All Entries Tagged With: "Homeleave"
Thoughts on Going "Home"
View from our hotel room. Ten days. It didn’t sound that long when we were planning it, but our schedule was so tightly packed that it seemed like we had been in Texas for about a month by the time we left on New Year’s day. Some visiting highlights included: five days with my parents [...]
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to JaPRA!
View outside my bedroom window early this morning. We’re back! Actually we got back on Friday, but my brain cells didn’t catch with my body until today. We had a great time in Texas–more about that later. Meanwhile, Happy Birthday to my blog! It is hard to believe it was two years ago that I [...]
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 [...]
Jet lag on this side of the pond
When we left Texas yesterday, it was a balmy 82-degrees and sunny. When we arrived in England today, it was sunny with temperatures in the mid-high 40s. We landed in England this morning after a pretty decent 8.5 hour flight from Texas. We managed to sleep for about four hours between dinner and breakfast. But [...]
Things to do today
1. Breakfast with my cousin2. Renew driver’s license3. Take Roxi to her doctor4. Go shopping with Roxi (we have about four stores to visit) Mr. DJ and I had fun on our day-long date. We hit all our old haunts and finished the day at a snazzy arcade for billiards and video games! I think [...]
Fluttering around
Seagulls in flight at sunrise along the Texas coast. . I had lunch with a friend of mine (AL) and her husband (MB) yesterday. MB asked me if I experienced any culture shock coming back to the States this time. I originally answered the long store hours were throwing me off. I plan my days [...]
