Morris Dancing

Posted by Lovelyn | November 24, 2009 .

“Have you heard of Morris dancing?” my husband asked.
Curious I looked it up. Morris dancing a a type of English folk dancing in which the dancers wield sticks, swords or handkerchiefs. This description intrigued me even more so I watched a video of it on You Tube.
“See. This is your heritage,” I said to my [...]

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My Little Run Away

Posted by Lovelyn | November 17, 2009 .

“I think I’m getting fat,” my husband announced. He pulled up his t-shirt to expose his flat, white stomach, pinched a bunch of skin and said, “See.”
My husband is very thin, so I’m not sure how to take this. “Are you making fun of me?” I ask.
“You’re paranoid,” he said. “I’m not making fun of [...]

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Pardon?

Posted by Lovelyn | November 13, 2009 .

I must be hard of hearing. That’s the only excuse for the difficulty I have understanding what people are saying to me in a noisy room. Having a conversation in the midst of the buzz of many other conversations going on all around you is hard of a lot of people, but I think it’s [...]

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And Then…

Posted by Lovelyn | November 10, 2009 .

I’m on my second attempt of making sourdough bread. I thought my husband would be enthralled by the process of getting a sourdough starter going, so I just spent a few minutes telling him all about it. When I was done he turned to me and said, “And then I came down this street…”

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Bespectacled

Posted by Lovelyn | November 10, 2009 .

My stepson has been having problems reading at school. He’s been complaining of headaches and eye strain, so it was time to take him to the eye doctor. Of course, he needed glasses. Jealous of all the glasses wearing going on in the family, my husband got his eyes checked too. We all knew that [...]

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Vacuuming Again

Posted by Lovelyn | November 7, 2009 .

Our neighbor is vacuuming again. I swear she vacuums 5 times a day. What are they doing up there? I mean really. They’ll come home for a weekend away and within 10 minutes of walking in the door, the vacuum is running. I just don’t get it. I sweep once a day, usually. Okay, I [...]

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Try to Remember the 5th of November

Posted by Lovelyn | November 5, 2009 .

It’s Guy Fawkes Night. All this time I thought it was Guy Forks Night, but I was recently corrected. Apparently, this holiday has nothing to do with forks which is unfortunate because I was quite enjoying the idea of celebrating guys and forks. They’re such useful inventions. Well, I guess guys aren’t really an invention. [...]

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The Car Wash Rumble

Posted by Lovelyn | November 4, 2009 .

Despite my dislike for hypermarts, we went to Tesco’s today to pick up some things that we needed–essentials like rice noodles, peanuts and coconut milk. In the parking lot of Tesco’s, there are these car wash guys. They push these little black carts and wear the required neon green reflective vests that all blue collar [...]

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Yes, I’m Still Talking About the London Eye

Posted by Lovelyn | November 2, 2009 .

I thought I really enjoyed my ride flight on the London Eye. Then I saw the pictures taken of me on the flight. Looking back maybe I didn’t enjoy it at all. How else can I explain all the crazy faces I was making?

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