Car Free in Raleigh

My good friend Mandy talked us into getting out of the house this morning. We met her on her way to Food Lion, then trekked back to my house to get my laundry going, then up to her house for some toddler playtime.
Roundtrip: 1.6 miles
Why is it so hard to get myself out of the […]

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We enjoyed a nice holiday with my parents, who came down from Pittsburgh. It was strange to have access to a car for several days in a row.
We went to a lovely Christmas Eve vigil mass, although we would have preferred Midnight Mass. But, having a toddler and lacking our own car, we made do […]

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We ventured out this morning to do some final Christmas shopping before the mad weekend rush begins.  Our initial plan was to trek up to Triangle Town Center, then come back home after lunch, just in time for Malachy’s nap.
Instead, we ended up having Malachy’s picture taken… then bought frames at A.C. Moore… then hiked […]

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So, we had planned to head out to Lowe’s this morning to get a heater. But when we woke up, it somehow registered that today is one of the few of what we Catholics know as “Holy Days of Obligation” (read: “Get your heiny in church or else!” days).
(The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of […]

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Today, we packed up our Radio Flyer wagon and headed down to Food Lion to get some groceries.
My first mistake was choosing this trip as the time to shop for a month, rather than a week. Yes, theoretically, it is cheaper. But seriously, do you know how much food it takes to eat for a […]

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ser·en·dip·i·ty
2. good fortune; luck
This morning I realized (too late) that my monthly La Leche League meeting was at 10:30 am. On the other side of town.
I checked gotriangle.org but it was clear that I needed to leave by 8:30 to arrive in time for the meeting, and unfortunately, it was 9:30 and I wasn’t even […]

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One difficult part of living without a car is the limited bus service on Sundays (and after hours any other day). For example, compare the CAT weekday routes to the Sunday route list. On a weekday, we can hop on 3 or 10 and be downtown in a few minutes. However, neither route is […]

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