From the monthly archives:
Apparently chores for X-Box time may backfire. As I mentioned in my previous post, chores are done at top speed and I’ve been rather smug about the efficiency of it all. The boys whizz off as soon as their chores are assigned, the hoover is whooshed around the room and back into the cupboard.
Today I [...]
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I’ve heard the phrase ‘jumped the shark’ a few times now. People have used it in general conversation and I’ve seen it on Twitter as well. I confess, I had absolutely no idea what it was or meant. It was one of those things that had passed me by and I realised I should look [...]
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It’s very cool that Tara’s Gallery has the theme of Celebration today.
Today is our very good friend M’s birthday. He’s 10!!!!
M’s family stayed with us in July and we helped celebrate his big sister becoming a teenager.
To celebrate, we rented a Duffy for a couple of hours and left my boys and M behind. Boys [...]
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Another reminder today that as much as I think I’m acclimatized to my life here in the States, if I don’t pay attention to details, I’ll screw up.
I had an appointment this morning, the instructions being ‘check in at 9.15am on the first floor.’ When I arrived at the building, I saw the stairs and [...]
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Rather like one of Pavlov’s dogs, I’ve been conditioned to panic on Sunday nights about school readiness. The boys no longer wear heavy, black leather shoes from Clarke’s but on Sunday nights, I still have the urge to have a look for them and see what sort of state they’re in. In England they would [...]
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The BBC came to Orange County last night in the form of Walking with Dinosaurs – the Arena Spectacular. The Honda Center very kindly invited my family and I to attend opening night. The show has been touring for three years and Anaheim and next week’s show in Los Angeles at the Staples Center will [...]
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