There has been the odd occasion in life where I haven’t displayed the best powers of observation or Thinking Things Through, in fact, amongst those nearest and dearest to me, the stories of my ‘lack of grasp of matters’ are rife*.
A thought occurred to me the other day, as I was mulling over my forthcoming (VERY EXCITING OMIGOSH *squeeeeeee*) trip to Murica to see some of the people to whose hearts mine has become hardwired over the years of our acquaintance, and it pulled me up full short and threw me into an absolute panic.
In fact, it was such a panic I nearly called the whole thing off!
Only for a milisecond, though, because then I realised that I love my people, and they (for their own reasons entirely) seem to think I’m worth their time, and so I AM GOING, forsure and for definite…
BUT.
The UNBELIEVABLY obvious thing I completely somehow missed, which shocked me to my very core:
My people don’t exist in a vacuum. They will have families there. Friends. Neighbours. Daily lives which carry on without the isolating-bubble of social media, where my egocentric mind sees them outside the context of their Real Life.
But that Real Life is what – or rather, WHO – I’m going to be inserting myself into, like a giant, English pass-the-parcel (a suggestion which incited one friend to remark along the lines of ‘If each person you stay with gets to unwrap a layer, at what point will you end up naked?’).
For almost every person I’m going to visit, there will be one or more fully cognisant, critically-thinking humans, who haven’t even met ‘online me’, and who (presumably) are still willing to allow me to come and gatecrash their lives…which is WONDERFUL and so kind of them, but it’s only in the last few days I’ve really thought about the implications of this.
I won’t have the years of history to fall back on. I won’t be able to sprinkle them with glitter (real or virtual) and have them automatically understand that this is A Good Thing. I won’t know any stories we share, or any of what makes them tick, or what makes their soul soar, or what delights their heart. Or what pisses them the hell off.
I will be staying in a house which is as much theirs as it is the domain of my Good Friend Who I Adore.
And I will be a stranger to them.
A peculiar, eccentric, adorkable, but definitely quirky, English stranger.
In. Their. House.
I know – how did I not see THAT coming.
(I’m amazing, right? Veryveryvery skilled at avoiding acknowledgement of the extremelybloodyobvious)
So…I have a plan. And the plan is MAN!
Specifically, VINCE (you know him, right?)
My best friend of 16 years, new flatmate, humour blogger, and all-round awesome dude, who is absolutely familiar with ALL the behind-the-scenes snippets you could ever wish to know about me.
The mask is coming off – YOU get to interview him (respond with your questions in the comments for his upcoming guest post) and uncover the details of what I’m like In Real…because if you’re serious about meeting me, forewarned is forearmed, lovelies.
*deep breaths*
GO!
I’ll just be here, panicking, hoping you still want me to visit after you hear the TRUTH!
*Like the time I stood on a twig and saw fit to remark upon it, because (apparently) it surprised me. Or the time I got SO excited about Vince being able to reverse in a car that I squeeeed out loud (even though he’d passed his test and was by then a fairly competent new driver). Or the entire five years of my marriage. Or any of the times I couldn’t even…
I’m very jealous of all the lucky ducks on your itinerary so next time you MUST come to California! Everyone is dairy-free and/or meat-free and/or pick-whatever-you-want-to-be-free-of free. And please bring glitter 🙂
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YES! I will bring glitter. And next trip, Cali is front-and-centre, because I have people there 😀 I am already looking forward to it 😀
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Well, I wish you were coming this far west. You can stay at my house whenever you want. I have a guest room that is fairly comfortable. I have no man to contend with anymore or “ask permission” of. My daughter would love you, as she loves all things British. My son would nod at you and disappear into his room – but that is what he does with us, too.
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*I* wish I was coming that far west, too! I would have LOVED to have met you ❤
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Wahoowa!
(That’s pronounced “wah-hoo-wah”
its a UVA chant when one is excited.)
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I’m sure everyone you meet here will love you. Just out of curiosity, where will you traipsing through while you’re on this side of the water?
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I hope so! I really hope so. I’m booked in across the East coast – NJ, VA, OH, IN, MO, OK, TX and then FL.
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Oh, when and where in VA? Exciting stuff.
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Beginning of September for a flying visit, staying with friends there 🙂 Should be awesome.
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I imagine it will be.
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One Hundred and thirty eighth!
I can’t possibly scroll through all these questions to see what’s been asked- I started to and it was just overwhelming!
The good news is, with me you only get me and LD who you already know. No surprises here!
I’ll drink some coffee and try to come up with a question. When is Vince posting?
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Next Monday he’s going to guest here, so he has the weekend to get his answers sorted (and not throw me under too many buses!).
Just ask what you want to know. It doesn’t matter if it’s been asked already. V will answer anyway 😀
And YES – you are going to be my point of relief – you and LD and no more, and the most perfect beginning and ending I can think of 🙂
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Do you have monsters under the bed? What’s the grossest thing in your fridge?
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Ohhh those are good, too 😀 (that said, the grossest thing in our fridge might be Vince’s…
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My question (and forgive me if it’s already in this thread): What are some of her pet peeves and/or general compulsions those of us in blog land may not be privy to?
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Oooooh nope – no-one’s asked those yet 😀 GOOD ONES!
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I was sure you were going to write something about being afraid of being shot.
Just to put you at ease, I’ve lived in the US almost 44 years and have yet to actually be hit by any bullets. (And I’ve lived in New York City, across the street from housing projects in Boston and even The American South. So, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to be shot.)
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I don’t think I’ll get shot, and if anyone tries, I plan to charm them with my adorable accent and make them NOT want to shoot me…think it’ll work?
Glad you didn’t get shot. Keep doing that 😀
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Americans are suckers for British accents, so yeah, that will probably work.
And yes, my plan is to continue my long running streak of not getting shot.
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YES! Definitely. To both 😀
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I got Lizzi GOOD the other day. She asked me, in her sweetest, breathiest, eye-fluttery-est way, “Maaaann…will you unscrew this saucepan lid and get the water out of it, please?” So I picked up the screwdriver that I’d left on the kitchen counter TWO WEEKS AGO and had been sitting there in plain sight ever since and set to work, to a screech of “OMG! How did you get hold of a screwdriver SO QUICKLY?! You didn’t open any drawers or go to your tool box or ANYTHING!!!”
I let her be amazed at my mystical tool powers (fnarfnar) for a good twenty minutes before giving her the very boring, real explanation.
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Vince…you are shattering our image of Lizzi. Stop it. Stop it right now. She’s brilliant. If she didn’t notice, it’s because she was thinking really hard about something very important at that very second.
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I agree that she is brilliant. But she still didn’t notice my screwdriver for two whole weeks. 😛
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What part of my ‘threshold for noticing tools’ being at 0% are you surprised about, precisely?
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It’s the fact that it was sitting RIGHT NEXT TO SPIDEYGIRL that made me surprised you didn’t notice it!
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Ohhhh I should give her some water soon. I keep forgetting.
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You’re sweet, I’ll keep you 😀 😀
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I. WAS. AMAZED! 😀 😀 😀
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OHMAHGAWD. Where do I start?
1. what is her favorite adult beverage?
2. what must I have in my house to make her happy and comfortable?
3. Is this where I’m supposed to put my questions
4. there’s more. I know I have more questions. I’ll come back.
5. shaddup
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Is no.5 a question? Because I’m happy to put it in the post as the final question with just the response *shutting up*.
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Heheheh your fam better be prepared cos I am NUTS, but you know that forsure, and I hope they’ll put up with me 😀
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You are much loved and always will be Lizzi!
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Yeahhh but by people who KNOW me…strangers might think I’m just…yaknow…ODD! (though to be fair, my friends probably think that as well, but they like me, so they mind less)
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Psh. We’re all odd. We wouldn’t like each other if we weren’t. That’s the magical part. We’re all unicorns.
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Hehehe true dat!
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You have nothing to worry about…I live with two teenagers, so I am prepared for anything! And frankly, with school, sports, work, and homework, you may not even see the rest of my family!
My question: Does Lizzi take long showers? Does she sing while she’s in there? Just wanna be prepared.
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Ohhhh that’s fair enough. I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten my teenage angst out of the way (I just have grown-up angst, but you know that already 🙂 ) And I STILL hope they like me!
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Oh,Lizzie!!!! You are so freaking cute. You will be just fine. 😉
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Heheheh I hope so 😀
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From the moment you come into my house, you will quickly learn that you absolutely belong to our family. You will immediately realize that you know so much more about our family, my kids, our goings on- than you actually anticipated. You will melt into the comfort of our loving arms, and we will eagerly embrace every single new thing we haven’t had the chance to learn about you…
That’s how it’s gonna go.
Vince- what are the most important things I can do for Lizzi to make her stay most comfortable? What kind of tea should I get? I’m a coffee girl- and I need tea assistance!!
****Tell me what she really needs to feel at home. Okay? THANKS!!!
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Awwwwh Kitty I can’t wait to meet you all – I already feel like I know Cass and Cade a little bit, and though I don’t know Derek yet, he’s seen the fun you and I have sending parcels and videos, and I think your family is one of the ones I feel most as though are going to be okay with me exploding into their midst. I absolutely cannot wait to meet you all, and spend time with you talking for hours and hours and hours in Real, and I’m SO GLAD you think it will go well 🙂 🙂 ❤
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I’m stressing about the live chat on Saturday, so . . . . . And hey, I know you are coming to NJ. Jen and I would love to drive to meet you, even at a pit stop on the Turnpike or Parkway or something, just for a hello and a hug. Think about it.
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I think that would be fabulous. I’ll have to have a chat with my NJ person and see what can be done. It would be amazing to see you both In Real 🙂 Live chat is this saturday? I keep asking Clark and he tells me it’s Tuesday my time, but I’m busy all day saturday til halfway through the avo, and I don’t want to miss it, but I GENUINELY DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT IS!
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I believe the live chat is at 10 or 10:30 on Saturday morning EST. I’ve never done it so I don’t know how but I am willing to learn if I get some info on it
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It’s really fun. Download Google Hangouts. That’s your starter. So am I 6 hours ahead of you? Cos if so then that would make it 4.30 and there’s the smallest possibility I might be back by then.
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YES! The ‘stepped on a twig’ got in there! Hehe! Also, the time we were about to cross a busy road. The green man had just started beeping. My dearest lizzi remarks “quick! We’ll miss the boat!” xx
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LOL! Did she really?! BLESS. 😀
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DAMN! I knew there was another one, but I FORGOT!! And OF COURSE ‘I stepped on a twig’ got in there – that’s one of our Big Important Stories About Nothing, innit 😀
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Come on, Lizzi. They will all love you. For sure!
And if India is on your travel list, you’re more than welcome to stay with Mister and I.
Love! ❤
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Ohhhh I do hope so! And THANK YOU! I’ve already been invited to India once, and it’s kind of on my ‘to see’ list, but I’m not sure how/when, but I really like the idea 🙂
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Skip Delhi. Visit one of the quieter towns, and you will like it. I’ll take you!
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That sounds amazing. And I’ve always wanted to go to Kashmir (I know that’s bound to be AAAAAGES away from you) but I’ve read about it and heard that it’s like Shangri La. And I kind of wanted to see what the houses were like up in the mountains. And monsoon. And holi….
What about Mumbai? Is it Mumbai which has all the Lutyens architecture? I want to take a picnic in one of the parks.
I may have read too much and now have a HUGELY romanticised version of India in my head…
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I’m sure the friends family of those you meet will adore you. They are lucky.
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I hope so! I’m nervous, and I wonder if I might get too nervous and become obnoxious! Heheh I’m already RIDICULOUSLY excited about this 😀
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I’m excited for you. Please keep us posted? I once saw a vid where you met someone and had a fabulous time. That times 1000. You are courageous.
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You might have caught a vid of me and my vloggy friend, who I’ve known for over ten years…we’re old hands at being silly. Me being silly to new people is EEEEEK! I hope hope it goes well! 😀 I’m courageous perhaps, but I love that I get to meet the friends who have come to mean so so much to me 🙂
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Perhaps…I have a feeling it will go well. You are real people.
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VERY real, sometimes – that’s what I’m afraid of them all finding out 😉
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Do you like your toilet paper to roll over, or under?
Do you turn the bathroom exhaust fan on when necessary?
Do you wash your hair with shampoo or bar soap?
Do you sleep walk and eat?
Will you require a lot of snacks in the house?
What side of the bed do you wake up on?
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Do you clip or file your toe nails?
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isn’t it crazy how you can get to know someone SO WELL via the internet, but never have actually met them In person?! mind boggling
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YES! I feel as though I know their hearts and souls, and in many cases, their voice and their humour and their laugh…but I don’t yet know how they move or what their eyes look like when they reflect the sky, or what they do with their hands when they’re telling an anecdote…
I can’t WAIT to find out and fill in all the gaps 😀 😀
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Oh! What is your favorite adult beverage? Do you run hot or cold? Does it disgust you to sleep in my very clean birthing bed?
I am somewhat curious about the twig story and why driving in reverse was worth a squee.
Does she need to be spooned to sleep at night? What music does she like to listen to on car trips? Is she scared to drive with, not aggressive, but motivated, drivers?
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*snorks at ‘motivated’ drivers*
I DEFINITELY need spooning to sleep 😉
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Immona pull out all my Southern lady charm and simply ask what I can provide to make her stay more comfortable. Brian will pretty much leave us alone, but the kids will be all up in our business. Don’t need to ask if you’re good with kids. Maggie wants to know if you’ll read her a book.
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I ADORE your questions 🙂 And I love kids. I kind of love yours already and YES I will read Maggie a book 🙂
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I would like the Maggie & Lizzi Book Reading Event to be recorded so we can all enjoy the accent that will surly come across the Pond with Lizzi. Thank you.
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I’ve wondered about recording a story for you guys at some point – would you want me to write it, or record an actual already story?
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Welcome to our neck of the woods! It’s not the best place in the world but I still think you’ll like it. 😀
Take lots of pictures!!!
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Ahhhhhh but you see (and this is something I’ve come across lots – the ‘what are you going to see/do?’ query) I’m coming to see my PEOPLE, and I think they’re some of the most wonderful people in the world, so I shall be perfectly happy.
🙂 🙂 Hehehe I plan to FLOOD Instagram though. DEFFO loads of pics.
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Aww! I always love hearing about bloggy meetings. I will keep an eye on Instagram.
For those that don’t follow, Lizzi on Instagram, go do it now – she takes gorgeous photos. (My favorites are the nature shots.)
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Awwwwh THANK YOU! 😀 I do rather love my Instagram! I’m a bit of an addict for beauty…
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I’m more worried about how you will handle my husband when you meet him. He, unlike his wife, is an extreme extro and loves to be a shit. In a good way of course. I think. Nikki will probably just try to steal you.
Do you like dogs? Like, a big 85 pound dog that thinks she’s a person?
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You’re asking the girl who acts like part Golden Retriever most of the time if she likes dogs? 😉
Also…Sandy…*I’M* a huge extro. And I LOVE pranking people. And being kidnapped (though Nikki might have to fight Hasty for me (apparently ms H has a plan, even!)). I hope we’ll get on fine 🙂
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You will be loved by all! I have NO doubt!
We already spoke and I know that your travels won’t bring you to KS, but maybe you can wear red heels–with one click, you’ll be on my front doorstep in no time!
Hmmm….a question for Vince….I gotta think on this. I just want you to read me a nursery rhyme in that glorious voice of yours 😉
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Ohhhh that would be lovely. I have rainbow shoes for my trip – special ones. I’m gonna see if I can add some sparkle somehow. Wish I could click my heels and read to you. Hmmm I could Soundcloud something for you 🙂 (Unless you have WhatsApp and want to add me, cos I’m always sending songs and poems over that)
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Ooooh…I’ve heard of this WhatsApp thing you speak of. I feel so old sometimes!
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You can get it from the App store… *hopeful*
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Other than cake, what kind of food do you like?
And hate?
Or are allergic to?
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I’m gonna make an exception for our cake, Joy, because IT MUST HAPPEN 😀 😀 😀
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I think VINCE should come to Murica with you so he can answer our questions about you in person. Kind of like an interpreter or like a service/guide dog that protects you from harm if we get too close to you! He could wear the service vest and follow you around! There are plenty of weirdoes her in Murica that he can fend off! Good news, my nest is empty and I have plenty of room for you and your guide!!!! LOL.
ps. I’m not calling VINCE a dog. 🙂
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Hehehe I can’t even remember which part of Murica you’re in now, Honeybee! I’m planning on making another trip after this one, because I want to visit some of my West Coast peeps…and my itinerary is already bursting this time around, but I would LOVE LOVE to meet you somehow someday.
I don’t WANT to fend off my Muricans 😀 Cover me in Nutella and let them have me (wait…whut?)
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I’m in the east coast about two hours west of Boston. 🙂 You and VINCE are welcome anytime! 🙂
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Awwwwh thank you 🙂 I don’t know where two hours west of Boston is, but I don’t think I’ll be close. I’m going to swing by Chi for a day…
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I will enjoy reading about your adventures in Murica! 🙂
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Yes…I don’t know when I’ll have time to write! It will have to all be when I get back – I’ll Instagram the trip, and then write when I return 😀
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Woof!
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Ha,ha! 🙂
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Vince…will Lizzi bake something for me? Because when she posts pictures of her baked goods, I want them. Or is this the wrong kind of question?
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Well I already want to cook with Beth and make Hasty fall in love with vegetables, so I bet I *could* somehow…HMMMMMMMMmmmm *thinking*
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Awesomeness. I’m totally wondering about the sleep question too though…I don’t think you do…
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Hehehehe Wait and see what Vince says. I don’t mind him revealing my secret weapon against sleep…
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I have a question. Do you EVER sleep? ☺☺
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Good question, Diana!!! Her energy seems endless! 🙂
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*grins* I have a secret…I’ll let Vince tell you.
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I am REALLY going to enjoy this guest post. Can it have a picture of me looking sardonic?
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HA! Yes.
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I shall have to practice my Alan Rickman As Snape look.
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Please be less greasy!
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I shall be my usual, relatively sebum-free self, don’t worry.
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Oh – the fun of international travel is not knowing the people you’ll be meeting and staying with. Do your travels take you through New York at all?
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That’s a very adventurous way of looking at it! Wow…I shall see it as an opportunity to make a BUNCH of new friends, I guess…
Only in NYC to fly in and out.
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Well, next time maybe. I’m not far from the city by train.
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Awesome 🙂
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good Lord, I thought it was something REALLY important like” I thought I could walk there and never got the plane tickets! “THIS is nuthin’! NO WORRIES! ANYWAY I think the way its planned on the eastern coast you are meeting a few of us at once …. and besides I cant even think up a question … hmmmmm…. Does she have smelly feet or is she particularly gassy? Naw… Will the spiders be coming too? Naw…She doesn’t have a penchant for liverwurst right???? Naw… I gotta work on this….I’ll be back…
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*snorks* You do make me larf, my dear 🙂 I can’t wait to meet you. It’s going to be amazing.
And it’s still a PRETTY big bloominobvious thing that I completely overlooked…
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OH MY GAWD IT IS LIVERWURST ISNT IT!!! ITS OKAY YOU CAN TELL ME! IM A PROFESSIONAL!
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*dies laughing* Not as a vegetarian, darling, NO! :p
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OH GEEZ! I just realised that being veggie and cow-dairy-free means I’m also going to be ‘That Quirky English Girl With The Annoying Dietary Requirements’
Damn.
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Yes but the big plus is….”that isn’t gassy!”
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Anyway veggie…dairy free is called normal everyday living at my place.
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Wait. Veggie free?
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Some of us are dairy free here too. Like almond milk?
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Dark chocolate almond !
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Probably. I’m currently quite capable of stomaching unsweetened soya milk – not picky there 🙂
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BLEEEEUUUURGH.
Sweetened for the WIN.
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Hahahahaha! You literary people…..veggie-tarian!
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Oh, that’s fine. We don’t eat a ton of meat.
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Well crap. You very well could starve at our house! Fortunately for you, I have a couple of meals I can make vegetarian. 🙂
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I promise to just eat the veggie bits of a meaty meal if I’m gonna be a problem 🙂
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Lizzi, you’re going to AMERICA. EVERYONE is on some kind of weird diet out there – unless you’re visiting the Deep South. 😛
I’m not saying Southern Americans are fat. Just – you know – meat. They come across like they’re big into meat. Not big as in BIG as in fat, but…like…big as in ‘extremely’. Why didn’t I just say ‘extremely’?
I’m doing nothing for international relations here, am I?
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Not really, no! Lol. The Southern Belles I know seem to be skinny minnies and vegan beauties.
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Well, my family is becoming quite familiar with you. As in, “My friend Lizzi, from England…” Would they think you’re strange? Probably. Do they think I’m strange? Yep. Especially when I’m being silly with my friends. Joe handles visits from my friends like this: He’ll say Hi, maybe sit and have one drink with us. Then he disappears and leaves us to talk and laugh and be crazy and stays out of our way while taking care of the kids. I imagine a lot of the significant others will do something along the same lines… I don’t know if I have any questions for Vince… I’m gonna have to think about that one…
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Fortunately I get to meet you in a different kind of isolated bubble of SisterWives, which I think will make things easier. And you and I already have our game-plan for that (even though it involves talking nineteen to the dozen and upsetting the introverts and trying to be veryverygentle with them (and probably failing)) I CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU ALL!
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I KNOW ME TOO!!! EEEEEKKKK! The intro’s have had fair warning. No holding back here sister! ❤
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YEAH! *hi-fives* It’s gonna ROCK! And I’m gonna fall completely in love with everyone and never ever want to leave! I can tell 🙂
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Well, since I crashed your place first, thus giving me the chance to get to know you in person before you meet my kids and husband, I have no doubt all will be grand. And, since the majority of my kids are quiet and/or teens, you won’t see or hear much from them. They tend to avoid adults and our conversations. 🙂
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Ahhhh fair enough. I’m sure I’ll still prove to be a bit of a novelty for a short while, and certainly an oddity.
I would add the caveat that you knew me when I was stuck in a bad place, and the me I am REALLY (the one I am now more like) is vastly different 🙂
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I’m gonna hazard a guess that you are the same person, but now you are you in a more relaxed, ergo more enjoyable, state.
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I think so. I may be a bit sillier, too, and MUCH more fun 🙂
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I’ll testify to that!
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How much do you laugh? No really, gut wrenching laugh? Because I can’t wait.
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Ohhh well a LOT more since the crossed-out-bit up there 😉
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And also ME NEITHER CAN’T WAIT! 😀 😀 It’s going to be so wonderful ❤
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Hey Vince, how much does it take to get her drunk?
😉
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Hahahah now why would you want to know that? *louche wink*
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Ohhhh, no reason….*continues counting wine bottles and thinking she needs more vodka*
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Heheheh I am BAD when I’m drunk. (Shiraz. Or Amaretto. Not much of a vodka fan)
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Damn. No Shiraz or Amaretto. Well, guess that means a trip to the liquor store then. Le sigh. The things I have to sacrifice for friendship. 😉
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… those who we, (those of us who are not you), share the inter-world life with do, in fact, know you…
but I should amend that statement with a simple fact of ‘the life blogistic’… spouses and immediate family don’t necessarily share the interest in what we spend so much of our lives doing/being/living and that is a thing that we have all of us managed to reconcile ourselfs to, in our own individual ways.
then again, think about how, if as a child, you had a favorite book or story or fictional character that your parents knew was a part of your developing imagination and one day you announced, (in a 6 year old voice at the dinner table) that ‘Peter and Wendy are going to stop by, would it be too much to invite them to dinner?’
lol
we’re all, kinda fictional…up to a certain point, here in the land of the internet, no?
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We are, and then we AREN’T GOING TO BE AND THAT’S A BIT SCARY!
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Well IF you were coming to stay at my house…. I do mention you in real life conversations. So it wouldn’t be a worry. However you will just have to take all my intensity because I am willing to travel to see YOU! So not much real life will be intruding. See now look what you got yourself into.
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You might be my saving grace, Erin – the one person whose family won’t be subjected to the bizarre English girl 😉 But I’m SO psyched to meet you 😀
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But if you are loved by those with whom you visit, surely you will be loved by those who love them as well. FRIST!
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Well…I JUST DON’T KNOW! Because I don’t know them! Like, AT ALL! I know snippets from having heard them talked about, and some (like Kitty’s kids, and Samara’s Little Dude, I’ve had some interaction with in my own right) BUT…
EEEEEK! *tries to hide*
YAY FRIST!
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From what I’ve heard, Little Dude calls you Auntie Lizzi *eyebrows raised*
You’ll be FINE!
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Ohhhh he does – he’s ADORABLE. I love love love him. BUT…seriously – the rest of my people have families who I won’t know…and that’s a REALLY weird thought.
Am I going to get to meet YOU in a fly-by visit somehow? I rather hope so…did we speak about Chicago?
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You saw my Bug and Lola on vidchat 🙂
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I did…but to have an In-Person English is…different. And Bug and Lola are ADORABLE 😀
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If you fly by Chicago and don’t see me I’ll cry.
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I’m hoping to be able to do a day trip up to see you and Joy and Helena…
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Where are you staying near Chicago?
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I’m not – I’m staying in Indy and we’re gonna day trip up…
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Lol. That’s what I meant. 🙂
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Ahhh ok. Cool. Then THAT!
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