Life's hard, you know (oh way oh) so strike a pose on a Cadillac...

...or in our case, a Renault Clio, because that's the car we bought to replace our stolen Fiat, which was recovered, but deemed not worth repairing because of extensive electrical damage done to the car during the break-in. What a week it's been for us! Ugh, what a YEAR! They say the first year of marriage is the hardest and for us that's definitely been true so far, but only because of all the steaming piles of poo (figurative poo, thankfully) that have been thrown our way. Starting out our life together in the middle of a deep recession has been a character-building exercise in adversity, if nothing else. Our first anniversary is in less than three months. We're both hoping for fewer bumps in the road ahead.

I'll have a post about a good cheesy broccoli soup in the next day or two. I just wanted to pop in and say hello in the meantime.