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!