Paris Part Deux

Continued from Part Une…
Ugh! Can you possibly handle MORE Paris?
Well, it’s cold and I haven’t left my house since we returned except to restock the fridge. So, unless you want more posts about shopping at Waitrose, it’s all I got. (Deal)
Voilà, mes amies! More Paris, it is, but just the highlights. I promise.
Eiffel Tower.
I should [...]

Certainity. A Luxury We Can No Longer Afford.

Shortly following the start of the worldwide economic meltdown, Mike turned to me one morning and asked, “But how does all this affect us?”
(“Us” being folks with no immediate ties to the banking industry going about their daily lives.)
At the time, life around us hadn’t changed much…
The London’s streets were littered with just as many [...]

Banking 2.0

It’s been a while since I’ve ranted about the banking system…
Since my last post, I was finally added to our accounts. I have my own cards and everything.
No more begging Mike for advances on my allowance! Whew-hew!
So, the next logical step in my plan for world domination was to set up online banking. That should [...]

1,2,3,4… Tell Me That You Love Me More

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Mike and I celebrated a wedding anniversary recently.
Four years ago we promised to love, honor, and cherish. Little did I know that it would be more like honour…
Of course, at the time, I also expected ours to be a life right out of a Pottery Barn catalog– gracious dinner [...]

You’re Mysterious and Old, But I’m Strangely Drawn to You.

This coming Thursday is our wedding anniversary, which I wanted to celebrate with a weekend trip some place stunning, romantic, and fabulous…
Paris? Roma? Milano? Brugge? Any of these would do!
Where did Mike want to go?
Stonehenge.
An hour and a half journey out of London with a toddler in tow to see a pile of rocks in [...]

The Buck Stops Here

I’ve been living in London for almost three weeks and I still haven’t been added to our British bank accounts, and from what I understand, this is nothing…
Some people we know had to wait months before even being allowed to open a bank account in the UK. These are gainfully employed adults with regular salaries, [...]

A Spoonful of Sugar When the RenderFarm* Does Down

Chatting over the phone yesterday, Mike mentioned that he caused some sort of department-wide panic that afternoon…
Something about implementing code that realeased chaos and madness… I don’t know.
Basically, it was BAD, but he fixed it and all was well in the world again.
Mike went on to say that at his office mess-ups of that grandeur [...]

Wow! We’re REALLY doing this!

When Mike accepted the job in London two and a half weeks ago, moving across the globe seemed so glamorous and fun… and simple.

We just pack up what we need, sell the rest, and go, right?
It turns out, “need” is a very tricky topic. For instance, I see no need to save the thirty year-old [...]