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Category Archives: Stephan

On Husbands

09.11.09 – 19:09

Yesterday was our three-year anniversary, and as a married lady of great experience, I thought I would take this opportunity to share some marriage wisdom that I only recently discovered. Basically: say what you mean (and mean what you say, I guess). What I say: I’m doing laundry today. What I mean: Time to move [...]

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Life in Plastic, It’s Fantastic

06.19.09 – 22:06

You guys like birds, right? I do and I’m doing my best to make Stephan like them too. Starting with these: [note: all but the first of these photos were stolen from you, the Internets] {{tiny little baby ducks on the canal}} {{moorhens who will eat anything}} {{comparatively solemn coot}} {{blue tit who flits around [...]

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In Which I Am the Best Wife Ever

06.17.09 – 23:06

Because if I were not the best wife ever, I probably would not tell you this delightful story about our recent Scrabble game, as follows. Stephan plays his first word: Me, being nice, because Scrabble is My Game and we’re only playing it because I’m tired of losing at Rook: “Here, let me help you”: [...]

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Happy Half-Birthday to Me!

06.15.09 – 10:06

We don’t really do the whole half-birthday thing (and, according to Stephan, neither does anyone over the age of nine, but what does he know), except for this year HOORAY! It all started with Hay-on-Wye, a lovely town on the Welsh border that’s like the king of second-hand bookstores. The only problem is that the [...]

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Heal Thyself

04.28.09 – 09:04

I sprained my ankle a few days ago and have been RICEing ever since. Well, that’s not quite true—the ice and compression only lasted for a day, but I am all about the rest and elevation. The point is that I think it’s pretty amazing how they body heals itself. I mean, sometimes things don’t [...]

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This Will be on the Test

04.19.09 – 12:04

Hiya, Internets! So I’ve been quite busy lately spending 4 weeks working in London and 2 weeks entertaining my favorite parents. This is what I did: National Portrait Gallery which, among other things, houses all of those portraits of Henry VIII’s wives that you see in books and never actually realized were real, also this [...]

By eptivity | Also posted in England, family, Scotland, Wales | Comments (1)

Do Not Want

02.23.09 – 11:02

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 [...]

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A Love Story

12.13.08 – 02:12

My husband, whom I love, likes this song called “Angel,” a cover of the classic “Angel of the Morning” as performed by people named Shaggy and Rayvon. I like the song too, but mostly because they’ve changed the chorus to: Girl, you’re my angel; you’re my darling angel Closer than my peeps you are to [...]

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Stephan Drives Fast

08.22.08 – 10:08

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 [...]

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Christmastime in the City

12.09.07 – 15:12

So we’re moving to England! Sometime next month, although it will not be official until Cenaida and others who are at the very top of the notification list receive a simultaneous text message confirming our plans. I have been preparing to live in an entirely foreign country by reading things like An American Looks at [...]

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