Furness Abbey for stroll, Dalton Castle for a look around, Farmers Arms for lunch, Walney Point for a wade, home :) Still enjoying having the Bass's company in our house. Kabobs for din-din.
Happiness.
Happiness.
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Crazy Americans!
The Bass's made it!
So far there visit has been delightful sans the fact that Anna caught a bug somewhere between CT and the UK :( booooo. Thursday when they got in we went to Curry Night at the Railway and called it an early night. Friday we traveled downtown to show them the exciting town of Barrow & then came back to hang out on our front porch in the glorious SUNSHINE! And fish tacos, games & drinks were on the menu for the evening hours. Despite how she was feeling Anna was a trooper and suited up on Saturday for our big trek to Keswick a town about 2hrs away, home of Englands oldest mountain - which also happened to be one of four mountains that ascend over 3,000 feet. A trek it was! Almost a straight up incline for over half the hike up..yowzer! But the views were incredible and you couldn't beat the weather. 8 hrs later here we are back at home cookin some dinner. Not sure whats in store for tomorrow - but we're hopin Anna Banana is feeling better.
So far there visit has been delightful sans the fact that Anna caught a bug somewhere between CT and the UK :( booooo. Thursday when they got in we went to Curry Night at the Railway and called it an early night. Friday we traveled downtown to show them the exciting town of Barrow & then came back to hang out on our front porch in the glorious SUNSHINE! And fish tacos, games & drinks were on the menu for the evening hours. Despite how she was feeling Anna was a trooper and suited up on Saturday for our big trek to Keswick a town about 2hrs away, home of Englands oldest mountain - which also happened to be one of four mountains that ascend over 3,000 feet. A trek it was! Almost a straight up incline for over half the hike up..yowzer! But the views were incredible and you couldn't beat the weather. 8 hrs later here we are back at home cookin some dinner. Not sure whats in store for tomorrow - but we're hopin Anna Banana is feeling better.
Friday, 29 May 2009
Back in action!
Kevin & I ...or maybe it would be more correct to say Kevin has been doing a lot of research recently on cameras and we both knew eventually we would purchase one. BUT! little did I know Kevin did buy one!!! It came in the mail yesterday (whoopwhoop!) the Cannon 40D. He ordered a separate lens which hasn't arrived just yet but once that does watch out folks the paparazzi is baaaaackk.
all smiles.
all smiles.
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Wheely Bin Madness
Every Wednesday is trash collection day so every Wednesday we put our 'wheely bin' (aka: trash can) out back & every Wednesday the rubbish is collected. 9 out of 10 times when we go out the back to collect our bin afterwards it's not there...most of the times it's because the wind blew it down and around the corner but 2 Wednesdays ago it never was found. Someone stole our wheely bin?! I just ordered another one & my goal will be to go get it immediately after the collection so that no wind or wheely bin thieves can get to it first.
Anna just called - they're at the train station...just a mere 2hrs till I go scoop them up.
Anna just called - they're at the train station...just a mere 2hrs till I go scoop them up.
Monday, 25 May 2009
Bank Holiday Weekend
our camera is in the process of being fixed so until we can snap some new photos I'll rely on pictures from others. Here's a pic of D being a bad boy a gma's and gpa's - havin a snooze on the couch. But how can you be mad at that face?! It's Memorial Day Monday except it's not memorial day here, yet it's still a bank holiday...hmmm, interesting. It's been really nice weather this weekend which always makes me happy. Saturday we walked around town for a few hours buying a couple more things for the house - Now that we're here for another 6months we gotta make this place a little more homey. Sunday we got up and packed some bowls, spoons, milk & cereal and drove to Walney Point to have breakfast on the beach in the sunshine. Kevin had to work 4 hrs so while he was there I hopped into my bathing suit and went to Barrow Park to read & catch some rays. And today Kevin left to go golfing at 5:30am - it's bright and sunny again :) so when he gets back we'll probably do something outside...maybe a hike.
The forecast for next week looks glorious! Fingers are crossed that this is the one time the forecasters have it correct and Dave & Anna get to see Walney Island in the sunshine. The days are continuing to get longer - Sunrise: 4:55am & Sunset: 9:26pm
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
It feels like some sort of ride but it's turning out just to be life going absolutely perfectly
It's been confirmed Kevin & I are being extended in England until November 2009!
Reasons we're sad to stay till November:
Dylan
We'll miss Virginia Tech's football season...ahhh!!
Missin our friends & family
Reasons we're siked to stay till November:
$$
We'll be able to travel everywhere we want
Oktoberfest in Germany....helllllllooo!
Life in another country for a year - who wouldn't be siked
So thats where we'll be till the end of November - Cheers!
Reasons we're sad to stay till November:
Dylan
We'll miss Virginia Tech's football season...ahhh!!
Missin our friends & family
Reasons we're siked to stay till November:
$$
We'll be able to travel everywhere we want
Oktoberfest in Germany....helllllllooo!
Life in another country for a year - who wouldn't be siked
So thats where we'll be till the end of November - Cheers!
London Riddle
If one picture says a thousand words how many words do 778 pictures say?
London with the Hertels was awesome! And despite not having our own camera - we ended up with a ton of pictures to help document our trip. We had a perfect mix of touring around town & visiting with each other. We spent all of Saturday & Sunday sightseeeing and Kevin & I were able to see a ton of stuff that we weren't able to fit into our last trip to London. I'm pretty sure Andrea, Tim & Olivia got a pretty good taste of London as well - weather and all (had some solid rain on Sunday). Our nights were spent eating, drinking, playing games and visiting while Olivia slept in the bathroom of the hotel room. Olivia was quite the little traveler and was on her best behavior the entire trip - it was good to hold her & have photo sessions with her cute face. Can't believe how much she's grown up since we saw her last. Andrea & I also had a fun time - nice to have her near, even if it was just for a couple days. Andrea & Tim did more of a day to day blog - check that out & I'll get around to posting some of the 778 pictures this afternoon.
Miss all the Hertels already :(
London with the Hertels was awesome! And despite not having our own camera - we ended up with a ton of pictures to help document our trip. We had a perfect mix of touring around town & visiting with each other. We spent all of Saturday & Sunday sightseeeing and Kevin & I were able to see a ton of stuff that we weren't able to fit into our last trip to London. I'm pretty sure Andrea, Tim & Olivia got a pretty good taste of London as well - weather and all (had some solid rain on Sunday). Our nights were spent eating, drinking, playing games and visiting while Olivia slept in the bathroom of the hotel room. Olivia was quite the little traveler and was on her best behavior the entire trip - it was good to hold her & have photo sessions with her cute face. Can't believe how much she's grown up since we saw her last. Andrea & I also had a fun time - nice to have her near, even if it was just for a couple days. Andrea & Tim did more of a day to day blog - check that out & I'll get around to posting some of the 778 pictures this afternoon.
Miss all the Hertels already :(
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