I have a question for my fellow Downton Abbey fans. Every time you finish watching an episode, do you find yourself fighting an intense desire to speak with an English accent and call everyone m’lady?
It took everything I had not to walk around calling Ryan m’lady after I watched an episode last night. Luckily I had Sadie to practice on…
“Here are your Beggin’ Strips, m’lady.”
(Someone clearly mastered the Dowager Countess’ unamused expression.)
For those of you who tried watching the first episode of Downton Abbey and couldn’t get into it, apparently that is a very common thing! I actually didn’t watch the first episode – my mom and grandma filled me in on the details – but I’ve heard that it’s the second episode that hooks you, so it might be worth another try. Then come back here and we can all call each other m’lady and be jealous of their lovely accents together. Yes, I am trying to convert all of you into Downton Abbey fans.
Workout
Before breakfast, it was gym time. I took my booty through my lower body and abs circuit workout, but added 30 seconds of jump rope in the mix in between each exercise to get my heart rate up. Not a bad way to start the day!
Breakfast
My morning meal began with the most delicious grapefruit.
We got a box of grapefruit on Tuesday as part of the Harry & David fruit of the month club, so I’ve been on a big grapefruit kick all week. I can’t get enough of them and have been eating them morning, noon and night.
Ryan laughed at me when he noticed the depleted number of grapefruit in our fridge when he arrived home from work yesterday. Naturally a Ron Burgandy quote was appropriate. “You ate almost all of the grapefruit? I’m not even mad. That’s amazing.”
They’re just so, so good!
I also had a toasted English muffin topped with Publix natural chunky peanut butter and a combination of mascarpone cheese stirred together with Trader Joe’s superfruit spread.
If you adore mascarpone cheese, I highly recommend stirring a little bit of jelly into the cheese to make a fantastic spread. It was wonderful!
Question of the Morning
- Do people tell you that you have an accent? Is there a specific accent that you adore?
When I first moved to Florida from Palatine, Illinois, I got made fun of all the time for the way I said certain words like “Mom.” (Apparently I said “maaaaam.”)
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I’m from Boston and of course I get teased all the time for the lack of “r’s” in my vocabulary. My parents taught me to “pahhk my cah” but not ” paRk my caR” 🙂
I fell asleep while watching the first episode of Downton Abbey and my husband (of all people) convinced me to give it another try. Of course, I am now completely hooked. I own the DVDs and when I watch the show again (I won’t tell you how many times I’ve seen it) I almost always start with Episode 2.
I do say “my muh-mah” a lot after I watch an episode–that, and “indeed.” 🙂
Hey Julie! 🙂
I live over near Winter Haven/Lake Wales area and we definitely do not have a Trader Joes! Do you guys have one up in Ocala or do you order online?
I used to teach at the Vanguard school….this is exciting because no one has ever heard of Lake Wales (well, at least not in Michigan which is where I live now!)
I am from Texas and feel I control my Texas drawl pretty well. However, I have been told a LOT that I sound like I am from California… not sure what that sounds like, but okay!
And I agree with you, I used to babysit for an Austrailian family and after being there no less than 3 hours everytime, I swear I would start talking like them! That is one accent I would LOVE to have!!
Whenever I head deep south like Texas I get asked which part of the east coast I’m from, but when I’m in New York I get asked which part of the south I’m from. Best part is that I’m Canadian so that really throws everyone off.
LOL @ the Downton Abbey accent. Yes, I’m usually saying in Anna’s voice, “Oh, but Mr. Bates….” Love it!
My inlaws live in Michigan and when we go to visit (we’re from Ky), people automatically say, “You are from the South, aren’t you.” It’s pretty obvious. 🙂
Hilarious! I always catch myself saying “Mr. Bates” like Anna! That is too funny…
LOVE Downton Abbey.. just finished the 3rd season. It was the most emotion I have ever felt towards a show. Please no one give it away for those who haven’t watched yet. I am rewatching the 3rd season with my friend now who has only seen season 1 and 2. I just get this gut wrenching feeling watching certain characters again.
I feel your pain; I’m from Arlington Heights, IL and when I travel to FLA to visit family, my “accent” is always a hit!
You should do one of those accent vlogs! I want to hear your “maaaaam accent, haha. Even though I’m from RI and we kind of that “Boston accent” around here, I really don’t think I have much of it at all. Yeah, I still sometimes slip in a “wicked” and have a bad habit of saying things like “sawr” (as in, I saw that) and “drawer” (as in, I know how to draw)… but mostly I think I’m good.
I get teased for having a Chicago accent all the time! I’m engaged to a guy from New Mexico and live in Colorado (the most accent neutral states in the US apparently) and always hear how my a’s are soooo loooong!
I also had a hard time getting into Downton Abbey but now I’m completely hooked! I’ve never had an accent… Oregon definitely seems to have the plain ol’ sounds. 🙂
Sadie is a ham! Has her face always been so light? My pup is starting to go gray in the face and is only 3!
Haha! When I moved to Boston for college I was often made fun of for the way I said certain words, especially box because apparently I said “baaaax.” Oh that lovely Chicago accent.
I laughed out loud when I read this post because I had just watched an episode. I always want to talk with a proper English accent after watching, as well as having an intense desire to write a letter to someone!
I am from Minnesota and we have the Canadian accent going on here. When I moved to Colorado it was much more noticeable. Not to start another topic, but we also say Pop here instead of soda or Coke.
In one of the Zumba classes I teach myself and one of the other girls have converted almost the entire class to Downton Abbey addicts. We just keep passing around our Seasons 1-3 to everybody and everyone that watches it is hooked. Now we are dying waiting for everyone to finish all of the seasons so we can speak freely of what has happened in the third season. It’s killer trying to keep it all a secret!
And yes I totally talk like a Brit after watching british shows or reading british books. Right now I’m reading the Outlander Series and I’m finding myself talking like a Scot from the 1700’s. It’s a bit nutzo.
I’m from Tx and have been told that I don’t have much of an accent(aside from overuse of the word ya’ll)… I totally get the English accent after watching DA. I actually call my youngest,
Lady Mary( her name is Meredith).
On a side note, I’m probably late on this, I just saw that Kate Winslet is staring in the Divergent movie- eek! Can’t wait to see that!
I’m Australian, so I would guess that if we spoke, you would think I had an accent, and I would think YOU were the one with the accent 🙂 But because I’ve been travelling around for 10 years, it’s mellowed a lot, and I tend to pick up accents that I’m surrounded by the most. At the moment I work with mostly Americans, so I have started pronouncing my ‘r’s, which people tease me about when I go home. When I lived in London, people used to guess I was South African mostly!
I can’t remember how I found my way to your blog, but when I saw Sadie, I immediately added you to my Google Reader! 🙂 I love all of your breakfast posts as I am forever stumped when it comes to keeping breakfast quick, healthy, and creative.
Too funny, I watched the first episode of Downtown Abbey since everyone has been raving about it and wasn’t really in to it. Will have to give the second episode a try!
Soo had the same problem…I moved from Indiana (I think it’s safe to say we have the same elongated “aaa”) to California and I was teased left and right for my accent. I think I’ve since lost it, but my fiance, when we visit family in Indiana never fails to point out my cousins accents 😉 Too funny m’lady!
I was an intern in DC and everyone thought I had a southern accent since I’ve from Missouri. I never considered Missouri as a part of the south, but whatever. 🙂
I love the Brittish accent. My dad was in the air force so we lived in England for several years. I had an accent for a good 1.5 years. It was fun for a 6-year-old.
Julie, I TOTALLY have the Downton Abbey accent-itis, too! Hilarious! I’m glad I’m not the only one!
OMG Downton Abbey always puts me in the British accent mood! My friends and I have a watching party for each episode, and say we’re going to wear our “dinner jackets” and eat tea and crumpits every time! It sounds super lame now, but it’s soo fun!
I showed up late to the Downton Abbey party too. I stayed up WAYYY too late last night to finish the first 3 episodes of the 3rd season. Must say, I definitely treat my cat to some serious British-ness these days. She doesn’t judge how awful it sounds 🙂