Comments on: OK in the UK http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:56:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: aunt heather http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15439 aunt heather Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:32:06 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15439 Good to hear about your first couple of weeks. Also hoping that this will mean that we will hear of your doings more often. I agree about the pictures. Good to hear about your first couple of weeks. Also hoping that this will mean that we will hear of your doings more often. I agree about the pictures.

]]> By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15404 Valerie (Kyriosity) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:53:56 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15404 I happened to see the website URL when it was briefly posted the other day, and since it was removed I have had to strive mightily against the temptation to broadcast it once it. But I did start telling people on Sunday about the skirty. Interest is piqued! I happened to see the website URL when it was briefly posted the other day, and since it was removed I have had to strive mightily against the temptation to broadcast it once it. But I did start telling people on Sunday about the skirty. Interest is piqued!

]]> By: paula gibbs http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15147 paula gibbs Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:06:07 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15147 As a former (albeit short-lived) Oxford resident, you have my sympathies on the shopping front. I had a really hard time finding anything "affordable", and that was five years ago! You probably found the Oxfams already - they're not as cheap as the Goodwill, but still much better than retail. As a former (albeit short-lived) Oxford resident, you have my sympathies on the shopping front. I had a really hard time finding anything “affordable”, and that was five years ago! You probably found the Oxfams already – they’re not as cheap as the Goodwill, but still much better than retail.

]]> By: Anna J http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15084 Anna J Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:23:56 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15084 As a UK resident, really enjoyed reading your account of Shopping In The UK!! You seem remarkably positive though! Would love to know how you're finding Oxford life. What's your hubbie doing there anyway? My husband spent happy years at Oxford Uni, where he became a Christian, followed by working for a fantastic church there afterwards and he's now a pastor on the east coast of England. Do let us know if you'd like more info on the Oxford church scene! We know of great places to eat too... As a UK resident, really enjoyed reading your account of Shopping In The UK!! You seem remarkably positive though! Would love to know how you’re finding Oxford life. What’s your hubbie doing there anyway? My husband spent happy years at Oxford Uni, where he became a Christian, followed by working for a fantastic church there afterwards and he’s now a pastor on the east coast of England. Do let us know if you’d like more info on the Oxford church scene! We know of great places to eat too…

]]> By: Blake Law http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15080 Blake Law Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:10:11 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-15080 Wow--a farmhouse close enough to walk to Oxford? Sounds wonderful, although I would probably still opt to ride one of those glorious English bicycles )you know, the kind you can comfortably ride while you're wearing a suit). I don't think you need a grill for the window sill; just pour some vinegar on it every week or so. Wow–a farmhouse close enough to walk to Oxford? Sounds wonderful, although I would probably still opt to ride one of those glorious English bicycles )you know, the kind you can comfortably ride while you’re wearing a suit). I don’t think you need a grill for the window sill; just pour some vinegar on it every week or so.

]]> By: Natalie Short http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14794 Natalie Short Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:49:06 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14794 (I'm wondering if "drop-dead" and "gorgeous dishes" should really be in the same sentence. Maybe she means "drop them and you're dead gorgeous dishes" :D ) I'm going to go be mischievous elsewhere now. (I’m wondering if “drop-dead” and “gorgeous dishes” should really be in the same sentence. Maybe she means “drop them and you’re dead gorgeous dishes” :D )

I’m going to go be mischievous elsewhere now.

]]> By: Rayia http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14479 Rayia Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:54:39 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14479 We have the same type mattress, and man oh, man lugging a king size monster-in-a-box, weighing about a ton, up stairs to our room was something I will not soon forget. But it was a real upgrade from the mattress we slept on the first few years of marriage. That one was so bad we'd start out the night on our own sides of the bed and by morning we'd be smashed in the middle. We piled pillows down the middle underneath and after a few months of squishing the pillows flat we'd do it all over again. Our next mattress was a $20.00 blow-up from Wal-Mart that we had on the floor, we thought it was heaven compared to the lumpy mess we were used to, and it was not too long before we mastered the art of turning over VERY slowly as to not wake the other thinking there was an earth quake. However heaven on earth can not last, and a few months later, we discovered we had a leak somewhere in the mattress, and began the ritual of waking at 4:30 in the morning pumping it up, so we could keep our bums off the floor. These memories are some of our fondest and make us laugh every time, so I'm glad to hear that you can still have funny mattress stories after several years of marriage, well...maybe not:) And what are these drop-dead gorgeous dishes? We have the same type mattress, and man oh, man lugging a king size monster-in-a-box, weighing about a ton, up stairs to our room was something I will not soon forget. But it was a real upgrade from the mattress we slept on the first few years of marriage. That one was so bad we’d start out the night on our own sides of the bed and by morning we’d be smashed in the middle. We piled pillows down the middle underneath and after a few months of squishing the pillows flat we’d do it all over again. Our next mattress was a $20.00 blow-up from Wal-Mart that we had on the floor, we thought it was heaven compared to the lumpy mess we were used to, and it was not too long before we mastered the art of turning over VERY slowly as to not wake the other thinking there was an earth quake. However heaven on earth can not last, and a few months later, we discovered we had a leak somewhere in the mattress, and began the ritual of waking at 4:30 in the morning pumping it up, so we could keep our bums off the floor. These memories are some of our fondest and make us laugh every time, so I’m glad to hear that you can still have funny mattress stories after several years of marriage, well…maybe not:)
And what are these drop-dead gorgeous dishes?

]]> By: kamelda http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14395 kamelda Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:58:49 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14395 Mattresses. Our favorite was a futon mattress for less than one hundred dollars the experience of sleeping on which was like sinking down into a deep bed of pocket lint. Our least favorite was the airbed with pretensions to take over the world -- all it needed was a monacle: it developed a sort of incline so that we had to actually ascend it and anchor ourselves to the side so that we wouldn't fall off during the night. Foam sounds very comfortable. I enjoyed reading this. Mattresses. Our favorite was a futon mattress for less than one hundred dollars the experience of sleeping on which was like sinking down into a deep bed of pocket lint. Our least favorite was the airbed with pretensions to take over the world — all it needed was a monacle: it developed a sort of incline so that we had to actually ascend it and anchor ourselves to the side so that we wouldn’t fall off during the night. Foam sounds very comfortable. I enjoyed reading this.

]]> By: Natalie Short http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14267 Natalie Short Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:34:26 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14267 P.S. I remember well the joys of an empty house with carpets to go rolling across and makeshift bedding compiled of pillows and blankets and 5 kids tumbled together like puppies. And stairs! When we moved when I was little we'd never had a house with stairs before. After we moved we'd pile the stairwell up with pillows and play in them or get an especially large pillow and go sledding down the stairs. Such fun. P.S. I remember well the joys of an empty house with carpets to go rolling across and makeshift bedding compiled of pillows and blankets and 5 kids tumbled together like puppies. And stairs! When we moved when I was little we’d never had a house with stairs before. After we moved we’d pile the stairwell up with pillows and play in them or get an especially large pillow and go sledding down the stairs. Such fun.

]]> By: Natalie Short http://www.feminagirls.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14265 Natalie Short Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:31:26 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/12/ok-in-the-uk/#comment-14265 Great to hear from you. I once had visions of Oxford floating my head, but happily a wonderful man intervened. Now I'm cooking and sewing and waiting for babies (in God's time). I look forward to hearing about life in England. Great to hear from you. I once had visions of Oxford floating my head, but happily a wonderful man intervened. Now I’m cooking and sewing and waiting for babies (in God’s time). I look forward to hearing about life in England.

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