A Fairly Fabulous Day

Earlier this summer #FlowerBeards, became all the rage.  So I went to our local flower shop and bought a few items, came home and gleefully announced to Porter that he was going to become the proud new owner of a flower beard.  He wasn't sure at first, I think liked it in the end.  Mind you, he couldn't move his mouth at all during any of the assembly or the photo shoot.  I really like this trend, I wish more guys would 1: grow beards (they are sexy!) and 2: decorate them in flowers (because it's fun!). I had so much fun with this that I decided to give Puck a #FlowerFro, since he didn't have a beard.  I went through an entire bag of treats getting him to sit still long enough to put flowers in his hair and snap a few pics. But in actuality, this is what he really thought of my flower shenanigans......

The second part of our day out in Kent was somewhat influenced by our late start to the day due to driving out of London, and the fact that Google Maps had a us lost for a good 45 minutes.  After Dover Castle and the White Cliffs of Dover we were supposed to have lunch at The Cider Works , however due to time we had to abandon this part of the trip.  We ended up driving up the coast to Walmer Castle.  Just a bit of history:  King Henry VIII was having a little conflict with France and Spain due to the fact that he was divorcing/killing wives, creating a new church, ect.  So he built artillery forts/castles along the coast.  The round shape of these structures is better to withstand a cannon ball attack than say the earlier square castles.  This particular castle had been converted to a grand house in 1708.  The gardens were amazing and the house was very fun to tour.  I loved seeing the cannons on the roof as well.  And this castle is ri...

This past weekend I planned a trip for us to visit the White Cliffs of Dover.  I had an old song book as a child with a song "The White Cliffs of Dover" in it and an illustration of an army officer and beautiful lady singing by the cliffs.  I've always wanted to see the them.  So we rented a car and headed out. The only car we were able to find was a manual.  Porter was less than excited to drive a stick shift on the opposite side, but he was a trooper and did great.  I should mention that he also drove this car through the heart of London.  I don't know how he did it, I would have cried the first 10 minutes and gone home.  I may add that he did have a pretty great navigator, it may have made the drive a wee bit better.  It took us about an hour to get out of the city and then an hour to the coast in Kent. Our first stop of the day was Dover Castle.  This fabulous castle is a top the majestic Cliffs of Dover.  It is surprisingly...

Well Porter and I have really been enjoying British life, it seems to be all scones and cream tea!  At least on the weekends that is.  During the week it is work, work, work.  Porter is busy getting set up over here.  He works from home a couple days a week and then goes into Central London about 3 times a week.  He actually was able to visit a customer out in Newbury last week.  His colleague picked him up at the train station and they drove through the English countryside in a convertible.  I was a wee bit jealous.   I've been sending out resumes for jobs, but not having any luck as of yet.  On some of the expat forums members have said it takes a while for Americans to find jobs over here, so I'm settling in for the long haul.  In the meantime I've started learning to code.  Right now I'm learning javascript.  It's actually pretty exciting.  I haven't decided if I will audition here or not.  We want to trave...