Tonight I was trying to find a video for the kids to watch on the computer. I opened up my browser and from the across the room my four year old yelled “Hey, that’s google!” Now we are an admittedly techy household with gadgets galore, but we have not put any effort into explaining the […]
Wearing my fat pants
Today I wore my fat pants to work. I wore them because I *thought* I couldn’t fit into my regular pants and was too afraid to try. I couldn’t face the anxiety of knowing that my butt had grown another inch and my pants were not going to close. I gave up before I even […]
Best week ever
This past week may not be one of the best weeks in my whole life, but it has been my best blogging week ever. As this is my blog, it felt only right to share it with you. Here are the top reasons why I had my best week ever: 5. I won a 200GBP […]
Should You Keep Your Last Name?
When my husband and I got engaged, I was amazed by how many people asked me about my last name. Most people assumed I’d switch and “won’t that be cool to have an Italian last name!” When I explained that I was planning to keep my own name, people looked at me like I’d just […]
Returning to work after baby is HARD
As some of you know, a few months ago I returned to full time work. If I can give one piece of advice to women planning to return to work, it would be this: don’t move to a new country, start your kids in a new daycare AND return to the work in the same […]
The gahden pahty
Nomad Papa is a professor at the University of Oxford, and as such, he is also a fellow at an Oxford College. (Note: all of that should be pronounced with as posh an accent as possible.) I’d be terrified to go to events there except that all of the faculty at his college are like […]
An Early Christmas Shopping Campaign
It seems as if every year the holiday season starts creeping up on us a bit too soon, and a bit too quickly. Of course, it’s not like we aren’t anxious to experience this cheerful time of year – rather, it’s just that when we’re seeing trailers for Christmas films in september, or seeing London’s […]
The Lunchbox Mafia
My 4 year old started school this month. I did not get overly worked up about sending her off. I made a big deal about it to her, but I honestly just expected it to be more of the same old, same old. Boy was I wrong. She’s two weeks in and can already write […]