Things I have done tonight:
Ate leftover pasta. mmmm.
Ironed. Everything needs to be ironed here. EVERYTHING.
Read the whole internet.
Unloaded the dishwasher.
Did laundry.
Made Nana’s banana bread. No, it is never as good as Nana’s, but you knew that already. It won’t taste like real Nana’s banana bread for a few days because I have to freeze it first. [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Tonight.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Squeel!!!!!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Guess where we went this weekend? No, seriously, just guess. Did you guess? It is in the running for my favorite place in London. Let’s stop pretending. It is my favorite place in London. Have you guessed yet?
Where’s My Stinkin’ Honeymoon, London?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
2 Month Update
Before we moved we had two days of intercultural training at Mike’s office. We learned about the cultural shock cycle. It has 4 stages: honeymoon, crisis, recovery and then adjustment, and then the cycle repeats when you return home. So my question is, where’s my stinkin’ honeymoon? I don’t know about you, but [...]
Whatabrinner
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Brinner = Breakfast for Dinner
In Dallas, Mike and I had a semi-tradition. Since we went to church on Saturday nights we had Sunday mornings free, and if we could drag ourselves out of bed before 10:30, we went to Whataburger to get taquitos for breakfast. We would sit and talk and read the paper for [...]
Some like it Hot.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today in the tube station there were warnings everywhere. Take water! If you feel heatsick get off at the next station! This is the hottest week so far this year! It will be very hot today!
The high today is 75.
Too Legit to Quit
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Mike and I have taken the next step in our lives… we bought our domain name!! That’s right ladies and gents, you can now type just fishandchipsandsalsa.com!!! The .wordpress was fine but a little confusing and really long to write out. I checked to see of our name was even available for cheap and it [...]
Andrea the Republican Is Saving the World
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I don’t get political on this blog and it is going to stay that way, but anyone that knows me even a little, knows I am a Republican. Not to go into the minutiae of my political beliefs, I will just share what is important to this post. I think that Al Gore is much [...]
The Market and The Tower
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today we went to the Borough Market and the Tower of London. The Market was great, there were tons of booths and most of them let you sample! We sampled cheese, fruits, olives and breads. Apparently I love aged goat cheese.
Smoothie Law: When faced with smoothie choices containing unknown ingredients, always pick the pink [...]
White, Beige, Ecru, Cream, and Snow
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Those are the colors of our bathroom. Mike and I are fans of color. Lots of color, erring on the side of garish. I am beginning to get our flat into shape and as a room is ready, I will post pictures up. So far you get the bathroom. It is a tiny bathroom. A [...]
Pictures from the Weekend
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am trying to include more pictures here so that you can see some of what we see!
Why don’t they call them toothpicks?
It was just siting there calling to us. It was locked up We resisted. We were walking around the city (a very nice part, despite the picture) and just thought that it was [...]
