February 19, 2005

Chiming 3 o'clock...

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Sounds just like the grandfather clocks back home!


Here we are watching Big Ben strike three o'clock, it was a cheap thrill for us both. We'd just walked back through the park adjacent to Buckingham Palace, where we'd gotten rained on for about 5 minutes, but it passed quickly. We want to return when it warms and the trees and flowers are in bloom, and will surely take a tour or two. It takes us about 2 1/2 hours to travel to London from Yeovil, we drive up to an RAF base (2 hrs), park and take the tube in (30 min).
We will move into our new home next Saturday and are hoping our shipments will arrive shortly afterwards. I'm really missing the harley and we both are missing our bed. We will be able to phone home relatively inexpensively when we get set up with a telephone plan and our internet service. Take note of the time here (GMT) which appears on the right column of this page, underneath the Weather Girl. Most of our calls will probably reach you during the daytime, as we are 4 hours ahead of Atlantic time (Nova Scotia) and 8 hours ahead of Pacific Time.

We received some rather bad news from back home, my grandmother's health is in decline and we're praying that she recovers quickly. Rhonda and I paid a visit to Tulsa to see her before we left for the UK and she was very spry and in good spirits at the time. Please keep her (Edna) in your prayers.

Rhonda says hi to everyone. We should have more regular contact/posts in a week or so when we get settled. My first trip it coming up soon as I have returned to work last week and am being placed into the rotation. Everyone at work is very nice and has been very helpful to us both. There are absolutely no worries here for us, only anxiety in waiting to get settled in and for the warmer weather. I promised Rhonda a trip to Paris that I'll have to make good on in early May. I'll be seeing Turkey, Poland, France and Scotland before mid summer, but will have some time in mid/late summer for a trip/tour with Rhonda to Ireland on the harley. Rhonda also met a contact for a club that does some off-road motorcycling, so I'll have to attend one of their meetings and see if I can join in on the Yamaha. More soon, please do leave a comment or drop us an e-mail.

Posted by phanvey at February 19, 2005 12:57 PM
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Hi Rhonda & Phillip, How's it going? Sounds like your getting things sorted out & making yourselves @ home.Hope to hear from you soon. Love Jane & Dean

Posted by: jane at February 25, 2005 07:09 PM

Hi there, it's nice to see and hear how you are doing? And by the look of things everything is going great. I'm very happy to read you will soon have a place to call home. I bet the kids will be happy to have a yard to run around. Take Care

Posted by: Valerie at February 23, 2005 07:54 PM