In the midst of moving, the LAST thing I wanted to deal with was two weeks of holiday house guests… even if said “house guests” were my family.
It’s not that I didn’t want to see them… or didn’t miss them like crazy.
After having gone from seeing them all the time to never ever, nothing could [...]
Whoa! Whoa Whoa! When did 2009 sneak up on us?
Wait! Was it while I was drowning in packing peanuts and cardboard or having my fifth anxiety attack over the logistics of our trans-Atlantic/cross-country move…
It’s funny to think back to my New Year’s resolution for 2008…
LOSE THE BABY WEIGHT ALL READY!
Little did I know at the [...]
There’s been some debate at my house over what the heck is Boxing Day, which just so happens to be TODAY!
My sister says it’s the day we’re supposed to box up all of the Christmas decorations. I say it’s the day you give the servants gifts and the day off.
Since I neither have servants nor [...]
Four days ago, my parents, my two younger sisters, and one sister’s boyfriend flew in from Texas to celebrate our first (and presumably LAST) London Christmas with us.
The past few days have been a whirlwind of eating, sightseeing, eating, laughing. eating, shopping, eating… and well, more eating… and it has been FAN-TASTIC!
Of course, when my [...]
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 post is directed to my British readers…
I would like to know when you will STOP celebrating your little pro-hate free-for-all (a.k.a Guy Fawkes Month Day)?
Seriously. WHEN?
Two weeks ago, when the fireworks starting going off it was… um, mildly annoying.
Even though our two-year-old son awoke with every pop, bang, and whizz and eventually just stopped [...]
I got so excited when I spotted the first, albeit paltry, selection of children’s costumes at Marks and Spencer (department store) last month.
Then, my hopes quickly were dashed when one of Mike’s co-workers informed us that Halloween is more of a holiday for yobs (British shorthand for rowdy, drunken, and disorderly teenagers picking fights, vandalizing [...]
Overhead from three teenage boys (15-ish, maybe 16) while riding the Underground’s Central Line. (Feel free to supply your own British accents.)
“The pancakes in America are AMAZING! They’re so fluffy and round.”
“…and they give you so many! You can get STACKS of them. Big ones and they’re SO GOOD.”
“I would go back to America [...]
American Mom says,
"Mind your manners"
