Anyone who knows me will know how much I detest dislike the American Thanksgiving staple - the Green Bean Casserole. Words just can't.So of course I decided to blog about it again for Anglot… Read More

Was looking through some of my old posts for something and found this. Seems so long ago - Not even celebrating Thanksgiving this year.-------------------------------------Well, I've sold my… Read More

Been a bit of a busy time here in Repat world. First off - big news. I have a literary agent in the UK and we are pitching a new book! A departure from my usual US/UK stuff, but somethi… Read More

I'm not much one for spilling too much stuff on the blog or writing too much about members of my family. Not least because they'd all kill me.I'm making an exception this time though - for a… Read More

Did you know there's a right way to procrastinate? Me neither. I am a bit of a one for procrastination, even though I manage to give the impression that I'm a do-er. It works for me so I don… Read More

So, we're in. Almost settled. Well, it's a bit of a sliding scale really isn't it?I mean, almost everything is out of boxes, and the things we dragged all the way from the States last year a… Read More

So we've moved. Again. Bit of a SNAFU with the lease on the old property, but we were looking to move anyway, so...........You'd think after the massive downsizing I did last year, when I ga… Read More

There have been more than a few old school bloggers talking about getting back into it, recently. By old school bloggers I mean bloggers who still write posts, rather than post photos of thi… Read More

For years, one of my kids' entreaties to me has been "Oh mom, please don't write an e-mail." I'm not one of those complainers who sit around looking for things to ruffle her feathers, but I… Read More

I mean, talk about jinxing something. Everywhere you go in England, you see or hear "It's Coming Home" - a very foolhardy reference to World Cup victory, in my opinion. We haven't won i… Read More