Today we’re going to talk about the dinner that I planned for our seven-year wedding anniversary. In today’s age, seven years is a long time, so I tried to do something kind of nice. The usual pattern for our anniversary dinners is that I do all the planning and she just comes along for the… Read More Seven Year Wedding Anniversary
This is part two of a two-part series on why I became a homemaker. If there’s anyone else out there who is also stay-at-home mom, let’s hear your comments and your support! After getting married we moved to Baltimore where Felipe got his first job and I got a public school teaching position a little… Read More Why Lillian gave up her Career | Part 2
Tonight I have a recital we’re going to show you some video clips from that performance. Doing this recital reminded us of the the kind of career path that I was on when we first met. We want to talk to you guys about why I decided to give up a tremendous career in order… Read More Why Lillian gave up her Career | Part 1
The club isn’t the best place to find a wife So the church is where I go You and your friends in the pew kneeling down Praying fast and talking low I go over and start up a conversation with just you And try me give me a chance now Take my hand, pray, Our… Read More “Shape of You” Parody — “In Control of my Body”
We’ve been watching the 2017 general election and these are our impressions. The Conservatives have Theresa May as their leader and the Labour Party have Jeremy Corbyn. Theresa May decided to take a gamble and call a so-called “snap election”, which is an unscheduled election. Elections usually occur every five years, but the polls showed… Read More Americans talk about General Election 2017
Today we’re going to talk to you about our very good friends in the village, who are actually the first friends we ever made in England. They are a very sweet and loving family that took us on as family of their own. When we first moved here it was a shock how seemingly cold… Read More Our First Friends in the U.K.
In this episode we talk about fast food in the U.K. A lot of it is just the U.S. fast food that’s made its way over here actually. You have McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Taco Bell, Five Guys, Subway, Papa John’s, Domino’s Pizza, among others. Actually I don’t think I even know of any UK-only… Read More Fast food in the U.K.
In this episode we talk about the differences between U.K. and U.S. customer service! I’ll just say that I’ve never experienced worst customer service than in the UK. U.K customer service is the most difficult and terrible experience I’ve had in all the time spent here in the UK. It’s so horrible and depressing; people… Read More UK vs. US Customer Service
We recently went on a day trip to London and would like to share our experience and some tips. London is by far my favorite city in the UK. It was the center of the Empire when it existed. Who would have thought that 2,000 years ago a little marshy little area on the River… Read More Day Trip to London
Last week we went on a group trip to Hastings. Hastings is famous as the location for the fist battle of the Norman Conquest. William the Conqueror landed near here so we’re excited about the rich history of this area. In actual fact, however, the battle of Hastings occurred about seven or eight miles north… Read More Beach trip to Hastings (and best fish and chips!)