Well Pauls Aunt Barbara(Jos sister) went into the hospital last week. She got out Thursday and was told she could go to the wedding, was back in the hospital that night. She choked on a tablet. They told her before she left it was phmonea and a chest infection, when she went back they said she also had a distended bowel that they MISSED the first time! They took chest xrays how do you miss that?! It was so bad it was making it even harder for her to breathe. Needless to say she missed her sons wedding.
Barbara had been told I guess 3 years ago that she had parkisons but that doesnt progress as quickly as this did normally. Jo thinks it was something else. I cant remember what she said though.
The wedding was beautiful.
Anyway we got some wonderful pictures at the wedding.
We went to the hospital on Saturday before driving the 5 hours home so Jo could see her sister. Barbara looked bad.
We got a call last night at about 8 that the dr had given her 48 hours tops and that she had been in a coma all day. Two hours later we got the call that she had passed away.
They lost their daughter almost two years ago and now the mother. Its so sad.
So its been an eventful weekend.
Barbara had been told I guess 3 years ago that she had parkisons but that doesnt progress as quickly as this did normally. Jo thinks it was something else. I cant remember what she said though.
The wedding was beautiful.
Anyway we got some wonderful pictures at the wedding.
We went to the hospital on Saturday before driving the 5 hours home so Jo could see her sister. Barbara looked bad.
We got a call last night at about 8 that the dr had given her 48 hours tops and that she had been in a coma all day. Two hours later we got the call that she had passed away.
They lost their daughter almost two years ago and now the mother. Its so sad.
So its been an eventful weekend.
- Mood:
sad
I would like to start off by saying it is 78.8 degrees F here today and was 80.6 yesterday. I put on my sunblock and layed on the patio in my swimsuit. Im liking spring here.
I got my call from M&S today. I have my schedual. Im working in Lingerie. So I will know what im doing for the most part since thats what I worked in Younkers. Ive already had teh training for sizing bras which made Ester happy. Ester is the recrute manager. I will take the sizing course again to refresh but knowing it already will make it faster.
I have my monthly schedual. One weekend a month off. 25 and 3/4 hours a week which is nice not too little not too much. most of my days are from 4-8. 4 hour days!!!WOOHOOO!!! Never had that before.haha.
I go for training on the 22 and 23 of this month.
Tomorrow is Wayne and Louise's wedding in Coventry or someplace in England (south east England).
Ive been going on long drives to surveys with Paul this week thats why I havent been emailing people back and updating. I will be working 5 days a week soon so I will be on less. I will get back to you as soon as I am able, dont stop commenting and emailing!
Anyway I have some stuff to do on the computer. Love you and miss you all.
I got my call from M&S today. I have my schedual. Im working in Lingerie. So I will know what im doing for the most part since thats what I worked in Younkers. Ive already had teh training for sizing bras which made Ester happy. Ester is the recrute manager. I will take the sizing course again to refresh but knowing it already will make it faster.
I have my monthly schedual. One weekend a month off. 25 and 3/4 hours a week which is nice not too little not too much. most of my days are from 4-8. 4 hour days!!!WOOHOOO!!! Never had that before.haha.
I go for training on the 22 and 23 of this month.
Tomorrow is Wayne and Louise's wedding in Coventry or someplace in England (south east England).
Ive been going on long drives to surveys with Paul this week thats why I havent been emailing people back and updating. I will be working 5 days a week soon so I will be on less. I will get back to you as soon as I am able, dont stop commenting and emailing!
Anyway I have some stuff to do on the computer. Love you and miss you all.
- Mood:
ecstatic - Music:Linger-The Cranberries
I passed the job assesment I went for on Wednesday. The recrute manager is calling me on Tues or Wedsday to let me know what openings there are. Hopefully its a part time one but I did tell her I would take full time if need be. I am a bit terrified of getting sick again from working too much like I was getting before I left the states. It was so bad I had to be knocked down to 3 or 4 days a week at one point. I think it was stress mainly. That and I had been working 6 and 7 day weeks. haha.
Anyway the place is called Marks&Spencer. Its an upperclass store that sells grocery(not much in the one here in Talbot Green), clothing and home. They have some nice clothes so it could be a dangerous job for me. haha. We are usually there a few times a week in the coffee shop. Paul and I went last night and I went to order again and she said "small mocha?" and I just laughed and said "are we here that often?" she said "I rememeber his drink too, regular Cappuccino right?"
So the 20% off after 16 weeks will be nice.haha. I am only making £5.50 an hour. I have never made so little. Apparently thats normal starting wage here. INSANE!!! The cost of living is so high here and then most people are starting out making £5.50 an hour. No wonder so many people are on benifit. Paul makes £10 an hour and we cant afford to live on that with out me having this new job!
Things are going well. I will be back in MI in less than 3 months now!
The weather has been in the high 70s the past few days. Its lovely. Today its a bit cloudy but still nice.
I hope all is well.
Somebody comment or Ill think you all dont like me anymore.
Anyway the place is called Marks&Spencer. Its an upperclass store that sells grocery(not much in the one here in Talbot Green), clothing and home. They have some nice clothes so it could be a dangerous job for me. haha. We are usually there a few times a week in the coffee shop. Paul and I went last night and I went to order again and she said "small mocha?" and I just laughed and said "are we here that often?" she said "I rememeber his drink too, regular Cappuccino right?"
So the 20% off after 16 weeks will be nice.haha. I am only making £5.50 an hour. I have never made so little. Apparently thats normal starting wage here. INSANE!!! The cost of living is so high here and then most people are starting out making £5.50 an hour. No wonder so many people are on benifit. Paul makes £10 an hour and we cant afford to live on that with out me having this new job!
Things are going well. I will be back in MI in less than 3 months now!
The weather has been in the high 70s the past few days. Its lovely. Today its a bit cloudy but still nice.
I hope all is well.
Somebody comment or Ill think you all dont like me anymore.
- Location:Office
- Mood:
accomplished - Music:Fast As You Can-Fiona Apple
( Theres Lovely )
- Location:In the office
- Mood:
nervous
I just thought I would let you know that I am alive. I havent been online much. Ive discovered this thing called reading. haha. Right now Im reading a history text book. Yes I know I am a geek.
Not much has happened lately. paul showed me the Rhondda Valleys last weekend. The valleys are all the old mining towns. They are a bit poorer because they are well in the valleys and there isnt much work in the valleys(they have to work in different towns). Its neat though. They are really quiant and old looking. I took a few pictures. Not many but a few. We also went to Penarth(the town we now want to live in) and walked the pier.Its an old peir. It was built in the 1880s. Penarth has loads of old homes. They are HUGE! I want one someday. Fat chance unless I get rich,but hey some dreams come true! ;)
Paul and I saw a two double bedroom house for rent for £450 a month in Llantresiant last night but we cant even afford that right now. Its so sad. I want a home of our own. I love Jo and Trev but we cant live with parents forever. I want to start our life out here.
I helped Paul tile his sisters bathroom on Tuesday. That was fun. It actually was Im not being sarcastic for once. It got me out of the house and gave me something to do and I got to spend a day with Paul.
Its been nice out lately. Its a bit cloudy in the mornings but by afternoon its beautiful. Its been in the 60s or so. Lovely weather. I may go for a bike ride in a bit. Get myself out of the house since its nice out. I have to finish my coffee first though.
Anyway there isnt much more to say so Im going to drink my coffee and work on getting pictures of the Valleys sized so I can post them on here.
I miss you all and I will see you in a little over 3 months!
Not much has happened lately. paul showed me the Rhondda Valleys last weekend. The valleys are all the old mining towns. They are a bit poorer because they are well in the valleys and there isnt much work in the valleys(they have to work in different towns). Its neat though. They are really quiant and old looking. I took a few pictures. Not many but a few. We also went to Penarth(the town we now want to live in) and walked the pier.Its an old peir. It was built in the 1880s. Penarth has loads of old homes. They are HUGE! I want one someday. Fat chance unless I get rich,but hey some dreams come true! ;)
Paul and I saw a two double bedroom house for rent for £450 a month in Llantresiant last night but we cant even afford that right now. Its so sad. I want a home of our own. I love Jo and Trev but we cant live with parents forever. I want to start our life out here.
I helped Paul tile his sisters bathroom on Tuesday. That was fun. It actually was Im not being sarcastic for once. It got me out of the house and gave me something to do and I got to spend a day with Paul.
Its been nice out lately. Its a bit cloudy in the mornings but by afternoon its beautiful. Its been in the 60s or so. Lovely weather. I may go for a bike ride in a bit. Get myself out of the house since its nice out. I have to finish my coffee first though.
Anyway there isnt much more to say so Im going to drink my coffee and work on getting pictures of the Valleys sized so I can post them on here.
I miss you all and I will see you in a little over 3 months!
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:Hello My Darling-Billie Holiday
This weekend was exciting. Friday I went to Filsol(the place where they get the solar panels from) with Paul. It was entertaining. One of the guys who works there sat and joked around and made small talk with me while paul was going over a PV quote with one of the other guys. On the way home we stopped at Ireene-Sonte's house. She is a customer that got both PV and Solar Thermal. paul took a few pictures of the job so they can get credited for PV jobs. Ireene is the biggest hippie EVER. Its great. She's Finish and in her 50's. She has put in her own sauna, shes had a clay stove put in and a few other things. All her paint is Vegan(yes there is such thing as Vegan paint). Her and her 15 year old daugher are both vegan. Ireene has no last name. She got it leagally changed. She is pretty funny really. Nice woman. Next she wants to save for wind. Shes all for renewable engergy and such. The best kind of customer haha.
Saturday Paul, Jo and I went shoppping at Bristol Mall. I found a skirt I want for Wayne and Louise's wedding next month. They had it in an 18,but I found out that Im not an 18 anymore I went down a size. They didnt have the skirt in my size. So we have to order if from another store.
We looked around the rest of the mall. We were in a store and all of the sudden the emergency sounds come over the intercom. So we all had to get out. Now it was sunny when we got there, not when we had to sit outside for about 45 mins though! It was drizzling and cold and so on. Anyway, the staff werent next to emerceny exit doors so everyone was going out the main doors. We went through a fire escape door.
The staff that was supposed to be telling people where to go were crap. One guy couldnt even figure out how to use the mega phone. He couldnt switch it on. It was sad really. Why he was in charge is beyound me. Im all for equal oppertunities but not in emergency situatuions. haha.
Anyway after a disgraceful evacuation of the building and 45 min in the cold we were let back in. By this time almost everyone had gone home. So saturday shopping just got easier.
When we got inside they had an apology over the intercom then an annoucement saying not to leave you bags unattended. So we think someone left their bags lying around and it was handled as a bomb scare. Fun times.
Anyway we went back into the store we were in(Jane Norman) and I got about £200 worth of clothes to try on. I walk in and its a COMUNAL dressing room! One big room! The staff stares at you like you are going to shove a dress in your underware. I handed them all the clothes and walked out. I was disgusted. Im going to write a letter of complaint. They had more than enough room to do individual dressing rooms. I didnt even know it was legal to have one dressing room that everyone uses.
i told Paul and he looked grossed out. Then he said "Thats why girls were going in and walking right back out!" They must lose so much money from it!
I found a Pirate(i call it pirate anyway) skirt in Marks&Spencer that I want but it isnt posh enough to wear to a wedding.
Anyway we went home empty handed really.
Sunday we went to Cardiff. There was a football game going on so we took the bus. For some reason they shut down the main road to the city for a football game. All football fans are EXTREMELY annoying. Football here is soccor in case you didnt know. Anyway everyone had fog horns and they were ALL using them. It was loud to say the least. It was so much quiter when the game started.
We looked around for a dress for me in case I found something I liked more. I didnt. We shopped all day and its not an indoor mall so the wind blowing against you while you walk starts to get to you. I was so sore by time we got home. I was still sore yesterday.(a bit today too really)
We found a nice brown lace top to go over a tank top that would match the skirt in John Lewis at the Bristol mall and I got a new cardigan but that was it. We didnt get the brown top yet.
Yesterday we went back to Bristol to get the skirt oredered. The girl on Saturday said we could pay cash and order it. Well she lied. We drove all the way to Bristol to be told that it can only be done Charge and send and we dont have money on the visa right now. We have to pay some. So we went home again with nothing. I cant find anything else for the wedding and I am mad now. It figures, now that Im a UK 16 they only have the skirt in a 14 and 18. They didnt even tell us if they would be getting more. One of the girls was rude too. I said to Paul that we could order it on the visa, go home and pay visa and it should be ok. The girl rudely and loudly says "Why dont you just wait til you acutally have the money for it!?" I wanted to say " We do you idiot but we cant pay cash like we were told we could" Honestly! If we had know we would have paid visa on monday and went on Wednesday or something.
We cant go to another store either because the closest John Lewis besides that one is 1/2 to London. What a pain.
Anyway thats my update.
Some shopping, a bomb scare, a comunal dressing room, more shopping, being sore from shopping, more shopping and a rude lady in John Lewis. And yet I still have no skirt!
Saturday Paul, Jo and I went shoppping at Bristol Mall. I found a skirt I want for Wayne and Louise's wedding next month. They had it in an 18,but I found out that Im not an 18 anymore I went down a size. They didnt have the skirt in my size. So we have to order if from another store.
We looked around the rest of the mall. We were in a store and all of the sudden the emergency sounds come over the intercom. So we all had to get out. Now it was sunny when we got there, not when we had to sit outside for about 45 mins though! It was drizzling and cold and so on. Anyway, the staff werent next to emerceny exit doors so everyone was going out the main doors. We went through a fire escape door.
The staff that was supposed to be telling people where to go were crap. One guy couldnt even figure out how to use the mega phone. He couldnt switch it on. It was sad really. Why he was in charge is beyound me. Im all for equal oppertunities but not in emergency situatuions. haha.
Anyway after a disgraceful evacuation of the building and 45 min in the cold we were let back in. By this time almost everyone had gone home. So saturday shopping just got easier.
When we got inside they had an apology over the intercom then an annoucement saying not to leave you bags unattended. So we think someone left their bags lying around and it was handled as a bomb scare. Fun times.
Anyway we went back into the store we were in(Jane Norman) and I got about £200 worth of clothes to try on. I walk in and its a COMUNAL dressing room! One big room! The staff stares at you like you are going to shove a dress in your underware. I handed them all the clothes and walked out. I was disgusted. Im going to write a letter of complaint. They had more than enough room to do individual dressing rooms. I didnt even know it was legal to have one dressing room that everyone uses.
i told Paul and he looked grossed out. Then he said "Thats why girls were going in and walking right back out!" They must lose so much money from it!
I found a Pirate(i call it pirate anyway) skirt in Marks&Spencer that I want but it isnt posh enough to wear to a wedding.
Anyway we went home empty handed really.
Sunday we went to Cardiff. There was a football game going on so we took the bus. For some reason they shut down the main road to the city for a football game. All football fans are EXTREMELY annoying. Football here is soccor in case you didnt know. Anyway everyone had fog horns and they were ALL using them. It was loud to say the least. It was so much quiter when the game started.
We looked around for a dress for me in case I found something I liked more. I didnt. We shopped all day and its not an indoor mall so the wind blowing against you while you walk starts to get to you. I was so sore by time we got home. I was still sore yesterday.(a bit today too really)
We found a nice brown lace top to go over a tank top that would match the skirt in John Lewis at the Bristol mall and I got a new cardigan but that was it. We didnt get the brown top yet.
Yesterday we went back to Bristol to get the skirt oredered. The girl on Saturday said we could pay cash and order it. Well she lied. We drove all the way to Bristol to be told that it can only be done Charge and send and we dont have money on the visa right now. We have to pay some. So we went home again with nothing. I cant find anything else for the wedding and I am mad now. It figures, now that Im a UK 16 they only have the skirt in a 14 and 18. They didnt even tell us if they would be getting more. One of the girls was rude too. I said to Paul that we could order it on the visa, go home and pay visa and it should be ok. The girl rudely and loudly says "Why dont you just wait til you acutally have the money for it!?" I wanted to say " We do you idiot but we cant pay cash like we were told we could" Honestly! If we had know we would have paid visa on monday and went on Wednesday or something.
We cant go to another store either because the closest John Lewis besides that one is 1/2 to London. What a pain.
Anyway thats my update.
Some shopping, a bomb scare, a comunal dressing room, more shopping, being sore from shopping, more shopping and a rude lady in John Lewis. And yet I still have no skirt!
- Mood:
cold - Music:Shrug-Ani Difranco
So mothers day was this past weekend. Karen, Jo and I went to see 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' by the London Shakespear Company. It was quite good. The acting rocked, the set wasnt great though. If you didnt know the play you would have been completely lost. The cast played double roles and the setting never changed. I think they relyed on their acting to set the scene, problem being ITS SHAKESPEAR! That and they made the costumes they had from the 1920s.
I must say it wasnt near as bad as when Amanda and I saw 'Hamlet'. The acting was actually good in 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'. There was one actor who played Bottom was so funny. He was putting on a Welsh accent(which in itself sounds so funny) and making it thicker and thicker. Over emphasizing words. He even had the cast laughing.
The man who played Puck was quite funny too. Hoping on chairs and such. When he puts the flower on the eyes to make them fall in and out of love he would actually smack them with the flower on the face and a child would. Then one of the chacters wasnt quite asleep(it was Lycanderor Demetries) and he picked up their head and dropped it back on the floor. You could hear the thud.
All in all it was very good acting. The scenery was just disapointing. They didnt put on costumes to look like fairies when they were playing their other parts and when Bottom is turned into a arse they didnt give him ears or anything, they just used shoes. I think that was a gag in itself but as I said if you dont know the play you wouldn't have caught on at all.
Sunday we just stayed home.
We are probably going shopping this weekend in Bristol. I still need a dress for the wedding in May.(Pauls cousin Wayne is getting married.) It is really a convienant date. The 12th of May. Which means Paul and I get to go out and have fun for our anniversery(one year on the 13th that we.ve been together). They picked a good date. :)
I've lost another 2 pounds. Woohooo! I've been getting back and shoulder pain this week so I havent been on the rower. Its annoying because I should be on it, but I dont want to make it worse because Im already in pain. No need to make it worse really.
Lets see what else? I just finished a book the other day. Its called 'Eve Green' by Susan Fletcher. It was pretty good once I got past the first 40 pages.(Those were confusing and jumped around alot). Considering she is 27 and its her first book(and she won awards for it) it was really good. She is very descriptive in a poetic way. I need to start reading more again. I used to read one to three books a week. I have the time to do it again now. haha.
I left all my good books in the states because they are too heavy to have brought back the first time. So my art book and my Shakespear are still in MI until August. Oh well.
Anyway, its time for my online date with Brandy. I miss you all.
I must say it wasnt near as bad as when Amanda and I saw 'Hamlet'. The acting was actually good in 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'. There was one actor who played Bottom was so funny. He was putting on a Welsh accent(which in itself sounds so funny) and making it thicker and thicker. Over emphasizing words. He even had the cast laughing.
The man who played Puck was quite funny too. Hoping on chairs and such. When he puts the flower on the eyes to make them fall in and out of love he would actually smack them with the flower on the face and a child would. Then one of the chacters wasnt quite asleep(it was Lycanderor Demetries) and he picked up their head and dropped it back on the floor. You could hear the thud.
All in all it was very good acting. The scenery was just disapointing. They didnt put on costumes to look like fairies when they were playing their other parts and when Bottom is turned into a arse they didnt give him ears or anything, they just used shoes. I think that was a gag in itself but as I said if you dont know the play you wouldn't have caught on at all.
Sunday we just stayed home.
We are probably going shopping this weekend in Bristol. I still need a dress for the wedding in May.(Pauls cousin Wayne is getting married.) It is really a convienant date. The 12th of May. Which means Paul and I get to go out and have fun for our anniversery(one year on the 13th that we.ve been together). They picked a good date. :)
I've lost another 2 pounds. Woohooo! I've been getting back and shoulder pain this week so I havent been on the rower. Its annoying because I should be on it, but I dont want to make it worse because Im already in pain. No need to make it worse really.
Lets see what else? I just finished a book the other day. Its called 'Eve Green' by Susan Fletcher. It was pretty good once I got past the first 40 pages.(Those were confusing and jumped around alot). Considering she is 27 and its her first book(and she won awards for it) it was really good. She is very descriptive in a poetic way. I need to start reading more again. I used to read one to three books a week. I have the time to do it again now. haha.
I left all my good books in the states because they are too heavy to have brought back the first time. So my art book and my Shakespear are still in MI until August. Oh well.
Anyway, its time for my online date with Brandy. I miss you all.
- Mood:
amused - Music:Weird Al-Wanna Be Ur Lova
We got the invites done, well except the information inserts. Not bad though, got them all done in a weekend. They look wonderful. I am impressed. I mostly supervised, haha. Paul knows what he's doing, but I felt I should be in the room to say 'No not that font' and so on. haha.
Paul's a pretty handy guy.
Ive come to the conclusion that someone needs to invent a body wash that makes you lose weight. That would make MILLIONS!! I dont know how I thought of this. I was in the shower after my daily work out using my DOVE skin firming body wash and thought it would be better if it was weight loss body wash. So someone invent that.
Jo is going to get a tredmil!! I miss having one of those in the house. I used to use moms relgiously. Everynight while I watched Law and Order I would walk on the tredmil. If I wasnt out on the weekend thats what I did. Yes I know I lead an exciting life where ever I go.
Nothing else is new really. Its so horrid that my life is so dull I can barely do a real update. Oh well.
I miss you all.
Paul's a pretty handy guy.
Ive come to the conclusion that someone needs to invent a body wash that makes you lose weight. That would make MILLIONS!! I dont know how I thought of this. I was in the shower after my daily work out using my DOVE skin firming body wash and thought it would be better if it was weight loss body wash. So someone invent that.
Jo is going to get a tredmil!! I miss having one of those in the house. I used to use moms relgiously. Everynight while I watched Law and Order I would walk on the tredmil. If I wasnt out on the weekend thats what I did. Yes I know I lead an exciting life where ever I go.
Nothing else is new really. Its so horrid that my life is so dull I can barely do a real update. Oh well.
I miss you all.
- Mood:
bored - Music:Done Wrong-Ani DiFranco
Paul took me to Miskin Manor for dinner on friday.(the place where we had our wedding). It was wonderful. Expensive, but we're worth it. We never go out.
We spent Saturday evening doing a data base for everyone invited to the wedding. We got the Invites printed(except a few) and were up until 2am doing all this.#
Yesterday we went and bought card stock(over 300 sheets for £3.99!!) for the inserts in the invites. We finished all the RSVPs, they are beautiful. We now have to do the inserts and get names and address printed on the envelopes and its then done.
I took a nap yesterday and ended up injured. Only I can get injured during a nap. My belt left a nice little painful hole right next to one of my scars from my sergery as a child. Its pretty painful. I am a woose though.
Anyway, Its sunny for the first time in over a week. Oh wait yesterday was nice. I cant wait until its in the 70s. It was 55 yesterday.
We went to Leeks(a DIY store with so much more in it) and I was looking at the digital pianos and I miss my piano. Digital isnt going to cut it for me. I know it isnt the same and the keys arent wonderful. We found one that was onsale for only £8999.00! Wow what a deal. The funniest thing was that somehow this digital piano was OUT OF TUNE! We think someone just messed with the pitch bender but there wasnt one that we could find. I just found it funny that the digital piano was out of tune. That and on sale for nine thousand pounds. You can get a real piano for less than that.
OK Im in pain from sitting at the computer so Im going to stop now.
We spent Saturday evening doing a data base for everyone invited to the wedding. We got the Invites printed(except a few) and were up until 2am doing all this.#
Yesterday we went and bought card stock(over 300 sheets for £3.99!!) for the inserts in the invites. We finished all the RSVPs, they are beautiful. We now have to do the inserts and get names and address printed on the envelopes and its then done.
I took a nap yesterday and ended up injured. Only I can get injured during a nap. My belt left a nice little painful hole right next to one of my scars from my sergery as a child. Its pretty painful. I am a woose though.
Anyway, Its sunny for the first time in over a week. Oh wait yesterday was nice. I cant wait until its in the 70s. It was 55 yesterday.
We went to Leeks(a DIY store with so much more in it) and I was looking at the digital pianos and I miss my piano. Digital isnt going to cut it for me. I know it isnt the same and the keys arent wonderful. We found one that was onsale for only £8999.00! Wow what a deal. The funniest thing was that somehow this digital piano was OUT OF TUNE! We think someone just messed with the pitch bender but there wasnt one that we could find. I just found it funny that the digital piano was out of tune. That and on sale for nine thousand pounds. You can get a real piano for less than that.
OK Im in pain from sitting at the computer so Im going to stop now.
- Mood:
frustrated - Music:Photograph Smile-Julian Lennon
Paul and Trev are gone(again). I dont know where they are working this time, but its about four hours away. They will be home late tomorrow night. I hate this working away stuff. I wish the business would pick up so that Trev and Paul could hire people to go out and work for them. This is purely because I am greedy and cant sleep without Paul here, but hey what are you going to do?!
The good news is that gas and electric prices keep rising. Why is this good? Its good because they sell SOLAR silly!!! The more the prices go up the more inquries they get. Ever since it was on the news a month ago that prices are rising the business has been getting loads of inquries. Maybe someday we will be able to put solar and PV on the house if business keeps up.haha. Its a bit funny and a little sad that the family business is Solar and PV and the house we live in doesnt have either. Someday.
Paul is trying to think of ways to put solar into an apartment.haha. I keep telling him it wont work and Im not having cords across any place we live in just for solar.
We are still searching for a nice quality photography portfolio for my work. I miss taking pictures of kids. I dont miss the horrid parents, but thats just the type of people PCA catered too. I want to work in a nice studio with families that are there to spend money on pictures.
Sitting in the house all day is getting really boring. I wish we were closer to Cardiff or something. I can only do laundry so many times a day. At some point I have to learn to drive. I am finally used to getting into the wrong side of the car and looking the wrong way first before I cross the road. It took forever to learn to look the opisite way first when you cross the road.
Accents dont even register anymore. I know them and understand them quite well. I can pick out an American accent really fast though. If it sounds slightly American I hear it.haha.
I find it odd how much American culture through TV, movies and music effects stuff out here. There are hardly any UK films. The last one I saw was Wallace and Grommit. There are a few but not many. Most films are American. Alot of the American slang slips into some of the TV. Its funny. Although I still get giggles when I say pants here. Pants are underware here, not trousers or jeans. So when I said "Do you like my new pants?" to Jo the other day Karen started laughing.(Jo Trev and Paul are used to me saying stuff like that because they live with me).
Oh speaking of pants, Paul bought me clothes!!! I have two new shirts and two new pairs of pants. I was so excited. Its nice to have clothing fit properly. Shopping is so much better here. Everything is in my size. Which I havent had since I was 16 years old and a size 7 haha.
Paul needs new clothes also but he said he wants to get me some more stuff since most of mine was donated and sold before I moved. What a good man!! ;)
We went to a home show last week. It was actually really interesting. I dont know if its because I dont get out much or if its because I actually found everything fasinating. Eitherway, good times were had. Paul and I were drooling over the flueless fire places. We now want one. We dont have a house to put it in, but we want one.
I cant wait to see everyone in August. Im getting excited about the renewal. Its a bit odd becuase mom is doing it all so I have nothing to sit and stress about. Its nice really.
We will be in MI for two weeks. I have a feeling its going to be a BUSY two weeks with visiting everyone and the wedding. Paul and I will probably be knackered(tired) by time we get back from MI.It will be nice though. I miss everyone so much.
I cant belived Ive been gone for 7 months now. Paul and I have our one year coming up in May. Time goes so quickly!
( Pictures,becuase I can )
The good news is that gas and electric prices keep rising. Why is this good? Its good because they sell SOLAR silly!!! The more the prices go up the more inquries they get. Ever since it was on the news a month ago that prices are rising the business has been getting loads of inquries. Maybe someday we will be able to put solar and PV on the house if business keeps up.haha. Its a bit funny and a little sad that the family business is Solar and PV and the house we live in doesnt have either. Someday.
Paul is trying to think of ways to put solar into an apartment.haha. I keep telling him it wont work and Im not having cords across any place we live in just for solar.
We are still searching for a nice quality photography portfolio for my work. I miss taking pictures of kids. I dont miss the horrid parents, but thats just the type of people PCA catered too. I want to work in a nice studio with families that are there to spend money on pictures.
Sitting in the house all day is getting really boring. I wish we were closer to Cardiff or something. I can only do laundry so many times a day. At some point I have to learn to drive. I am finally used to getting into the wrong side of the car and looking the wrong way first before I cross the road. It took forever to learn to look the opisite way first when you cross the road.
Accents dont even register anymore. I know them and understand them quite well. I can pick out an American accent really fast though. If it sounds slightly American I hear it.haha.
I find it odd how much American culture through TV, movies and music effects stuff out here. There are hardly any UK films. The last one I saw was Wallace and Grommit. There are a few but not many. Most films are American. Alot of the American slang slips into some of the TV. Its funny. Although I still get giggles when I say pants here. Pants are underware here, not trousers or jeans. So when I said "Do you like my new pants?" to Jo the other day Karen started laughing.(Jo Trev and Paul are used to me saying stuff like that because they live with me).
Oh speaking of pants, Paul bought me clothes!!! I have two new shirts and two new pairs of pants. I was so excited. Its nice to have clothing fit properly. Shopping is so much better here. Everything is in my size. Which I havent had since I was 16 years old and a size 7 haha.
Paul needs new clothes also but he said he wants to get me some more stuff since most of mine was donated and sold before I moved. What a good man!! ;)
We went to a home show last week. It was actually really interesting. I dont know if its because I dont get out much or if its because I actually found everything fasinating. Eitherway, good times were had. Paul and I were drooling over the flueless fire places. We now want one. We dont have a house to put it in, but we want one.
I cant wait to see everyone in August. Im getting excited about the renewal. Its a bit odd becuase mom is doing it all so I have nothing to sit and stress about. Its nice really.
We will be in MI for two weeks. I have a feeling its going to be a BUSY two weeks with visiting everyone and the wedding. Paul and I will probably be knackered(tired) by time we get back from MI.It will be nice though. I miss everyone so much.
I cant belived Ive been gone for 7 months now. Paul and I have our one year coming up in May. Time goes so quickly!
( Pictures,becuase I can )
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geeky - Music:Jealous Guy-John Lennon
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energetic - Music:Billy Joel-River Of Dreams
There isnt much new going on, but Ill make some interesting stuff up to keep you occupied.
My day is buckets of fun. 20 minutes on the rower a shower.I dont know how I manage it all really.haha.
Paul and I had a pretty nice weekend.We went window shopping and looked at all the things we would buy if only we had money.We all watched Jo's amazon rental for the week. It was The Village and it was HORRIBLE!Last night we watched The Mothman Proficy(or whatever its called) and it was actually pretty good.That was my weekend.
Oh Valentines Day! Paul bought me a new stuffed monkey, I named him George. He also bought me a huge bouquet of flowers and a box of Thorntons Chocolates(yum yum). George is so cute! I took pictures of him that I will post later.(yes I got so bored I took pictures of a stuffed animal)
Right now I'm scanning Pauls baby pictures(before he gets home and goes on about how we dont need copies). So I will update more later.
My day is buckets of fun. 20 minutes on the rower a shower.I dont know how I manage it all really.haha.
Paul and I had a pretty nice weekend.We went window shopping and looked at all the things we would buy if only we had money.We all watched Jo's amazon rental for the week. It was The Village and it was HORRIBLE!Last night we watched The Mothman Proficy(or whatever its called) and it was actually pretty good.That was my weekend.
Oh Valentines Day! Paul bought me a new stuffed monkey, I named him George. He also bought me a huge bouquet of flowers and a box of Thorntons Chocolates(yum yum). George is so cute! I took pictures of him that I will post later.(yes I got so bored I took pictures of a stuffed animal)
Right now I'm scanning Pauls baby pictures(before he gets home and goes on about how we dont need copies). So I will update more later.
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happy
Smoking has been banned in all public places in England and Wales!!This is great that means when we get money Paul and I can go out with out feeling ill from second hand smoke.Its not effective until the summer of 2007,but some places are starting now. Originally it was going to be just a ban where food was served.Instead it became a full ban with a 200 majority(the vote was 348 to 140 or something). Its great!There are quite a few people mad but it will help business in the long run.
We went and look at two more apartments and they were dumps. We know not to go with that agency. One was in a council housing area(which would be like if you took everyone on welfare and put them in the same comunity) and they wanted £625 for it. We can get a place in Prospect for £600 that is not only better quality its a better area. The other one was 3 flights up with no elevator and it reeked of smoke.This company also wants £100-150 more per month for a place in Prospect which is just stupid.
We are going out with a different company to see 5 more that are up for rent in Prospect.It should give us an idea of what design plan we want and such.Paul is getting a raise as soon as the business can afford it.Which is good because with out a raise we cant move out. There are too many different bills to pay. Its £120 a year for a TV licence(no licence no TV), council tax is going to be anywhere from £720-900 a year(basically they charge you extra based on what your house is worth.A way for the government to make more cash) and so on and so forth. Its insane.
Anyway I should go.I hope all is well.
We went and look at two more apartments and they were dumps. We know not to go with that agency. One was in a council housing area(which would be like if you took everyone on welfare and put them in the same comunity) and they wanted £625 for it. We can get a place in Prospect for £600 that is not only better quality its a better area. The other one was 3 flights up with no elevator and it reeked of smoke.This company also wants £100-150 more per month for a place in Prospect which is just stupid.
We are going out with a different company to see 5 more that are up for rent in Prospect.It should give us an idea of what design plan we want and such.Paul is getting a raise as soon as the business can afford it.Which is good because with out a raise we cant move out. There are too many different bills to pay. Its £120 a year for a TV licence(no licence no TV), council tax is going to be anywhere from £720-900 a year(basically they charge you extra based on what your house is worth.A way for the government to make more cash) and so on and so forth. Its insane.
Anyway I should go.I hope all is well.
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excited
Paul had yesterday off so we went to Keylet estate agency. We have an appointment to look at a few different apartments in Cardiff Bay area on Monday.We wanted to stop at Cardiff lettings agency also but the site didnt tell us where it was. Paul and I then drove to Prospect Place(The hotel complex we want to live in) and decided to go into the sales office. They deal with just selling,but we thought maybe they could give us a clue to what the apartments are like.To our luck one of the agents from Cardiff Lettings was visiting in the sales building. He stopped drinking his tea and took us to see a two bedroom. This place is wonderful. The entire complex wont be completed until 2009. You have electronic keys to get into your block of apartments. The electronic key will only let you into your block of apartements so that makes it a bit safer. You have an electronic key for the parking area also. Inside it is so quite. All the construction outside is so loud you would think you would hear something, but you dont. The apartment was on the third floor and looked out over the bay. You walk in and there is a utility closet(with the water cylinder) on one side and the bathroom on the other. The two bedrooms are good sized. The master bedroom has an ensuit.The ensuit has a shower cubical and the tub is in the main bathroom. You go through another door and there is the kitchen and living room. The living room has a huge bay window that has the view of the bay. There is a washer and dryer in the kitchen under the sink. All apartments have washers and dryers here. Paul and I would like an apartment with a balcony(which this didnt have) but just seeing it has helped. We now know they are nice inside. The pictures online dont do justice.There is a pool and gym in the building of the apartment we looked at and there will be another pool and gym in two years in a different building.There arent pictures online of the apartment we looked at but here are a few. They dont really make it look as nice as it is.
http://cardifflettings.com/details.p hp?ID=P1110
http://cardifflettings.com/details.p hp?ID=062
They are about £650 furnished or unfurnished.We also then have to have £800-£900 for council tax. Everything is taxed in this country. A telly has a tax of £120 a year. If you dont have a telly tax you cant watch any tv. Radio is the only free thing.haha.
The area is nice.They have an Aldi right down the road,which Paul isnt so thrilled about but little does he know we may have to get our food from there.haha. There is an ASDA(they are owned by Walmart)down the road a bit and of course IKEA is right next to us. Which means we can buy all the furniture we never need whenever we want.There is also a new grocery store going up down the road a mile or so. Cardiff is down the freeway a bit,not far, so it will be a short bus ride. Hopefully soon we will be able to get a place there. We were both convinced after seeing it.
http://cardifflettings.com/details.p
http://cardifflettings.com/details.p
They are about £650 furnished or unfurnished.We also then have to have £800-£900 for council tax. Everything is taxed in this country. A telly has a tax of £120 a year. If you dont have a telly tax you cant watch any tv. Radio is the only free thing.haha.
The area is nice.They have an Aldi right down the road,which Paul isnt so thrilled about but little does he know we may have to get our food from there.haha. There is an ASDA(they are owned by Walmart)down the road a bit and of course IKEA is right next to us. Which means we can buy all the furniture we never need whenever we want.There is also a new grocery store going up down the road a mile or so. Cardiff is down the freeway a bit,not far, so it will be a short bus ride. Hopefully soon we will be able to get a place there. We were both convinced after seeing it.
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energetic - Music:Not Your Average Kind Of Girl-Alex Parks
So I finally got my hair trimmed last week and today I tried the MK samples mom sent me. ( What Do You Think )
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contemplative - Music:Hopelessly Addicted-The Corrs
Today I finished the laundry I started,vacuumed because Paul promised to do it over a month ago and its just not going to get done if I dont do it and I 'cleaned' the computer room. Which means I took all Pauls stuff(which was EVERYWHERE) and piled it up on the desk away from the computer so HE can clean it and file the papers. I dont want to acidently throw away work stuff. He was supposed to do this a long time ago too. Grrr. Boys.
Well thats my life. Fasinating I know. Now I think I will go work out.
Why doesnt anywone ever comment anymore?!
Well thats my life. Fasinating I know. Now I think I will go work out.
Why doesnt anywone ever comment anymore?!
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hopeful - Music:Call Me Al-Paul Simon
So the other day I had a HORRIBLE nightmare about the wedding in MI. We got off the plane and were told'Oh the wedding has to be today instead' and NOTHING was done. I dont remember much more I just remember waking up thinking..'OH NO!!'. Luckily I know that mom is taking care of everthing. I have the best parents.
I am thinking about what music I deffinately want played at the reception. Im thinking lots of 80's music and Disco.haha. Oh come on!! It would be so great! There probably will be alot of Disco because lets face it, its me. It would be so awesome to have a roller disco reception. Brandy and I told this idea to mom before I moved but she didnt look convinced. I dont know how you cant be convinced about ROLLER DISCO!! haha.
I have to start on the data base of addresses for the invites soon. That will be hours of fun. At least I type fast so it wont be too long. The girls dresses will be started in May so thats taken care of. There isnt really much else that needs to be done. Which is odd, but great.
There isnt really much else to say, so Jo and I are going to watch some Dr.Quinn. haha Paul just LOVES that I have her addicted to it too. He says he cant stand the show, yet he watches it with me. I think he just likes to complain. Anyway I miss you all.
I am thinking about what music I deffinately want played at the reception. Im thinking lots of 80's music and Disco.haha. Oh come on!! It would be so great! There probably will be alot of Disco because lets face it, its me. It would be so awesome to have a roller disco reception. Brandy and I told this idea to mom before I moved but she didnt look convinced. I dont know how you cant be convinced about ROLLER DISCO!! haha.
I have to start on the data base of addresses for the invites soon. That will be hours of fun. At least I type fast so it wont be too long. The girls dresses will be started in May so thats taken care of. There isnt really much else that needs to be done. Which is odd, but great.
There isnt really much else to say, so Jo and I are going to watch some Dr.Quinn. haha Paul just LOVES that I have her addicted to it too. He says he cant stand the show, yet he watches it with me. I think he just likes to complain. Anyway I miss you all.
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awake - Music:Katie Melua-I Cried For You
Life is really exciting. Ok maybe not, but I could make stuff up and you would never know how boring my life is most days.
Whats new? I have a blister from the rowing machine pushing my wedding rings into my hand. Oh and I have a hang nail that hurts really bad. Yea thats about it. I need to do laundry once the washer and dryer are free. Which I am really PUMPED about. I cant wait!!
Sizing the the UK is stupid. Whatever size you are in the states add the number 4 and you have your size here. Yes thats right, way to make me feel like I lost nothing before I moved here.haha. My US size got to a 13 before I moved(still is a US 13) and I buy pants here and its a 18! GRRR.
Oh well. The healthy food and working out is still going well. I lost two pounds and a total of a few inches. This week I didnt lose any pounds but I did lose and inch and a quater total. WOOHOO! Go me.
My knees are giving me problems off and on again. Its great.-Hey I told you my life was boring.
I may start doing a family tree and such to keep me from dying of boredom most days. If my cousin Tammy can get me the info she had from when she was going to do hers. It should be entertaining for awhile. I like history and such. Im not so keen to do the Maycroft side. Id rather not find out things about them. I already know too much about how they are.Id rather research the Speets than the Maycrofts.
I spent a day cleaning Paul and my room. Then he came home and put his stuff on the floor instead of the dirty clothes basket. I about had an anerisim. Its odd that I(of all people) now get mad when the room is no longer clean. Hes learning,bless. He works hard,but his socks still need to go in the basket.haha.
Paul is wonderful. We are trying to figure out a place to move to when we get ahead a bit.haha. Which may be never.Money is stupid. I dont know why people thought it would be a good idea. Maybe they thought it would be a good idea because they would know how to make it and therefore would never be short of it.
Paul and I got hair cuts yesterday. We couldnt afford to get our hair highlighted and such, but my hair badly needed to be trimmed. Not to mention Paul couldnt have bad hair for the National Geographic filming.hahah.They went to that today(Paul and Trev) and they got to the place and the man said 'That doesnt look like a PV pannel.' Thats because it was a thermal pannel. They never told Paul and Trev they needed a PV pannel and not Thermal.Paul and Trev mostly install solar thermal pannels. They do install PV but there arent as many people asking for those. So they have to go back on Monday with a PV pannel. You would think the woman would have mentioned which pannel. Trev said they didnt know much about them though. Which is odd since they are doing a documentry on them. huh.
Anyway Im just rambling now. So Im off. I miss you all.
Whats new? I have a blister from the rowing machine pushing my wedding rings into my hand. Oh and I have a hang nail that hurts really bad. Yea thats about it. I need to do laundry once the washer and dryer are free. Which I am really PUMPED about. I cant wait!!
Sizing the the UK is stupid. Whatever size you are in the states add the number 4 and you have your size here. Yes thats right, way to make me feel like I lost nothing before I moved here.haha. My US size got to a 13 before I moved(still is a US 13) and I buy pants here and its a 18! GRRR.
Oh well. The healthy food and working out is still going well. I lost two pounds and a total of a few inches. This week I didnt lose any pounds but I did lose and inch and a quater total. WOOHOO! Go me.
My knees are giving me problems off and on again. Its great.-Hey I told you my life was boring.
I may start doing a family tree and such to keep me from dying of boredom most days. If my cousin Tammy can get me the info she had from when she was going to do hers. It should be entertaining for awhile. I like history and such. Im not so keen to do the Maycroft side. Id rather not find out things about them. I already know too much about how they are.Id rather research the Speets than the Maycrofts.
I spent a day cleaning Paul and my room. Then he came home and put his stuff on the floor instead of the dirty clothes basket. I about had an anerisim. Its odd that I(of all people) now get mad when the room is no longer clean. Hes learning,bless. He works hard,but his socks still need to go in the basket.haha.
Paul is wonderful. We are trying to figure out a place to move to when we get ahead a bit.haha. Which may be never.Money is stupid. I dont know why people thought it would be a good idea. Maybe they thought it would be a good idea because they would know how to make it and therefore would never be short of it.
Paul and I got hair cuts yesterday. We couldnt afford to get our hair highlighted and such, but my hair badly needed to be trimmed. Not to mention Paul couldnt have bad hair for the National Geographic filming.hahah.They went to that today(Paul and Trev) and they got to the place and the man said 'That doesnt look like a PV pannel.' Thats because it was a thermal pannel. They never told Paul and Trev they needed a PV pannel and not Thermal.Paul and Trev mostly install solar thermal pannels. They do install PV but there arent as many people asking for those. So they have to go back on Monday with a PV pannel. You would think the woman would have mentioned which pannel. Trev said they didnt know much about them though. Which is odd since they are doing a documentry on them. huh.
Anyway Im just rambling now. So Im off. I miss you all.
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calm - Music:Dirty Little Secret-Sarah McLachlan
Sorry I havent updated in awhile. Paul has been working at home again. The business got a call yesterday asking if Paul and Trev would be filmed carrying a solar pannel into a house for a National Geographic special on alternitive power or something like that. So Paul and Trev are going to be in a National Geographic thing. We dont even have Sky TV(Cable) so when it airs in like 6 months or whatnot we wont be able to see it. Oh well. Paul and Trev were trying to figure out how to get the company name in,the van doesnt have it painted on yet, and they couldnt think of anything. So suddenly I said 'Why not get the iron ons that you can use with the computer? You can just print the Aqualec logo on the iron on and put it on a shirt.' I am in fact a genius. It looks alright really. Its just a temp fix until they can get embroidered shirts and such. So that was our excitement for the day. They will be filmed on saturday in Cardiff.
Other than that there really isnt anything exciting going on. I cleaned the other day and read yesterday. At night Paul and I go for a walk.
Im starting to feel a bit ill when I eat again, which is NOT welcome. It freaks me out whenever I get sick after eating because I remember what it was like when I was really ill and I dont want to ever have to deal with that again. I think every once in awhile my body just gets mad and decides to rebel after I eat. So I eating pretty dull food most of the time.It tends to be certin foods I feel ill after eating, such as potatos. The lack of junk food in my life is good.
I think the diet change has helped with my depression problems. I havent had any in awhile. Mind you Im also much happier. I still get a bit down about not having friends and family here,but thats to be expected. Anyway I think the organic and healthy food has helped with my moods and such.
I miss my piano.It would be nice to be able to play. It would also give me something to do all day. We have to look into what it will cost to ship that after we get a house.It will probably be a quite a bit, but its my baby. ;) Well my life is pretty fasinating so Im going to go. ;)
Other than that there really isnt anything exciting going on. I cleaned the other day and read yesterday. At night Paul and I go for a walk.
Im starting to feel a bit ill when I eat again, which is NOT welcome. It freaks me out whenever I get sick after eating because I remember what it was like when I was really ill and I dont want to ever have to deal with that again. I think every once in awhile my body just gets mad and decides to rebel after I eat. So I eating pretty dull food most of the time.It tends to be certin foods I feel ill after eating, such as potatos. The lack of junk food in my life is good.
I think the diet change has helped with my depression problems. I havent had any in awhile. Mind you Im also much happier. I still get a bit down about not having friends and family here,but thats to be expected. Anyway I think the organic and healthy food has helped with my moods and such.
I miss my piano.It would be nice to be able to play. It would also give me something to do all day. We have to look into what it will cost to ship that after we get a house.It will probably be a quite a bit, but its my baby. ;) Well my life is pretty fasinating so Im going to go. ;)

