More About Me

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for all your questions last month</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To be honest, I wasn't sure anyone</div><div style="text-align: center;">would have any 'wonders' about <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/yep-thats-me.html">me</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Over time I will answer more questions...<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcKHOJ8grj9LpvMSHjyYAI2ep8984D1Dbn4znBjsBnR6SN6kHkvjTU5IJzUx2N3JdECauzPzCoSG5Z_3wkn5mVxCi6NL-JqR9DnCP8TLGiy3kbNgh2_MhDLQYu-xBE6lvg5WS13wcOdqL/s1600/DSC_0006-004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcKHOJ8grj9LpvMSHjyYAI2ep8984D1Dbn4znBjsBnR6SN6kHkvjTU5IJzUx2N3JdECauzPzCoSG5Z_3wkn5mVxCi6NL-JqR9DnCP8TLGiy3kbNgh2_MhDLQYu-xBE6lvg5WS13wcOdqL/s640/DSC_0006-004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><b>What do you miss most from the US?</b></i><br /><i><b>What have you enjoyed the most in England?</b></i><br /><br />The people: I miss the important people in our lives in the US<br />and miss being there for them in their time of need and celebration<br />I miss being a part of my friends' daily lives<br /><br />On the flip side, I adore my new friendships here<br />that I will treasure for a lifetime;<br />I am savoring our time together,<br />knowing we will not be here forever<br /><br />But I know you were asking for more :) So,<br />I miss owning a home - someplace we can truly make our own,<br />paint the walls, choose our own curtains, feel really rooted<br />Yeah, I also miss my American washer & dryer<br /><br />I miss affordable, stylish, one-stop-shopping Target,<br />everyday conveniences (drive thrus)<br />and great customer service<br /><br />Sometimes I miss biscuits & gravy like mad<br />(like, yesterday - big time)<br /><br />I don't miss all the bossy billboards in the US<br />telling me who to call, what to buy, etc<br /><br />This is my drive to school, billboard free<br />It's a nice way to start the day :)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDrmIZfwZx0LKXKkgRVoM8DbJEtqp6nJ6HDhhWqjWxyyshIHzyHmh0d5X4xy6QP9x5lHVM6L80OpFNsGM3q9zgVdTJ-QDUyEOzBa9CS_iGdn0rOA0ZHCnTVjtYNRGueEqhsacGBk9rWco/s1600/DSCN5806-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDrmIZfwZx0LKXKkgRVoM8DbJEtqp6nJ6HDhhWqjWxyyshIHzyHmh0d5X4xy6QP9x5lHVM6L80OpFNsGM3q9zgVdTJ-QDUyEOzBa9CS_iGdn0rOA0ZHCnTVjtYNRGueEqhsacGBk9rWco/s640/DSCN5806-002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />As a visual person, I LOVE ENGLAND<br />It is just so beautiful at every turn<br />- the gardens, the villages, the architecture -<br /><br />I love the accents (I'm shallow like that)<br />and I love that I'm surrounded by history<br /><br />Of course I love the accessibility to so many other interesting places<br /><br />It is fascinating to live under<br />a government with different ideology<br />as well as be a part of the European Union and all that that means<br /><br />But on a deeper level,<br />England has provided a place for me to step out of the known<br />and reinvent myself<br /><br />I walked away from my old routines and sought out new ones<br /><br />With blogging, I'm exploring the writer and photographer in me<br /><br />While my days were just as full as in the US,<br />they look different<br /><br />With excellent brain food,<br />my mind is always whirling<br />witnessed just the other day as I turned on my empty dryer<br /> :)<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- all photos by me -</span></i></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

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Estilo Clean

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Esta casa toda monocromático, todo clean com cores neutras, segue com uma decoração mais estilo minimalista com um toque de arquitetura clássica. Com uma perspectiva moderna, com o pé direito duplo na área social com um mezanino e paredes de seda cinza, se combinam para criar uma sensação de elegância e harmonia.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Foi desenvolvida pelo escritório de arquitetura Gestion Rene Dejardins, na cidade de Montreal no Canada. O bom gosto dos arquitetos é visível em cada detalhe e cada escolha dos materiais. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Um dos destaques do projeto, foi o detalhe no teto da sala, todo em quadrados, deu o toque diferenciado.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLju2Vh0NlvqKgR6aKzaCbVWGjxuqFkQ4AEQ5XOGdJDmfVR8xqUJbVGIf0A4j-hfqHpdjizWQCl4ic_UWVhyphenhyphenDsj_Q0DIVrDnQuT5NSr9HKtYPi5lTNoFGiUMJXrN3Z3_AyHaHRYDA5KnY/s1600/95a31255-6b1c-4afe-9b11-df2d82b8a3ba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLju2Vh0NlvqKgR6aKzaCbVWGjxuqFkQ4AEQ5XOGdJDmfVR8xqUJbVGIf0A4j-hfqHpdjizWQCl4ic_UWVhyphenhyphenDsj_Q0DIVrDnQuT5NSr9HKtYPi5lTNoFGiUMJXrN3Z3_AyHaHRYDA5KnY/s640/95a31255-6b1c-4afe-9b11-df2d82b8a3ba.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Estilo Clean

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Election Night At The US Embassy

<div style="text-align: center;"><br />What better place to watch the election unfold<br />than in the US Embassy in London?!<br /><br />{ cameras not allowed, so all from my phone }<br /><br />The Embassy was all lit up,<br />with tight security<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0VNXn0jU2vo4UY1ZoIZEJDuMQvPQzAehYu1z8d7-yJxLHH1f9CTJ-_wl4X2rvqdUopyyXBi3OoFtGFQ8yDpu5YhY4xCwPyS2RCYMSoretwjT_Z6Itqj5g1U9d53m9H1BBTSdTAOjcKl5/s1600/photo+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0VNXn0jU2vo4UY1ZoIZEJDuMQvPQzAehYu1z8d7-yJxLHH1f9CTJ-_wl4X2rvqdUopyyXBi3OoFtGFQ8yDpu5YhY4xCwPyS2RCYMSoretwjT_Z6Itqj5g1U9d53m9H1BBTSdTAOjcKl5/s400/photo+(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Live Dixieland music greeted us - so distinctly American!<br /><br />Ambassador Susman welcomed the crowd<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19BSRG6KkUYQB4ujE4fDPPYlqAHMdSbUX4Okg2_OMwDv6T1xP7x6IY01mboEH1s5SPIeTNB7vTv5fO32tQb8MuzJZ0K2WJKjOVWsruPgKzf6iKIoegcFGlUkASmeLg4WHzjqXPF8vz-S2/s1600/photo4.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19BSRG6KkUYQB4ujE4fDPPYlqAHMdSbUX4Okg2_OMwDv6T1xP7x6IY01mboEH1s5SPIeTNB7vTv5fO32tQb8MuzJZ0K2WJKjOVWsruPgKzf6iKIoegcFGlUkASmeLg4WHzjqXPF8vz-S2/s400/photo4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />We were surrounded by<br />1500 other Americans<br />{ Republicans & Democrats }<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXX_MDHNFl0Qgv_1OmBs-Uy8Q_sAaJhBy4TC8QG2b0md4U4_PNa01cP7g6SJIcN1xX_EUpBnJf16-R33NGwOvb0OIGLfdfrmchihBckTKWdDRWuJ4SY582NXcr2WggdsE-gJ_LJagBXa2e/s1600/photo7.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXX_MDHNFl0Qgv_1OmBs-Uy8Q_sAaJhBy4TC8QG2b0md4U4_PNa01cP7g6SJIcN1xX_EUpBnJf16-R33NGwOvb0OIGLfdfrmchihBckTKWdDRWuJ4SY582NXcr2WggdsE-gJ_LJagBXa2e/s400/photo7.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">US newscasts were aired on screens throughout the Embassy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked through the Media Center,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the BBC set up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">among others</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDs2KHr0xkQ7vyOTuUbE-_9NLn-4ajb3Te7PQUDx3pcdAtveYjd_2ijZV_TcxwmFsrkhdBNAY6-B7QgySHc5CUXa8pxT1ywgUrsVrGAR-6E29tp7kaM-Hb9z2vrSzqFXWAR0KxKC_Eroe/s1600/photo3.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDs2KHr0xkQ7vyOTuUbE-_9NLn-4ajb3Te7PQUDx3pcdAtveYjd_2ijZV_TcxwmFsrkhdBNAY6-B7QgySHc5CUXa8pxT1ywgUrsVrGAR-6E29tp7kaM-Hb9z2vrSzqFXWAR0KxKC_Eroe/s400/photo3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Difficult to see,<br />but a computerized map was filled in throughout the night<br />as results were reported<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoeVcl9UVUFpESp98w7TNOLp9NbCslxMnZxgE_qH8KOUDX86qOSvzigmzZK740ZrGgVp_2PvKCB7BtHK63TPvm620hkAbv2pkvgNj0aaWyBhfmp5qVZSs-eAVUqzHpphw7haGdfXW_gb6/s1600/photo6-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoeVcl9UVUFpESp98w7TNOLp9NbCslxMnZxgE_qH8KOUDX86qOSvzigmzZK740ZrGgVp_2PvKCB7BtHK63TPvm620hkAbv2pkvgNj0aaWyBhfmp5qVZSs-eAVUqzHpphw7haGdfXW_gb6/s400/photo6-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The basement held a bar and live band</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_92skLrNaxU3wQSbzHTli0h-MqT0fNxtkd6LICt96EoN5vSQTWN_5oqhUpVJt2jUkhh4w0ihcd62MsHxtJH8eN1CU5Juqul-ZXaGMQH2QSwYyvzFNi3dcBdEQ12iJ1wPFLvbOyoY7LBR/s1600/photo15.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_92skLrNaxU3wQSbzHTli0h-MqT0fNxtkd6LICt96EoN5vSQTWN_5oqhUpVJt2jUkhh4w0ihcd62MsHxtJH8eN1CU5Juqul-ZXaGMQH2QSwYyvzFNi3dcBdEQ12iJ1wPFLvbOyoY7LBR/s400/photo15.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">McDonald's and finger food were served</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZSdHtnu1Y1Bru0EOna8gOomboWIn6sYVoU2O-jrlGG5LmV7TVb_vsTKhKveHunAgeX50ZqHypOU9jXYtpLefvAbv-7XWd-6iU3wqg1pwcajT3izskPpE3PD8EOE2Sq-U2RcLgNzwsWrK/s1600/photo14.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZSdHtnu1Y1Bru0EOna8gOomboWIn6sYVoU2O-jrlGG5LmV7TVb_vsTKhKveHunAgeX50ZqHypOU9jXYtpLefvAbv-7XWd-6iU3wqg1pwcajT3izskPpE3PD8EOE2Sq-U2RcLgNzwsWrK/s400/photo14.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />The Election Party started at 10p<br />with costumed Elvis, Statue Of Liberty, and Uncle Sam<br />walking around<br /><br />Due to the difference in time zones,<br />we knew the results wouldn't roll in until 4am<br />at the earliest<br /><br />So we left -<br />happy we had gone to the party<br />and happy to be going to bed<br />:)<br /><br />***<br /><br />The US Embassy has been in Grosvenor Square since 1960<br />and is the largest American Embassy in Western Europe<br /><br />A new US Embassy is being built across the River Thames in Wandsworth<br />( near Battersea )<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsDBdTs_DRWiuwKFbgxuylZrhyM46WDimTWseKboOxzruaO-f7CBIoucPo_AFfQIuZt6eDGq2wWadQkngU4Iexb8THxXhEzysjpTYVNV-uUx6gziwUGUsThMrmKaPAuo1RzOfQmjyTXMa/s1600/Embassy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsDBdTs_DRWiuwKFbgxuylZrhyM46WDimTWseKboOxzruaO-f7CBIoucPo_AFfQIuZt6eDGq2wWadQkngU4Iexb8THxXhEzysjpTYVNV-uUx6gziwUGUsThMrmKaPAuo1RzOfQmjyTXMa/s400/Embassy.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassylondon/4586432491/in/set-72157624011945708/">credit</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It should be completed in 2017<br /><br />A few fun facts:<br /><br />In December 1777,<br />Morocco was the first nation to publicly recognize the new United States<br />Together they maintain the United States' longest unbroken treaty<br /><br />Benjamin Franklin had the first overseas mission of the United States<br />in Paris, France in 1779<br />{ and in London, you can visit his only remaining <a href="http://www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org/site/sections/default.htm">home</a> in the world }<br /><br />The first American Embassy was in The Hague, Netherlands<br />where John Adams was the first US Ambassador (1782)<br /><br />Later<br />Adams became the US Ambassador to Great Britain (1785)<br />and then the second President of the United States (1797 - 1801)<br /><br />You knew I couldn't resist throwing in a bit of trivia,<br />didn't you ;)<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">all photos by me</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">unless otherwise noted </span></i><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_embassy#Europe">Wikipedia</a> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; 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Election Night At The US Embassy

What better place to watch the election unfold than in the US Embassy in London?! { cameras not allowed, so all from my phone } The Embassy ...

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