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We’re hunting housing.  The big drama, of course, is whether we will get visas so we can even enter England, and whether we’ll get them in time, but since we had to send Sydney’s diploma away to be translated (yes, … Continue reading →

Yesterday Sydney and I celebrated five years of marriage.  A lot has happened since we were married the summer after college, including our first post-college apartment and car, learning to cook, five years of graduate school, a great deal of … Continue reading →

Erin

I finally screwed up the courage to call about a property we were particularly interested in in Oxford.  I’m new enough that calling England is still rather exciting–and nerve-wracking.  After several good signs (still available?  yes.  floor plans available?  yes.) … Continue reading →

Why so quiet around here?  On Monday we got the go-ahead from Oxford to apply for our visas.  This has now consumed pretty much every free minute.  It seems the UK has outsourced this process to private contractors, and apparently … Continue reading →

This afternoon Sydney’s mom and I took Katherine blueberry picking.  To my great surprise, we actually picked a fair number of blueberries while Katherine entertained herself.  She ran the rows, carefully selected blue berries from the lower branches, and was … Continue reading →

After watching me waver between another nap and reading, Sydney ushered Katherine and me into the car and on a tour of some of the area’s beaches.  We took Katherine out on the sand (no mud this time), where she … Continue reading →

I am quite sure that most people don’t wait until their first child is out of the house to have a second.  But how are you supposed to give the first child anything when the second limits you to one … Continue reading →

Clapping her hands is a new and favorite activity.  Usually because she wants us to imitate her and say, “Good job, Katherine!” She happened to be both clean and in a fantastic mood (two things that rarely go together).  But … Continue reading →

Last night a bunch of the young people from Sydney’s community got together to play volleyball.  As I learned last time we visited, there is apparently nothing that gets me more excited than the possibility of playing volleyball.  I don’t … Continue reading →