Uncle Traveling Matt's Adventures http://blog.badanes.com Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:04:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 en Gone Travellin’ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/12/gone-travellin/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/12/gone-travellin/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:48:11 +0000 matt About http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/12/gone-travellin/ highlands.jpg

Uncle Traveling Matt and his traveling wife are off for our first true vacation together in 2 years. Technically, it’s honeymoon III. We’ll be spending a fun filled week touring some of the wonders Scotland has to offer. Full blogging (and pictures, of course!) will resume when we return. Have a lovely week! :)

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/12/gone-travellin/feed/ Friday Cat Blogging http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/05/friday-cat-blogging/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/05/friday-cat-blogging/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:51:47 +0000 matt About Photos completely random http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/05/friday-cat-blogging/ Out in the blog world that I roam in, there’s a time-honored tradition of Friday Cat Blogging. This is exactly what it sounds like: pictures of cats. Since I’m a silly cat owner, I thought I would add this to my currently infrequent blogging. Let’s give it a try:

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We bought Chewy a cat tree a couple of weeks ago. He’d started gaining weight when Anna wasn’t eating (I guess he decided all the food was for him since she wasn’t interested). We figured this might give him some new perspectives on the flat and make him excercise a little more. So far, with a special diet of food as well, it seems to be working. He likes to hop up and lounge on it.

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OMG!!! He’s got frickin’ laser beams in his eyes! That’s just a nice full on view of his cat tree.

Coming up, I have tons of trips to fill you in on. Ludlow, the Lake District, Dublin, Cambridge and a parental visit!

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/09/05/friday-cat-blogging/feed/ Someone’s a-moving to London! http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/22/someones-a-moving-to-london/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/22/someones-a-moving-to-london/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 10:54:10 +0000 matt About London Carolyn http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/22/someones-a-moving-to-london/ So Carolyn’s visa came through with no problem. I’m back in the UK and this means that very very soon, Carolyn will be moved here and can look for work and no more distance. Hurray! Very exciting.

In saddening news, I came back to find Anna extremely thin. She’d had problems and some very nice friends had taken her to the vet. She’s seems ok, but she is really really skinny. The vet took some blood and hopefully, they’ll have some news soon. Poor kitty.

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/22/someones-a-moving-to-london/feed/ A Very Matt and Carolyn Wedding http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/12/a-very-matt-and-carolyn-wedding/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/12/a-very-matt-and-carolyn-wedding/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 21:00:52 +0000 matt About Move Prep Carolyn http://blog.badanes.com/2008/05/12/a-very-matt-and-carolyn-wedding/ So, on 10 May 2008, I married a wonderful woman. Most of you who read this have met Carolyn by now and know she’s pretty darn cool. Allow me to officially introduce you to my (hee hee) wife, Carolyn Hyson:

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I’m not sure who that snazzy lookin’ guy is, but I hope she married him :)

We’re working on getting Carolyn’s visa set up now, but we’ll spend a day or two in NYC to relax while we deal with all sorts of chaos in the meantime and I head back to the UK in less than a week. So many wonderful things going on. Married life so far is going very well. I wouldn’t change a thing.

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In the meantime, I’m obviously very happy to have her here. It’s nicer to have your loved ones around in person than over the phone. And, the waiting is over as Carolyn begins her adjustment to a pretty big move. Here’s a picture of Carolyn and her new roommates:

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]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/03/16/shes-here/feed/ Yeah yeah, I’m lazy http://blog.badanes.com/2008/02/04/yeah-yeah-im-lazy/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/02/04/yeah-yeah-im-lazy/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:50:08 +0000 matt About completely random http://blog.badanes.com/2008/02/04/yeah-yeah-im-lazy/ OK, this is about the longest I’ve gone without posting. It’s January and I’m basically working and doing the usual day-to-day things. If you’d like me to write about the mundane, I can try :)

In the meantime, the first Super Bowl in ages that was actually a game (well, I guess lately they haven’t been total jokes) and it starts a little before midnight my time. Not only that, but the Giants freaking ruined the Patriots perfect season. How cool is that?!?!

Anyway, I need to figure out what to do with this blog when there isn’t tons of exciting things to be written about/photographed. In the meantime, I’ll jump in with whatever random I can come up with.

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/02/04/yeah-yeah-im-lazy/feed/ Busy Busy Busy http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/07/busy-busy-busy/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/07/busy-busy-busy/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:38:25 +0000 matt About http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/07/busy-busy-busy/ Sorry for the radio silence. I’m in New Jersey and I’ve been spending heaps o’ time getting wedding related things done. I’m flying to Arizona tomorrow and hopefully, I’ll have some more downtime whilst I there to provide some entertaining updates. In the meantime, talk amongst yerselves or something.

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/07/busy-busy-busy/feed/ First Post of the New Year http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/01/first-post-of-the-new-year/ http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/01/first-post-of-the-new-year/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:11:27 +0000 matt About Life Abroad completely random http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/01/first-post-of-the-new-year/ I figured I should start the new year out with a blog posting since it’s been exactly a year since I first posted something on in it and, in three days, since I publicly told anyone I’d be making a trip to England. It’s been a long and busy year. Let’s hope the adventures don’t stop :)

I’ll be making a US trip in 2 days. I’ll be in New Jersey to see Carolyn for a few days and then off to Arizona to see my parents in their new environment and my sister. It’ll be a much needed break.

As a result, I was in the UK for the whole of the holidays. Considering how hectic London is during the bulk of the year (7 million people in a single city makes it a little crowded), this was a ghost town the last week. My commute, short as it normally is, was absurd. The roads were empty, the buses were empty, the office was empty. Alas, I was sick, so all the work I planned on catching up on became ‘This needs to be done yesterday’ again. But it’s been nice and relaxing to have everyone off on holidays. And now I get to flee before it gets to crazy again. I’ll post more once I’m stateside!

Oh yeah, if you’re in NYC on 5 January (it’s a Saturday), lemme know as I’m hoping to spend the evening in the city.

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2008/01/01/first-post-of-the-new-year/feed/ May you all have a lovely 2008! http://blog.badanes.com/2007/12/31/may-you-all-have-a-lovely-2008/ http://blog.badanes.com/2007/12/31/may-you-all-have-a-lovely-2008/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:49:08 +0000 matt About http://blog.badanes.com/2007/12/31/may-you-all-have-a-lovely-2008/ Been pretty quiet around here. I’m still recovering from that really horrible flu which means that, when I’m not resting, I’m trying to catch up at work. yuck.

On a positive note, I’m taking a much needed vacation to the US in about 3 days. Very exciting.

Hope all you people who read this have a wonderful 2008!

]]> http://blog.badanes.com/2007/12/31/may-you-all-have-a-lovely-2008/feed/ Merry Christmas! http://blog.badanes.com/2007/12/25/merry-christmas/ http://blog.badanes.com/2007/12/25/merry-christmas/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:14:50 +0000 matt About Life Abroad http://blog.badanes.com/2007/12/25/merry-christmas/ For those of you reading this today (you shouldnt be! :) ), I just wanted to wish you a merry christmas. I managed to get down to Brighton before the entire UK shut down (it really does), but I’ve got a nasty flu which made for an unpleasant time but Dina and Adrian have been very nice and helpful. So it’s been a nice relaxing Christmas. Hope you’re all having the same.

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