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Folks -- England hasn't provided much blog fodder this past week. The weather still sucks. Hedge trimming is overrated. And both the wife and I have been putting in lots of hours at the mill.

I could tell you about how I had to fix the fence since Boo has escaped twice and found that the field next door is invested with some mutant horde of fleas. Seriously.

Or about how hedge trimming is a crap job. The trimming part is fun but you wouldn't believe how quickly those hedge trimmings can add up. I have no idea what to do with them.

We could talk about how we finally have a car and that shifting with your left hand feels like someone else is doing it and that the wife says I still get a constipated look on my face when I change gears. Hmm.

Or we could talk about how we totally lost control of the garden. I actually used the hedge trimmer to cut down the lettuce and it took us 2 hours yesterday to untangle the two giant tomato trees that had waged a smothering war on each other (but - oh! - the fried green tomatoes made from the fallout boys were awesome!)

But there is hope. We have confirmed a quick break-out of England this Friday as we make our way to Paris to meet with some travelling cousins. Alright, alright. Good food, good drink, a room right next to the Eiffel-ma-bob, and lots of blog-tastic adventures.

Follow that up with a possible trip to the home of goulash (Budapest!) later in September and the arrival of our very first and most special American visitors, His Lord and Ladyship the Duke and Duchess of Westmont (Pez and Payne), and you have a hot month of blogging. Better than a hot lunch, I'll say, unless you are in to that sort of thing.

Cheers!