Five things I miss about America

At Noble Savage, she wrote a post that sings to this American expat's heart. It also smacks of a top 5 list a la High Fidelity

Here is her list that she did expand on, but you will need to go to her blog to read expansions:
1.My family and friends
2. Wide open spaces
3. Autumn
4. Good, affordable food
5. That wondrous, zany American outlook on life

Mine actually follows closely:

1. I miss Miss MISS my family and friends. Although I call my mom just about every weekday, and my Hillbilly Duhn several times a week, hugging phones is NOTHING like hugging the real live human being on the other end of the line. I crave the day we all are reunited.

2. Driving. I love driving long distances and driving at night. I have been driving since I was 12 mminus the year between moving from the acreage and drivers Ed and the 2 years I have been in the UK making it 17 years in total I have been driving and loving it. I am such a car buff and as much as I am trying to be eco-friendly, I just can not stop loving cars, driving and driving long straight wide roads. Motor oil runs in these veins.

3. American food. I like an indian take away now and again, fish and chips and the tradional English sunday roast, but gosh darn it I want me a valasic dill pickle without any sugar, a corn dog, a miller genuine draft, a root beer float that doesn't cost $3 a can to make, as well as flavored coffees that you don't have to go to a specialty tea shop to buy, and tex mex foods. I would love an apple and a pumpkin pie, and a bone-in wood smoked ham. (I am hungry now, lol)

4. Halloween. Halloween is my fah-vorite holiday evah! I look forwards to Halloween like a little kid looks forwards to his birthday. Where I am at Halloween is barely celebrated and is more of a time where people hide away from trouble youth "yobs and hoodies", lock their doors, turn off their lights and pretend to not be home. Well crap, no wonder the youth are pissy, the candy that they sell to give out sucks. "Here have a packet of pink and white marshmallows!" bleeeh. So as another Halloween passed by like a much anticipated birthday that no one could be bothered to remember--I yearn for a fun filled Halloween with all the kids next year back in the USA.

5. Hearing my own Accent. Something about being able to not translate things in my head from British to American and back again is so nice. A trunk is a trunk, not a boot. Chips are chips, not fries, and toe-may-toe not toe-maah-oh for tomato.

I am going to be cheeky and put a sixth because it is actually a tie between number 5 and this one.
6. Affordable clothing that fits Plus size. I needn't say more than that.

Dude! He can Sing!

My younger brother recently was on the radio. Here is the show the band and he were on.

http://michaelromkey.typepad.com/the_bucktown_revue/files/OctAct2.mp3

Cue up to 3:39 to 5:16 to hear the intro, cue to 5:17 to 10:42 for the first song, and cue to 10:50 to 14:07 to hear the second song.

I am impressed!

and just because...It's my Eldest Brother's Birthday today

Alexander says Happy birthday, ya old fart!

Happy Hawking Castle Walking Fabulous Pre-Birthday Dearest M!

For M's birthday present we went to Warwick Castle so that he could attend a falconeering class, as he has always been a HUGE fan of Owls, Hawks and Eagles and, well, ALL birds of prey. He had a "fabulous time!" Turns out he was the only student that day so his teacher was able to focus all her attention on to both the birds and to M. Due to M's wish to remain anon at this time, I'll post the pictures without him in them, but there are some great pictures of him with Woody a Harris Hawk, Louis the Eagle Owl, and Mouse the Golden Eagle.

http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/

Wow! Voter turnout was Fantastic!

Wow! I am impressed!

* In Minnesota, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said that nearly 80 percent of the state’s registered voters cast ballots (of 3.7 million eligible voters in Minnesota);

• Turnout was so high in the Nebraska 1st Congressional District that some polling places had run out of “I Voted” stickers by early afternoon.

above was found at http://www.america.gov/st/elections08-english/2008/November/20081104195842esnamfuak7.772464e-02.html&distid=ucs

80 Percent!!! That is fantastic!

For all of you who went out and did your civic and patriotic duty of voting--Thank you!

My Fellow Americans

VOTE!!!

Thousands of men, women. and yes, children throughout our nation 232+ year history have fought and died for the right to vote, to let their and your right to vote and the freedom to choose who to vote for. Please vote!

Alex loves the BIG kitties--edited-Now with promised pictures!

I love this picture as it looks like Alex is trying to eat the antler.






Today we went to a drive through it type safari park, and there were several enclosures with Lions, Lionesses both yellow and white, Tigers both yellow and white, and Cheetahs and Alex love Love LOVED them. He slapped the car window and hollered "kitty, kitty!" We'll have to upload our pictures to the pc so you can see how happy the little dude was. (btw, yes he was out of his carseat to snap the pictures, and travel around the parks but we didn't go any faster than three [3] mph)


As you can now see he loved it :D

tired and typing 1 handed

i have lots to say, but only one hand to type with as the other is holding a nursing Alex.

so in the next few days please look forwards to:

*walking baby
*top 5 things i miss about America (thank you noble savage)
*playing with hawks/playing at a ginormous castle
*safari park

good night *yawn* sleep well!

NaBloPoMo National Blog Posting Month

NaBloPoMo

It is that time of year where bloggers all over the blogosphere take part in NaBloPoMo. To make the chioce to post to your blog or blog at NaBloPoMo everyday for a month. Most choose to do it in November, so have I. Perhaps it will get me in the feel for writing whatever tickles my fancy reather than composing long drawn out posts in my head and then never posting them.

today I had 2 posts, however that doesn't mean that I can skip a day, I must post every day. Eek, I'll have to see if I can blog via my cell (I don't think my twitter feed counts) for the 3 days we are gone to London.

See you tomorrow!

flat out like a lizard...Dudes!

Holy Blog Of Doom, Batman! I just got slapped with a wet salmon - really - I have not updated this since people stopped clapping and Tinkerbelle died... You would not believe that my hands were chopped off and I was waiting for bionic ones. Dudes!

I am flat out like a lizard drinking after setting fire to people wearing Crocs, learning to fart the theme to "Neighbours", just generally being a delightful mistress to my husband, my day is a magical flight from the time the light through yonder window breaks to when I am begging my kid to go to sleep or so help me G-d that kid will be decorating my wall, 'Duct tape still life'. I am totally loving it, dudes. I wish you could be here to share it.

I swear on the bones of my ancestors I will update you with my nefarious activities as soon as I get a chance. You wanna test me? Unless of course the pool with the cocktail bar is heated!

The Lazy Bloggers Post Generator helped me write this post.