Briefly Before Flying Away- June 27, 2008 David had a blast paintballing with work colleagues on his last night in England...just a few pretty welts on back, shoulder, thigh... Jason got to visit with his injured friend and stay for dinner (pray for teenager Thomas, who will...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/briefly-before.html About to be cut off- June 26, 2008 ...from internet connection. It's the day of reckoning for moving...the day everything gets loaded onto a big truck and taken away. Including the wireless equipment. In the meantime, they've discovered that the large removals van will not fit down our...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/about-to-be-cut.html Cous-cous, Fresh Herbs, and Garlic- June 25, 2008 I kept meaning to clear out and clean up the little wheeling trolley of baskets in my kitchen before the movers got in there. I usually keep potatoes, garlic, and onions in the lower baskets, and dishtowels and hot mitts...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/cous-cous-fresh.html Pleasant Stay- June 25, 2008 We are very blessed to have a hotel three minutes from our house, which was just renovated, and had connecting rooms to offer us. They said they couldn't guarantee it (even on the day we were to arrive), but we...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/pleasant-stay.html Visas All Around- June 25, 2008 Today has been quite eventful: - five seconds of a fainting spell in the family - four TBE vaccinations - three more visas stuck in passports - two phone messages left in the vacant house - and a swim playdate...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/visas-all-aroun.html House Full of Boxes- June 24, 2008 The packers finished boxing everything up. I finished putting numbers on all the boxes so we'll know where to have them laid in the new house. It looks pretty boxy around here. But hey, we still have wireless internet -...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/house-full-of-b.html A Moving Perk- June 23, 2008 Ice cream for lunch. Well, I mean, honestly, I had to do SOMETHING with the remainder of the Fossil Fuel pint. Anyway, it contains skim milk and cocoa (which is a fruitnutseed, because it grows on trees), which everyone knows...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/a-moving-perk.html Summer in England- June 21, 2008 This morning I woke up at 5:50am on the "longest" day of the year, no longer able to sleep...and excited to come downstairs to a fine drizzle outside (which has continued all day long, off and on). Excited, because not...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/summer-in-engla.html It looks like we're going to be moving soon- June 20, 2008 I was clued in to this fact by the appearance of the dining room and living room. In unrelated news, I loved two recent items brought up by Amanda over at Wittingshire: "A humble man can do great things with...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/it-looks-like-w.html Do you have an accent- June 20, 2008 After I greeted the three-man British packing team and showed them through the house, the head packer asked me, "Do you have an accent" This seems like a funny question, when you would think he would be the one to...http://30seconds.blogs.com/archives/2008/06/do-you-have-an.html |