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Cheese and whine

I like it when The Ferret writes about exercise. I don't like working out either. I like the smug feeling of having exercised. I like knowing I can heft a pair of twenty pound cat litter boxes from the pet store to my car without using a shopping

Laser memories

BBC News: Space probe breaks laser record. A spacecraft has sent a laser signal to Earth from 24 million km (15 million miles) away in interplanetary space. The Messenger probe exchanged laser signals with a US ground station partway through its journey to the planet Mercury. Messenger blasted off in

England pictures

We did over 900 miles in the hire car while we were in England. Much of the time was spent in Bournemouth, heading out from there for trips to Stroud and London, then visiting Plaid Dragon and Mr Bristow before returning to Gatwick for the flight home. Continental Airlines was

Jetlag + coffee = brainpower / 2

We're still getting the England pictures together, jet lag is waking me up far too early. It's a little freaky to wake up with a cat staring at you. I finished the Harvest Rock socks last night. The socks are warm and comfy. I'm

Back home!

Did you miss me? :-) We had a great time in England! Got back to St Louis late last night, the house was still standing, and the cats were pleased to see us after the initial shock of "who are you and why are you in my house?" Huge

See you in 2006!

By the time you read this, I'll be in England happily eating bacon butties. See you after January 6th, and have a great Christmas!

Penultimate 2005 post

Met up with Patty on Saturday, she moved from St Louis to York some months ago. It was great to see her, I could stop the usual American translations and talk British with her. It was a blast! And she brought chocolate too. We're returning to the home

Nephew!

Congratulations to my sister Fiona, Barnaby William Joseph was born on December 15th! I'll get to see both my nephews for the first time when we visit.

Christmas comes early

Hubby loves me! We did Christmas on Saturday since we're flying this week, and he gave me wonderful presents including the Lego Star Wars XBox game! I love that game, it is the best thing on any console or computer, and I don't care that I&

End of the Line

This is my last Friday in America for 2005. We fly to England on Thursday 22nd, arriving Friday 23rd. These are the blog-worthy highlights of my year: * I taught myself stranded colour knitting in January. * Hubby gave me an iPod Mini in March for my birthday. * Got my ears

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