Haha yes! There’s a website I can check to see my vote but I’ve avoided checking it for fear I may be disappointed with her vote. She refuses to speak about politics. I am 46 and I literally don’t know if sues democrat or republican. She could be...
OMG. My greatest fear. Imagine those old school smoke detectors with the 9 volt batteries "beeping" for a month for all my neighbors to hear? Upgrading to those 10 year ones with Lithium batteries before my next trip.
Ok, so this is sort of embarrassing. On my way home from Spain (at the airport!) I received an email from my Home Owners Association. They said the nice couple who live beneath me reached out and said my guest bathroom toilet has been running for...
Yes, my family has a second home that my brother, parents, and I share. Now that my parents are not able to go there any more (due to health) it seems like every time my brother or I are there its something new to be fixed. When someone isn't...
OK, the appliance thing is real (for me). The last few times I've gone on extended Caminos I've come back home to realize some major household appliance doesn't work. Last time it was my dishwasher (Still haven't fixed it). This time it was my...
I have always carried an ICE Card / folded piece of paper with my passport. It is a simple Microsoft Word table, split into four panels.
Each panel has identical information. But each panel is in a different language: English, French, Portuguese...
I, personally, would go on walks, everyday (wearing your pack and using your trekking poles.) Start slow and build up. 5 miles then 6 etc. if you are leaving from SJPdP, that first day on the Napoleon route is the hardest day of all the Caminos...
Like when I went to Girl Scout camp at age 10, I again had ribbon labels made to sew into my clothes, hat, pack and other stuff I might lose (some of it I will certainly lose on the Camino. I do every time). My labels just say "Return...
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