All Entries Tagged With: "Texas"
Living as an American (Texan!) in England
Yesterday, I was exchanging messages with Emm about what to write for World Blog Surf Day. I was trying to think of a way to boil down my expat experience here in England. Two years of living abroad was a bit too much to condense into a short post. However, one thing I kept circling [...]
You do the hokey pokey/cokey/tokey and you turn yourself about, that’s what it’s all about.
We are making our way through the maze of paperwork for the possible NL move. Apparently, to apply for residence visas, we need birth and marriage certificates less than 6 months old. And they need to be notarized in a particular way. This is trickier than it sounds! Not impossible, but still kind of a [...]
Danger: do not oogle the newborn lambs whilst driving
I wish I had a photo for you. On my way to the airport yesterday morning, I noticed that the sheep along side the motorway had company. BABIES! And oh, they were adorable–they couldn’t be very old. Maybe a few days? It is hard to sigh over them at 70 MPH, though. All of the [...]
Roxi says…
Look! It’s Roxi reading the Carmen program from last month’s show. This is an accurate reflection of her. Get it? Reflection? Of her? Reading theatre stuff? Heh heh… Ok, never mind. My girl was so appreciative of all of your comments and emails yesterday. Thank you so much for your encouraging messages. It really meant [...]
Life and …
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” –Buddah This afternoon, I got a message from a old friend of mine in Texas. Her husband passed away yesterday. It was like a fist in the stomach, this news. I had a hard time believing what I was [...]
And now all’s quiet again.
The guests are on their way back to Texas. I think I need to make some rice pudding.
Two years ago today…
We didn’t take that much with us when we moved from Texas. That’s less than half a shipping container. But boy, I wish I had brought more of my art stuff. …we walked through passport control in Gatwick Airport and the immigration officer said: “Welcome Home.” After two years, England definitely feels like home. This [...]
Weekend round-up and 4th photo meme
In the excitement of our first big snowfall and two divine “snow days”, I totally forgot to post my weekend wrap up. And what a weekend it was too! Guess who came from Texas This is Roxi’s traditional BD cake, spice cake with caramel frosting. Woo Hoo! Roxi just finished the last piece yesterday. Hint, [...]
Breakfast on a bun. Good grief, did I really eat all that?
Yesterday after I dropped Roxi off at school, I decided I was going to go to Hobbycraft for some last minute birthday presents for the girl. She recently lost her beloved pencil bag and all its contents–a small fortune in pens and pencils. And since I sympathized, I made the effort to drive the 7.2 [...]
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 [...]
