Pete's Dream Wedding

LOL LFC Weddings

I told him that if we were getting married over there I'd actually consider it, as its very quirky and we're all about that hehe.

Cure for Crampiness...
1 glass of full-fat milk

5 yummy chocolate chip and caramel cookies

Resting on the couch

While watching Bridget Jones's Diary, for the 100,000th + time.

This is what my evening has/will consist of, though the power just went out so BJD has been turned off but will go and put it back on again and restart the cure ;)

New Layout

How does everyone like the new layout?

I'm very pleased with it, I have to fix the comments bit but other than that its very cool. I also found a Simpson's one for Pete's blog :)

Woohooo I SURVIVED!

Yay speech class is over with! I can't believe I've actually survived it! Some of you don't know why this is such a big accomplishment for me, but those who do will understand the significance of this. It was a class I got worried sick over, cried a lot over, and thought a lot about, but in the end I did it. I'll probably only get a C, and while that somewhat annoys me, the grade isn't important. It's a major step in my life and hopefully it can only get better from here in that area. I'd really like to thank my wonderful fiance for always believeing in me even when I didn't believe in myself. I love you baby and I can't wait to see you in 10 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!

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You Were Conceived:	Backstage at a Queen concert
You Will Marry:	A respectable person
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Our compatibility according to Blog Title's

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My Ingredients!

How to make a Juls

Ingredients: 5 parts pride 1 part brilliance 5 parts joy

Method: Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add caring to taste! Do not overindulge!

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And Pete's:

How to make a Pete

Ingredients: 5 parts intelligence 1 part brilliance 1 part ego

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The Redneck is back....

English Redneck has finally blogged again, so I am adding him to my reads. BTW he's my fiance Pete if you didn't know that ;) Again, as always, bloody hilarious, vulgar, but sweet - but I am biased. ;)

In other stuff...

I went to Barnes and Noble after a very healthy lunch at Taco Bell, haha, yeah. Why is everything so freaking expensive there?! I was tempted to get "Olivia Joules" by Helen Fielding, and "To Have and to Hold" (UK title: "Spellbound") by Jane Green. Both are only in hardcovers here though ugh! $25 each, yeah okay, because I'm not broke as it is! But then I went to the WH Smith's website and "Spellbound" is like 3.50 quid! And "Olivia Joules" is coming out in paperback on 2 July. MMMMM I love Smith's!!! Sorry I know, I'm crazy.

My mom and Patrick (brother) have yet to call us from California. Hmph. I checked to see if the plane landed, yup even early so they're (presumably) okay. Then again expecting either of them to take into consideration that we might be worried is laughable so I'm sure they're fine.

I have to come back here tomorrow at 5pm to meet two girls from my speech class I'm doing the debate with...ugh. At least it'll all be over on Friday!

I'm going to go pretend to read info for the debate until 2pm when I told Pete I'd get on. Addicted to the computer, yup, that's me!

In Two Weeks Time....

I will be in ENGLAND!!!! yay!!!!

Wearing my Penalty Spot shirt today to be sarcastic and ironic about the match yesterday lol. Pete was less than pleased I can tell you. If you don't know, England lost to France yesterday in the Euro 2004.

Haven't been doing much around here. Last week of summer classes woohoo. I'm home alone this week as my mom and younger brother are leaving for California today and my dad and youngest brother will be at the motel. So I'm alone with the doggies, but it'll be nice, a bit of alone time. Because as much as I love and miss Pete, he drives me nuts sometimes and him being still unemployed will mean that we'll be together 24/7 which does have its advantages but might drive us both a bit nuts ;) As if we weren't already hehe.

I watched "Mona Lisa Smile" that I got from Blockbuster as a 2 for $10 previously viewed deal. It was a really good movie! I would recommend it to anyone who was thinking about seeing it but hasn't yet. I also finished reading "Straight Talking" by Jane Green, it was pretty good :)Typical Jane Green, very accurate to life but with a happy ending ;)

Cool looking wedding cake :)  

Almost There!

Half way through my second to last week of summer classes yay! Have my persuasive speech on Thurs - ugh just want to be done with it!

On Saturday I went to church with my great Aunt, then I met my sister at the mall. We went to dinner and then to the mall until I closed (9pm.) It was fun :) During dinner the horse race was on in the bar area and everyone was screaming, we saw that the president came on and were wondering why. Well later that night when I got home I found out that Ronald Reagen died. This was a bit weird as my Aunt was just saying how sick he was earlier in the day (I guess she saw it on the news.)

Well then on Sunday my sister, her hubby, and the babies came to the beach to play. I was video taping them a lot, it didn't seem to hot on the beach but was I wrong! I got BURNT to a KRISP! Especially on my back along where the straps were! Ouch!!! It still hurts!

Umm not much else going on! in less than 20 days I'll be in England! yay!!!!

My mom and brother are going to California on the 14th for 8 days so that should be cool for them :)

Romeo and Juliet

Guess what we're doing on July 2nd ? Going to see Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare's Globe in London!!! yay!!!

Stuff

On Weds I went to Payless and ended up getting two pairs of sandals. One are more dressy to wear with my black dress that Pete got me when he was here. I needed something I could walk in if needed. So I got these. And I also really liked these. And they were having a buy one get one half off on their sandals so I got both pairs for like $20 :)

I was suppose to do something with my sister yesterday afternoon, but her husband hurt his back and had to be taken to the hospital :( He's okay now, in pain but okay, I don't think its serious. So we might do something tomorrow evening.

I got stuck in the rain today and am now FREEZING in the air conditioned library with soggy socks and sneakers/trainers lol. Brrrrr.

Good day

Today has been a good day :)

My speech went well, so that is a big load off my back. Only one more major speech to go and I'm done! Wow. If you don't know why its such a big deal it just is ;)

My uncle's gf has been making an attempt to be pleasant, I think she's just like me, not very social. Which sometimes comes off as being b*tchy and rude (not that I am of course!) Anyway she was cleaning out her old clothes and gave me some cute skirts :) A demin one, a white one with a pink floral print, and a black one with a blue floral print. I'm in a skirt phase I guess :) I'm wearing the demin one now, its lightweight, frayed around the edges, and comes to about the knee. Its nearly 2 sizes too big, but it fits pretty good. I think I might make another button hole so that I'm not so paranoid about it falling down, but my hips are holding it up lol. The other two skirts are extra-large size but with the elastic they fit good :)

Anyway after class I rewarded myself by going to KFC and getting a Twister combo. Hmph, another place in St.Aug I know not to go to. Its not that it was bad, but the twister wrap thing was hard (old), the chicken was hard (old, and not warm), the dressing on it was very minimal, the lettuce wasn't the freshest it could be, and I guess you can't screw up a tomato without having a rotten one. Why is every place around here so crap? Taco Bell is decent but not clean. Anyway then I went to Target, I got a book "Straight Talking" by Jane Green and little metalic tags that say: "Wedding", "Engagement," "Love," "Cake", "Bouquet", and maybe something else - to use in my engagement scrapbook (which I wanna get finished with by the time I go to England) and the wedding scrapbook I have gotten (which I won't be starting for some time ie after the wedding!) I got the tags as the Target here had better stuff in that department than the one near my house. Anyway off to chat with Pete :)

Weird thing from Sas' Blog:

J	Joyous
U	Unforgettable
L	Loud
S	Skillful

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Dresses - Round 2

Well I downloaded Hello onto my uncle's PC here at the motel. Wow its really easy to download pics now yay - well on a pc anyway, hopefully Hello will come out with a version for macs!

The pic below is of the dress I put on hold last weekend. I'm not getting it as of yet, I still want to look around a lot more. I put a few more pics of it on my msn group so you can go there to view more if your a member :) If not, you can apply to join here but I have to know you before I will approve you ;)

Also got a new swim suit for like $20 yesterday! The "suggest retail price" was like $72!!! Got it at Sam's Club, which is a warehouse shopping center, similar to Costco's or BJ's if you're familiar with those.

Thats about it, not doing much, was working today. Need the $$$ so thats good.

Speaking of money, Pete did something very sweet. He asked his parents if we could get tickets for Romeo and Juliet for his birthday! :) We didn't know if we were going to be able to go otherwise because of the low finances being job-less and poor as we are hehe. So yay! I think he's going to call them up about when there are seats available this week :)

Guess what I did yesterday?! Hehehe.  

A Month Cannot Pass Fast Enough!

Well the only good aspect of today is that a month from now, in about an hour, I will be boarding my lovely Virgin Atlantic Flight to London!!!! And a month from tomorrow I will see Pete at the airport (if immigration doesn't hold me hostage again.)

Weird thing for today: This morning I was driving to school, those who don't know I drive an hour each way for my summer classes. Well there I was, about 1/4 way through my nearly daily journey when I pass two police officers who were in front of a restraunt talking. They both looked at me as I passed them in my little '92 Toyota Tercel. So I checked my speed, wasn't speeding. I though "hmph that's strange!" So I keep driving, I saw them get into their car as soon as I passed so I knew I was going to get stopped. So the sirens come on, I pull over into the next parking lot. There are TWO cop cars kinda blocking me in. Ooookay. This really friendly police officer says good morning as he approaches, I say hi. He then looks in my car, and says...."Sorry, but when you passed I thought I saw a BABY IN YOUR LAP WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING. Sorry about that, have a good day. Drive safe." WTF ????!!!!!!! Very Bizarre!

Other than that today has been crap, enough said.

Dresses Galore!!

Wedding dresses that is! God, just two years ago I was with my dear and wonderful friends in high school going shopping for prom dresses, and in another two years I will be getting married!!!

It was a very exhausting day considering we only went to two bridal shops and I tried on a total of about 6 dresses I think. Getting into the dress and getting all the underwear on is hard work!

First I picked out a few dresses that were similar to one I saw and I liked in a magazine. (Maggie Sottero "Felicity.") But they just didn't fit me properly, I didn't feel like a bride in them. The last dress I tried on by chance in the first shop; my mom just picked it off the sales rack to let me try on something different. It was very traditional, reminded me of 4 Weddings and a Funeral and all the traditional wedding dresses you see, with the beaded bodice,chapel train I believe, and sleeves that were pretty short (kind of like cap sleeves but a bit longer - if that makes sense.) It fit me really well and was the most flattering from the first store. We put it on hold until next weekend (the longest they would hold it as it was on sale :( )

We found another shop and I tried on two dresses in there. The first was nice but didn't fit properly and the straps on it were a bit dodgy (I don't think it originally had straps and they just had just sewn them on, they were very thin spaghetti straps. The second was very WOW. Silver and white. The bodice was all silver beading with sleeves that were close between thick beaded straps and cap sleeves. The skirt was very poofy - I think it was tulle (sp?) with silver embroidery all through it and the hem of it was silver beading in a similar pattern to the neckline. The neckline was kind of a sweetheart neckline (which was similar to the good fitting one in the other store.) I liked it, felt very glamourous, but it might have been a bit too much for me.

I'm really exhausted. Couldn't take any pictures, I brought my digital camera but the batteries in it were dead, even though I thought they were charged!! ARGH.

Going back to try on the dress from the first shop next weekend so will take pics of it then, even though I probably won't get it. I don't want to get something too soon and then change my mind completely!!

Life is a Highway...

For the past two weeks and two days I have been driving an hour each way to college. I like driving, there's no thinking involved. My little gray/silver colored 1992 Toyota Tercel just moves along, avoiding road kill and colliding with yellow school buses. Got out of class early today, feel sleepy, want coffee but too lazy to get it lol. Such is my life. Random quizzes:


Your Heart is Red


What Color is Your Heart?
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Cheese Test: What type of cheese are you?

(Cheese one found on Sas' Blog)

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You're a Cappicinno!


What Kind of Coffee are You?
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What Color is Your Brain?
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Got this from Jennie's. I really don't think it represents me completely but I took it twice so I guess I will accept it lol.

Birthday Stuff

I realized I forgot to tell you what I received for my birthday!

Well Pete got me this very nice top from FCUK - tease cami. He got it in "raven" as on our comps it looked black, but it turned out to be a dark grey color. It's still very lovely, he has very good taste for dressing me! That being said he also got me this t-shirt from FCUK - Penalty Spot LOL. I have yet to pluck of the courage to wear it around here, as I think it's more of a English humor thing and people might think I'm a slut if I wear it here LOL. He also got me Love Actually on DVD ;) I LOVE that movie to death!!! And a lovely Me-to-You bear Fiancee card ;) (Thanks again baby!)

My parents already got me my new (used - but in great condition) lovely Powerbook G4. My dad also sneakily put $100 in my bank account and told me not to tell my mom!!! ;) I love my daddy lol.

My sister and her hubby got me some new Nike trainers/sneakers (I don't remeber the actual name so I can't link to them) and a yellow top from the GAP (which I can't find on their site.)

My uncle and his gf, who was very rude at the birthday/mother's day party, are going to get me a new battery for my computer, eventually.

I got a very nice card from my cousin Jessica, and from my friend Becca who I haven't seen in person in AGES. Also I got lovely ecards from my cuz and Gem (thanks!)

Plus money from my great Aunt and my Grandma. Which reminds me, I have to deposit her check today!

My friend Sara got me a very cool wooden wind chime and a cute glass smiley face candle holder thing, that holds a tea light and the light from the candle reflects onto the glass making the smile glow :) Thanks!

All in all a very nice birthday, and I'm happy to finally be 20!

New Template

Since blogger messed up my old one I thought I'd try a new one :) I really like it, it's simple. Not sure how much crap I will be adding to it to make more complex.

I have to work on my Graphic Design projects so I shouldn't try to add to the template now. I'll add my comments back though so everyone can say how much they like the new template ;)

Hmmmmmm

Something happened to my template :( It suddenly decided to delete like half of the contents of the right menu :(

I don't suppose there is anything I can do to fix it - maybe it'll reappear ?????

Long time

Wow I haven't blogged properly in a long time !

Some exciting stuff that has been happening in my life: my great Aunt, who is also my godmother has offered to pay for my wedding dress!!!!! Which is a pretty big deal! I have yet to try any on though so hopefully will be able to do that soon.

Also I got my grades from last semester in school back yesterday in the mail! I got.... 4 A's and a B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I thought I totally slacked off!!!

Also tomorrow is my BIRTHDAY for anyone who doesn't know. I'm staying over my sister's tonight to babysit my niece and nephew, and then she's having a party for me at her house tomorrow. I have yet to get my birthday package from Pete :( Argh. I almost never get anything from him on time for anything so its not like I'm not use to it, but it sucks!

Other than that not much is going on, summer classes are going okay. I only have 2 but I have a 5 hour break in between them so that makes the day drag on since its an hour away from my house.

Finished "Jemima J." It was pretty good. I am now reading "Farm Fatale" by Wendy Holden which I have yet to put up on the right side.

Have a good weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all Moms!!

Belated - Answers to Kamie's Questions

1) What's your biggest fear?

Hmph probably dying.

2) If you could be a fruit what fruit would you be?

Probably an apple, just because I like to eat them lol.

3) What do you value most?

Ummm probably my relationship with Pete, if you mean value as in personally not materialistically. :)

Answer to Sara's Questions

1. What is your earliest memory?

Orange shag carpet in my living room, and sleeping in the room I sleep in now, but with my sister sharing the room.

2. What is your favorite smell?
Starbucks Coffee I suppose, the smell you get when you walk into one mmmm.

3. If you could live somewhere besides the US or England, where would it be?
You had to be difficult huh?! LOL. Ummmm Ireland hehe.

4. What IS the capital of Assyria?

I no idea! You're the brainy one! ;)

Answers to Lizzy's Questions

1. if you could live in any historical period, when and where would you live. what would you do?

Umm I would probably want to live in the late 1800's early 1900's. I would probably want to live in London and be very rich and have lots of lovely Victorian things and lots of servants who I would treat very kindly etc lol.

2. its dinner at juls and petes. you can invite three fabulous guests from any period in history,, writers artists generals criminals , anyone. who are you inviting? and what would you serve them..( mr blake, a big mac?lol)

Hmph. I would invite Prince William, Bill Clinton, and Hugh Grant. I would serve them my ranch chicken with pasta because thats my one speciality lol.


3. you can fix one horrible wrong in this world today. ( or retroactively) what will you fix?

I would make it so that the American public really knew what was happening with the war and didn't see it through the eyes of Bush.

4( why the hell not, one extra//) what are you the most idealistic about? which rose coloured glasses do you wear

I'm most idealistic about how I will raise my children, though I know when I actually have them it won't be the way I have it pictured in my head.

Stolen from Sara...

I want everyone who reads this to ask me at least three questions. Ask me anything you want. Then, I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything.

So there you go, ask me anything.

Hello! Wow I have been quiet on here lately, not much going on besides working and today is the first day I have off - or at least I think I do I better call and make sure hehe. Working for your parents is interesting lol. My unpacking has been very minimal so I may do that today. I have been feeling in a rut the past few days so yesterday I got Hope Springs on dvd and went to the library and found Jemima J by Jane Green to read. I wanted to get her first novel, Talking Straight, but they didn't have it so I settled for the one I got. I added it to my reading section on the right side so click on the book cover to get to the amazon page about it.

Watched Hope Springs last night, it was cute. Had a lot of classic American small town stuff in it which I had to laugh at. I thought the whole story line was a bit blah though - and pretty unbelievable. Oh well.

Not sure what else I'm doing this week, summer classes start on Monday - ugh. But I will only be taking two and I'll have Wednesdays off so thats good. Been on YourDay2Remember a lot. Planning a wedding and wanting families from two countries to be there is annoying. But my favorite part, the dress shopping, might be happening soon. My mom and I are going to look around some this week hopefully to at least see what I like.

Ah Freedom

Hi hi.

Finals ended on Weds and yesterday I moved all my stuff back home. Still have yet to start really unpacking lol. My cold is getting better I think, only gets annoying at night and when I wake up on the morning. Not much going on, just working at the motel. Went to Walmart to try to find a new bathing suit but the ones I liked they didn't have both pieces in my size - ugh. Might try another Walmart sometime.

Ooo and Happy Saint George's Day ;)

Finals, Sickness, and Stress

Well I thought I was getting better. Seems the sickness I did have that was in my throat mostly moved from my throat to my nose overnight. On Saturday I was feeling sick but yesterday was better. Then today my nose is congested only in one nostral, and my sinuses (sp?), and ears hurt. UGH. First final of the semester went well, the easiest test we've had in that class, Abnormal Psych, and only over two chapters. Then I spent some time making notecards for my HUGE Electronic Media final on Weds. The teacher that was suppose to give us our papers back on Friday, then today, is now giving them back TOMORROW. WTF ???!!!! Yes. So I have decided I am not going to stress out over this paper and try to get it done by Weds, I will stay the extra hours on Weds after my finals and finish it and turn it in on Thurs to her. My mom is also coming up on Thursday to bring the van and get all my stuff in there. Anyway I better get back to doing notecards for my Electronic Media test, or studying for my Vis Comm final, or typing up stuff for my website presentation! The fun never ends here in Stressland. I HATE FINALS !!!

And on top of it all...I'm getting sick!!!! I got some cold medicine at the store and caramel cadbury eggs for 75% off!! 12 cents a piece! Woohooo. And some much needed things at walmart. My mom also came up this afternoon so we hung out, I'm going to go to bed early and take some meds and hopefully I won't feel crappy all weekend while studying!

Procrastination - I'm not the only one!

I was in the library today. All around me there were people typing. Often I would get up and look around. Some people were playing games on their computer screens, or flipping through silly magazines about celebrities. See I'm not the only one that just can't get anything done. Finals start on Monday, its not the finals I worry about. Its the 20 page paper that's due tomorrow, and the 12 page one that's due on Weds. I'm tired of writing papers, I don't care anymore about William Blake's artistic expression. I want to sleep, and watch movies, and read good books that have nothing to do with psychology, or media, or literature, or web publishing. I have too many projects to get done. And then study for tests. A week from now it will all be over, at least for a week, but that only stresses me out more. Eyes are strained, head it starting to hurt. I have to go email myself my papers from the library comps to my laptop. Tomorrow is Friday and I am not happy about that. Why does school suck so much?! Exercising at 8pm with roommate, better get something done before then!

Give me a ticket...

Or an eticket. I booked my flight today, ended up being a bit more than I wanted to spend but I knew the prices would go up which was why I wanted to book it asap anyway. I'll be leaving on the 27 of June and coming back the 9th of August. I'll be arriving in London the 28th which is our one year engagement anniversary. Woohoo. Feel good having it booked. ;)

Countdown: 75 Days. I'll put up a proper countdown later when IE lets me scroll down dynamic drive's website!

20 Page paper going well - top of 18th page! The end is near! Still lots of other stuff to do though.

Movie Information

Here is a link to a story in the local paper about the filming of the movie.

Easter, Film Set, and Finals

Happy belated Easter everyone! I was busy the whole weekend cleaning and preparing for yesterday - and within 2 hours everyone was gone! Holidays are really annoying like that. I arrived at school this morning, having to hike back to campus after parking in the desperate people's parking spots a few blocks away. Its not a bad walk but it was kinda rainy, my hair has gone mental, and I had to lug my laptop case and my weekend bag on wheels. Walking up to the campus I noticed some tents around, and as I got closer to the breezeway I saw a lot of wires and random people standing around doing nothing, and then some equipment. Finally as I got up the stairs to the lobby of Ponce Hall (the old Ponce de Leon Hotel) I see bright lights...and click it all makes sense...our dorm has become A MOVIE SET. Great. Actually its kinda neat but its a pain to get into and out of the halls. So here with my trusty Powerbook G4 I sit and work on my 20 page paper due on Friday, just at the top of the 14th page.... Finals are coming up next week - Mon, Tues, Weds. I haven't even started thinking about studying... have to stop complaining and be productive!

The Latest

Should really be working on some stuff I want to get done by tomorrow before my class at 2pm but I'm not.

I've just added two new pics to my msn photo group - one of my new blue purse and the other of me all dressed up for my Sigma Tau Delta induction last night. The night went pretty well, one of my professors sat with my mom and I and one of my classmates at the reception afterwards and he was really funny ;) Anyway back to work. I have a project to turn in today at 2pm which I finished last night, a total of 10 collages and a 2 page paper describing a sub-culture we had to make up for my Visual Communications class which is probably the easiest class I have as far as the work load. I have to finish the annotated bibliography or at least most of it by tomorrow or my Electronic Media class. But that depends on everyone emailing me their sources this afternoon. Ugh I HATE group projects! We present on Monday - ugh. Working on the 20 page paper - have 13 pages now - it only had to be like 15-20 pages so not much more to go! But writing about my life gets me off on tangents so I'm sure that won't be hard to fill another 7 pages!

No Chocolate for Me

If you want real international chocolate you better buy a plane ticket. Pete got a package back he sent me yesterday and was informed by the post office that the US is not accepting any packages with food in them. He was given this very complicated website to look at: FDA. The thing is I got Guylian seashells from him for Valentine's day so it must have gone into effect pretty resently although they say the organization or whatever was formed in Oct 2002. UGH.

No real chocolate for me :(

Stuff I have to do...

As finals approach, everything is due. In the next two weeks I have to...

1) Finish Vis Comm final project - due Thursday. 7 more collages to go.

2) Type up Annotated Bibliography for Electronic Media presentation - 20 sources. Have to rely on group members to get them to me eventually. We present on monday and the bib is due then too!

3) Finish website for Web Publishing (due last day April 22)

4) Do research paper (10-12 pages - but adding research to 8 pages already) for Adv. Exp. Writing - due April 21.

5) Finish 20-25 page psychological autobiography (have 11 pages) due April 16!

I am feel like I am going to die - as Sara put it on her Live Journal.

On top of that my eyes have been bothering me really badly. Everyday when I'm on the computer for more than 5 mins pretty much I get a headache, feel sick, and its difficult for my eyes to focus.

And I have to decide whether or not to put the flight on my credit card even though neither of us have the money to pay it off (I just got it and there is a 6 month no interest thing) but still when you don't have money and don't know when you will it makes booking things like $800 flights a bit difficult. Just venting please don't tell me to look on 'discount site' been there 100's of times.

I need a Starbuck's Vanilla Frappacino from Molly's...mmmmm. Okay taking a shower and working on collages.

Weekend

Hmph its 10pm and doesn't feel like it. I HATE Daylight Savings time. The only good thing is Pete and I are back to the 5 hour time difference as opposed to the 6 hours we were on this past week (as the GMT did the switch last weekend.)

Pete and I talked on the phone last night and tonight, which is a rare treat especially with him being out of work - still. Hopefully he'll hear from the shop this week sometime so he can either a) be happy that he has found a job or b) keep job hunting. I'm really tired of getting comments about Pete's lack of a job, and what career path he should take. Just a bit of a vent there.

Today my mom came up in the afternoon and we went to the GAP Outlet. We each got something for $18. I got a light blue skirt - like this one. Then we went into the Bass outlet and I got a matching light blue and brown purse/handbag for the skirt ;) Yes my mom and I are addicted to purses LOL.

Been working majority of the weekend. But am making steady progress. Not as stressed out, but this week will be busy! On Weds I am being inducted into Sigma Tau Delta - which is not a sorority - but an English honor society type thing.

Touch of Color

Yes I know its bright! I tried to pull some colors out of a picture of a very pink flower and then it messed up, so I settled on this for now. Its a bit Barbie-ish I think. But I'm not in the mood to keep messing with colors!

Great Gown Giveaway and Registration

Wow long and busy day considering we didn't have class!

Today was Registration day for Summer and Fall term. So I met with my advisor and when to financial aid this morning at 9am to get that done. Then I came back here and chatted with Pete for almost and hour, then I had to go meet a club I'm in so we could go set up and run The Great Gown Giveaway. Its this program we got involved with where we put signs up around the college asking girls to donate their old prom dresses, shoes, and jewelery in good condition to give to girls who couldn't afford them.

I donated two of mine - both I wore to proms. Anyway we set up and the girls started coming in around noon. It didn't officially start until like 2pm and lasted until 6:30pm. A girl left with my coral colored prom dress I wore my senior year. I think there are a few pictures of me in it on my MSN photo site. Anyway I looked a lot better on her so I'm glad she like it :) Made me feel all good inside lol. Anyway so just got back here. We had to take the left over dresses to the president of the club's house to put in a spare room they have. I'm so tired but I have to finish researching and start writing a paper due on Friday and work on at 20 page paper due in a little over two weeks!! Ahhhhh!!!! Working weekend here I come! And its only WEDNESDAY!!!!

Cadbury's mmmmm

Found this on Natalie's blog. The first time I got:

I'm The Original Cadbury's Dairy Milk!

Take the 'What Cadbury's Chocolate Are You?' Test
By Little Miss Alien.

Then I changed one answer and got:

I'm A Sweet Cadbury's Dream!

Take the 'What Cadbury's Chocolate Are You?' Test
By Little Miss Alien.



 

 

Spring Break

Well not much of a 2 day spring break was had by me.

Yesterday I spent the day watching BBC America - which we have again here at home yay. There is just nothing like it - an anglophile's dream I'm telling you!
And I made notecards for my abnormal psych test on Monday. Still need to do a little less than a chapter... which I'll do in a min.

Today I did much of the same thing, only less work lol. Went to Chinese with my mom and brothers which was really good.

Updated the Wedding Planner:

I'll post the links on here for Gem to see - even though she knows the lowdown on the plans from YourDay2Remember ;)

I like the mix and match bride's maids outfits like the ones here.

We like the a black suit for Pete like this one.

I really like this cake design - with light pink roses maybe :) The page even has directions which is cool but I doubt Pete's mum will need them ;)

Oh and on Weds. I opened up a savings account and was pre-approved for a credit card from the bank. So that should be coming in the mail soon - yay. Not that I will go nuts with it or anything. But will come in handy to book the flight - better get saving!

My cousin wrote an article for a website about where she lives in NJ. Personally I think its very good. So go have a read - comment if you like. Just don't say you found the article from me hehe. Highway to Spinsterville.

After today I have 2 days off from class yay. This is our 'spring break.' We get out of school on April 22 so its not like its that far away. Which is scary - there is so much to do. I'm going to work at 9am - Since I won't be here tomorrow. Suitemate is still in the show! Has been in there for half an hour! Ooo it stopped. Maybe I'll be able to pee, wash my face, and brush my teeth before getting dress! yay!

Ms. Strong LDR Woman, Yes that's me!

How many couples have met after Pete and I did and have already gotten married? Loads. Sometimes I feel like that's a bit pathetic on my part that we can't get it together that much to do it. But it's not a competition. It will be close to 8 years after Pete and I met on the internet when we get married. But we have grown up together. We share something unique and special. As Pete said in a very lovely note to me in one of my Christmas presents (a personalized photo album for us.) Few have gone through what we have for so long and have endured. But we will, because we are strong. We have been through hell, and have cried tears of anger, sadness, depression, and loneliness. But we have endure. We have taken it slow and shared a lot. We continue to grow together and individually without rushing for an end result. This is not any reply to anything, and it is not an explanation. It is just my feelings as this moment as I share my life with my soulmate. There will be tears to come and much laughter and joy. But we will endure all.

No need to comment this is just my expression for the day.

Wow

This week has FLOWN by!!! I have SO much to do and so little time!!!! I've been off of blogging lately and have been posting a lot on Your Day 2 Remember. Not much else to say. I have come to the conclusion that I waste A LOT of time online. I have to stop that. So I will now -- I swear -- okay getting off now....really I am...really!

Quiz

I am the number 2 I am friendly _

what number are you?

this quiz by orsa

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Mmmmm wedding dresses!

Okay I know I'm nuts but I couldn't help looking at wedding dresses lately. And I found one I really like! Its $800 though!! Maybe it'll go down in price in two years LOL. Its by Maggie Sottero and is called "Felicity" I'm not going to post a link because Pete isn't suppose to see it but I showed him anyway but told him to pretend he never did incase I get it. Anyway yeah lol. By the way you can tell I'm in a better mood! ;)

Destiny
Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904)
Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours
For one lone soul another lonely soul,
Each choosing each through all the weary hours
And meeting strangely at one sudden goal.
Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers,
Into one beautiful and perfect whole;
And life's long night is ended, and the way
Lies open onward to eternal day.

Friday Five

1. What was the last song you heard?

Ummm. The last song on my Evanescence CD is "Whisper" and I had that CD on last night all the way through so I guess thats it lol.

2. What were the last two movies you saw?

I saw "50 First Dates" last weekend, and I watched "Sliding Doors" (yes again lol) last Saturday night.

3. What were the last three things you purchased?

Got a small tortellini salad from the local pizza place and a Dr.Pepper. And the other day I bought little St. Patty's day cut-outs for my door.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?

1) Work on Paper

2) Start another Paper

3) Research for a project

4) Breath

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?

In order from most recent:

1) Roommate

2) Dad on the phone

3) People in my class

4) Mom on phone last night

5) Pete online yesterday

Toilet Paper Day!

Ah yes the thrills of dorm life - I saw on the RA's board this morning: Thursday = Toilet Paper Day! It's when we can pick up our allocated amount of toilet paper - yipee. I am totally addicted to this wedding site and forum Gem recommended to me Your Day 2 Remember. I read a lot posts from brides-to-be from Essex so thats pretty cool. Worked on my paper today - not much more than that. I watched the second part of the Diana Tapes thing on NBC - it was pretty good, I knew all the stuff already from being a former royal watcher and reading Morton's book. I have to say putting Andrew Morton and Penny Junor on the same program about Princess Diana is like putting two trailer trash enemies on Jerry Springer and having them duke it out. But they both seemed to say there are two sides to every story which I totally agree with. Anyway - bedtime. I thought it was funny how NBC made it so dramatic with the camera effects swishing in and out and the photographs combined with the text quotes. Ah the advantages of being a Comm major you recognize these things!

Random Quiz found on Kamie's blog:


Lucida Calligraphy - You tend towards the arts.
You tend to stand out in a crowd and have your
own style. Be careful not to be too aloof,
however.


What Font Are You? (Standard Fonts)
brought to you by Quizilla

Ever since I woke up this morning my legs have been achy. I guess it's because I did my walking 2 mile dvd last night for the first time in about a week. I also had a hard time getting up, probably due to the walking as well. Not a lot going on here. With a little more than a month left of the semester everything is coming closer and closer with a paper and/or a project due in every class. Not to mention finals. Ugh. Oh well still have a little bit of time to get everything done.

Pete might make his quiz tomorrow - he didn't feel in the creative mood today. I'm probably staying here this weekend to catch up on some work and enjoy some peace and quiet. I've been really thinking about why I enjoy my time in England as much as I do, the main reason is that I feel like I am independent there. There are a lot of examples of this which I won't get into right now - but it's just so contrasting to how I am treated here. Nothing really major just a lot of little small things.

Anyway I better get off here and go print out my stuff at the library, then work on my paper. Fun fun.

Randomness

Monday Madness

Jubliant
Unique
Loyal
Intellegent
Anxious

I'm actually shocked how little everyone know about me! I did do a few tricky questions though hehe. I'm also shocked I did better on Jennie's quiz than some of her family! I'm not a freak I swear I just have a good memory and I guessed a bit lol. ;) I told Pete he better get a 100% on mine - he might make one though I haven't seen that he's taken mine yet so maybe tomorrow.

Tickle Quizzes

"How Well Do You Know Juls?"

Saw this one Jennie's blog so I thought I'd give it a shot! Good luck! By the way I got a 91% on Jennie's hehe.

I also took the "Wedding Date Predictor Quiz" and I will be married by: July 7, 2007! LOL.

NEXT

I need a silvery/gray top to go with my new skirt, since the skirt has a bit of silvery/gray material at the hem-line. So I thought I'd see what they had on the NEXT website. Check out the the black top on the right of the site with the silvery straps. Wish I could try it on with the skirt. Hmph maybe by the time I'm in England it'll be in the NEXT clearance store! I LOVE NEXT! Tempted to order a catalogue to be sent to Pete's house along with my FCUK one. LOL.

Busy Day

Well I had a pretty good but busy weekend and Monday thus far.

On Saturday I studied for my Electronic Media test that I had at 11am today. I went to my sister's house in the evening and babysitted my niece and nephew.

Then on Sunday I went back to the motel and helped my dad clean rooms, in the afternoon my friend Sara picked me up there (as my car is still in the shop being fixed.) We ended up going to the mall where we were able to chat to our friend Becca who we haven't seen in ages who works in the GAP. We raided the clearence racks there and I got a pair of boot-cut black corduroy pants/trousers. The original price on them was $48 and I got them for $10! And... a nice fitted black skirt that goes a little past the knee and flairs out a bit, the original price on that was something like $50 and I got it for... $5!! Gotta love GAP clearance!!! Then we went to the movies to and saw "50 First Dates." I didn't expect it to be as cute as it was, it was so funny in some parts and sad in others. It was so technically not possible but then again it IS a MOVIE hehe. I also got a really cute address book at TJ MAXX - which I might take a pic of because its so cute! That was like $4.

Then Sara dropped me off at the motel, I went home with my parents, then from our house my dad drove me back here. I got here around 10pm and studied for my electronic media test until about 12:30 am, got up at 7:30am to study some more. At 11am I took the test, skipped my 12pm class to work on a first draft for my Advanced Expository Writing second paper, and then came back here. I "presented" a quote to the class today from "Lost & Found." Not a lot of people got the British way of life enough to understand it which I expected hehe. Now I'm going to go work on my paper some more (as we have a second draft due on Friday.) The work never ends!!

New Name, Same Address

Yeah I got bored with "Jul's World Unscripted" so I changed it to this. Still keeping it as julworld.blogspot.com just because I don't want everyone to have to change their links. I guess I should make a new linkie blinkie too when I have time. This weekends is jam-packed with fun stuff and studying. I'm babysitting my niece and nephew tomorrow night at my sister's house. Then I might do something with my friend Sara on Sunday.

In the mood to buy new clothes as its getting to be spring in FL and all my summery clothes are now too big! yay! I really want to but a long khaki ( tan color) skirt. Today I was able to take my jeans off without un-buttoning them! woohoo. I'm so sleepy and its 9am, this always happens to me on Fridays! I need to make notecards tonight too! UGH.

Colors...

Hmm not sure about the colors. Was working off the globe/map colors in the heart of the Love Knows No Boundaries bears hehe.

I should have mentioned last night that I had to add another page of the wedding planner so click on the link at the bottom of the page to get to the next. The cake plan change is that Pete's mum is going to make it ;) Hmmm I wonder if she is also going to do my hair ? Probably as she's a private hairdresser hehe.

This is what I hate about TV. Its called Must See TV because it is soo addictive! I just put on NBC to watch FRIENDS and now I want to watch Will & Grace and the thing about the Diana tapes that is on later! But I HAVE to study. Ooo so tempting.

Speaking of tempting they added new stuff to the FCUK websites both the UK and US one. But all they did on the US one was put the shirts that were already on the UK site (as its the Spring/Summer collection.) I LOVE this one! Very bad but so funny! I already hinted to Pete that I want it as a birthday present hehe.

More stuff

I updated the wedding planner a bit. I got a link from Gem which is this great site that has tiaras and a lot of other neat wedding stuff! Also the cake plans have changed hehe.

One good thing that came from stupid book sale, I snatched Love and War by James Hewitt just for a laugh read because he is just so pathetic. Being a former 'royal watcher' I just had to add it to my collection of books. Plus it was free, because no one should have to pay money for this sleeze lol. What's even sadder is the comments about the book on amazon.

What a day...

I knew today wasn't going to be a good day from the time I got up.

First I got an email back from that site I emailed for information. The internship program is like $3000. I have a real problem paying for a program in which I work for a company for free. I guess it would be cool if I didn't have a place to stay in London and had never been there before. Its a lot of money that I don't have. Also the application deadline is March 31 and I would have to have everything filled out by then and have the money. So that program won't work out.

I did find a good site for publishing internships. So I have two companies I want to send my resume and cover letter out to that are looking for interns in both NYC and London. Even if it doesn't amount to much this summer, next summer I will have more free time (as I won't have to take summer classes) and I want to be in the UK for August anyway for Pete's Grandparent's 50th Wedding Anniversary. Also I will have more experience under my belt by then. But it doesn't hurt to get my cover letter and resume in their files.

Then I had to help out at the Sigma Tau Delta book/bake sale. This way easy enough, stand around for an hour waiting for people to buy books. Well 3pm rolled around and there was no one else there to help me bring the books back up to the 3rd floor of the main building! So I had to go to security and borrow a dolly (cart thingy), go up to the 3rd floor, get a professor to let me keep the money from the sale in his office (as I didn't know where else to put it) and put all the books in a closet. This took me 3 trips to do with 5+ boxes in total full of books. So I was not a happy bunny. Then I had ahem - female troubles - wonderful.

Now I have to go eat and come back to the library to read a chapter in Abnormal Psychology and make notecards for the test on Friday. Also have a test in Electronic Media on Monday. Great.

More Name Generator Fun!

My crappy little elf name is Juniper Merryweather.
What's yours?
Powered by Rum and Monkey.

Pete's crappy little elf name is Pelthound Faringdon.
What's yours?
Powered by Rum and Monkey.

I'm really having too much fun with these things today! There's also an Iraqi one and a Ghetto one which I'm not posting in here just because it'll take up too much space. Plus neither are very politically correct - if I cared or not lol.

British Names...

I thought my name was pretty British sounding in itself but it turns out...

My very British name is Amelia Wilson.
Take The Very British Name Generator today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator.

Oh and it seems Pete's new name is...

My very British name is Terrance Watson.
Take The Very British Name Generator today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator.

Haha. I just did Pete's Parents names and they are now: Tony (which is his name anyway) and Amelia Watson LOL. Whats up with the name Amelia? I wouldn't have thought that was a classic British name compared to others lol.

I got the link off Amelia Butcher's - I mean - Kamie's blog. Hehe.

Internships...

Why didn't I think of this before ?

What better way to kill two birds with one stone (figuretively)?! For awhile I've been stressing over two things: deciding on a country to live in and deciding what I am going to do with my life. Well today I came up with good plan to get started on both decisions...what for it....

I am going to look for a summer internship in... London!

Woohoo. I found one site and emailed them to get more information about their programs. It's a site that offers London internships in Media to students from around the world I guess. There would be two problems if I do end up doing it:

1) I have to take a class this summer with my college. Summer semester ends on the 18th of June. The internship program begins on the 14th. So either I will have to a) talk to communications head to see if I can take final in class early or b) talk to internship program place and see if I can start it late.

2) I will need to find money to get me from Essex to London everyday. About 20 quid a day at least for 4-5 days a week. For over 2 months! eeek.

But other than those two problems I'm really excited about it! Yay! Pete seemed excited too! He was a little protective of the idea of me being in London everyday by myself but not as bad as I though he would be hehe.

Wedding Stuff

I can't see it on the right menu but it might have shown up - a link to our wedding planner. I also added some links to the info I added but pagebuilder (which I hate and am going to stop using soon) is being stupid.

Pete and I are pretty excited about the whole wedding which is good. He's mentioning the time we want to have it to his parents today I think so they can keep their calenders open hehe.

I know Gem can't see Geocities sites so basically the new planning ideas are:

Honeymoon location: New York City

Bridesmaids dresses: Lavender

Flowers: Oriental lilies and white roses.

The links I found are: Planning a Honeymoon in NYC. And also a neat site about Victorian Weddings.

Wedding Stuff

I can't see it on the right menu but it might have shown up - a link to our wedding planner. I also added some links to the info I added but pagebuilder (which I hate and am going to stop using soon) is being stupid.

Pete and I are pretty excited about the whole wedding which is good. He's mentioning the time we want to have it to his parents today I think so they can keep their calenders open hehe.

I know Gem can't see Geocities sites so basically the new planning ideas are:

Honeymoon location: New York City

Bridesmaids dresses: Lavender

Flowers: Oriental lilies and white roses.

The links I found are: Planning a Honeymoon in NYC. And also a neat site about Victorian Weddings.

Hmph. Pete didn't get the job. Also his local Job Centre is being annoying jerks about stuff. Grrrr. Was pretty depressed earlier but getting over it. It's only the end of Feb. Still lots of time before the summer.

I re-did the graphics on my site earlier in the week. Check them out here. They're very springy considering the cold weather! Brrrr.

Romeo and Juliet

Been pretty down the last day or so. No specific reason just the 5+ year LDR thing getting annoying, combined with being lonely, and just blah. But I have something to cheer me up so thats good. Last summer Pete and I went to the Shakespeare's Globe in London just to see it, upon the insistance for like 3 years by my mom. So we went and it was pretty good, got charged like £8 each to go inside the main building and have a 5 second tour. We thought about getting tickets for the plays showing around then but none of them were very appealing to us. Well I just had the idea to see what they were showing this summer...and they're showing among other things...Romeo and Juliet. So Pete and I have decided that once we get the flight booked and no for sure the dates I'll be there we'll book tickets online for Romeo and Juliet. Yay!

No News is Good News

The much anticipated news isn't very much news at all, or not yet. The news was that Pete had a job interview today in Southend. The un-news-ness of it is he now has to wait to see if he gets a second interview. ::fingers crossed::

Got out of class an hour early! Woohoo. Pete's suppose to blog tonight before he goes to sleep so I have something to read as I had to get off early to eat dinner and go to class. Been looking at DVD's to buy online and other is good. Thinking of getting Eddie Izzard on DVD but I think Pete has the most recent ones and we don't need anymore copies of DVDs, even though my player is region one and the Eddie Izzard ones he has are region two. Thanks to my Principles of Electronic media I actually know what NTSC and PAL stand for and etc. Feel smart, not really.

Talked to my cousin Jessica on MSN today. Hehe. We're a lot a like it's scary ;)

FCUK sucks

Stupid French Connection. My shirt isn't coming - they oversold their stock of clearence stuff ::sob:: grrrr. Might buy a dvd to ease the pain...

Good Morning

This weekend was complete chaos. Racing to hit today's deadline, however, it was not a college paper or project deadline but in fact an advertising one. My parents own and operate a small motel in Daytona as some of you know. Anyway being the only competent (slightly), and willing (mildly) person to do a half page ad for the motel in two days I was given the task on Friday (well really on about Weds but I couldn't start on it until the weekend.) So that is how I spent 2 days, filled with many annoyed comments and phrases. My mom is not the easiest person to work with in the first place, but given two days and no real concrete blue print for the ad it was indeed an interesting experience. Anyway it's over - which is great! Now back to my real deadlines - such as a paper due at 1pm today, luckily I just have to proof read it and print it out. Good news is on Friday I got the most adorable purse/handbag. It was 50% off and came to about $18 ;) I hope this picture isn't too gigantic:






There is also something else that is good news but I don't want to jinx it so I won't say but fingered crossed ;)

Friday Five

When was the last time you

1. ...went to the doctor?

Ummm. Haven't been to the doctor in about 3 years lol.

2. ...went to the dentist?

Ummm. 2 Years ago I think lol. Have to go again soon then ;) I went to the dentist office with Pete when he had to go last July lol.

3. ...filled your gas tank?

Last Friday I think.

4. ...got enough sleep?

Few nights ago.

5. ...backed up your computer?

Hmph. Very very long ago.

Quiz from Sas' blog :) (Who I have yet to link to - sorry! I'll get around to adding new ppl again eventually!)

You're Watership Down!

by Richard Adams

Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you're
actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their
assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they
build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'd
be recognized as such if you weren't always talking about talking rabbits.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

And another one - I was Cambodia (sp?) first but I took it again :)

You're Ireland!

Mystical and rain-soaked, you remain mysterious to many people, and this
makes you intriguing.  You also like a good night at the pub, though many are just as
worried that you will blow up the pub as drink your beverage of choice.  You're good
with words, remarkably lucky, and know and enjoy at least fifteen ways of eating a potato.
 You really don't like snakes.
Take the Country Quiz at
the Blue Pyramid

Randomness

Daily Dirt

1. Marry at young age or later?

Umm. If everything goes as planned - we'll be married when I'm 22. So that's kinda young I guess ;)

2. Marry someone younger or older?

Pete's 6 years older than me.

3. Big or small wedding?

If I have it my way, probably pretty small.

4. Honeymoon or no honeymoon?

Hopefully yes but it depends on how much money we have lol.

5. Kids or no kids?

We think we want 2 kids - a girl and a boy. But we'll see how that goes ;)

Thursday Three

1. Do you have an accent?

Ummm I guess I do. It's a mixture of a bit of a New Jersey and Florida combination. But I do NOT have a Southern accent ie: ya'll and etc. Then I also have a lot of Essex vocab that I use a lot especially talking with Pete ;)

2. Do you like accents, which if so?

Yeah obviously I LOVE British/English accents mostly on men hehe.

3. Which accent really annoys you?

Some southern accents annoy me - like words such as "ya'll."

My antenna is getting surprisingly good reception so I just finished watching FRIENDS. Now Will and Grace is coming on - might hope in the shower quick. Finished doing the 2 mile WATP Express walk which was okay, might try the 3 mile the next time I exercise.

Blogging...

I've been wondering whether or not to close down this blog for a few days now. It seems to be becoming more about my mundane existance than about anything I really want to share. Also I like posting on Pete's blog because I feel like I can be more liberal in my thinking - not that I feel I'm censored on here but its just different. Anyway I blogged yesterday at English Redneck about a few English type of things so go there to see. I also got rid of the dekap or whatever message board and put up a doodleboard - just because the other one took a little while to load and always seemed to be down anyway.

Today in my Advanced Expository Writing class a visiting author, Ladette Randolf came in to talk to us. Then I went to go hear a reading of one of her works tonight. It's moments like these that I feel really great to be in college, as Pete would say "it's just like Felicity!" Which I always have to keep reminding him (now its a bit of a joke) that college isn't like that. Talked to Pete on the phone today for a combined total of about 40 minutes, as my internet connection in the dorm was being stupid and I didn't feel like going back to the library. We had laugh as always ;) I might get him to blog about the meeting of the different brain cells in his head soon :)

Anyway thats all I can think of for now, might be back later with some insightful ramblings.

A Little Late...

Here some stuff I just had a chance to upload:


Valentine's Cards:















Valentine's Virtual Flowers from Pete:

Just another Monday...

I woke up this morning and my neck ached. I could hardly move it from side to side without pain. But most of the pain was at the nap of my neck just below the back of my head. Ouch. It's been getting a bit better throughout the day as I move about. I was also really tired. If I'm this bad at the age of 19 what am I going to be like when I'm like 69? Anyway. I got an A on my Electronic Media test that I took on Friday. yay. Worked me butt off I'm glad did well. After my classes I went to the library to get some stuff done but by like 4pm I felt really tried and worn out. So I came back here and chatted with Pete online and got some more done. I think sometimes a change of atmosphere is about the best thing. My throat has been hurting on and off today - hope I'm not getting sick - again. Had Pete's jumper on earlier. Geez that thing is so stretched out and comfy ;) I actually walked earlier which I suddenly got the urge to do but I hope I don't wake up tomorrow sore from that and my neck. I took some pictures of stuff that I've been meaning to take pictures of - a cool floor lamp I got at Walmart a few months ago, my anniversary card and love spoon from Pete, and the valentine's card he sent me ;) So I might add those to my MSN group soon - I'm running out of storage space on all of my names on there so I might have to make up another hotmail account just to get more space LOL. Well I'm still achy and have stuff to do...

Weekend (for lack of a better title)

I did absolutely nothing this weekend. Sod all - as Pete would say. It was very nice though. Yesterday I chatted with Pete online, cleaned my room a bit at home, watched tv, chatted more with Pete online, called Pete on the phone, and went to bed around 10pm. I didn't sleep well Friday night so I needed the catching up. I finished reading Lost & Found last night. I give it about 3.5/5 stars. It was pretty good. I put the pictures of my new hair in myMSN Group. If you're not a member apply and I'll approve you if I know who you are ;)

I was going to blog about something else funny so I might be back later or put it on Pete's because it's about him and his family lol.

Hi. Pete eventually emailed me at about 5am this morning on my phone. It was 10am there, none of the computers were working in his house yesterday and he couldn't find my dorm phone number.

Anyway, today I got my hair cut ;) Its short but I like it, I'll probably add a picture from my digital camera to my MSN site maybe tomorrow. Bit annoyed at the moment, Ab Fab isn't on Oxygen tonight :( But I think in a minute I'm going to put on a DVD - was thinking about putting on an old Ab Fab episode but my Series 4 dvd is in my dorm room and I've seen the other series like 100 times. Can't wait until the Series 5 DVD comes out on March 2nd hehe.

Yesterday I got my package from Pete for Valentine's Day in the mail finally. He got me a Me to You bear fianceé card, Guylian seashells and this cow parade cow ;) But he DID NOT get it from that site and pay that much for it! Plus he sent me his old gray sweater/jumper. He recently found it again while cleaning his room and I commented that he better not lose it because it has special meaning. (The first picture he sent me of himself online he was wearing that jumper.) So now I have it ;) Slept with it around me as another cover last night as its pretty big (but its a size small) lol. ;)

Happy Valentine's Day! As it's 2+ hours into it in England. I wished Pete a happy v-day before he went to bed ;)

Tired...

Have you ever wrote so much that your shoulder hurts ? Well I have. Today. In library for hours doing notecards for probably the most indepth test over 4 chapters that wasn't a final or a midterm I have ever had. Principles of Electronic Media is not fun. I don't care about parts of a satellite or who came up with the internet. Took an hour break to talk to Pete online and write a rather amusing farewell to his wireless keyboard. Visit English Redneck to read that. That was when I had energy. Still not done, have half of chapter 4 yet to do notecards for - nevermind tomorrow. Essay questions to prepare. Studying of notecards. I hate school. Found a Sliding Doors fanlist which is on the right menu.

Absolutely Fabulous!

Okay most of you know I love Ab Fab! Well I was thinking the other day if there were an Ab Fab fanlists out there and I did a google.co.uk search and found one! The even cooler thing is - theres an image for the fanlist where Edina is pictured with a computer which is EXACTLY like my new powerbookG4 or at least looks a lot like it! Anyway here it is:

Requesting a single room...

Roommate is v. annoying to sound like Bridget Jones with a blog. Here is a sample of a little 'conversation' that occurred a few minutes ago between us:

Me: I think this earring is stuck to my ear.

RM: The computer messed up on my presentation paper, one of the bullets is missing.

Me: ::grab big mirror Alice in Wonderland style, sit on bed and try to see my whole ear and why earring is stuck::

RM: I'm sure no one will even notice, they'll be looking at their papers not my board.

Me: yeah... I really wish I could see my whole ear.

::get earring un-stuck::

Me: Crisis adverted, don't have to cut off my ear.

RM: ::totally not even noticing::

Me: ::getting annoyed - grab towels - take shower::

Now she's talking on the phone with one of her weird friends, talking about weird story that weird friend is writing.

She's wearing - long sleeved t-shirt, boxers, black socks. She put her project board in the hall, and is worse at cutting a straight line than even I am. Which is v. frightening.

Well I should be off here to read but I just had to share my observations. Really hope I get a single room next year, or at least a half-sane roommate. God help me.

Class...

An hour left of my two and a half hour class, I posted a bit about it on Pete's blog as I've been posting a bit on that and trying to mess with the html a bit. I really am starting to get sick of the colors on this page. I want to change them this weekend, maybe I will attempt to use a template from somewhere. I can never seem to make sense of the templates though - ugh. I'll learn eventually, maybe someone will offer to help me... ::hint:: ::hint::

Ugh..

So cold in here still. Hope the boiler guys get here at a decent time tomorrow. Since coming back from Florida, I've been messing around with my room - keeping myself occupied by redecorating it to an extent. Never knew I had so much crap in my cupboards to be thrown out. Need to get another job soon too. When you're working, you wish you could be at home. But once you're home, you wanna be working. One of those crappy cycles in life. Can't wait to be with Juls again - just wanna get married and get our life together started. :-)
At least tomorrow I should be warm. ;-)
Love you Juls :-) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Awwww!

Such a cute post by my practically frozen fiancé ;) If you want to read a bit more of the uncensored version of Pete's boiler being broken visit English Redneck. I think the more I go to England in the winter, the more I understand the British obsession with holiday's in sun and why there are constant loan adverts to give people money for holidays in the sun. Pete used classic Essex slang 'Billy no mates' lol. I'll be your mate baby ;) lol. Reminds me of the book I got when I was there after Xmas 2002... I tried to find a link to it online but I don't remember the exact title offhand and its at my house lol.

Just been studying all day and doing nothing thats really blog worthy. Been feeling blah but Pete's post cheered me up ;)

PS - At least you don't have pigeons all around you and are desperately trying to get them to go away while they just mock you - like the guy we saw in London LOL. ;)

Brrrrrrrr, Cold

S,s,s,s,s,so cold ! I'm under my covers right now and the slightest gap in them makes it feel like a gust of arctic wind is flying down my back - hate the cold.

Need Juls here - beds always warm with Juls. I love Juls. I hate cold. Stupid boiler people aren't coming till Wednesday - feel like a homeless person in a box. Love Juls. Hate cold. Hate boiler people.

Actually leaving my PC on to get some crappy heat from it. I think I'm getting too used to Florida weather - this wouldn't have bothered me too much in the past but I seem to be getting more and more sensative to the cold now LOL
Either that or I just need to get married so I have Jul to cuddle up to everynight and even though that won't totally solve the issue of being cold - it makes the bed alot warmer than when you're alone in it like some frozen Billy no mates.

I love you Juju xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I'll write on here again tomorrow xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :-)

English Redneck

Hehe yeah so there's a name ;) Pete has now opened his new blog - totally uncensored lol. Beware. If you want to read it go to English Redneck, but if anyone asks I'm not with him lol. Really. ;) He's still going to post here but there will be a place for all his interests which most people who read my blog really don't care about - me included sometimes hehe. Just kidding baby ;)

Weekend

Hello. Everyone having a good weekend ? Mine has been surprisingly relaxing. Some local news for the reading pleasure of everyone from so far away... President Brush ::cringe:: is coming to Daytona Beach for the races next Sunday. As if traffic and rednecks weren't prevalent enough around this time! That being said the motel needs the business so I shouldn't complain too much. Ugh I really don't like Bush but I won't get into that here. Yesterday we all went to my sister's house for a bday party for my brother Chris (who turned 17 on Thursday) and my mom (who's bday was Monday.) It was a good day but I ate WAY too much cake hehe. Today I need to work on my paper, 3rd draft due for Advanced Expository Writing class tomorrow. Busy week have a Abnormal Psych test on Weds and a Electronic Media text on Friday. ::sigh:: I'm getting my hair cut on Friday afternoon though! yay!! Pete has replied "Nooooooo!" when I mention it hehe. I told him not to worry, it'll grow back by the time I'm there and then I'll get his mum (who's a hair dresser) to cut it all off again just to torment him ::evil laugh::

Ugh...

My tummy feels icky. Its been like this pretty much all day. I've had it before - kinda like a burning pain in my stomach. Ick. I had a low carb cereal bar for breakfast then went down to work. Then I had a Starbucks vanilla frappacino from Molly's. It hurt before I had the frapp so I shouldn't have but yeah. By like noon I was shaking and felt kinda weird for some reason but it didn't seem to hurt, I had lunch and it was okay. Now I just had dinner and it hurts again :( Been working on my paper all day and reading...might go watch FRIENDS in the rotunda at 8pm - could attempt to watch it in here but I would have to mess with the antenna for ages to get a decent picture so I'll just go out there. Roommate is having another crisis...god.

Pete also got me these kiss bears that I fell in love with at Gem's. I was going to get them myself but I didn't feel like going through the whole paypal registration process for a $5 graphic. So I asked Pete for them as a anniversary/valentine's present. ;) I called him on the phone and let him open up his package :) Hopefully mine will be here soon!

Virtual Flowers

Awwwww Pete sent me virtual flowers in email today ;) I sent him a hallmark ecard last night that was all lovey dovey hehe. He also got his Valentine's package today in the post!! I sent it out on Friday! Wow the USPS is gaining points in my book...now if only the Royal Mail could follow suit! He hasn't opened it yet so we might just wait until I get mine in the mail and then open them together on the phone - which is kind of a tradition with packages for us lol. Anyway the roses look remarkably like the real ones he sent me for our 5th Anniversary as a couple back in November ;) Here's the pic of them:

Us 4 years ago today...

My mom took this picture without letting me know she was taking it, a few minutes after I found Pete in the airport after being 2 + hours late. You can see my back and a part of Pete's arm lol.




The next day we went with my mom and brothers to the mall. This is a pic of us in the car before leaving to go there. Awww I love this pic ;) We look so young!! I was 15 and Pete was 21 back then hehe. Yes I said 15 lol.

Anniversaries

Got so many of these nowadays. ;-) And one of them is tomorrow ! Feb 4th is the day me and Jul met in person for the first time. :-)
Seems like ages ago now and I guess it was. ;-)) Still remember it completely though - was waiting around for awhile thanks to a flat tire - but I knew she'd turn up so I wasn't worried. :-)
And here we are 4 years later and still as strong as ever. Right now I'm just counting the days down till Summer, but I'm sure it'll soon come around. Sent off Juls Valentines day package and I've made a promise to grab the latest series of Ab Fab for her when it comes out. ;-)

I love you so much baby. Wherever we end up, it'll be great being with you everyday ! :-) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Baby Names...

Yeah I know I have problems hehe. I found this linked on the hotmail site: Top 10 Baby Names of 2003.

Girls' names
Emily
Emma
Madison
Hannah
Hailey
Sarah
Kaitlyn
Isabella
Olivia
Abigail

Boys' names
Jacob
Aidan
Ethan
Matthew
Nicholas
Joshua
Ryan
Michael
Zachary
Tyler

In bold are the ones I really like for each. Pete and I have pretty much established our babies names...if we get what we want, a boy and a girl their names will be: Michael Ian and Chelsea Isabella. Their initials will come out MIA and CIA hehe.

Quizzes

Are you British?
Made by Erin @ Bored Now

Yeah I totally cheated as I knew the obvious British answers hehe.



What month should you have been born in?
Made by Erin @ Bored Now

Interesting. I agree with everything but the 'can't express love easily' or whatever. :)

Mmmm just had very fatty/greesy/yummy mozerella sticks from Molly's. Now I stink like frying fat lol. Might exercise later to make up for it. Have a headache from being on computer way too long - yet I can't seem to stay off for long!

On to other things

Thanks for all that tags and sweet messages. We'll come to a decision eventually but right now I am tired to discussing it on here. If you really want to talk to me about it you can email me. Thanks everyone.

Well I tried to post last night but my comp went mental and I had to shut it off before I finished. So yeah. Short version is - a few airlines: Air France, British Airways, and Continental are canceling upcoming flights from the UK and France to a few US cities. Read more about it from BBC news here. And it looks like a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to JFK was returned to London after a burning smell was noticed in the cabin - read about that here.

I'm really glad Pete isn't heading over or going home around this time as I would be REALLY worried. Hopefully everything will calm down soon before I go over in the summer.

I want to say a big thanks to Pete for being so wonderful and great yesterday :) Thanks for cheering me up baby - love you so much!! xxxxxxx