Archive for November, 2008
Thanksgiving madness
It was going to be a small Thanksgiving, just family, a couple of friends, and somehow our small thanksgiving has crept up to thirty two, and I imagine we may find some others to add over the next couple of days. The good news is, this year, I’m not cooking, and I have to confess, [...]
Nesting
It’s so cold, and I am in major nesting mode. All I want to do is build big log fires and huddle up quietly with hot cups of tea. Unfortunately we bought a cord of wood last week, and two extremely dodgy men came and dumped a ton of the freshest, greenest, wettest wood imaginable [...]
New friends…
These are the reasons you have to worry when two of your children disappear for an hour, then emerge, giggling like hyenas. I present here, Mini-me, and her new friend, ‘Isabella’. ‘Isabella’ looks suspiciously like The Maniac. Except with longer hair, pink clothes, and clown make-up. Funnily enough, I have a very similar photo [...]
I am American! Hear me roar!
The first picture of me as an American (flanked by a couple of Yanks I found…) I pledged my allegiance to the flag today at 12.30! (Actually, it was more like 1.45. There was an awful lot of sitting around). There were representatives from 32 Countries being naturalised today, and the judge spoke meaningfully about [...]
Makeover parties galore
I recently read an article in one of the English papers, written by a former weathergirl, that expressed her shock at her eight-year-old daughter being invited to a makeover party. She expressed her fear that society is sexualising children, and her horror that other mothers allow their daughters to participate in parties where they put [...]
