Coulda Woulda Shoulda

Let me first wish you all Happy Holidays - whatever you might be celebrating - and a Happy New Year. I will definitely not be updating until the second week of January. I am spending a week in the south of England with D's grandparents for a traditional English Christmas - crackers and all. Then, us "jetsetters" fly off to Tunisia, Africa for an all inclusive week long holiday and to celebrate the New Year in the desert. Let me leave you, though, with the thoughts that floated around in my head as I tried to find something interesting to leave you with for the next few weeks. Why It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas... 1 - Because there is no snow. And in place of snow there is not even real rain but the misty pissy kind that hardly justifies an umbrella but gets you wet just the same. 2 - I have not bought my family any presents specifically because my favourite part of Christmas is watching them open up that perfect gift that I have found for them. Th...

When dialling any number over here, you usually have to remember city codes, country codes and international codes. I think North Americans forget that all they have to enter is "1" and then they can dial the number anywhere in the big wide land mass that is North America. I was chatting to my mom on Sunday - our usual gab fest that usually includes what's new with me, what's new with her, what's new with our jobs, what's new with the rest of the fam, what is the plan for chatting next week? I was giving her the number to D's grandma's - where we're going for Christmas - and was explaining that she needed to put the international code in front and drop the regular '0' that you would usually have when you dialled the number. Then, I proceeded to explain various scenarios where the numbers are different, such as calling the republic of Ireland is like calling another country however if you are calling from the republic to the nort...

http://traveldreams.blogspot.com/2003_12_14_traveldreams_archive.html There is not a week that goes by that she doesn't cross my mind. Hope you are soaring, my fellow travel chick:)

No matter where I go, no matter what I do, I don't think I will ever forget him. No matter how well things are going in the here and now, I will always think of him. I can't figure out if this is a good or bad thing.

It's hard to believe I have neglected this for over two weeks. What is the world coming to? Things I have thought I want to write about: Christmas shopping Highshool nostalgia Being a patient Awaiting holiday Happiness I hope to have time to write more this week at home so I can actually post them during the day. Hope all your houses are happy during the holiday season.