Lots O News

Okay you know how it is when you have lots of news and you just keep putting it off because you don't want to write that much, well its been one of those weeks so here are the highlights: (not Highlight the children's magazine that out foxes me with their hidden objects. Damn you Highlights, damn you, we will meet again!)

In no particular order:

-Cadfael met his first snail and not knowing what to do...he licked it
-Chris asked me to marry him
-I said yes
-We went to Devon to see Tom and Faye with Dan and Sara
-A dog named Cadfael nearly got us kicked out of an Abbey
-Cadfael stole something from a bin at the Reading Services and threw it up on Sara
-I drove to Devon
-I got stopped by the police - thinking I was drunk - I said no I was American - all was forgiven
-Had an awesome open top bus ride through Torbay
-Saw Agatha Christie's house
-Went to the beach with Dave
-Went to the beach with Cadfael
-Went to the beach with a whole bunch of people and Cadfael but not Dave
-Ate at Zak's American restaurant by the river
-Forgot how big American sized portions are and fell into a food coma
-Saw a hedgehog
-Cadfael went swimming in the ocean
-Cadfael doesn't like swimming in the ocean
-Chris swam with seals
-Cadfael likes to ride in the newspaper trolley which makes people laugh
-Had Chinese at Camilla's she gave us groovy drinking glasses
-Graham the cat met Cadfael
-Graham the cat doesn't like Cadfael
-Graham the cat only comes in the night when Cadfael's gone to bed
-Chris is going back to school -sniff
-Applied to more jobs
-Didn't make face of Norwich due to lack of shopping at Topshop and not having a Toni & Guy hair cut
-Hugo has called me to sit for more paintings for his show in New York
-Dad and Chris (his wife not my intended) are on their way across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2 to see us
-Cadfael's lost weight
-We are convinced that child next door is Doctor Who

Okay that's enough news - I'm sure there is more but instead have some of my favorite posters advertising Illinois.






I mean how can you not love car-kabobs and butter cows? I only hope their next posters include white squirrels and elephant graves that make Illinois proud.