Where to Next?

With less than four months to go until we head home, I've been taking stock of what remains of our consumables and trying to use up what...

That's the question, right? Here's the answer. Yep, we're going home this summer.  Jeremy got a very good job at the Stat...

Way back in 2005, on a first date that neither of us thought would actually lead anywhere, Jeremy cooked me dinner.  He lived in a typical a...

We are always saying goodbye.  This week it was to dear friends who lived across the street.  We hadn't known them very long, but it was...

Is how many boxes the movers hauled out of here this afternoon.

When I was 12 years old, my family moved to Tel Aviv from northern Virginia.  My friends and I wrote each other long letters in balloony han...

And I am awake.  Tossing and turning in bed because, well, we are moving our entire lives in days that you can count on less than two hands....

Tonight Jeremy and I were organizing our CD and DVD collection in preparation for the move.  We don't have much time left here in Moscow...

My anxiety for spring to come is even greater this year, than last, because we are leaving at the end of May and hoping for some nice weathe...

Just two hours before we had to leave the house for Dulles Airport to catch our flight home, I was racing up and down the aisles of AC Moore...

We arrived in the U.S. six days ago, but I've only now summoned the energy to blog about it.  Miles traveled: 5,200 Hours in flight: ...

One complaint you often hear from those new to Foreign Service life is how awful the furniture is.  To keep things simple (and, I imagine, c...

I am no longer a Foreign Service officer. It's strange to see those words in black and white (or eggplant and cream, as the case may b...

Our stuff is here and will be delivered tomorrow at noon.  I can't wait to be reunited with: 1) My dishes. 2) My dutch oven. 3) My c...

Moscow, baby! Not clear exactly when, but not until February 2010 at the earliest. We're very excited!

... until we find out where we are going to be posted next. Jeremy's A-100 class has its "Flag Day" today. I just want to note...

Seems we've got two bits of major news to share. News the first ... God willing, the traveling Richarts will be blessed with a new add...