This is for Noah.
Shuffle all songs on your ipod. Write down the first 25. No cheating by taking out the uncool songs, or adding some in to make you appear sensitive.
Now that I’ve laid out the rules, I should say that I did sort of cheat. I skipped songs [...]
Heidi…
’s patience is directly tied to food. Only one freak out this trip – from a subway chix sand loaded with covert sugar!! Trust no one. #fb1:46 AM Jun 1st from web is going to take a nap in prep. for kids coming back on Wed. The break has been [...]Heidi…
is going to start packing for her next trip to Kansas (That’s “keyan-zuz” for you brits.) Aside from the flying, I’m looking forward to it.9:23 AM May 1st from web is excited for dinner: raclette.4:16 PM May 2nd from web misses Murphy as the detail cleaning crew on the kitchen floor. Macey [...]This is for you, Jenny.
Heidi…
1-Apr 9:57 PM hasn’t even had time to look at Facebook today. What’s up with that? 2-Apr 3:33 AM and Aaron learned the hard way that closing the door on a sleeping child means she’ll definitely wake up – and she’ll be pissed off. 2-Apr 9:11 AM is wondering where the [...]Heidi…
Mar 1st 10:44 AM thinks that a clean house is overrated. Mar 2nd 7:56 AM isn’t doing any thing of interest to anyone at the moment. Mar 3rd 8:59 PM getting ready for a call to talk about going off of her antidepressants with the author of Potatoes, Not Prozac. How cool is that? Mar 4th [...]Life is busy. I can’t seem to keep up with this old, guilt-ridden, antiquated thing. Sorry, but it’s a lot of work, as you dedicated people know. I mean, I have to try and be funny. That’s hard.
Someday I’ll be back and I’ll tell you all about my life in [...]
I’ll have to update with details later, but here are the pics if you want to take a look over on Flickr.
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Feb 1st 7:21 AM didn’t know that the superbowl was on today. Clearly I don’t live in America. Feb 1st 9:18 PM is sitting in her bed staring at the computer screen with no real coherent thoughts – oh wait, there is one: I’d prefer not to be sick. Feb 1st 10:09 PM loves the [...]This morning Elena woke up and a few minutes later I heard some noise so I sent Liam up to let her out of her room. Instead of their usual leisurely stroll down the stairs together after he opens her door, Liam came tearing down the stairs yelling, “Elena’s doing [...]
It’s absolutely beautiful, but London is pretty much at a standstill. Aaron did make it home ok from the airport this morning after being in sunny Thailand. London traffic isn’t bad when the buses can’t run and everyone stays home!
Go over to Flickr for pics. I’m too tired to [...]
Like Liam’s, there will be more.
She sings all the time – and amazingly she sings in tune. (”in tune” probably isn’t the proper music terminology, but I’m too lazy to look it up right now) She’s started making up songs to tunes she knows, which I find particularly funny. “Shoe, [...]It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything like this for the kids, so it will be more than 25, I can’t lie.
He holds his junk as often as possible and doesn’t realize he’s doing it. I’ve been informed that this is very common and every male would do [...]Heidi…
Jan 1st 11:39 AM is trying to figure out how to make twitter talk to facebook. Jan 3rd 5:52 PM is feeling fine after a tasty Turkish lunch and a good chat. Jan 4th 10:37 AM is getting ready to head out for another lunch date. Jan 4th 10:04 PM is sad that her esthetician was incorrect in assuming that [...]Ok, here are some things for this facebook meme that’s going around that I’ve been tagged on by like 20 people. I’m trying to list things you wouldn’t know about me, so I hope you all enjoy it and STOP TAGGING ME! Just kidding…you know I love the attention.
I am [...]Once again for you reading pleasure, I give you a Liam Story.
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Once upon a time there was a scooter and a house and lots of window on the house and the king and the princes were playing up in the play room. And they left their window open. They didn’t [...]
Typed verbatim.
Me: Once upon a time…
Liam: there was a little boy and a little girl and the little boy’s name was Liam and the little girl’s name was Elena and then one mommy and one daddy, but Daddy was not there and Mommy was there. And there were two little [...]
Just got home from driving Elena’s buddy Jack to the emergency room. He’s fine, but he’s lucky that little kids have bendy fingers.
We were at Jenn and Noah’s celebrating the evening with pizza and yummy, yummy Rotel dip, and his sister shut his hand in the hinge side of the [...]
Just got home from driving Elena’s buddy Jack to the emergency room. He’s fine, but he’s lucky that little kids have bendy fingers.
We were at Jenn and Noah’s celebrating the evening with pizza and yummy, yummy Rotel dip, and his sister shut his hand in the hinge side of the [...]
Well, Elena is pretty much back to her old self today. She got up at 4.30 this morning, pounded on her door for about an hour, and then eventually fell asleep next to the door after I turned up our white noise machine, slid food through a crack in her [...]
Well, our day ended up being rather eventful in a way that one would have difficulty planning.
We drove into the city to go to a Christmas market to get us into the spirit. The drive was nice. We drove past Big Ben
Here it is. My first published photograph: Lovely Dublin.
Yeah, go take a look. I have no idea what Schmap is all about, but they found my picture on Flickr and they asked really nicely and told me they’d credit me so I gave them permission.
That’s what nice-talk will get [...]
Some of you may remember me writing about an acquaintance of mine here in London, Shannon, whose children were both diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome, also known as MPS III (They have Type A.) - a terminal illness for which there is no cure.
Shannon and Matt moved their two [...]
Me: I love you, Elena.
Her Response: NO, I wuv daddy! And Neum. And I wuv Uhkul B, and Awtie Header. And I wuv Gwammy. And sea wions. And Daddy’s iPod.
Hmmm…Daddy’s iPod. Ok…I’m not too concerned that she doesn’t love me or the other relatives she left out. Whatever, Elena!
[...]From my sister, who was there…
We thought she had a herniated disc, but it turned out that she had a blood clot that was putting pressure on her spinal cord. The clot was several weeks old, and there’s no telling what caused it. The doctor took a small amount of [...]
No, it’s not me…it’s my mom. She’s been having sciatica-like leg pain and some numbness in her foot and the doc has decided that she has spinal stenosis and possibly a herniated disc. It’s been bothering her for quite some time, but became extremely debilitating shortly after we [...]
Hold on a sec while I dust off the ol’ keyboard here.
Wow…it’s been a loooong time since I wrote anything. And even longer since I wrote anything of substance. So, all 27 of you still looking for me to write something, eh? Ok, we’ll treat this like a phone conversation [...]
I’m so very proud to be an American tonight. I’m wiping tears of joy from the corners of my eyes.
Thank you, America.
We may actually get to move back!
[...]I did…weeks ago. I didn’t realize I was going to be in the States for the election. Silly me.
And I paid my own postage since the return envelope was postage paid…in the U.S.
Doesn’t really matter anyway, my vote doesn’t count in Kansas.
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That’s what Liam and Elena say every time we arrive safely back at our house after they’ve been in the car with me and that’s how I felt after 8.5 hours on a plane before we even left Chicago for KC. The kids really did well on the flights, but [...]
This was the day before we left for our US trip. Liam was absolutely thrilled to wear his costume to school.
Avery was also pleased about her costume, but not necessarily about having her picture [...]
Note: There are a lot of thoughts crammed in here and I don’t have time to properly edit it if it’s going to be posted today. Maybe I’ll fix it later. Maybe I won’t. Whatever…it’s posted on the right date, for once. Clap for me!
Today is the one-year anniversary of [...]
Neal’s Uncle brought this outfit back from India for Liam ages ago. He put it on and of course we tried to make him dance. We’re going to have to work on his rhythm. (Sorry, dude.)
[...]It turns out that I did not come properly prepared for the weather here. That seems to be the theme of my trips these days. I’m either cold or hot - and here, I’m cold.
We determined that we would not be going to Oktoberfest today - after we finally got [...]
Good things about traveling without kids:
Monday, Sept 15
Tuesday, Sept 16
Three good things about yesterday:
Today, I did a whole bunch of crap around the house and tried to keep the kids happy [...]
This is an elevator.
This is a doorknob.
That’s the word on the street, anyway.
We cruised on over to Cheryl’s this morning for our regular Friday play date and the kids went wild, like those spring break videos except clothes stayed [...]
Today Jenn kept the kids so that I could run out and take my recycling to Tesco. It was nice to get out by myself. I also got a walk in with Elena again before I picked up Liam. It was grey, but didn’t rain on us and I didn’t [...]
Well, we figured out the problem with Flickr. Evidently my site had a few messed up things going on with it. My computer/server/web guru said it looked like it had been hacked.
Lovely.
Anyway, he fixed what needed to be fixed, but in the process I lost my theme. We may get [...]
Monday
Tuesday
Mom and Co came over around 10 and we left for tea around noon. It was a quick trip, but I’m glad we had extra time since I always seem to get lost once we get off the tube. Surprise, surprise.
The Berkeley does [...]
Wednesday
Yesterday morning we totally bailed on our planned trip to the zoo and took it easy. In the afternoon I cleaned up the house. We skyped with some peeps and everyone went to bed early. It was a relaxing day. (Liam did mention at bedtime that he was concerned about [...]
We had 27 people over this evening to celebrate Labor Day.
It rained most of the day and I spent the day getting ready, but by the time everyone came over the rain had stopped. It was still wet, but it was warm out and we had a good time anyway.
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This was shortly before Aaron and I watched Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay yesterday evening, a movie that’s hilarious for all the wrong reasons.
It’s been really humid here as well - without any wind. And today was beautiful outside, though yesterday sucked. [...]
Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post. I had no idea some of you were still around.
You’ve managed to light a fire under my ass, and I seem to be inspired, so I’m going to write a post dedicated to each one of you completely reneg on what [...]
This morning we got up and got ready to go to a mom gathering at my friend Gigi’s house. Cheryl and I trucked the kids to the tube and made our way into the city.
The tube with an umbrella stroller and a walking 4-year old is no picnic…but the tube [...]
Today was quite exciting on several fronts.
Daria came over this morning and on our way home from picking her up, we walked a different way home. As we were walking, Elena craned her neck and started yelling, “I wan to go ovah dere!” I didn’t realize it, but we were [...]
Aaron went to CostCo to get stuff for our party this weekend and he came home with a few other choice items as well.
In other news….
Elena walked around the house carrying a visor calling it her cowgirl [...]
Yesterday I did a whole bunch of work at the house on the third floor and moved gates and toys around, etc., so that the kids can get upstairs and play in their rooms by themselves.
Today we celebrated Elena’s birthday with a trip to the Science Museum.
Naturally, Liam had his [...]
The last few days I’ve been off with my eating and it’s sending me into a tailspin. Today I decided that I’d do better…and did I? No, of course not. I guess there’s always tomorrow…and I should keep in mind that I still haven’t eaten sugar…just stuff that MIGHT have [...]
I got a cold sore yesterday and it’s bringing me down.
Liam’s choice of clothing did make me smile though…not a pretty sight with a big ass blister on my lip.
Meet Elvis.
Elvis is the most awesome dog I’ve ever seen. He’s a Portuguese Water Dog. I could totally get into having him as a pet. Macey would love it as well.
We had a great time this evening with Mike and Hallman. They are [...]
Hasn’t been too interesting around here. Yesterday we went to HomeBase and CostCo. I forgot to bring a pound coin, so I couldn’t get a cart at HB and ended up hauling Elena around the whole time we were there because she tries to lie down on the floor ever [...]
Somehow…somehow…I have successfully managed to lock myself out of BOTH of my Flickr accounts - one of which is a FlickrPro account with unlimited uploading for a year.
Yes, very smart of me…very smart. It definitely takes a “special” person to do this sort of thing.
Fortunately I can see that everything [...]
Had a great time with the girls this morning. I love having friends. 
The kids got to play outside for a bit, but once again, it started to rain. It’s getting a little annoying since it’s been five days now. It’s August for Pete’s sake. We [...]
I just spent HOURS over the past five days uploading photos to Flickr, since I can have as many as I want, and now the stupid program won’t let me blog them!!!
Here I sit with time to do it and no pics to post. So, SO frustrating.
[...]Had the house to myself this morning since Daniela took the kids over to Penny’s to play. It was silent, and I loved it. Unfortunatley I spent most of the morning working out the bills and figuring out what money belongs to whom in which accounts. It’s quite a fancy [...]
I spent a lot of the day going through recipes and organizing them into a system that works for the way I cook these days. It will make it a lot easier to plan meals since I now have lists of things that we will actually eat, vs. a box [...]
We were lazy today, as you can see. I think aron was the only one who actually got out of his pajamas.
I did a bunch of crap around the house, dyed my hair orange again, cooked a bit and made an awesome dinner.
My hand is [...] 
It was lovely on the inside and we got to see the servants’ quarters as well, which I found particularly interesting.
Afterward, we let the [...] Woke up this morning feeling terrible. I guess I was coming down with something yesterday. Fortunately Jenn came and got the kids and I got to rest this morning.
The kids and I watched TV all day long. It was awesome.
Then Aaron got home and we watched TV after we got [...]
They have such a good time playing on the trampoline. I’m so glad we decided to keep that sucker inside!
This afternoon I made a few calls to the US to chat with some friends I [...] Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post. I had no idea some of you were still around.
You’ve managed to light a fire under my ass, and I seem to be inspired, so I’m going to write a post dedicated to each one of you! Hopefully you’ll all have [...]
I’m trying to make a comeback, but it’s been more difficult than I’d hoped. It would be better if I thought any of you actually miss me. So…do ya? Hmmm?
Damn, I’m just hearing the echo of my own voice.
Is anyone still there? Tell me what you’re up to these days [...]
Aaron and I have been married for seven years today…and I’ve known him for 10.
In honor of the day, he went to work and I stayed home with the kids - except when I went to buy meat for dinner and Jenn kept the kids. (That was awesome.)
We sat the [...]
This is the same bank who wouldn’t let me on AARON’S bank account because I didn’t exist. And [...] Took the kids to the Red Bull Air Race today over the Thames. You can see that the weather was stellar for the event. The kids were a little grumpy and Elena was out of control. Of course we did it for the kids and they acted like they’d [...]
In the last few days…
Today I made lists.
Today Liam decided that red matches red…no matter what.
Oh, and Lily went home this evening. She was extremely happy to see her human. Macey and Elena will miss her terribly!
[...]I cooked most of the day for our dinner with Jenn and Noah this evening. We had a tasty meal of roasted garlic crostini with goat cheese and pine nuts, hummous and pita, chicken and beef kababs with grilled veg and chips, homemade salsa, tubuleh, and triple [...]
I love Monty Python. My friend Lea and I used to sit with her older sister and her friends and watch it on the weekends. “I faht in yowah general die-rection” became a phrase lovingly bestowed upon one another for many years - we even whipped it out occasionally in [...]
Today was from hell. We went to Parliament Hill, a park in a different part of town, and it was a complete disaster.
Xenia, Christalla, Natasha
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Yesterday was MY DAY. I didn’t really do anything (blogging included), but it was certainly nice to be left alone.
Today, however, I got up with the kids at 6.30 and by 9 I was outside working in the yard. I started tearing down all of the growth that has taken [...]
Then she falls off and laughs.
In other news
I’m not sure how she has any hair left.
We love you, Lily.
Had a better day in terms of being productive. I think I actually marked six things off of my huge list. It helped that Liam went to Penny’s for the afternoon and Elena slept. [...] July 15
July 16
The kids were up last night until around 3. We went downstairs and chilled in the TV room and watched videos. I expected it this time, so I wasn’t upset that I wasn’t getting to sleep, but it did suck this morning when I had to get up to let [...]
We made it - and without much drama, from the children anyway. I can absolutely do the fly-by-myself-with-two-kids thing again.
It did suck that when we got to the airport and tried to check in our tickets had been canceled, but fortunately Aaron’s dad got us on the overbooked flight. Bless [...]
Well, evidently Elena just doesn’t adjust to the time change; she was up at 5. So began our day of travel.
I had to return the rental car this morning, and in doing so completely forgot to get gas. Thank goodness Jeanne reminded me. I was so tired I almost didn’t [...]
I think I have about had it with this trip. I’m tired of all of the running around and I just want to be home - in the US. I’d even be ok with moving back into our old house at this point - even though I never imagined moving [...]
I always enjoy spending 4th of July with my family because fireworks are legal…and Aaron is a pyro. (He once tried to burn down a building in Chicago…ask him about it.)
Anyway, after we had lunch with our pals Colby and Nicole and their kiddos and took Liam to the [...]
Today Elena went to the emergency room - but only because it is Saturday and there aren’t any urgent care centers at Mom and Dad’s house.
She woke with a fever and it went up to 103.1 early this afternoon. Since we fly in a week, I didn’t want to risk [...]
Liam fell yesterday and bonked his head on the coffee table. We calmly went to our usual emergency room where they remembered us from Elena’s last visit, and they did a little fixing.
It was AWESOME. No pain, no stitches.
They numbed him with a cotton ball and used the most amazing [...]
Today we spent the day at an amusement park. The kids had a great time playing in Camp Snoopy.
And Jenni, Elias, Aaron, and I had a grand time riding the “big kid” rides:
The Boomerang
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The Monkeys take Guernville.
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Aaron has an amazing group of friends from high school. After their last reunion, Neal started a group, for everyone to keep in touch. He called it Slutmonkey…because it was funny. At that time, only the actual people who went to high school were in the group. But that sucked because [...] Back in the groove of the U S of A.Wednesday We started out our trip with an 8 a.m. dental appointment for Liam and me. It was the first time he was going to actually have work done and I was really afraid that he’d be wigged out by the noise and wouldn’t let them do anything. How wrong I was. He [...] We’re here!
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We made it and we’re fine, even though it was a bit of a mess thanks to the airline. We did great getting ourselves ready and it was a quick trip to the airport for some unknown reason. We hung out at the Red Carpet Club and bribed the children with [...] Blog Info:
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