Today we had a drive out to Little Morton Hall. Its a National Trust site and its not really all that far away. This hall is from 1510. Its all higgly piggly. Very cute and definitely what you think about when you are an American coming to the UK. We climbed the stairs up to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘England’
Little Morton Hall
Posted in England, Uk, day out, expat, family, national trust, tagged cheshire, England, Little Morton Hall, national trust site, travel, Uk, UKJ on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Another lovely day
Posted in England, Uk, children, expat, family, parenting, tagged England, family, Summer, Thoughts, Uk, warmth, weather on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, two days of sun in a row. Today was super sunny, yesterday it was off and on. We had a lovely day together again. K and T had fun playing together. S got the toilet fixed. We just relaxed a bit and watched Malcome in the Middle repeats on tv. Even got to let [...]
