Here is an amazing natural chandelier created by ice ice outside our back door. Most of today was taken up with chores, putting together the cot/crib (Exile #4 immediately thought it was for her, but was quickly disuaded). Buying some cotton sheets that fit our bed, unpacking some books onto bookshelves, more filing, removing some more empty packing materials to the basement... The girls made a fantastic house/fairground/baker's shop/toxic waste accident with the Playmobil figures and had their first game of Pac-Man on the newly set-up XBOX360 (is that still called next-generation gaming?). Incidentally, Exile #2 is now predicting 1) She'll never see me, 2) The blog will cease, 3) I'll fail to get any sleep. Hopefully you will witness her proved wrong on at least one of these.
I've been noticing some popular cultural references that can pass you by when they refer to someone else's culture. For example, although we may realise that it refers to one-hour film processing, the Robin Williams film, "One Hour Photo" loses something if you are not used to seeing those words over shop entrances in every mall you visit. Some product names work much better here too such as the 'natural' yoghurt that the girls are eating at the moment "Yo Baby" which is obviously a 'yoghurt' reference, but works better when you pronounce 'yoghurt' so it rhymes with toe-shirt.
The day finished with our first hosting of some natives for dinner, a return from our first Sunday-lunch invitation. Exile #2 cooked some great food, including the British staple, apple crumble (served with Vanilla Ice-cream). It is nice to feel established enough for that to be possible although we did discover that we could do with a stereo, a CD rack and a coffee-table when we are trying to entertain in the 'formal' rooms of the house. More 'stuff' required to fill the house!
And yes, for Day 45 it had to be really, tenuous pop pun #3 for title watchers. If there's a problem...
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it???
ReplyDeleteEclectic taste, to say the least!! Perhaps it's safer if you don't get a stereo after all?
You'll be pleased to know that the launch of 52 Ways went very well yesterday. Church was full of people composting, recycling a landfill site loving created for the occasion, going on prayer walks (both physically and imaginatively) but the highlight for me was Geoff and Janes dramas. The line "So tell me Jane, what is Cluster4" brought the house down! I think Geoff must also be the first person at St B's ever to get a round of applause for giving a notice!
We've set up a mail list server so if you want to be emailed the next "Way" once a week, then sign up here http://cluster4.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/52ways_cluster4.org.uk
When is Exile#5/Native#1 due? We thought it was sometime around Easter but then you said something at it being 100 days away?
Take care
Adrian
Great - thanks for that, glad all went well. Looking forward to receiving the 'ways'.
ReplyDeleteThe baby is due at 3.31 am/pm (or that's how it still sounds to me when they say the due date here!). The Day 100ish was an imaginary blog post for late-April some time when we've been here 100 days.