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Monthly Archives: December 2012
2012 in review for the Desperate English Housewife in Washington
Review of my blog in 2012 This blog had about 9,900 views in 2012. Awesome! In 2012, there were 71 new posts. That’s a lot of writing by me (and reading by you, so thank you!) The busiest day of the year was November … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, British, Canada, Culture, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Martin O'Malley
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 71
Christmas in Fort Lauderdale I was keen from the day we said we were moving to the USA to have an alternative Christmas, and I don’t mean one where my husband spends all day in the kitchen cooking and I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, beach, Blog, British, Christmas, Columbia, Connecticut shootings, Culture, Disneyworld, expats, florida, Fort Lauderdale, guns, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, maryland, Piers Morgan, snow, Thoughts, tradition, Travel
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 70
American language vs British language Summed up, quite aptly by David Mitchell, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw&feature=youtube_gdata_player 😉 American friends and bloggers…. If you would like an insight into the British psyche and see what bothers us so in the UK, read this: … Continue reading
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Tagged American, amusing, British, British problems, Buzzfeed, David Mitchell, differences, hocoblogs@@@, language
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 69
Reading the news USA radio style I recently switched radio stations in the car, mainly because I was fed up of listening to a) the same songs and b) adverts for men’s neck and ear hair removal and soda streams … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Baltimore, British, Connecticut shootings, Culture, Dallas Dance, Denzel Washington, expats, gloucestershire, hocoblogs@@@, I95, knife, lifestyle, maryland, music, naked woman by Christmas tree, radio stations, schools, Travel, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 68
Sandy Hook Elementary School So, the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut….such a sad, sad thing to blog about. It’s the first time I’ve ever felt ‘close’ to an incident. Kids the same age as Harry….a school in … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Blog, children, Connecticut, Culture, expat, guns, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Newtown, Obama, police, Sandy Hook Elementary School, school, Twitter
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 67
Christmas lights in the USA So…..there are lights, lights everywhere. Christmassy ones. And blow up Santas, and blow up snowmen, and I even saw a blow up pineapple, though what that has to do with Christmas, I cannot fathom. Anyhow, … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, America, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, British, Christmas, Christmas trees, class, Culture, decorations, Dukes of Hazzard, expats, guns, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, lights, maryland, People, Politics, Ravens, Santa, sheriff, snowmen, tailgaiting, Thanksgiving, Thoughts, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 66
Candy canes There are these little candy cane candy things everywhere in preparation for Christmas, which makes me question why there are so popular in the USA and only really seen in Elf (the great, great movie) by British folk. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, award, British, candy canes, Christmas, Expat Blogs, hocoblogs@@@, holidays, home, merican, silver
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