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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Summer’
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 »
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 [...]
So proud of my little man
Posted in England, Starbucks., Uk, children, family, older mother, parenting, tagged British, cafe, children, Starbucks., Summer on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I took my son to the local farm. At this farm they have a playground, cafe, shop and a bunch of farm animals. My son loves the playground. Because he is still young we can only go when the kids are in school so that he isn’t run down. He just is still to [...]
The last day of June
Posted in England, children, expat, family, house selling, parenting, spain, tagged family, living abroad, Summer, Sunshine on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are some things I will never get used to living in the UK, no matter how long I live here. First, in late Spring and early Summer the sky never seems completely dark. At 1am, standing outside, you can see light on the horizon. Its also light around the 4am hour. When we went [...]
Garden
Posted in children, expat, house selling, tagged family, Garden, Life, Summer on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Five years ago, when I first stepped foot into this house, we had a nice garden. It was pretty simple. Nothing fancy. Neat. We had a patio at the bottom that my husband only used to put pots on and we never sat on it. The cats loved it though. So the first two [...]
