Almost American

Several of the bloggers I read have been participating in the 5 questions interview meme. I volunteered to have Not from Around Here interv...

Both children are usually pretty good eaters. They like a lot of things I'm told many other children their age won't eat. But for so...

Apparently just before Christmas DD was making plans for her future. I found the following written on a small scrap of paper hidden under he...

One can only hope!

Not from Around Here pointed me in the direction of an excellent post on depression and culture shock on An American Bedu's blog . The...

From The Independent newspaper, January 10, 2009: For more than 20 years, the vast majority of British visitors to America have entered ...

A little late because we've been away and I didn't plan ahead to have a post appear on New Year's Day, but Happy New Year anyway...

I was inspired this afternoon by the beautiful artwork at Chewy's blogsite, " The Back of my Headboard ," particularly by the ...

We've been using Skype for a while now to call family in the UK. I think the first time I logged in to Skype there were fewer than a mi...

It didn't start snowing until almost 1 o'clock this afternoon, but school was cancelled for the day anyway. The kids and I had a laz...

Apparently I missed out on the excitement in the British press back in November that not only had Selfridges started to sell bacon flavoure...

. . . with a hint of flame-broiled meat - Flame - a new scent from Burger King! Apparently you can't buy any though because it's on...

Would you emigrate (would you have emigrated) if you knew the reality of the country you were moving to? I think for those of us who moved f...

I finally found some chocolate tree ornaments - for some strange reason they're not very easy to find over here. I put them on the tree ...

When I lived in the south of France, my preferred brand of sun tan oil was Bergasol. It gave very little skin protection, but I did get a ni...

I miss mince pies at Christmas time! Occasionally our local supermarket has them, but they are in the import aisle and very expensive. I sup...

In response to a question from Stinking Billy, I posted a question on this blog a couple of weeks ago: For British expats in the US: Stinkin...

Maddy asks : " Consider sharing a recipe that your family, a family member or you, enjoy that doesn’t seem to be appreciated by many ot...

First snow of the winter this morning, and the squirrels came running for food! Actually, that's not true - they've been pigging out...

DH and I don't often go out on our own without the kids as that involves paying for a babysitter. Sometimes it's worth it though, es...