It’s on for young and old. »
Posted on September 6th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in Local News | 1 Comment

I don’t think I can cope.

My mother is currently charging around like a kid in a candy store on a sugar rush. Everything is super, smashing, great and lovely – and those are just the superlatives uttered relating to the clearance aisle in Wal-Mart. I think it’s fairly safe to say that she’s taken by Wheeling and American ways in general. But, both Steph and I are completely pooped and we’re only on day three. Steph takes care of her during the day until she takes a work break at four, then I get to look after her in the evenings.

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Big Day. »
Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in Email Marketing, Local News | Leave A Comment

As dates go, the fourth of September is quite monumental. It’s six years to the day since I stepped on American soil for the first time and four years to the day since I got spliced (yes, that means it’s my anniversary).

Today also sees my mum coming to America for the first time. In fact, this is the first time she’s stepped outside the British Isles and only the second time she’s ever flown. The first time involved some twin-propeller affair on a trip to the Isle of Man - a curious little island between Britain and Ireland that has its own parliament, no traffic lights, cats with no tails and is a low tax economy. Offshore banking anyone?

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