My apologies

I feel the need to apologize to the few of you who actually read my blog. My posts just kinda stopped with no explanation whatsoever. I originally created this blog with the intention of keeping family and friends informed of our goings-on in the UK. However now that we have returned to oh-so-sunny California, I no longer have the need to do that. So I'm very sad to say that this is the official end of the blog that is "Life with the Oldfields." Of course, if you feel the need to reminisce on our UK life, the blog will always be here with the old posts ready and waiting to be enjoyed again and again. :-) For those friends in the UK that managed to hack your way into my blog and happen to miss the random mutterings of this crazy person, then you can still harass me on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/meiganoldfield

Love you all!!!

Awww London ::sigh::

There are some things that you can only do in London... like see Julia Stiles or Ewan McGregor or, as of today, Orlando Bloom in a play. I was able to get a discounted ticket to see a preview of "In Celebration" by David Storey starring Mr. Bloom himself. It was his West End (London's equivalent to Broadway) debut, and I have to say that I was pretty impressed. I had seen Julia Stiles in Oleanna and Ewan McGregor in Guys and Dolls, and I wasn't blown away by their performances to be honest... so I was actually pleasantly surprised with Orlando's acting skills. He did struggle a bit with the Yorkshire accent... it was just too difficult to keep his posh accent from coming through a bit I think. :-) Now I'm not one to really fancy these hollywood hunks or anything, but I have to admit that I've had a bit of a crush on Orlando ever since The Fellowship of the Ring. So I was absolutely ecstatic at the thought of seeing him in a play and getting to see him at the stage door at the end of the show. Of course it was absolute madness when he came out with all the crazy, abnoxious American girls about. I was getting quite discouraged when it became apparent that there was no chance I could get close enough to have him sign my program; however, being the nice chap that he is, Orlando spotted me and reached over some heads to grab my program and sign it... good on him for thinking of those of us who are less fortunate and crammed behind the masses of crazy girls. :-) Here's a picture to prove just how chaotic it was... good luck picking out the gorgeous man I'm attempting to take a picture of.

Living the London life again

We managed to get everything packed, the mini fixed, and lead the music for two church services on Sunday. Saying we were a bit busy is putting it mildly. Luckily, Jeff convinced our mini guy to drive 40 minutes to St Andrews to have a look at the mini in the afternoon. Turned out it was some corroded wire from the starter to the alternator or vice versa or something of that nature that only took him 15 minutes to fix! He even refused payment and a bottle of whisky for his troubles! Boy, things could not have taken a better turn... let me tell you. Ruth assures me that the mini is running superbly now. :-) We had a very emotional time at the church services in the morning and evening. In the morning, the church had a really nice send-off which certainly brought out the tears... unfortunately I was then expected to lead a song... now anyone who sings knows that it is just not good to sing when you are all choked up... I managed through though. We followed the evening service with a group trip down to the Old Course Hotel to enjoy some jazz music and crepes. It was a lot of fun; although, once we left I was forced to actually say some goodbyes. :-(

Monday morning we were off. We took the train down to London, where we are staying with our friends Libby and Howard in Surrey. They are the wonderful people who housed us for nearly a year when we lived down here. The week has been full of visiting friends from Bloomsbury, the church we went to here, and from Fairley House, the school I worked at, as well as taking in the old surroundings and food. It's been great, and we still have 3 more days to continue doing the same. :-)