Moving!

Ok, so we are moving to the US. Its very exciting but a bit stressful.

I am in Stamford this week to meet the team and check out the place. Staying in a nice hotel and work has been fine so far, its day 1 so we will see how rest of visit goes! For some reason I have two double beds in the hotel room, which is nice but a bit unnecessary.

Planning for move is full flow, I have a project plan that I am making more detailed as I find out more. And we have gone through a lot of the house to identify stuff to charity shop. And I have been talking to lots of people about moving, bank accounts, getting car etc etc. I will update as we go along!

conf call no-shows a plenty. Why do I bother.

Asparagus

Please admire the asparagus baby plants in the front of the picture on the right, looking like small pine trees. We bought 3 asparagus babyplants from Wilkos and planted in a pot to see if it would work. Behind the mini pines are the monster potatoe plants JD has planted and you can also see the brussel sprout plants that JD is hoping will bring fruit in time for Christmas.

I have decided to adopt the asparagus plants to Heidi when we move to the US as the are not going to be edible til in two years time. And as she is super reliable I am sure will will be able to restrain herself from nibbling already next year and be patient for the 2011 crop.

Oh, we also have about 20 self seeded tomato plants scattered around the pots. This is after we gave away about 30 plants - tomatoes are insane. And I had to add a photo of the roses just coming out! Summer is here, my garden will soon smell lovely of roses and honeysuckle.

Eurovision bbq

We had a great time! I was France, Heidi was Germany and others came as Sweden, Turkey, Greece, Ireland and Spain. As I like the Norwegian entry I was pleased with the winner, the others quite liked the gyrating hips of the Greek man so they were a bit disappointed.

Busy week

We have had a busy week. JD started his new job on Thursday, I got a job offer and accepted it and I went to a great Eurovision/Birthday bbq. On top of which I have voted (well it will be counted once its posted over to Sweden) and done a bunch of admin to try and prepare for a move. I suspect we will have a busy few months ahead.

Love May

1) Asparagus season in full flow. Get two packs for £3 today at Waitrose. And they are from the county next to us, so quite local.

2) Eurovision - we are having a bbq and I am going as France. Semi finals next week is a must watch as that is where the main horror performances turn up.

Addiction

I have an unhealthy relationship with some authors and series. Right now I am trying to extract myself from Kim Harrison's series about the witch Rachel and the Hollows. The latest book should have been sent to me today as I have pre-ordered it but Amazon just emailed and said unfortunately it wont come until 15-23rd May. I am quite unhappy.

I have tried filling the gap with the latest Sookie book by Charlaine Harris, and while it was great the Sookie books are a bit thin so I finish them in one sitting normally....

Luckly EL has just been here (with J and kids, so full house) and left me some new books. I am thinking I should probably not start them until Sunday when I am back from visiting Jo and Chris as otherwise I might become a really unsociable guest who just want to sit in the garden reading. Or I could just start them the second I get home tonight and see if I get hooked. Again.