UK, Petersfield - Keys, Milk & more.

Did you know:
1) The petro (gas) prices in the UK are around $12 USD a gallon. I just thought our prices were horrible. They also have seen huge price increases in food.

2) They still use keys that look like this:

3)They have milk delivered for coffee/tea and it package in reusable glass jars:

{milk bottles on the back step to the office}

I really do not find many huge difference between England and the US. There are the "wrong" side of the road driving and the "funny" terms they use for certain things but while in the stores I recognized many of the brands I buy at home. I even got accustom to going to the "wrong" side of the car to be a passenger and looking to the proper side of the road while crossing intersections.

-Tammy

Travel to Petersfield UK (Again)

Howdy, all.
I made it to the UK without too much trouble. The gentleman sitting next to me on the plane was an extremely chatty fellow. It was nice for a while but then when I wanted to sleep or watch a movie… not so good. Tom bought me noise canceling headphones a while back and those definitely helped with the situation. LOL. I think I may have slept only 2 hrs.
The drive from the London-Gatwick airport to Petersfield is about an hour. The driver was super nice and has a shitzu named Lucky. If Jim is taking me to the airport this next Saturday then he is going to bring Lucky with him. He took me the country route but I forgot to get my camera out of the boot (trunk) before we left the airport. I enjoyed learning about some of the small townships long the way.

Jim dropped me off at the hotel around 9:30 am and the lovely wonderful hotel clerk informed me that I couldn’t check in early. She mentioned once a room was available she would find me in the hotel restaurant. Check out time here is noon and check in time is 2:00 pm. Guess who didn’t come get me… I finally ventured back around 1:45 pm after a cup of coffee and lunch to see if they had a room available. Of course by that point they did. All she said is she was having a busy morning. Mean while I was about to pass out from no sleep. Lovely.

I came to the room unpacked, took a shower and then took an awesome 3 hr nap. Mucho better.
The Premier Inn isn’t really the “Premier” hotel. It is nice enough and the room is fairly big for a European room. No internet, no telephone in the room. It is the most convenient of the hotels in Petersfield and the hotel restaurant is very good. There isn’t air conditioning except for the fan and open window.
View out my window:

Car Park (Parking Lot) with the standard cars here:

The air conditioner:

Good Birthday

I had a good birthday week. The week started off with celebrating with Mom & Dad in Victoria. I received a bunch of cards that had me laughing & dinner with Tom, Mel, John and Carter. Tom bought me some really pretty flowers too. Thanks to you guys for all the birthday wishes!!

Pictures from birthday dinner:

{Tom & Birthday Girl}

{John & Mel}

{Cutie, Carter Joseph}

Guys Weekend & Victoria Trip (June 7th&8th)

Tom had a guys weekend with Matt & Jay the weekend of June 7th&8th. It sounds like they had a good time at the Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas. What would guys not like about a weekend filled with beer & cars, eh?

The pups and I headed to Victoria Saturday morning. Kristy's dance recital was at noon at the Victoria College auditorium. Boy, I hadn't been in that auditorium in years. Bought back a few good memories of my dance recitals and one or two not so good memories of piano recitals. lol

Kristy was the best in her class. Not that I am a very biased Aunt but she really is good. Since photos w/flash were not allowed... I don't have really good pictures but here are a few:

Kristy is the third girl from the left in both pictures.

When I get a copy of Kristy's dance portraits I will post those also.

The pups & I hung out with my parents the rest of the weekend. It was nice to visit and get some yummy home cooking (especially being away from home in the UK the week before!!)

-Tammy

Playing at Work...

http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/?l=runners,avatar_viewer,2095517413

So I only have a million + 1 items on my to do list for work but I took a quick break and created an Nike Plus avatar. Isn't she cute? LOL.

Ok back to work.

-Tammy

Petersfield UK Work Trip

I recently had a quick work trip to the Petersfield UK. This was my first time to this location. Since I arrived in London during rush hour the driver took the me country roads route. I was half asleep during the hour+ drive but what I do remember was very quaint. There was one church on top of the hill with graves stone cascading down the hill. I certainly would have been a little scared if I had seen the church hillside in the evening with fog. Maybe the next time I visit I will ask the driver to stop so I can take a picture.

Since I wasn't there for a long period of time I really didn't explore much. Most of the photos were taken around the office and the client did take me to Portsmouth (sp?) for dinner which is the the one pic of the marina.

-Mrs. T

Little Boy Turner's Baby Shower

On May 31st we had a shower for Blaine, Marige and Little Boy Turner with a bunch of Margie's & Blaine's friends. The food was yummy and I think Little Boy Turner receive a lot of cute things. Chloe, TJ, Mya and Allie even pictched in a got Little Boy Turner a doggie toy to put on his crib.

Margie is looking adorable. She of course thinks she looks huge but I am really really impressed. Way to go Margie Ann!!!!

Carter had a good time hanging out with everyone. He is was such a cutie pie and was all smiles (mostly). Carter did test out some of Little Boy Turner's goodies... just to make sure they were worthy for his cousin. Several items were hugged and kissed on (aka went straight into his mouth).

No name Little Boy Turner... still doesn't have a name. If you have any suggestions please post a comment.