Category Archives: Regular Update

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Some years back, when we were quite a bit worse off financially, we had to really be creative about decorating and furnishing.  We had a door on the box room upstairs which had a massive gap under it, and it … Continue reading →

I am one who finds Facebook friends to be a big list of friends that are in some cases insincere, and in other cases genuine.  So there is me, today, sending out two more requests.  Well, let’s see what happens.  … Continue reading →

Yesterday my grandmother called to tell me that she was making photocopies and then mailing off the paperwork we needed to get the family moved over to America.  I expect it in about a week to ten days.  We are … Continue reading →

Today Katrina and I went down to the Post Office with a load of papers in hand and a pile of money to send off to London to the American Embassy.  The paperwork was for the boys’ VISA applications, and … Continue reading →