by jude bayton | Mar 3, 2017 | Family, Travel, Weather
When I was a kid, I was an army brat and I flew all over the world – Several of those times, my sister Denise and I would fly unaccompanied, she was 12 and I was 8. We would be put into the care of flight attendants as we flew from Africa to the U.K., via exotic...
by jude bayton | Jan 3, 2014 | Family, Holidays
Hooray! Another New Year has arrived!!!! Ok troops….now it is time to… Make your New Year’s resolution to lose weight. Pretend to yourself and others that you really mean to do it this time! While shopping, casually glance at health and fitness magazines as you reach...
by jude bayton | Dec 5, 2013 | British, Family, Health
Hello again from the UK…I hear those of you in Oklahoma are being pounded by a nasty winter storm. I am not sorry to miss that, although as I write, it is 5a.m. here, I am in bed, feet on a hot water bottle and my nose is as cold as a Labrador’s. I want to say a...
by jude bayton | Nov 29, 2013 | British, Family, Travel
Families are a strange breed. Yet it seems to be consistent no matter what country, what culture, perhaps what planet that they live in. I have left Gump to fend for himself in the good ole USA, as my mother was recently put in the hospital. She was placed in a...
by jude bayton | Oct 26, 2010 | Family
Last week I was very confused. On Monday, my mum went back to England. As I stood at the airport, watching her go through security (after she had chatted up the guy checking I.D’s), I felt the instant sense of being alone that you can only really feel at an...
by jude bayton | Oct 7, 2010 | Family
Last night my husband took me, my mum and her boyfriend to the State Fair. I should mention that I am not a fan of the fair – but it was a lovely evening to be outside and so off we went. 100 years ago, when I was a teenager, I used to go to the annual fair at...
