Archive for December, 2008
Merry Christmas
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A guilt-ridden orgy of Tex-Mex
Chips and Salsa. Tecate with lime. Fajita nachos, taquito, Mexican rice, chicken enchilada, refried beans, queso. (No, there was no way we finished all of this! Gads–what huge portions. I’m out of practice.) The fixins: fresh and pickled jalepenos, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo (what the heck is that corn doing in there?!). Gosh [...]
Well, Howdy Y’all!
Ten hours on a very full plane. Three movies (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, The Dark Knight and The Duchess) and one Simpson’s episode. One Traditional Christmas Dinner and one box “snack” (both not bad really). One inflight engagement (she said yes). A quick zip through immigration (“Welcome Home”, he says to us). An hour-long [...]
Texas Bound
What a weekend! We celebrated our own little Christmas here on Saturday. We gave each other a bunch of books, so after a pokey three hours of opening presents and brunching, we spent the rest of the day reading and taking it easy. Sunday we took Trudy to the doggy spa, packed (oh, what a [...]
Outside and Inside
This was my morning sky today at 7:45. It’s such a beautiful day–clear and not too cold (about 45 F). I found this oval mirror sitting in the window of a charity shop on my High Street the other day. It’s a cute little mirror. I don’t mind a bit that it has lost some [...]
Counting down to Christmas break
It’s been looking like this a lot lately–cold and overcast. Yesterday, though, we had a delightfully sunny day! I actually went to our little High Street twice, once to buy stamps for Christmas cards and then again after school so Roxi could buy presents for her friends. They are getting legwarmers (remember those?!). The girls are at [...]
Roxi’s Christmas Dinner and a Video
Roxi experienced an English “Christmas Dinner” at school yesterday. Roast Turkey Mashed Potatoes Bacon wrapped sausages (yikes!) Stuffing Mince pies* Lollipops and Christmas Crackers Since I have never seen an open Christmas cracker, I bought a box of 12 for us to open (pop?) during our little “Christmas morning” here before we leave. Roxi says [...]
This year, I resolve…
I am doing things a bit out of order this year, thinking about New Year’s resolutions before Christmas. But since things will be crazy once we touch down in Texas next week, I thought now is as good a time as any to get my brain pointed in the right direction for next year. Actually, [...]
Gosh, it’s Monday already?
She’s not cramming… Roxi was not kidding when she said she had a lot to do this weekend. Despite all of her diligent review work last week, she had many, many hours of studying (about 12) and writing (about 6) this weekend. Good thing she had a relaxing outing on Friday with her friends. Today [...]
Holiday baking
Homemade Toffee. Recipe kindly provided by Bee–thank you! As I was making this today, I kept thinking “gosh, this looks familiar”. It wasn’t until I took a bite that I realized we received a delivery of this (made locally in my hometown) every Christmas from one of Mr. DJ’s co-workers. We loved it so much and looked forward [...]
