Good Thing #9

A top takeaway from the UK is the electric kettle. EVERY kitchen there has one. A good friend from Florida used(s) one. I thought it looked handy but never thought to buy one. It appeared to be a necessity across the pond so I had John Lewis deliver one. It is very useful - boils water in a snap. I am a bit disappointed by the US version below - it takes longer for the water to boil. But I went on looks alone and did not research the options. I usually avoid small appliances because I find them a waste of space and limited in use. The best feature is auto shut - no chance of the water boiling away.  I suffer from if-you-give-a pig-a-pancake syndrome. I ruined a pot when we were in temporary housing when we returned last summer. Yeah for one less fire hazard in my day!  

Buy it here

Snapshots {10}

To infinity and beyond...

Bad sign:  a diaper and no baby...

Zoo train outing...

Last sorority wedding...

Addiction takes many forms...

She was so sweet playing the in the dog food.  She picked up any spilled pieces...

Snapshots {8} - the Forgotten Post

I missed a post! Let's go back in time to Christmas...

Celia's stocking...which did not turn out very cute...

CRAZY accounting firm Holiday party...

Two sisters, the girls and I helped decorate the church for Christmas...

Final night of the Advent wreath...

Crackers...

We hadn't found just the right thing to make our tradition for Christmas Eve dinner until last year.  Now it is a keeper:  a traditional English Christmas dinner:  bacon wrapped turkey with gravy, duck fat roasted potatoes,  roasted brussel sprouts and pigs in a blanket - the UK version is small sausages wrapped in bacon. 

Mumford Boy as a little puppy...

 

 

I did it!  Two for today...off to a blazing start!

Blog Everyday in May

I am dusting off the blog!  You see, I am a writer at heart.  For a couple of years I've experienced writer's block or rather writer's distraction.  When a certain "sweetest little thing" came to being the words stopped.  Then we returned to Texas where life was just not as interesting to share.

I do not agree when people say I am to busy to ..... {fill in the blank}.  We all have the same 24 hours in a day.  I find it is all about how your choose to spend your time.  I will say having four children takes loads time.  It is not any one aspect of them but simply there are four little people who each have a different need at one moment in time...and the dog needs to go outside....and the timer on dinner is beeping...and the package man is at the door...and there are snapchats to send...and siblings to text and husbands do not like to come home to complete chaos.   

Blogging is a written record.  Heaven knows I cannot remember the point of this post.  How am I to remember what I did 3 years ago?  Quite Sensible Indeed is how I remember what I did three years ago.   I only print pictures for Christmas cards or the last minute scramble for a school project. With the blog they are saved in another spot than my phone.

I am jumping on the blog-everyday-in-May bandwagon...starting today...I'll even double up to catch up...