A Celebration of Mundanity

We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland. At 8:30am there was already a solid three inches deposited and it's still coming down in thick fluffy flakes careening straight down. With no wind it's…

Mark and I headed out to Rangers Stadium last night for our first International Football game, Australia vs. Denmark (aka AvD). We were told to wear yellow or green. We were going to root for…

Back in Pittsburgh, sometimes we would have guests stay with us so frequently that we joked about our house being a B&B. We love the company and we love cooking for friends. Well, The Denovich B&B,…

No one seems to speak proper British English over here. What I mean is, the British accent that we're exposed to on a regular basis (both here and in the U.S.) on tv, movies, etc, it's like the…

Spade Oak Bike ride Mark and I broke out our bikes this weekend. Saturday we rode to the local bike shop off the high street of our village for a few supplies; and yesterday, taking advantage of the…

I made a batch of fresh pasta dough the other night, 1/4 of the ball went to making fresh ravioli (filled with ricotta, basil, garlic and parmesan), 1/2 the ball last night went towards fresh…

So, here I am, our shipment of our belongings has finally arrived and I'm under a pile of boxes and in a flurry of flying packing paper, I boxed myself upstairs. We packed A LOT of stuff. It didn't…

Sunday Walk: Cookham Loop with Mark Walked into Cookham, the path was significantly less slick with mud compared to a few days ago as well as there being mobs of people and their dogs on the trail. I…

Today's walk: Hedsor Tower Mark joined me for this three mile walk with the aim of reaching the castle like building at the top of the hill. I thought it was going to be this mysterious Dropmore…

Today's walk: Not quite to the castle like building Almost five miles. I started heading up the path I noticed the other day heading in the general direction of the castle like building up on the…