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Monthly Archives: December 2013
2013 in review – UK Desperate Housewife USA
Wanna read a 2013 report for my blog?! If you like stats, here are a few! It’s been a fabulous year here in the USA – hoorah for 2014 and all the adventures it may bring! Thanks for reading and … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 328
The Christmas Break So, what has the UK Desperate Housewife UK been up to over Christmas week? Taking in a lot of American history, don’t ya know. And pondering about what makes American people American, and what made them not … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American history, American people, American Revolution, Americans, Bradford on Avon, Britain, British, chocolate milk, Christmas, cockney, Colonial, Culture, driving, England, English, expat, history, hocoblogs@@@, Jamestown, King George, McDonalds, Native American Indians, natives, Norfolk, rain, Thoughts, UK, USA, Virginia, Virginia Beach, War of Independence, weather, Williamsburg, Yorktown
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 326
Frank Bruno adopts a road So I am merrily driving along in Howard County, Maryland in the land of America listening to some country music and admiring the scenery when I STOP. What is that?! A sign tells me that … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, boxing, brandy, Britain, British, Christmas presents, Columbia, Culture, cup of tea, driving, expat, Frank Bruno, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, pantomimes, parlour games, road signs, Snapdragon, Sykesville, Twister, UK, Underwood Road, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 325
Walmart virgin Actually, read that as I am now no longer a Walmart virgin. I made a strange and curious decision to go to Walmart today. I had not been there before and some people have said DON’T DO IT … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Bradford on Avon, Britain, British, candy canes, carrier bags, Culture, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, j102.7 Jack FM, Jesus Jones, language, Merry Christmas, pint, pub, rock music, UK, USA, Walmart, Wiltshire
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 324
Christmas cards in the USA So, in the UK, we send Christmas cards that we bought at the shop/supermarket/discount store/posh shop or we make them with crafty bits or our child’s scribbles become the main feature of the card to … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Buzzfeed, Christmas, Christmas cards, Culture, dancing in the snow, exapt blog, expat, expats, happy holidays, hocoblogs@@@, photocards, seasons greetings, snow, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 323
Big bottoms Nope, I am not talking about ladies (or gents) here, folks. I am talking about the bottom bits of American houses (yes, the basements), particularly in the area in which I live (sometimes called McMansionville, I hear…) I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American real esate, American real estate, American realtors, Americans, basements, Blog, Bob and Ronna, Britain, British, Buzzfeed, Clarksville, Columbia, Creig Northrop, Culture, doppleganger, estate agents, expat, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, houses, Howard County, juke box, London estates, mansions, maryland, Phil Jones, pool table, UK, USA, wine cellar
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 322
The Littlest Hobo ‘Sometimes we expats are like the Littlest Hobo.’ Those are the words we uttered to our American friends, whilst musing about the fact that we expats never really seem to ‘settle down’ anywhere. They looked at us … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Canada, Canadian, Culture, dogs, Expats Blog, German Shepherd, hocoblogs@@@, Lassie, lifestyle, The Littlest Hobo, tv shows, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 321
Expat wife swapping So, I’m what’s known in the expat world as a ‘trailing spouse’. What a hideous term. It kind of conjures up images of us women lugging all the suitcases about behind our husbands as they do important … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s housewife, America, American, Americans, Britain, British, Culture, expat life, expats, hocoblogs@@@, trading spouses, trailing spouse, UK, USA, wife swap
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 320
Awesome Columbia Yesterday there was a whole lot of hoo-hah here about Columbia, Maryland (that place where I live) being given a hard time by an actress off the telly (Julia Louis-Dreyfus from Veep, don’t ya know!). This is my … Continue reading
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Tagged advent calendars, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Bruce Dessau, Brussel sprouts, Christmas crackers, Columbia, crackers, Culture, ebay, expat, Gold TV channcel, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, jokes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, maryland, Miley Cyrus, Richard Woolford, Rudolph, Santa, Silicone Tea Infuser, the Queen, twerking, UK, USA, Veep
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