Category Archives: Regular Update

Settled In For A (Short) While

We are settled into my mother-in-law’s flat for a short while till the date of the flight to America.  Jordan is going to have to travel separately, which is not an easy prospect for us, but it is an inevitable … Continue reading

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General Life Comments & Recent Stuff

Today is a sit around the house and let the kids do their school work, kind of day.  I am eagerly awaiting word from the Embassy on an appointment date, but have not as yet heard from them.  I did … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Year So Far.

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Importing Old Journals

I just imported some old journals off Blogger and tried to off MSN Live Journal because hey, I like WordPress a lot better than those two.  MSN does its own marketing on the blog, and who wants that?  Blogger keeps … Continue reading

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse…

My wife received a credit card offer in the post today that I had to scan a part of and put online for all of my American family and friends to see first hand.  This is the type of thing … Continue reading

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What is a nice day?

Today was a nice day.  Contrails crossed the sky as jets finally left the airports they were stuck in while the Icelandic volcano dumped ash all over the dusty continent.  With all the talk of passengers stuck everywhere, I wonder … Continue reading

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By Means of Observation

I have watched wit interest as the unpronounceable volcano has spewed an ash cloud over Europe, and over my home here in England.  It has amazed me the way the air traffic has come to a standstill because of the … Continue reading

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Friday Night Fun

The family stayed up all the night long watching The Nanny, which has lately become a favourite show for us.  At 2 AM we all finally toddled off to bed and now I am sat listening to a sound from … Continue reading

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Why, why, why?

We live in a road that is a loop, and on a hill.  We are at the top of the loop, on the downhill side of the street, with about a four foot drop form the street to the front … Continue reading

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Shrewsbury

I was going to go to a little town along the River Severn today called Chepstow, but as the rail strikes were called off, so were more than half of the services from Worcester to there, so I opted for … Continue reading

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