Now that Thanksgiving is SO twelve hours ago, can we talk about something?
I would like to know why THIS was my only option for international holiday postage?
Don’t recognize her from your childhood nightmare?
The desciption on the Royal Post’s online shop reads…
…featuring Snow White’s Wicked Queen. With her poison apple Snow White’s wicked Queen [...]
Wow! SO politically incorrect, except I really am talking about Indian (spices) and this was my very first Thanksgiving to do the cooking.
There’s some irony in the fact that I had to move to England (i.e. the land pilgrims were escaping) to finally roast my first turkey.
I was a little apprehensive, especially when I woke [...]
This past weekend, Mike and I put in a DVD for Avery and sat down to cull through the the stacks of international shipping bids we’ve received this week… and all without ever lifting a finger.
I went on a site called www.intlmovers.com, typed in the necessary info, and presto! several bids came by way of [...]
I hate the words “economy” and “credit crunch” so much that I practically foam that the mouth when I have to say it aloud…
“Well, with the economy being the way it is…”
“The credit crunch is hitting us all…”
Ahhh! So aggravating, to say the least, but there’s no better way to explain our situation.
There’s still [...]
Avery is at the height of toddlerness where everything, whether it’s time for a bath or suggesting chocolate cake for breakfast, is received with a fervent “No, Mommy. NO!”
Except, with Avery it’s not just “no”. It follows with a vigorous head shake and an unyielding “anymore”.
For example, it’s not just “no trousers today”… or even [...]
As soon as we announced our move to London, the threats requests to stay with us poured in immediately.
I tended to ignore the ones who framed their request as “Oh wow, a FREE place to stay in London” (Not quite. Get a hotel, freeloaders) versus the ones who said, “Oh, how we will miss you [...]
At last night’s London Bloggers Meetup, Melanie Seasons of Fake Plastic Noodles fame (and fellow American expat) gave a fabulous chat about US vs. UK blogging, how she got started in blogging, and other useful topics.
(You can read her takeaway points here.)
I met Melanie about five minutes before her talk… where else? At the bar. [...]
With my entire family coming for the holidays, I’ve been kicking myself for leaving my favorite “family cookbooks” in the States– the ones sold to raise money for our parish or local hospital and have recipes titled “Aunt Susie’s Very Best Christmas Morning Casserole” or simply “Party Potatoes”.
These cookbooks contain only the tried and true. [...]
I was out one evening when my train was held at a station. Someone ahead of us “had taken ill” and the entire line shut down until they could be attended to.
Meanwhile, I was shoved next to two very… um, lively girls sharing an iPod. They were singing out loud and dancing with arms in [...]
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Last weekend, I hit up the KCWC Nearly New Sale and scored this beautiful hit of toddler smack…
I had a tough time getting through the Tube with it, but only because I had every member of the male and “under 4″ set clamoring for it.
It’s hard to miss a BRIGHT YELLOW [...]
American Mom says,
"Mind your manners"
