HAPPY THANKSGIVING

So much to be thankful for in my life. It doesn't seem fair...

I just pulled our Duck out of the Oven and we are waiting for our relatively small group of "family" to arrive. Barry Mellish, my English Friend from Almaden Valley Youth Ministry, his wife Julia and daughter Helena are coming as well as our cousin Katie Jo Dolan, a North Dakota Transplant. We also made a small Turkey Breast because Eliot couldn't stand Thanksgiving without some Turkey. But other than that it will be a pretty unconventional meal. We found some delicious things to eat however at the Borough Market near the London Bridge Station. I recommend this market for anyone who likes food!

By now we are looking at the tail end of our London week and I feel I can re-write the book London with Kids. I am still in love with my Iphone which makes getting about in a strange place very easy. (The little blue dot tells me just where I am). Love the public transportation and the very friendly and helpful people. We take back what we said about November not being a good time to visit London. We have the City and especially all the tourist spots to ourselves. The only challenge is the home schooling and getting Thomas to eat anything...

Missing the rest of you in Los Gatos, Michigan and Benicia...

First Day In London

Wow! It seems no matter what I do with my particular slice of it, the time passes with regularity and here we are in London, 25 Cheval Place, Kinghtsbridge London SW7 1EW to be exact. It seems ages ago when Dolma and Bunny told us that they wanted to meet us for dinner to tell us some "news". A third child? Moving to the south bay (we wish)? or a new job for the U.N.E.P. in Kenya? What? You're kidding right? It got me thinking about the choices we make in our lives and how they lead us here or there, & how easy it is to just let life happen with out much thought. Does that sound like a mid-life crisis?

So here we are in London, trying to avoid jet lag; loving the first images of this very urban place where everything has a quaint name like Princes Garden, Ennismore Mews, and Yeoman's Row without a Garden, Mews or Yeoman in site; just lots of expensive shops, museums, and beautiful walk-up townhouses.

Much Love & Light, Dede


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