…and finding joy everywhere
A couple of months have passed, and now we are back in Castillon to see La Maison de L’Amiral！ It was a long day flying from Stuttgart to Barcelona to Bordeaux, but we made the most of it with Spanish tapas for lunch in the airport. We decided not to rent a car to force […]
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It’s been a week since we got the news from the realtor and each day it sinks in just a little more. The offre d’achat has been countersigned and we are charging along. For once, everything is clicking into place, and it’s such a relief! There have been many times in my life where I’ve […]
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After viewing thousands of houses online, reaching out to dozens of realtors, and visiting 20 houses all over France, we signed a contract! It turns out that our “unicorn” has a name – La Maison de l’Amiral (The Admiral’s House). It’s better than anything we could have ever imagined. It sat vacant for 25 years […]
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What a difference a day can make! Yesterday I was chatting with some girlfriends and the topic of toiletries arose. As in “lawd have mercy how did we end up with all these things?!” That must have stuck in my craw because I woke up at 0400 thinking about all our toiletries, bedding, and other […]
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We saw three homes on this trip to the Aisne region of France, and while there were things we loved about each one, none convinced us to make an offer. Or more specifically, none convinced ME to make an offer. One had the most beautiful exterior with an edgy blend of modern and traditional, but […]
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After the heartbreak of a failed purchase right around Thanksgiving, Ralph and I took a little break from househunting for the holidays. In reality, it lasted about all of two weeks! And now as we embark on our third trip, I figured I’d start writing a bit more about the process since I’ve had a […]
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After this first house-hunting trip with Jen, the floodgates opened. I was ready to continue the search, this time with more knowledge of the process and how to organize a trip. Seeing homes in person made me realize that there were patterns to uncover. For example, there were certain home types I could search for […]
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In the fall, we were back in the US to see the boys graduate their respective basic trainings – Logan at Fort Jackson, SC for the Army, and Brady at Great Lakes, IL for the Navy. Along the way, we stopped in Pittsburgh to see my family. Ralph and I had independently noticed a house […]
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It’s been a while since my last post – practically two years, in fact. So much has happened since then – the boys graduated high school, Ralph and I became empty nesters, and we decided to move to France! Most of these posts have been adapted from my Facebook updates because somehow those just seemed […]
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Ahhh, house hunting. It’s fun, it’s frustrating, but we’re finally through with it! Ever since I was a kid, I loved watching those real estate shows that would run on Sunday morning. Then HGTV became a thing, and I’d be watching that all the time if I had cable (which is another reason why it’s […]
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