Uncle Traveling Matt's Adventures » About http://blog.badanes.com Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:21:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Under the hood changes http://blog.badanes.com/2011/01/12/under-the-hood-changes/ http://blog.badanes.com/2011/01/12/under-the-hood-changes/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:16:46 +0000 matt http://blog.badanes.com/?p=893 So this isn’t going to be the most exciting post, but I always like keeping my 2 readers informed. I started this blog four years ago and, while it’s not always been completely thrilling, it’s been fun writing. Moving back to the US means a lot of changes and they are oddly overwhelming in many ways, so the blog has been a bit neglected. I just did the first update to wordpress I’d made since I started it. It went smoothly, but if anyone sees something that isn’t quite right, please tell me so I can work to fix it.

In the meantime, our glamorous life in London is behind us and we’re curious what kind of things the people who read this might like to know about. If anyone have suggestions (mom, I know you want pictures of us and the cat! :) ), please comment below.

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2011/01/12/under-the-hood-changes/feed/ 1 Time for Some Big Changes http://blog.badanes.com/2010/07/10/time-for-some-big-changes/ http://blog.badanes.com/2010/07/10/time-for-some-big-changes/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:57:19 +0000 matt http://blog.badanes.com/2010/07/10/time-for-some-big-changes/ Well, we’ve not made mention of it on the blog, so I thought it was time. I started writing here in January 2007, a few months before I moved to London. Now, in the next 2-3 months, our time in London will come to an end. I’m going to transfer back to Chicago, same company, back to the same apartment. And yet, in the last 3+ years, nothing is really the same. It’s been a time of so many change for Carolyn and I, that this is just another one of those. Weddings, deaths, new friends, a million new experiences. But now it’s time to move back. We’ll keep updating here. Originally, it was mostly just for a few people (particularly Carolyn while and I were apart). It’s remained that way, but it’s also become a chance for us to make a semi-permanent (we’ll download all the entries and print them) record of what we’ve done here.

Anyway, that’s some big news! More fun to come. :)

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2010/07/10/time-for-some-big-changes/feed/ 1 A quick synopsis of life http://blog.badanes.com/2009/04/14/a-quick-synopsis-of-life/ http://blog.badanes.com/2009/04/14/a-quick-synopsis-of-life/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:30:31 +0000 matt http://blog.badanes.com/2009/04/14/a-quick-synopsis-of-life/ Yikes! I think that’s a record for longest gap between posts. It’s been a busy busy month and change. Allow me to give you a recap with details later. I’m not guaranteeing too much for the next 10 days as we’re going to Greece in 3 days, but here’s a little to whet your appetite. Since I last posted, we’ve gone skiing in the Alps, enjoyed a nice visit with Carolyn’s parents, taken a cycling trip in Richmond Park, played games, hung out with friends, sung in choirs (for the first time in 4 years), travelled southeast England, celebrated my birthday. For now, let’s start with some evidence of a trip to the Alps:

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Behold the Matterhorn as viewed from our hotel in Zermatt. Tres cool. And, since we were in the area:

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Proof that not only did I ski, but I did some of it in a blizzard. And we ate lunch in an old farm house on the side of the mountain. Alas, the camera fogged up, so the only picture in there looks like a silly 1970s yuppie picture, but that’ll all come soon enough. So sorry for being so neglectful. I promise tons of fun to follow!

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2009/04/14/a-quick-synopsis-of-life/feed/ 2 A Merry New Year to you All! http://blog.badanes.com/2008/12/31/a-merry-new-year-to-you-all/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/12/31/a-merry-new-year-to-you-all/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:14:09 +0000 matt http://blog.badanes.com/2008/12/31/a-merry-new-year-to-you-all/ In 8 hours (at least here in London), we’ll be ushering in 2009. That means I’m wrapping up my 2nd year in London. Lots of changes have happened and I’m sure there’ll be plenty more in 2009. I hope any one who reads this has a positive, yet eventful new year! I’ll wrap the year up with a photo from our Christmas in Paris. More to come, I promise! :)

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From our honeymoon in Scotland. :)

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Uncle Traveling Matt and his traveling wife are off for our first true vacation together in 2 years. Technically, it’s honeymoon III. We’ll be spending a fun filled week touring some of the wonders Scotland has to offer. Full blogging (and pictures, of course!) will resume when we return. Have a lovely week! :)

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We bought Chewy a cat tree a couple of weeks ago. He’d started gaining weight when Anna wasn’t eating (I guess he decided all the food was for him since she wasn’t interested). We figured this might give him some new perspectives on the flat and make him excercise a little more. So far, with a special diet of food as well, it seems to be working. He likes to hop up and lounge on it.

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OMG!!! He’s got frickin’ laser beams in his eyes! That’s just a nice full on view of his cat tree.

Coming up, I have tons of trips to fill you in on. Ludlow, the Lake District, Dublin, Cambridge and a parental visit!

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In saddening news, I came back to find Anna extremely thin. She’d had problems and some very nice friends had taken her to the vet. She’s seems ok, but she is really really skinny. The vet took some blood and hopefully, they’ll have some news soon. Poor kitty.

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/22/someones-a-moving-to-london/feed/ 3 A Very Matt and Carolyn Wedding http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/12/a-very-matt-and-carolyn-wedding/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/12/a-very-matt-and-carolyn-wedding/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 21:00:52 +0000 matt http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/12/a-very-matt-and-carolyn-wedding/ So, on 10 May 2008, I married a wonderful woman. Most of you who read this have met Carolyn by now and know she’s pretty darn cool. Allow me to officially introduce you to my (hee hee) wife, Carolyn:

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I’m not sure who that snazzy lookin’ guy is, but I hope she married him :)

We’re working on getting Carolyn’s visa set up now, but we’ll spend a day or two in NYC to relax while we deal with all sorts of chaos in the meantime and I head back to the UK in less than a week. So many wonderful things going on. Married life so far is going very well. I wouldn’t change a thing.

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