I have come to the conclusion that I must sound like an adult in a Peanuts cartoon. I am sure that when I speak, my son only hears “whaa whaa whaa whaa whaa whaa”. I am pretty sure that is what my husband hears after the first sentence of anything I say. Then, when I [...]
Archive for July, 2008
My life is a Peanut cartoon.
Posted in Thoughts, children, family, marriage, parenting, tagged family, marriage, parenthood, Thoughts on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eye surgery done.
Posted in England, Thoughts, children, family, parenting, tagged cataract, experience, eye surgery, nhs, thought on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My poor husband has lived with a cataract for months now. One eye straining to see and over compensate for the other, which only saw a white cloud. He has had nothing but headaches, fatigue, and has been pretty cranky. Who can blame him. Yesterday he had eye surgery. The place was pretty impressive for [...]
One boy, a bucket of water, and a hose.
Posted in Thoughts, children, expat, family, older mother, parenting, tagged buckets of water, childhood, family, toddler, water on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday afternoon my husband took our son out for a little walk up the street. When they got back they both started to wash and wax my car. I took this opportunity to call home and speak to my sister. Then pick up the living room. All I could hear out side was squealing and [...]
How is 70f hot?
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, expat, family, tagged california, England, Engnlan, heat, humid, humidy, Summer on July 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
All Summer, here in the Northwest of England, we have been struggling to get to 70f. We have been experiencing a lot of rain, cloudy days, cold weather. British Summer. Yuck. Yesterday and today we hit 70f. Yippee. But I am from California. By now, I am used to it being in the upper 90s. [...]
The joy and sorrow of a balloon aka a day of 3 firsts.
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, children, family, older mother, parenting, tagged 1st experiences, balloons, children, family, fast food, hunger, Mcdonalds, Thoughts on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Preface: My son has had balloons before. He has had helium balloons as well but he was to young and to uninterested so its been a while, say 6 months since he had one. I don’t think he remembers them in person but knows of them because of seeing them on TV shows.
My husband asked [...]
I love my computer
Posted in England, Thoughts, expat, family, tagged communication, computer, email, England, family, global, Thoughts, us on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It amazing how much my life has become dependent on computers. I remember a time, not all that long ago really, that I didn’t even have a computer. Now, most everything in my life has a computer twist to it. I met my husband on line. I got my dog on line. We found our [...]
Poor baby bird
Posted in Thoughts, family, tagged animal, baby bird, bird, cat, family on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Late last night we had a “look what the cat dragged in” moment. She brought in a baby bird. I am talking so young that it barely had pen feathers. This poor little barely hatched creature in the mouth of the cat, who looked so smug. Great hunting skills, stupid, the poor thing has no [...]
British Summer Day- Playground at the Farm.
Posted in American abroad, England, Thoughts, Uk, american, children, expat, family, living abroad, older mother, parenting, tagged American abroad, children, England, expat, farm, hugging, kids, playgrounds, Summer, Uk on July 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Out of shear boredom I took my son to the farm again. The one with the big play area for the kids. He loves it. He has really come along in the last 6 months. 6 months ago he would of clung to me screaming. Now he runs and jumps and only screams if I [...]
Parent spots – Please do not park there.
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, children, expat, family, older mother, parenting, tagged auto, car, car safetly, childhoon, children, driving, family, infant, motherhood, parent spots, parenting, parking, safety, Thoughts, toddler, Uk on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I think is fantastic here in the UK is parent/child parking spots in car parks. Its something I had only seen once in the states in a brand newly built mall. These spots do not have to be in front of the store as parents are not handicapped, but they are [...]
Memories of 5th grade.
Posted in Thoughts, california, children, family, friends, northern california, tagged 5th grade, auburn ca, childhood memories, family, friends, looking back, mates, Thoughts on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently got back in touch with one of my dearest childhood friends and it has me thinking of my childhood and most specifically 5th grade and my life then. We had moved from Southern California to Northern California, which was night and day at the time. We had lived in a bustling but smallish city [...]
