So today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and all of the assorted self-sacrifice, spiritual introspection, and penance that it entails. But before we can get into all that, of course, we must first party like it’s 1999. New Orleans has Mardi Gras, Brazil has Carnival, and the UK? The UK has Pancake Day. [...]
Okay, Internets, here’s the deal: Just when you were thinking about how you couldn’t get enough of my random jibber jabber, I decided to get my UK driver’s license and bore you with tell you about it on a totally separate blog with a just-as-weird name: 40 Days to Awesome. Donations are accepted.
One of the things about England that I find both endearing in British people and infuriating when Americans (i.e., Stephan) copy it is the use of nonstandard grammar. Coming it an number one: Adding a wholly unnecessary “do” to the end of a phrase featuring an auxiliary verb “Do you ever bike to work?” “I [...]
So my new goal in life is to bake every Sunday, and with the exception of this one time last weekend when I was very busy playing Zelda every time I happened to remember that I was supposed to be baking, I’ve been successful in this endeavor. And I like to pretend that this Zelda-induced [...]
Happy Day After Valentine’s, Internets! We had a lovely Valentine’s, which included strawberries that came from the grocery store in a little heart-shaped container and watching Garden State. Not the warmest and fuzziest romance we could have watched, but better than our other option, Kill Bill. But this is all beside the points, which are [...]
When we stayed with Stephan’s sister and family at Christmas, they made us play Guitar Hero approximately the entire time we were there. “Please,” we’d say, “can’t we just go to bed? It’s been 14 hours.” “YOU WILL PLAY,” they’d say. “You will play and you will like it. And stop adoring our children.” Because [...]
My dear husband bought this food product somewhere of suspicious origin the other day, then forgot to eat it, so it was left to me to polish it off before its expiry date. The handwritten label on top read something to the effect of “Homemade Italian Pasta Salad” and it looked a little something like [...]
Although I would be much happier if the team I’m rooting for would win the Super Bowl, ever, overall our experience was a success. It really is not the same without the commercials, but we did watch most of them online later. I was glad to see that Castrol upheld the grand tradition of at [...]
As stolen from the meme going around Facebook: “Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.”: 1. I’m thinking about getting some chickens so I have something to nurture. 2. Sometimes I try to read fiction, but I don’t usually like it. [...]
