Sunday, May 30, 2010

Instead of Revising...

I'm not sure exactly who I want to be yet, but last night, cooking a big meal of baked ziti for some of the best friends I'll ever have and eating it straight out of the pan, felt pretty right.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Thanksgiving...In May...In England

Sarah and Laura had the brilliant idea of cooking a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for the Brits. It was kind of funny to watch them stare at all of the food in amazement that they were supposed to eat all of it!

I also loved fielding questions like "Do you give presents at Thanksgiving?"

It really gets you thinking about how silly the Thanksgiving traditions are though and it was definitely an experience I'll never forget.

Christina, Phil, and I decided to match for the event. Go England!

Mmm. Salad :) Greens, walnuts, dried cranberries, oranges, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta, and greek dressing!

Garlic mashed potatoes!

L.C. rolling green beans in bacon.

Learnin' up on how to carve a Turkey!

Look at the spread!

Eat up!


Love to all!

Trip to The Ashton Memorial

Way back in my entries that were still concerned with giving you history lessons about Lancaster, I mentioned that Lancaster was famous for its linoleum. Well, the man behind that industry, Lord Ashton, has a memorial dedicated to him on the top of a beautifully high hill in Lancaster.

A couple of weeks ago, Laura, Sarah and I hiked up there to meet Toni and her visiting friend, Emily, for a picnic and an afternoon of taking in the views.

The walk up was spectacular. We had to walk through these woods that seriously reminded me of an enchanted forest.



I'm beginning to understand the allure of British summers. Even though most days are still very cold, the few warm days are incredible and the sky here is a shade of blue we just don't have in Missouri.




There is also a butterfly house and a small zoo on the grounds. We found the most adorable snuggly birds!



I didn't have my camera this day, so all the photo credit goes to Sarah. I hope you can appreciate how beautiful it was!

Love to all.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

It's Spring! Sort of...

England is a strange place. It's May. The flowers are out. But it's still 50 degrees here every day.

My essay scores are starting to roll in, and I'm so far pleased with the results. I'm starting to study for my finals, and am starting to get excited about this semester (well, two terms, really) to be over and to enjoy those beautiful summer months where there is little hanging over my head.

At least the flowers are really, really pretty.