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Category Archives: Home
Independence Day
It wasn’t until the crew called from Germany that I even remembered that today is the 4th of July, US Independence Day. After all, it is not exactly a day to celebrate in the UK. One more colony gone off … Continue reading
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An Angel
There is nothing in life better than a good friend. I met Anita in my first few months here. She was an instructor in the Communications department over at Sandhurst wanting to know about the role of women in the … Continue reading
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Panic
I spent yesterday and most of the morning waiting for my moving estimate. When he call and mentioned something about the government getting its share in VAT, the little light went on in my head. Yes, they could email me … Continue reading
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Life on this end
Yes, it does kind of look like I have fallen off the face of the earth. Not so at all. Instead I have been doing a bit of knitting and a lot of organizing for my upcoming relocation and other … Continue reading
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What Plans?
I have not been knitting. I have been goofing off. Or rather, I have been doing things for work all week followed by getting the DH from the airport yesterday. I still can not make plans for next year but … Continue reading
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Pitahaya
Food diversions I stopped at Sainsbury’s yesterday on the way home. (The new one along A331 between the M3 interchange circle and the Meadows in case anyone really cares). The Mole wanted pizza, I had thought about Thai soup and … Continue reading
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Not always better
Some days it sees that everyone is in favor of newer, brighter, shinier. With the assumption that all of the above are better. It is what leads to stash accumulation, both patterns and yarn. But sometimes the older and well … Continue reading
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There is a hole in the …
It was months ago when I discovered the leak staining the ceiling of the utility room. It took a few months more before I was finally able to convince Modern Housing that I needed someone to look at the mess, … Continue reading
Finishing is just not my thing
I started this morning with great intentions. I would clean and organize while listening to podcasts and audiobooks. Household chores do have to be done. Butl, cleaning the bedroom is boring and requires me to decide what to do with … Continue reading
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Snow
Just in case there was any question in your mind, we have had snow. Now, being originally from Minnesota, I really don’t understand why this has been viewed as such a big deal. Shovel a bit, put on appropriate clothing … Continue reading
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Brash
They are getting rather brave, the red foxes who live on Camp. Other than vanishing whenever I grab the camera, mid day I see them in the back garden. They appear and disappear along the road at night like red-eyed … Continue reading
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Ice Fern
Beautiful to see, even displaying its art on my car windshield and on the sides, rear windows and body of the car Yes, it was cold. Below freezing for more than a few minutes with patches of iceĀ on the … Continue reading
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Step 3 – heating
Lovely men they were, the first crew showed up shortly before 0800 with the new boiler and all the bits and bobs needed for installation. The actual heating man and his apprentice appeared less than an hour later. Obviously competent, … Continue reading
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Shopping
I was a good kid today. I did not take a train in toward London. I did not go to Stash (Yarn store that is going out of business). Somehow, 20% off did not seem all that great given the70% … Continue reading
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Step 2 – no plumber
You see, it was like this – the plumber was supposed to show up this morning and replace something in one toilet to “stop the leak.” What he had failed to do was tell the Modern Housing folks that there … Continue reading
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Step 1 – lights
Waiting for the electrician (Did I mention that the florescent lights have gone out in the kitchen? Both of them, leaving it a bit challenging to do anything in that room any other time than between, oh lets say, 0830-1530?) … Continue reading
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And more turkey
It wasn’t enough that I had turkey yesterday, I had to do it again today. My excuse was that the young man is off at school, not returning home till the weekend. While I was at it, I invited a … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving
While Americans were getting out of bed this morning with dreams of turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes with marshmallows and green beans smothering in onion rings dancing in their heads, I was sitting down to lunch at the Mess. You probably … Continue reading
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Physical Exercise
A good friend wished me a good time at the gym. I had to stop and think about it. I am not sure what is good – other than finishing – about 50 minutes on a treadmill pitched at a … Continue reading
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Sludging
No, it is not what you find in your drain, septic tank, or at the bottom of the local stream bed. That is the official term, the highway engineers tell me, for the intermitant build up and slow down of … Continue reading
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