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Monday, September 30, 2024 - 10:00
September is always a big month for me here because it is the start of the Methodist New Year.…
Saturday, August 31, 2024 - 10:00
August is always a rather chill month in the UK, and I don’t just mean the British summer weather…
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - 10:00
At the start of July, I was still in Leeds celebrating my reception into full connexion and…
Friday, July 26, 2024 - 05:09
The Dominion Olympics is a series of themed events designed to emulate the excitement and variety…
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 13:00
When day four dawned in Niagara Falls, we were all pretty tired. It was the last day to try and do…
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 12:00
On day three in Niagara Falls we decided to start with the classic boat ride into the falls.…
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 11:00
When Joel, Steve, and I first planned this trip, we were going to spend one, maybe two days in…
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 10:00
When we last left off in May, Joel, Steve and I had rented a massive RV and were setting off on our…
Friday, May 31, 2024 - 10:00
This is going to be my biggest monthly review so far as it was a very full month - from seeing the…
Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 08:46
Bethany and I share a love for board games, and one game that has particularly captured her heart…
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 10:00
April started with Easter Monday - which is a holiday here in the UK! There was an event going on…
Sunday, March 31, 2024 - 10:00
I have to admit, I put off writing this blog post for a few weeks because it is going to be a long…
Thursday, February 29, 2024 - 10:00
At the beginning of February, we decided to resurrect our “Frolic Fridays” - when we use my day off…
Sunday, February 18, 2024 - 13:50
As mentioned in my previous post, we've been making playlists of our favorite songs of the year. As…
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 10:00
Happy New Year! I always love the start of a new year, the turn of a calendar page. I know it is…
Friday, January 19, 2024 - 07:03
Bethany and I share a love for the open road, where the simple joy of cruising is accompanied by…
Monday, January 1, 2024 - 10:00
I've been keeping track of everything I read since 2018, and I find it ever so helpful as I have a…
Monday, January 1, 2024 - 10:00
I've had so much fun keeping track of my reading for the last six years that this year, I've…
Sunday, December 31, 2023 - 10:00
December is always a full, fun, busy month, so hold on to your hats, here we go!
We started off by…
Thursday, November 30, 2023 - 10:00
On the first day of November, I had some work to do in Trellech and Monmouth, so Joel and I turned…
Monday, November 13, 2023 - 13:32
He did it! I can hardly wait for spring!
A big thank you to my gardener, two hundred thirty bulbs…
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 - 11:41
It may be fall, but we are already dreaming of spring!
It was Tulip time when we visited Keukenhof…
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 18:00
October this year started off strong with the Harvest Festival at Caldicot on the 1st! We were…
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 10:07
We had our first freeze on Friday, so I guess this officially ushers in chili season. Although, we…
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 14:36
We have been experiencing beautiful fall weather. This week has been peak fall colors. But, a…
Monday, October 16, 2023 - 14:19
Someone posted a meme this week that brought back fall memories from high school. When my friends…
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 07:47
Did you know that "each fall, North American monarchs travel from their summer breeding grounds to…
Monday, October 2, 2023 - 13:26
I spent another week being non-weight bearing in the boot following surgery on September 12. I did…
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 10:00
September is always one of my favorite months of the year - and not just because it contains my…
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 14:54
Fall is our favorite time of year, so we decided to take a little getaway to Minnesota this past…
Monday, September 18, 2023 - 14:19
This week started off with a question from a friend on Facebook…
Of all the toppings I’ve tried,…
Monday, September 11, 2023 - 13:32
This past Monday was Labor Day in the U.S. Officially, Labor Day is a celebration of the hard-won…
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 11:00
Hopefully, we are having our last blast of summer, 90+ degrees Fahrenheit temps. I am so ready for…
Thursday, August 31, 2023 - 07:39
In the US, August was always my least favorite month of the year. In Iowa it is a HOT month, and I…
Monday, August 28, 2023 - 13:44
WOW is all I can say about the heat this past week. We had two days of actual triple digits, plus…
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 13:50
I can’t believe that August is more than half over. It was a good week for the Iowa State Fair.
The…
Thursday, August 17, 2023 - 12:44
On Friday the 21 of April, 12 days after leaving home, it was time to head back to the UK. Our…
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - 10:14
From our morning in Luxembourg City, we had about a three-hour drive to get to our final stop on…
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - 09:35
If you’ve been keeping track of our EU Road trip adventure you’ll have noticed that we went to…
Monday, August 14, 2023 - 04:48
This was a very busy week, so here are the highlights…
Monday on the Grill with Matthew: BBQ Bacon…