have more reality than most viewers can handle. All that to say, taking a taxi in a foreign country can be quite a trip. Especially if you’re me. For some reason. Believe me, I don’t know why these things happen, but…
The very fact that my husband read the recent blog, and then desired to comment, is against his nature of “Do Not Become Involved”. But here is the Italian-American side of the Russian-American family, giving his own comments, which are suspicious enough because all of his arguments are involving places not located in the U.S.,…
Benedetto is directions-challenged. Our oldest son’s tennis playoffs were happening in a distant city and we wanted to make the trek. Naturally, I had scoped out the tennis center in that part of the world, but my husband insisted he had his own directions. I was happy for him to take the initiative. Not so…
If you travel a bunch on commercial aircraft, you need a luggage scale. Really. Trust me on this one. Nowadays, airlines charge for most bags, and the point is, their luggage scales are not always calibrated correctly. If you can weigh the bag ahead of time, and know within a couple of pounds, or a…
Up in the middle of the night, it was Monday morning and time to saddle up and head on out. My son was due at another tennis event. Through rain, snow, sleet and hail, he and Mama had to prevail. The forecast was for snow. It had started snowing in DC the night before, however,…
You know that we believe in keeping our kids’ Russian language alive. Well, at least lukewarm. I could quiz them myself and put them through the paces, but then that would simply build up more reasons as to Why Mama is Ruining My Life. Better that we pay someone and they can be the object…
It’s almost as though the adoption community has become a highly-compartmentalized, corporate mechanism. Here are the agencies who help to place children. Here are the social workers who get your homestudy and dossier in order. Here are the international adoption pediatricians who can assist in reviewing your referral. Here are the therapists and neuropsychologists who…
Many thanks to all who are testing the new system of an Adoption Chat Forum at Destinations, Dreams and Dogs. Still a few kinks to work out, but we’re getting there. For now, folks have asked how to Log-in. All of this will be under review in the near future, but for now, give this…
Today’s the day: the Day of the Big Announcement. Woo-hoo! Naturally, it all depends on your point of view, but here, we think it’s pretty big. Here’s hoping that it’s exciting for you, too! We’ve talked in recent days about something that’s on all of our hearts and minds and we believe that our efforts…
