In the year of firsts, today was another one. The first Father’s Day without my dad. I was not expecting to be passing this first so soon. In fact the last time I wrote about grief, I was talking about losing my mom only a few months before. But my dad, never fully bounced back
That’s it, vacation is done. Everyone is tired, happy, and a little bit homesick. I miss my dog, my husband, and my son. Not necessary in that order. My brain has also already switched back towards the things I have to do when I get home. Work on Monday, I predict 173 unread emails, all
The original plan for today was to take a train to Windsor and tour the castle. This would have been really neat because of course they are prepping for a little wedding in a few days aren’t they? But we woke up this morning, looked at each other and said “I’m too tired for a
Oh wow wow wow it was a good day. Yesterday was exhausting and we slept late followed by a late breakfast and chat with one of the B&B owners about WW II and the German occupied but English owned Channel Islands. Next we strolled to visit the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace where all of
The most fabulous thing happened today. Not in any tour book I read, but trust me, I’ve discovered what might be the most exciting thing I’ve seen in London so far. Today was a monster of a day and we did all the things. We started out at the Tower of London. Tip: get there
Today was a mixed bag of all the things. The majority of our day was spent in the Knightsbridge Chelsea area. Not too far from our hotel, but west of where we are vs east where we’ve spent most of our time. First stop was Sunday morning church. We dropped in on services at Holy
It was a big busy day. No disasters or awkward dinners. Success all round for everyone involved. The first thing you should know is the English eggs are a thing, and by that I mean they are delicious. Plain old eggs. I have no clue what it is or why but the yolks are a
A long solid sleep and a pretty decent breakfast courtesy of our host at the B&B and we were off for a solid day of touring. Someone once suggested and I found to be true, that the best way to get the lay of a new city was with one of those hop on hop
Sometimes, you plan things and they don’t work out. Not too long ago one of the potlucks I talked about here basically got jettisoned by the flu. Everything was set and ready to go when we started getting cancellations because numerous houses had been struck, in unison with whatever virus was making the rounds
I had a moment with my son this morning, a sweet moment with a tinge of bitter because we have a season rapidly coming to a close and I cannot for the lie of me fit all of the things in that I desperately want to. He graduates high school this year, and in a
