So I popped round (yes, I do that now) to the grocery store today to buy some garbage can liners. This is what it says on the package: 20 Swing Bin Liners Perfect for everyday use TIE HANDLES TO AVOID DANGER OF SUFFOCATION KEEP THESE BAGS AWAY FROM BABIES AND CHILDREN approx. size 610 mm [...]
Sometimes, if you’re lucky, your mom will give you helpful advice like: try ironing with some fabric sizing next time. Of course, now that Stephan is fully MBAed and no longer has any stories about full schedules to tell me, I’ve already managed to foist off all button-down-shirt-ironing duties. But I hear it works great. [...]
So there Stephan was, minding his own business, driving me and me mum to the Lake District last weekend. We had just had a conversation about some of the differences in driving here; for example, you’ll never believe it, but they actually drive on the left side of the road. Also, they don’t have patrol [...]
Next time your mum comes to visit, you should probably take her to Europe’s largest quilt show. You will probably find that the quilts not of the wacky-art-you-don’t-understand variety generally fall into three basic categories: Basic and/or traditional, standard fare Aesthetically inspirational Technically amazing I personally have this problem where I’m not much impressed by [...]
One of my favorite things about England is how you can actually kind of tell where you are by the dog breed. Lots of West Highland terriers in the Scottish West Highlands, and lots of Staffordshire bull terriers where we live (basically Staffordshire). We were a little confused at first, because they look a lot [...]
I emerge to comment on everyone’s favorite blog topic: the Olympics. This is the first time I’ve ever had access to a cable sports channel for the Olympics, so I get to watch more than just the highlights (live coverage here from 2 a.m. to 5 p.m.), and also some sports that don’t receive much [...]
