We had planned a day out for last week a few weeks ago. We decided to head to the Peak District here in the UK. S took a day off work. We had high hopes for a fun day seeing the sights. Luckily, the day we planned was on the same day of the week [...]
Archive for August, 2008
The weirdest day out
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, children, expat, family, parenting, tagged day out, horrible women, lovely views, Peak District, road rage, Thoughts on August 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Steamed clean
Posted in home, house selling, tagged cleaning house, green, home, recommendation, steam clean, Thoughts on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been meaning to post about this. I have just been so busy looking up info on our move. Last week we bought a steam cleaner. The kind that has all kinds of attachments and what not. Its bloody brilliant. First, I attacked the oven. The steam just cut through all that built on [...]
Strip Mall Culture. America v Britain
Posted in America, England, Thoughts, Uk, expat, family, us, tagged American culture vs british culture, high street, shakespeare, stip malls, stores on August 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I am an American. I have heard my fellow Americans say time and time again that we have no culture. That we are nothing but a country full of strip malls. Everything is the same from one city to another. Same look. Same stores. Same old, same old no matter where you go.
I wrote about [...]
A day out to Stratford upon Avon and the Midlands
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, expat, family, parenting, tagged day out, England, parenting, Stratford upon avon, Thoughts, Uk, warwickshire on August 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We had a really lovely day out yesterday. We are both in the mindset that we need to see as much of Britain as we can before we move away. Although S sees it everyday. He likes to try and get me to the nice bits. Yesterday we needed to take Kitty to her new [...]
