Interview By Expats Blog

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Recently</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was approached by Expats Blog</div><div style="text-align: center;">for an interview</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I figured, why not?<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCeKdjh26uTtlZpfVHWZMaVmfZajowh_iCWltN2QPB87F8sfpCjdsOSfhH_72pxFYdj_4yG0K7iy9kKVxaz5TBuIEN268W01AK3XWrBd1DXuJVyv0aaAIKypheVhOBFt9VOCVc-qjKyYa/s1600/Capture111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCeKdjh26uTtlZpfVHWZMaVmfZajowh_iCWltN2QPB87F8sfpCjdsOSfhH_72pxFYdj_4yG0K7iy9kKVxaz5TBuIEN268W01AK3XWrBd1DXuJVyv0aaAIKypheVhOBFt9VOCVc-qjKyYa/s400/Capture111.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I try to find the right balance of what to share personally online,<br />and I've revealed a little more about me in this <a href="http://www.expatsblog.com/articles/1423/america-to-england-expat-interview-with-laura">interview</a> with Expats Blog<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you enjoy it :)</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Interview By Expats Blog

Recently I was approached by Expats Blog for an interview I figured, why not? I try to find the right balance of what to share personally on...

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Weekend In Photos

<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Another weekend has passed,</div><div style="text-align: center;">captured within a few images</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the view from Holmbury Hill of</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Weald of Surrey and Sussex</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZILmttS0scOrIGBi6IGKjoIY7Y_ZqtuTJpHQtob82xSHrFMBol6hbL73vyVJPLkJicxdSjq2_nFGaxQROTqrA0czPKRQxe_6of7rEtplb4I-n9pFKhQf3JvWoUUTuXLh7yBCjeN7JKdTH/s1600/photo+(81)-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZILmttS0scOrIGBi6IGKjoIY7Y_ZqtuTJpHQtob82xSHrFMBol6hbL73vyVJPLkJicxdSjq2_nFGaxQROTqrA0czPKRQxe_6of7rEtplb4I-n9pFKhQf3JvWoUUTuXLh7yBCjeN7JKdTH/s640/photo+(81)-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Weald crosses Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, and Surrey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What was once a vast forest </div><div style="text-align: center;">is now a picture-perfect landscape of scattered farms and villages<br /><br /><br /><div>While the rain melted the snow this week,</div><div>chilly temperatures froze local ponds</div><div>to create yet another scene calling my name :)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT7DUQMzkJ66dbPKVKwAp0KzeNPSVHY01HLYOHEJWfQ2pUiQKgGwtB4CPm5vgxvRgKuV_ZL7GPFytBF5SYL_TR0D0xdI6UJaLb3WpKvYJwLAxKx1iAsgG8zOHu-Yrrp2ziPWeg7uxEfpj/s1600/photo+%252883%2529-010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT7DUQMzkJ66dbPKVKwAp0KzeNPSVHY01HLYOHEJWfQ2pUiQKgGwtB4CPm5vgxvRgKuV_ZL7GPFytBF5SYL_TR0D0xdI6UJaLb3WpKvYJwLAxKx1iAsgG8zOHu-Yrrp2ziPWeg7uxEfpj/s640/photo+%252883%2529-010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The River Thames, however, was not frozen</div><div style="text-align: center;">as seen by rowers in Bray</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLefc4nXkeFd4SRdJnMuSaZAeiSPvVkes3LubVf4Q5Wma5i5cJumqWONRc_4J-ETeKq9zkTMSEcBYPIhXiupsQDNHNiX6_Mn-zs3qKQUKpzGGWee_DfiEXVC79NXYUwI3DZc_L-eEaTmfn/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLefc4nXkeFd4SRdJnMuSaZAeiSPvVkes3LubVf4Q5Wma5i5cJumqWONRc_4J-ETeKq9zkTMSEcBYPIhXiupsQDNHNiX6_Mn-zs3qKQUKpzGGWee_DfiEXVC79NXYUwI3DZc_L-eEaTmfn/s640/image.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />The River Thames used to freeze regularly<br />You can read about it in a previous post <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/frozen-river-thames.html">here</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great week :)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- all photos by me -</span></i></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weald">Wikipedia</a></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Weekend In Photos

Another weekend has passed, captured within a few images I love the view from Holmbury Hill of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex The Weald cros...

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Snow Days

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The weekend was filled with snow play</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a wintry walk</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEGuwoYm3rW0XiQz7TprFMzq01gtzWqDaqGtfYYQoOHjt8mJP4dteE7yoRffhuZcLXykZOSfGkCYzIODvCOI0SNrYPLI7WOcRfYLzU45D-gajnCqL6SeIUMC_2f5zfAVjJ6fDtzk1gSgF/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEGuwoYm3rW0XiQz7TprFMzq01gtzWqDaqGtfYYQoOHjt8mJP4dteE7yoRffhuZcLXykZOSfGkCYzIODvCOI0SNrYPLI7WOcRfYLzU45D-gajnCqL6SeIUMC_2f5zfAVjJ6fDtzk1gSgF/s640/PicMonkey+Collage+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday brought loud cheers </div><div style="text-align: center;">when school cancelled due to road conditions</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiEHVqx1a-qlPtpArL3spRGv-euQNjcLCjJ-H4detcEpsjhd1tZnGvvV7ZWU6OKdMMgu-E6ZiK8SzyTuOTCwvVQu7WlpMMh3dIzFOKGv52-jJqf4DFktd67X5oM2afXlxcpUnrn7BNLNN/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+3-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiEHVqx1a-qlPtpArL3spRGv-euQNjcLCjJ-H4detcEpsjhd1tZnGvvV7ZWU6OKdMMgu-E6ZiK8SzyTuOTCwvVQu7WlpMMh3dIzFOKGv52-jJqf4DFktd67X5oM2afXlxcpUnrn7BNLNN/s640/PicMonkey+Collage+3-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">By Tuesday,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the roads had cleared</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">so I hopped, skipped, jumped to </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hilliergardens">Sir Harold Hillier Gardens</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one of the biggest 'Winter Gardens' in Europe</div><div style="text-align: center;">covering three acres with 650 different plantings</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it is January,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there were already blooms in the garden</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4XzELm7vnLXq4llSG9YOi22Tu_w3x4Ed64NlV0htIcfnMh8hcC_bLSEo-kobjtm6TYxOefSlLyT7j2QKbomg1ot_8Zib0PbRSfvGES0oTZL-mWYlVSWj4szZgxy5SAx6DtO7bvZvMFPs/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+7-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4XzELm7vnLXq4llSG9YOi22Tu_w3x4Ed64NlV0htIcfnMh8hcC_bLSEo-kobjtm6TYxOefSlLyT7j2QKbomg1ot_8Zib0PbRSfvGES0oTZL-mWYlVSWj4szZgxy5SAx6DtO7bvZvMFPs/s640/PicMonkey+Collage+7-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">extremely fragrant <i>Daphne Bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'</i> and hellebore</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_BMLrWHQTvM48sS_DXayc_7q_tapt5XLAACEBT4jsJHZpDNJRqB7qIrC6F7whHCAemiipSV3CZfWJ-MUAdLcgaq9oIzpZ4vhNuqC3Zfv9VvLn0CVRM2kft-rOmtsF_NtmCsxxu7mp__b/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+8-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_BMLrWHQTvM48sS_DXayc_7q_tapt5XLAACEBT4jsJHZpDNJRqB7qIrC6F7whHCAemiipSV3CZfWJ-MUAdLcgaq9oIzpZ4vhNuqC3Zfv9VvLn0CVRM2kft-rOmtsF_NtmCsxxu7mp__b/s640/PicMonkey+Collage+8-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">witch hazel</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was completely smitten by the bark in the birch grove</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPyJneUn-EtTL2j7MN87mPzu1uizdPMmfTVUclWjyoKFdHVkjbbvw_CIfm0qulOeJhDytKS35qHD8FmIY7Gwsmfnww9ECJN-HoGiuTIf0347_fEM8uKA8jSAZV2tCHjR0xcbXg2h9Bajs/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPyJneUn-EtTL2j7MN87mPzu1uizdPMmfTVUclWjyoKFdHVkjbbvw_CIfm0qulOeJhDytKS35qHD8FmIY7Gwsmfnww9ECJN-HoGiuTIf0347_fEM8uKA8jSAZV2tCHjR0xcbXg2h9Bajs/s640/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYH5HuJAk-3WlP9yqtGLuAzBy3t23JT9SZOUto8R-yDlAOucuImacB1BHuqNKUBOSu69fCfUNzFA4FN7XYffPWkv8I1Z8PmL5sYaOn3GHo0RnibvYvoekL50_-tCxl4Nmeyyzp0jdQc12/s1600/photo+(62)-0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYH5HuJAk-3WlP9yqtGLuAzBy3t23JT9SZOUto8R-yDlAOucuImacB1BHuqNKUBOSu69fCfUNzFA4FN7XYffPWkv8I1Z8PmL5sYaOn3GHo0RnibvYvoekL50_-tCxl4Nmeyyzp0jdQc12/s640/photo+(62)-0011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the rest of your week!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- all photos by me -</span></i></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Snow Days

The weekend was filled with snow play and a wintry walk Monday brought loud cheers  when school cancelled due to road conditions By Tuesday,...

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