Emjay Vox 2009-11-10T23:43:04Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398b6cb120004/ What I want to know is .... tag:vox.com,2009-11-10:asset-6a00e398b6cb12000401240b7713ac860e 2009-11-10T23:14:18Z 2009-11-10T23:43:04Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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` With us all diligently slapping hand sanitizer on our hands to kill 99.99% of everything that might make us sick..... where do all the killed germs go? These have nothing to do with dead things on hands - I just thought they were pretty. ...

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]]> Zooming in on terror tag:vox.com,2009-11-08:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f1799ff1860f 2009-11-08T22:22:18Z 2009-11-10T23:45:28Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ I am scared of squirrels. Irrational I know and I'm annoyed at myself for being afraid of such a cute looking little thing. I'd never seen a "real" squirrel until my first day here and when I saw them I raved over their sweet little faces an...

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]]> Still at the Old Soldiers' Home tag:vox.com,2009-11-04:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f177bf56860f 2009-11-04T23:46:31Z 2009-11-09T00:40:29Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Continuing on from Lincoln's Cottage we wandered into an area that we might not have been authorized to enter given we did not have visitors passes.... The Old Soldiers' Home. Written under the clock is SHERMAN The Old Soldier's Home was found...

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]]> Weekend walk to history tag:vox.com,2009-11-03:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123dde0a2ee860d 2009-11-03T00:51:41Z 2009-11-08T23:29:48Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Our weekend walk was a little damp as we wandered along Rock Creek Church Road: to President Lincoln's Cottage at the Old Soldiers' Home. The site is 3 miles north of the White House and Lincoln used this as his summer retreat from June-Novembe...

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]]> Halloween tag:vox.com,2009-10-31:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f175c238860f 2009-10-31T22:20:31Z 2009-11-05T10:45:49Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ So, what do we do for Halloween? Well, we had some friends over after lunch, and now we sit here filled with dutch courage, waiting for the assault on our door. This is our second Halloween in the house. Last year I bought candy though...

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]]> More of nature's colour tag:vox.com,2009-10-27:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f17416d7860f 2009-10-27T22:56:33Z 2009-11-03T02:25:55Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ My laptop has had to be airlifted to intensive care.... over the weekend just after I had downloaded my photos from the Arboretum it developed some very weird hieroglyphic type scribble over the desktop. I have a mac which is almost 3 years...

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]]> Marriage & Autumn tag:vox.com,2009-10-25:asset-6a00e398b6cb12000401240b6f818b860e 2009-10-25T22:43:03Z 2009-10-31T22:27:15Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ We rented a car so that we could get to a friend's place way out in the 'burbs of Virginia last night. When the manservant brought the car home he said that he had had to park it "way down near the park" and that it was pouring with rain. ...

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]]> Wow! .... tag:vox.com,2009-10-22:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f1716d4a860f 2009-10-22T19:58:26Z 2009-10-29T07:14:59Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Never Find Me

~ Who would've thought that a post on matching shoes to a dress would garner such interest but then I never thought choosing between the two pairs was going to be so difficult until I put them on! By posting my question here I thought there ...

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]]> Choose a Shoe... tag:vox.com,2009-10-21:asset-6a00e398b6cb12000401240b6d0acd860e 2009-10-21T00:18:39Z 2009-11-04T01:04:51Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ In about 7 weeks time I am going to be a Mother-of-the-Groom. Now, while I realise this position is not as important as Mother-of-the-Bride, or even the Bride herself, I will be on display more than I'm used to and, as such, open to some fashi...

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]]> Appearances... tag:vox.com,2009-10-16:asset-6a00e398b6cb12000401240b6ac90c860e 2009-10-16T22:50:25Z 2009-10-21T02:19:45Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

I may be narrow, but I'm deep.

~ This morning a little boy, about 6 years old, very well dressed and with a miniature back pack, got on the train with his mother and baby sister. He sat down and clasped his hands neatly together and began curiously looking at people around h...

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