Hear, hear! I much prefer the British version to any Yankee version. The yanks (no offence to any reading this) don't seem to take dry irony/acerbic wit very well; rather they take it seriously and that causes so much trouble and the uber-PC brigade will march up again.

Well, I've been up on the ghostwriting project, so it evens out. I have no talent for using sewing machines, so kudos to you~ Good luck with the costumes and the in-laws. *hugs*