I spent most of Sunday evening watching the weather radar in vain hope that some of the ‘interesting’ weather Ginger has promised might arrive. Instead all I saw was that Springfield seems to be sandwiched in a nice forty mile wide precipitation free corridor bounded to the north and south by ice and snow.
Once tucked [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Slippery
Posted in American Life, tagged Journal, Photograph, Settling in, Snow, Weather on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Christmas, Walgreens and an unexpected visitor
Posted in American Life on December 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today’s key task once all the regular chores were out of the way was to get the Christmas tree set up and decorated. This relatively simple task took around four or five hours to complete, and if I hadn’t stepped in towards the end and gone crazy hanging baubles, the job would still only be [...]
Don’t panic…
Posted in American Life, tagged Settling in on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I received an e-mail today confirming that my shipped stuff arrived in the US a week ago and has now cleared customs. It was supposed to land at Chicago, but for some reason arrived in Texas. Oh well, as long as I get it I’m not complaining.
With luck it will all be with us before [...]
Thursday afternoon in down-town Springfield
Posted in American Life, tagged American Life, Chores on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had some chores to do down near City Hall this afternoon. After our first unsuccessful attempt at getting things done we took a stroll up N. Robberson Avenue, and I took advantage of the brilliant sunshine and clear blue skies to take a few pictures.
Ginger managed to organise a further meeting [...]
No weapons
Posted in American Life, tagged American Life, Journal on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was unable to get into a building because I was carrying a weapon! How ironic is that? I couldn’t get through security because of my Swiss Navy pocket knife. It was simple to deal with, I just went back to the car and dropped it off. In a country where people are able [...]
Something fishy
Posted in American Life, tagged American Life, Bilble belt, Car on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alek spotted this in the Parking lot at Katie’s School. I only hope it doesn’t belong to a teacher.
I found some history on both the Darwin Fish, and this sticker on Wikipedia.
Trouble telling my R’s from my L’bow
Posted in American Life, Joys Trials and Tribulations, tagged American Life, Driving on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The human mind is a strange thing. Mine probably stranger than most. Ever since arriving in the US I’ve been having huge difficulties telling my left from my right when I’m driving.
Reactions to my impaired navigational inability have varied from extreme amusement to utter disbelief. Ginger will say “Turn left here,” and I’ll promptly turn [...]
Creature comforts: morning mocha
Posted in American Life, tagged American Life, Working from home on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve discovered that Ginger’s filter coffee combined with two heaped tablespoons of chocolate, topped off with a squirt of whipped cream, and served up in an Edward Hopper mug makes an excellent mocha. Just right to see me through a morning’s work at the computer.
Why you need an SUV for the school run
Posted in American Life, Joys Trials and Tribulations, tagged American Life, School run on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon I discovered why you need a four wheel drive, high ground clearance, Sport Utility Vehicle for the school run.
I was late leaving for the school run to pick up Alek and Katie this afternoon. Getzger was a contributory factor, as he idled his way to the car and then I managed to get [...]
Winter Concert
Posted in American Life, tagged Concert, Journal, School on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight Ginger, Lanie and I went to see Katie play in the school orchestra winter concert. Not an event to be attended by anyone with a fear of rickety structures or claustrophobia. I’m sure the banked seating is very safe, but it shook a lot, and it is obviously designed with kids in mind. The [...]
