Almost American

My kids and I all have dual nationality, US and British. Contrary to what many Americans believe, it is perfectly legal to be American and h...

I suppose it should have been no surprise to see Christmas decorations up outside people's houses last weekend (before Thanksgiving) gi...

Stinking Billy asked why the name Almost American. Very easy really - I was born in the UK, lived in Turkey for a couple of years, and Fran...

Hmm - I tried this test on some of the blogs that I read and most are apparently written at an elementary school reading level, with a few a...

55% How Addicted to Blogging Are You? Clearly from the infrequncy of my posts, I'm not so addicted. Been doing a lot of reading of blogs...

When I was growing up in the UK, for the couple of weeks before the 5th of November, Guy Fawkes' (or Bonfire) Night" , you could be...

We dug out the plastic pumpkins last night for tonight's trick-or-treating, only to discover that they still contained candy from last y...

The little people in the house claim to be accident-prone today. This morning they were "accidentally" watching TV. This afternoon...

road repairs Why one of the towns I commute through leaves their road repairs until the fall, I do not know, but it seems to be a regular th...

I'm in that tiny percentage of the population that has familial hypercholesterolemia. My cholesterol was over 350 the first time it was ...

Can you name all the states of the United States? Do you know where they all are on the map? How about the British counties? How many counti...

So, the Riot for Austerity challenge is to use one tenth of what the average American uses. A pretty extreme challenge, but they're not...

Several years ago, dear husband and I were driving to see some friends in northern Vermont when I saw an animal at the side of the road. The...

I've been meaning to blog about our bears for a while, but reading this post about a bear in Colorado prompted me to get started on it....

Last year I was surprised to hear of graduation ceremonies in the UK for 4 year-olds, so I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised to re...

I'm contemplating joining the 'Riot for Austerity' . Not sure how far I'll get, but the goals are worthy ones . . .

My parents recently paid us a visit from the UK. The immigration official at the airport told my father that he had a 'problem' beca...

Many years ago someone told me that chocolate in the United States was formulated differently in order to improve its shelf life. I knew it ...

After spending many thousands of dollars to get a work visa and then a Green Card in order to stay in the United States, it was amazingly si...

Watching TV last night, the weather forecaster commented that although today the temperatures would reach the 90's for a second day in a...