The Daily Rave

[iris lilies]

If she goes to preschool/daycare there, there's a good chance she'll at least have some kind of hybrid accent! In my DH's Scottish immigrant family, he never went to preschool, but his brother did. My husband has a Scottish accent--acquired through only having interacted with other Scots in his formative years--but my BIL does not. The accent for my husband has been a blessing and a curse--people love the accent, but then they think he's faking it when they learn that he has lived here pretty much all his life. I can vouch that he is not faking it, although he does have a propensity to lay it on a little thick at times. And as he gets older, he seems to channel his mother's broad Glaswegian speech patterns a lot more.

i think I would love your husband!

[catherine]

i think I would love your husband!

Haha! You wouldn't be the first... but I have a feeling he'd love you, too!

[frugal-one]

Went to 2 local farmers’ markets here in the RGV and totally surprised at the wonderful organic produce. Was able to sample local fruits I have never had and see the local mushrooms in the area. I bought local honey and kombucha. There are 2 more markets I can check out! DH said he enjoyed going too! Supposedly more vegetables will be available in a few weeks.

I love it here! There is so much to do and people are friendly. I feel I have found finally my forever home!

[Tybee]

That is so wonderful--you worked hard to get there, congratulations!

[catherine]

I love it here! There is so much to do and people are friendly. I feel I have found finally my forever home!

That is such a great feeling!! I'm so happy for you!

[happystuff]

That's wonder, frugal-one!!

[Tradd]

Went to 2 local farmers’ markets here in the RGV and totally surprised at the wonderful organic produce. Was able to sample local fruits I have never had and see the local mushrooms in the area. I bought local honey and kombucha. There are 2 more markets I can check out! DH said he enjoyed going too! Supposedly more vegetables will be available in a few weeks.

I love it here! There is so much to do and people are friendly. I feel I have found finally my forever home!

That’s lovely to hear!

[Tradd]

I’m happy to report I’m about halfway through my Christmas cards. I keep them low effort. They’re diving photo cards so I don’t have to write anything on the card. I use a return address stamp. I do handwrite recipients’ addresses. I tried labels last year and it was more of a hassle than hand writing them. I have maybe 20 international cards. Those take about a month at most, so they will go out 11/15. The rest will go out right after Thanksgiving.

[happystuff]

I’m happy to report I’m about halfway through my Christmas cards. I keep them low effort. They’re diving photo cards so I don’t have to write anything on the card. I use a return address stamp. I do handwrite recipients’ addresses. I tried labels last year and it was more of a hassle than hand writing them. I have maybe 20 international cards. Those take about a month at most, so they will go out 11/15. The rest will go out right after Thanksgiving.

Kudos for being so pro-active!! I was just thinking about whether I was going to send any holiday cards out this year or not. Jury is still out.

[iris lilies]

My annual extravaganza of writing notes and processing 300 to 500 Christmas cards for Bulldog Rescue may be at at an end.


I told our organizer I was ready to start on Christmas cards and she said she’s been working on them since May and may not need my help this year, so yay!