Wednesday, April 21, 2010

April Allsorts!



April is a funny old month isn't it? The mower has made its debut for the season & you know how that goes...once you've started there's no going back or getting off the 'Mowing Train' until the Fall...can't say Autumn anymore as no one knows what you're talking about! Ok ...so you've seen how big the lawn is yeah so its a big decision to start but we went away for the weekend & when we got back both neighbours either side had mowed & where you don't have any fences here you can really notice the 'dividing line' & we had to give in when all around us had cut theirs...talk about keeping up with the (Yankee)-Jones's!

We've also been away on another wee road-trip...this time down south to Nashville (over the Easter Weekend, more about Easter later!), Tennessee! We had a fun weekend & went to an amazing authentic southern style Cafe called 'The Loveless Cafe' & if you're ever in Nashville you need to go there, the fried chicken is to die for! They are famous for that & the all singing all dancing 'Biscuits y'all'...these are like our scones but more savoury & served up warm on the side of your meal & especially with gravy...YUMMY (but not with gravy for me, I'm not that keen on gravy...well it's not that I don't like it exactly, just a couple of drops is enough for me, but I digress & thats a different story one that isn't really even a story so much so that I don't even know why I'm telling you!) Now I'm used to the american accent but further 'down south' they sounded very different, it was a whole different beast & I found myself doing double takes when people were behind me talking...it felt like they were joking & speaking in a funny accent & it was really hard to understand!

Ok so Easter is a bit different here...for one thing the kids don't get the 2 weeks off school like they do in the UK, they get Good Friday & the Monday off & office workers etc don't even get that! But the main difference is the lack of Easter Eggs...there are all sorts of different types of Easter themed chocolate & sweet treat but nothing like what we think of an Easter Egg...OMG we were sooooooooo craving a plain & simple Cadbury's Buttons egg because everyone knows that easter egg choccie tastes different! it's funny the things you take for granted & what you miss...often the things you least expect too!

This month I'm loving... the amazing new hair growing tonic that G has been using!
This month I'm not loving... Volcano's...we have some Cadbury's & Piccalilli trapped in the UK that should of been here by now!

Weather Obsessed...


We got ourselves a little weather station because we are a little obsessed with the temperature & love to know what's going on...this is super-fandago-duper & extremely high tech...complete with a little man who changes his outfit to help you get dressed for the coming day...Love it! (Only problem is he doesn't seem to know when its raining, which is a slight flaw but we still love it!)

Birthday Cake!


Look what G & the girls made for me as a surprise while I was out having a girly lunch & shopping session for my Birthday!

Spring is finally sprung!


At last the weather is changing & its feeling more spring like...you also know when the season has changed when the Oreo's change the colour of the cream inside...taste the same & oh so very yummy!

Blacklers do Disney!


So we went to Florida early on in Feb for some 'Winter Sun'...we've never done that before, we've only gone on 'vacay' in the traditional season so we were excited! Of course the plan went pear shaped & it was cold when we were there...they'd been having some very weird weather & it was the coldest it'd been in years...it was warmer than the wintery STL that we'd just left but it was un-seasonally chilly! We weren't prepared for it of course, we only had one outer layer each so we spent the whole week layered up with all our t-shirts! We still had a fab week away, our condo was right & I mean RIGHT on the beach with great views & we had lots of fun! We stayed in Tampa & while we were there we drove over to Orlando & had a 'Disney Day' which was the longest most tiring day of my life but so worth it!