On days like today I have time to realize (or rather, run out of time to avoid) how much really has changed for me in the last year and a half or so. It’s like remembering that no one is holding on to your bike as you peddle like mad down the street. Usually on [...]
Wait, There’s More
Dec 29
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The longer we vacation in the states and the more questions people ask, the more strange things I remember about my new home in London. For instance, toilets are shaped funny. I had forgotten all about that, but in describing house cleaning to our cousin, that thought came to the forefront. I can just say [...]
You Know You are Home When
Dec 28
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You have chores You can talk about gas – the kind that goes in your car and the kind that comes after chili You can laugh and cry when you need to You can tell someone that they are a little bit stinky You can ask for water and eat too much You can spend [...]
Where in the World are Drew and Jen?
Dec 27
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Northeast of Nashville there exist Christmas dinners consisting mainly of foods grown in a family garden and I have eaten some of the best sweet corn that grows on the planet. There are so many family members to see, but not enough time to tell them what they mean; the last two and a half [...]
So, This is Christmas
Dec 22
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It is strange to be back in the town where we used to own a house, but don’t anymore – and it’s weird to be sleeping at my mom’s when I used to live in a neighborhood ten minutes away. It can be disconcerting to recognize handfuls of people at a time where ever in public [...]
Wow, It’s Grey and Rainy in Tennessee, Too
Dec 19
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We have safely arrived at our Christmas Vacation destination. I hope that our trip is not as exciting as the Griswold’s, though I do expect something really funny to write about. I have already had substantive conversations with two strangers and ran into an family friend I haven’t seen since I was kid, only to [...]
Can You Get Drunk on Hot Chocolate?
Dec 16
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Wow. It has been a busy couple of days… Yesterday I bought train tickets for my interview in Sutton and went to retrieve them. Sooner or later I am going to figure out the easy way to travel by train, the way which does not involve going to some weird place to get your tickets [...]
He’s Right Behind You!
Dec 14
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This weekend Drew and I enjoyed ourselves at the Barbican Centre for two very different shows. On Saturday we had a lovely lunch at the Waterside Cafe before enjoying a special showing of The Day the Earth Stood Still in a very nice cinema. After the show we had dinner at Tortilla in Islington and [...]
Haberdashery
A Haberdashery is a shop where sewing notions are sold.
Don’t Look Now…
Dec 13
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All this time I have had to make Christmas cards was foiled by my ignorance. I’ve been searching for craft stores in London and I have pawed through stationery stores for the supplies I would need to glitter your mailbox. Today I discovered something wholly new to me. Haberdashery. Mostly it indicates sewing supplies, but [...]
Would You Like to Dance?
Dec 11
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Where to begin… With a sequence of events not entirely unlike a roller coaster ride–the kind you wait in line nearly half a day to ride and get off feeling sick, exhilarated, and thankful to be alive–it’s hard to know exactly how to begin to tell the story of the last two and a half [...]
One More Small Hurdle
Dec 8
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I have been trying to be such a good girl this year, but I seem to be a magnet for slightly annoying chains of challenge. There will either be nothing but coal in my stocking for the trouble I cause–or I will earn a medal by facing these challenges without developing a drinking problem in [...]
Take Me to Your Leader
Dec 7
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Who really runs this place?! And why do I live in a country where I know so little about the government, its laws, and my relative role within this play? I heard a rumor that they keep the Queen around because she brings in so many tourists each year, but I am intrigued by the [...]
Is Your Mouth on Fire, Too?
Dec 6
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Yesterday I got a new broom, cloth handkerchiefs, and a silicone device used in a frying pan to prepare foods like eggs or pancakes. (I didn’t have to wait long to test out my new cooking tool.) You would think Londoners never saw someone carrying a broom down the street before… How did they get [...]
What’s That Smell?
Dec 5
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Term of the Day: Have a jolly good go Make the best effort (usually with light and fun undertones) While I am having a jolly good go at learning how to live the life of a Londoner, I also learn a lot about myself. I shouldn’t expect any less from this blip out of my [...]
Bits and Bobs
Odds and ends.
You’ll Need to Bring This Back With You.
Dec 4
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Term of the Day: Bits and Bobs Odds and ends A good portion of normal, everyday Londoners order groceries online and have them delivered; they pop in to local stores for the random bits and bobs. Within my frame of reference, that would have seemed very posh two months ago. After discovering the challenges simple [...]
Why Doesn’t Drew Post More Often?
Dec 3
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And the answer is… I am busy. Nothing more glamorous than that unfortunately. Good news is, I am back with an update today so Jen could take the night off. May not be great news to you, but Jen is glad to have a night to herself. Over the next few weeks Jen and I [...]
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