Sunday, June 17, 2007

My body is in Everett, but my heart is still in England

I am working on my "Final Wrap-Up" of pictures, sorting through hundreds of pictures and struggling to select a few and put them together in a logical fashion. I already know that is not chronological, so anyone who wants to know where we were when, will need to go back and read my past blog entries!

In the meantime, news of England continues to filter in. On Friday, I read news stories of torrential rains in parts of England, with threats of flooding in some places, including Durham and York. (Although today I can't find any evidence that these stories ever existed.)

Earlier last week I saw a piece on the Today show about Boots No. 7 miracle face cream, "Protect & Perfect" beauty serum, which has been all the rage in England for its anti-aging properties. I kicked myself for not being aware of this while I was in England, when I could have gone to Boots and stocked up for myself.

And of course, tomorrow (Monday), NBC will air Matt Lauer's interview with Princes William and Harry on the Today show and Dateline NBC.

Not to mention the Harry Potter countdown; only a little more than a month before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I am contemplating whether to order from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk—I think I will just order both. I have been thinking that I should reread the entire Harry Potter series from the beginning before reading the final book. There are so many things I know that I don't remember anymore from the early books.

I am also starting to read all the books I bought in England or ordered from Amazon.co.uk to be sent to me in London. (I grossly overestimated the amount of time I would have for reading while we were in England!) This should keep my busy during all my free time this summer...and beyond.

I have distributed some of the clotted cream I brought home, and put the remainder in the freezer as an experiment to see whether clotted cream can survive freezing. If so, what wondrous possibilities that could present for the future!

My suitcases remain only partly unpacked—that alone should keep me in England for some time to come! Soon I will reluctantly put away my stacks of travel books and maps, for future use and perhaps lending to others who want to travel my parts of England.

And then all that will remain of my trip to England is the after-effect of scones and cream and cakes and biscuits that make my jeans feel a little bit snug. The remedy for that—more fun runs!





Race for the Cure—16 June 2007

Some of my philosophical travel companions—the Book Club (most of them) gathered on Friday night for food and fun and (ahem) high minded intellectual discourse....









Jennifer & Linda at the grill; Jennifer, Sue, Kari, Della, Linda, Ann

7 comments:

Melodee said...

Kristin! You're blogging! And you've lost a bunch of weight! You look great!

(Melodee here . . . blogging at www.unretouchedphoto.com and http://shrinkingmom.clubmom.com).)

I googled you . . . glad you came to mind today!

Kristin said...

Hi Melodee! I'll check out your blogs too! (That should be a good thing to do while I'm procrastinating over work here.) You can email me at my same email address as before. I couldn't remember if I sent you a Christmas card or not (I sort of lost track of who I sent to and who I didn't, very confusing). (This wasn't a very good picture from the Race for the Cure, can you believe my mom was watching right on the sidelines and still didn't see me come in for the finish!) How great to hear from you!

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