American Football

Earlier this year it was announced that 1 regular season NFL game will be played in London's Wembley Stadium this fall. I registered my interest and was told further emails will be sent. What they have done is quite simple, for each round of ticket sales those who registered and interest were put into a lottery and then were sent passwords to buy the tickets when they were released. You could not get tickets without the unique password. Two rounds of ticket sales have come and gone and I heard NOTHING....until today! I was sent the email with the password informing me I could purchase up to 4 tickets. The game is Miami V. Buffalo but I don't care....to say I went to a NFL game here in the UK would be AWESOME!! I must say that although I was sent the password does not guarantee I will get tickets...more passwords than tickets were sent out. Maggie would stay home with friends as she could care less about it. The tickets go on sale next Tuesday so stay tuned.

PS....according to the NFL UK 500,000 people registered an interest in going to the game. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

Sleepy

I just had to take this photo...Christopher came home from school and this is what he did ~ fell asleep on the sofa.

Back To School....

The kids went back to school today and they were ready. All three were up bright and early and ready to start the day. I even made pancakes for breakfast!!

Maggie was a bit nervous as she is in a new part of the school but was very excited to see her friends. They were all showing her their shoes. I kid you not when I say 50% of her class {there are only 12} had the same shoes. They are called YoToys and are made by Clarks. The heels of the shoes have these toys in them - cars for boys and dolls for girls. They are located in the heel ~ one half in each shoe then snap together to make one toy. You can see them in the heel and they do come out so you can play with them. They are not cheap either £32 ($64) and I guess they are the 'must have' shoe of the season. Well Maggie is not going to have a pair of these as I think they are foolish. Yes I know, mean mom.

Anyway, here is a photo marking their first day of school. It is amazing how much they have changed over the year. I wanted to take the boys in for haircuts earlier this week but they refused as they said only dorks go to school with fresh haircuts. SO, they are going in a couple of weeks ~ I don't see what a difference a few weeks makes is but to it matters to them .

Here is last years photo for comparison.

Britains Finest??

I have posted in the past that I am a HUGE reality TV junkie and the X Factor has resumed here in the UK. It is like American Idol but with a twist....I actually prefer X Factor. Anyway, I am digressing. Here is a clip of a girl who was in the audition show last week...her attitude is awful and she really thinks she is good ~ in fact, better than Madonna.


I guess she did make for good TV!

Diana had this quiz posted on her blog so I thought I'd give it a try.....not surprised with what it came up with as I have only lived in the regions specified {not counting the UK of course}. What American accent do you have? Neutral You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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Date Night

Just a quick photo of us from our night out with friends :-} It was so nice to go out for a meal with no kids! I think the kids were excited to have us out of the house as well...we went to a new restaurant about 10 minutes from the house in a 'trendy' area of eateries and bars. Who would have thought...us trendy :-}

What Do You Think??

I don't know if Britney's new song is the big buzz where you are but that is ALL we are hearing about at the moment here. I will admit I sing along to her on the radio but I am not sure about this one.....maybe it will be one that the more you hear it the more you like it.


Let me say that I DID NOT create this video...found it on YouTube.

Hope you are having a great Saturday....the weather here was perfect and we went to the beach. Tonight it is adult night ~ we are going out with another couple for dinner and drinks!