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Faith Dwight

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Faith Dwight's parents knew she was a strange one when, at the age of five, she asked for "a book with no words." 21 years later, her heart still races at the sight of a blank page. After traveling the world for five years, she's decided (for now) to settle not-too-far from the tiny North Carolina t...

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ISO Volvos and Computers

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The cost of my trans-Atlantic move doesn’t bear thinking about.  Between VISA fees, plane tickets, buying a new car, paying a deposit on our (cutie) house...well, let’s just say our plan to move to America, the Land of the Cheap, has not yet become profitable.

Now, my husband has arrived and we’re in search of a second car.  Oh, to be back in England, where we only had our tiny Rover 100 (gas mileage: approx. 3 million mpg), and I took the bus everywhere, and it was PERFECTLY FINE.

My husband has the lofty aspiration to own an old Volvo station wagon, so we spend quite a lot of time patrolling craigslist, in search of The Perfect Car.

We’re also looking for a laptop; mine was stolen* off my luggage trolley at Gatwick Airport last year, the day I moved to England.  Very sad.  Yesterday, we lost an eBay bidding war by a mere 50 cents.  A couple of hours later, the husband drove 45 minutes to check out a Volvo, only to arrive 5 seconds after a lady who bought it on the spot...

Stay tuned, for more on the car/computer search saga.

*Ok, TECHNICALLY, I left the laptop bag hanging on the trolley, and we drove off, but I remembered just a couple of miles down the road, and we went back to get it, except by then, someone had made off with it.  A week or so later, they signed onto my instant messenger account, and my little sister IMed them, saying, “Why would you steal  my sister’s computer?  That is so mean.”  I wish she would’ve just said, “Please leave it at the airport and we’ll pick it up, no questions asked.”  Lessons learned: 1) Check after your wife at the airport to make sure she got everything off the trolley.  2) Back your ish up.