“Mmmm… I fancy some coffee,” I said. M made it, and we stood in the kitchen and drank it, enjoying the quiet of that room as if it were a haven, while chaos reigned in the family room. It was as close to bliss as I can find these days, with two toddlers about — [...]
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Finding Thirteen
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, tagged allergies, allergy mom, allergy mum, Children, coffee allergy, dairy allergy, Family, Food, food allergies, Health, kids, Life, milk allergy, Motherhood, mothering, parenthood, Parenting, Personal on May 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Language Now
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Observations of Life, Repatting, tagged Britain, British, Children, Family, kids, language, Life, Personal, slang on May 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Making lunch today, while the girls played in the family room, I overheard E1 say to her sister, “No, no, not like that… like this, you little numpty!”
Probably I should be concerned that one of my daughters is speaking to the other in that manner… but mostly I was smiling to myself that, even after [...]
Miss, Love: Coffee
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Observations of America, Observations of Britain, Observations of Life, Repatting, Something I Miss Something I Love, tagged America, Britain, coffee, coffee shop, drink, Food, Life, Personal, UK, US, USA on May 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Something I Miss about Britain
Coffee served in a mug — or better yet, in a big cup and saucer, with a real spoon for stirring. Over here in the US, it seems every coffee shop I go to gives me my coffee in a paper cup, regardless of whether I am order to go or [...]
Time Flew, She Grew…
Posted in Motherhood, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged birth, birthday, childbirth, Children, Family, Food, kids, Life, memories, Motherhood, mothering, parenthood, Parenting, Personal on May 20, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Four years ago this week, I had refried bean burritos for dinner. I was tired, so very tired, and I couldn’t think of anything else to cook. It was quick and easy, tasty and filling. And, as it turned out, a huge mistake.
I remember every moment of the rest of that evening. I remember when [...]
Echoes, A Year On
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Making our move, Observations of America, Observations of Life, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged job, layoff, Life, overtime, Personal, redundancy, short hours, stress, Work on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On the news the other night, they did a live location report from a town that was on the way to the place M was working this time last year. He doesn’t drive out that way much anymore, and so neither of us had seen that particular street in a long time. As I looked [...]
Something I’ve Never Understood
Posted in Observations of America, Observations of Life, tagged dumb question, flood, journalism, Life, Personal, tv, West Virginia, WV on May 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was watching the local news the other night about the floods in West Virginia. There was a bloke talking to a reporter in front of a completely submerged state highway and he was saying that there was no way in and no way out — they were stranded, just waiting for the waters to [...]
I Know My Shapes
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, tagged allergies, cooking, Family, Food, food allergies, food allergy, funny, hamburger, humor, humour, kids, Life, Personal on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the suggestions the nutritionist gave us (when once we finally got the insurance company to agree to pay for us to see one, but that’s a different post…) was to freeze cooked meatballs or hamburgers, as an easy instant meat option for E2. They would have to be made without any egg to [...]
Hovering, and with No Apology
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged allergies, cat allergy, fiber, food allergies, Life, MDSW, nut allergy, peanut allergy, Personal, traveling on May 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It takes a second — just one second. When I first saw him, he was reaching out to take her hand and it looked so sweet that the corners of my mouth began to curl into an unconscious smile. But in the very next moment, he turned his hand over and opened it, and the [...]
Busy Getting Nothin’ Done
Posted in Motherhood, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged Blogging, Children, Family, kids, Life, mothering, parenthood, Parenting, Personal, toddlers on May 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
There are days when I wonder how other people do it. Really. They keep blogs — multiple blogs sometimes — they do 365 photo things, they make, they sell on Etsy or their own shops, they design, they Twitter, they Facebook, they work out, they… they… they…
I am so impressed by them, and jealous, and… [...]
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