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Entries from June 2006

It’s a beautiful day

June 30th, 2006 · No Comments

The luggage has landed …
After leaving nearly seven straight days of rain in the States, we much expected soft days in Ireland as well. However, the weather was gorgeous upon our arrival in Shannon. Toby was kind enough to drive down from Sligo and collect us, or more honestly, our luggage.
We stopped by the house [...]

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Tags: life

Track our stuff. Win a Prize.

June 29th, 2006 · No Comments

The container was hooked up and pulled away this morning. What is cool is that we can track our stuff on the Internet! Seems like a good opportunity for some betting. Please comment on what date you think our stuff will arrive, and the closest entry will receive an authentic Irish gift.

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Tags: stuff

A Familiar Face

June 29th, 2006 · No Comments

While sitting in JFK airport, I spotted what appeared to be a familiar face waiting at the gate. I did do a double-take … could it be?
We couldn’t fit all our luggage flat in the back of Nancy’s truck, so we decided to leave off the tarp. It was a hot sunny day, right? [...]

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Tags: gnomes

American Breakfast

June 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment

In Bethlehem, the place to be now for breakfast is Billy’s. I look forward to a good Irish Breakfast, especially white and black pudding. Since we won’t be moving into our house until the 15th of July, we’ll have plenty at the B&B.
We will always have a soft spot for our favorite breakfast joint [...]

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Tags: food

Fireworks

June 28th, 2006 · No Comments

No American send-off would be complete without blowing some things up … we had our own personal fireworks display in the back alley.

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