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I have some news...anyone wanna guess ????

AH most of you know already because you've read it elsewhere so I'll spill the beans....

I booked my flight to go to England from: July 25 (arriving on 26th) until August 25 yay!!!!

Pete got home safe and sound yesterday morning, seems like a long time ago since he was here but it was only like 2 days ago! Anyway, I'm back on the weight loss track, so if your interested read my wellness journal which should be linked over there ------>

Not too much else to talk about, saving up to book my ticket to England for late July - late August. Need to be back at college on August 31st so pushing it a bit close but oh well. Will keep this updated with any info!

Long time no post...been pretty busy here.

Pete leaves on Monday so we're going to spend the last few days just hanging out :) I'll miss him a lot but I should be there in August so we'll only be apart for 2 months yay!

I started my internship at a local tourism bureau, I'll be helping out the Communications and Internet departments :) Did three half days this week and its been nice so I think I'll enjoy it.

Have some more news too, we've been busy doing church stuff for the wedding: went to our focus group meetings and went to the all day Pre-Caana conference thing. So yesterday went to see if we could book a date with the church. Unfortunately the nun in charge was gone for the day so we ended up going to the reception venue and seeing what they had open :)
And guess what...we booked the venue for June 10, 2006 and paid the deposit!!!!!!!! So I hope this date is good with my bridemaid, going to email them soon, if not LET ME KNOW people hehe. This is the venue by the way: Riverside Pavillion

Thanks to Nat for this graphic:

Mmmmm cake:



Thanks to Jennie for the graphic:



Bear from here

Had a nice day, went to the motel where we had birthday cake with my grandma and nana and my parents. Got some presents including a good amount of money from my parents!!

Then we went to the Outback to meet Sara and Tiff - who took advantage of my Amazon wishlist and got me book: The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson and Confessions of a Shopoholic. And Sara also got me a cute purse :)

My other presents were:

From Pete's grandparents - the earrings in the picture from yesterday
From Pete's parents - the braclet in the pic from yesterday
Josie and Pete - the 21 album
Jan and Neil - the 21 quid in Next vouchers
Pete - the Me to You bears, guylians, and the jewelry box I linked to a few days ago and a new top I wore last night.



All in all it was a very happy birthday!!! Now I feel old lol.

It's my 21st Birthday today!!!! Here are the presents I received from my "english family" hehehe.



And a close up:



Needless to say I can't wait to get over there later in the summer to use my Next vouchers!!

New living room:



Pete and I - the night he arrived:

Pete's been here a week today, the time is going by fairly slow so that's good :) My birthday is on Monday, so still some time to buy your last minute presents hehe. We've been busy babysitting my niece and nephew and cleaning the house, my mom has been redecorating so its been interesting. We went shopping for my birthday and Pete bought me a lovely jewelry box. He also got me a travel jewelry box, that you can see here. But I have to wait for my other presents hehe. I guess that's about it for now. We bought "Closer" on dvd, really interesting movie, not for the those with faint ears though. Anyway best be off for now, will update again soon :)

After a stressful week of De-Clutter 2005 (name stolen from Sas lol) - my room is actually clean!!



...Just in time for Pete to get here this afternoon and mess it up again lol.

The red is named "rocking chair red." I did another coat of it last night but I missed a few spots because I couldn't see them, so touching them up today. We're only doing the one wall that color so its not that shocking. My dad was home to paint the other walls white, now we just have to do the base boards. My mom spent all day yesterday scrapping the wallpaper of one of the bathrooms so they can paint that tan. Lots of painting. I still have primer on my arm and somehow on my glasses lol.

Pete'll be here in a little over 30 hours :) He's packing now, only bringing one suitcase of course for 3 and a half weeks. I bring two for that long, but then again I'm a girl. And as I tell Lin as we try to stuff my cases into her little red Yaris: "I'm American, I need stuff!" Anyway that's about all on this end for now, still have to put my clothes back in my dresser, clean out the junk drawers (I have two in my dresser and one cabnet of book built in) and then wash the sheets on my bed (or change them as they're flannel and its the end of April in FL lol). Anyway, lots to do by tomorrow.

Painting the town...or wall...red:







It's only the first coat...I'll have to take pics of the finished product with the new furniture and everything :)

Still trying to unpack and clean, always fun still have way too much stuff! So Pete'll be here on Thurs so we might not be online a lot after that, though my mom is redecorating and we have no living room and being the computer is in the kitchen where there are the only places to sit, and my car is messed up, so we might be on quite a lot after all lol. I updated the layout on my wedding blog and changed the title. Too lazy to do the coding for a links so just look on the right menu for it --------->

Done with finals, packed up all my crap, and am back home. Tell me this - HOW AM I EVER GOING TO MOVE TO ENGLAND WITH ALL THE CRAP I HAVE ???? I'll be fun, I'll probably be disowned by half my family and my in-laws for screaming at everyone - because I get stressed out when I'm packing and moving.

Anyway - Pete blogged - check it out here

Technically two finals down and two to go, though I doubt if turning in a 2 page letter and watching Bend it Like Beckham for Post-Colonial lit really constitutes as a final! Almost all packed to move back home, my roommate left today, I didn't think I'd see her so I left her a note saying goodbye - then I saw her in the hall going back to the room and didn't say anything. I'm not one for soppy goodbyes when for 8 months we've barely spoken. Roll on next year and my own room (fingers crossed). Pete will be here a week from tomorrow!!! I'm excited to be having a proper birthday with him here, not like my family doesn't celebrate my birthday but its not the same. Its the first one we're able to spend in person! My in-laws are going shopping for my birthday presents this weekend (well Pete's mum and nan anyway). Anxious to see what they get me! Well only half an hour until my Editing and Layout exam, better go look over my notes a bit! Then I have Mass Media and Society tomorrow at 8am! At least I've done the notecards for that. Woohoo another year almost over and one more to go! My hasn't it gone by fast?!

Well I had a lovely weekend with William...Shakespeare. Yes I know he's long been dead but reading and writing down quotes from 4 of his plays took all day Friday, Saturday, Sunday and today. My eyes got so bad after reading for 7 hours straight on Saturday that I had to lay down instead of chat with Pete and ended up going to bed really early. Tonight I have to go over the quotes I wrote down and review the ones I want to for the essay test tomorrow. 2 Essays on 4 plays in an hour and 45 mins fun times. Then on Weds I have to turn in a 'learning letter' for post-colonial lit and take the Editing and Layout final (which I need to study for) and then study in between for Mass Media and Society on Thurs at 8am. Not much else going on...oh Pete will be here in 10 days!!!! Yay!!!! He's arriving in Orlando on next Thursday afternoon yay !!!!!! Anyway my roommate just left for the night, so back to studying bah.

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JULIE
J	is for	Joyful
U	is for	Unusual
L	is for	Lovable
I	is for	Irresistible
E	is for	Elitist

What Does Your Name Mean?

51% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

Yankee or Dixie? I've been in FL too long I think ;)

Found on Jennie's blog

Gotta love a good wedding - they do look really happy bless them. It looks normal for them to be married if that makes sense.

The formal was interesting, couldn't say I had a great time but whatever. Went out to dinner with my friend Steph last night to the Outback mmmmmmm. Trying to write a paper but moving very slow on it. You might not hear from me for a few weeks as I get done with school and then finals next week ah!

So my third year of uni is coming to a close, don't worry I have one more year. Here in the wonderful U. S. of A. we basically send the last year of high school and first year of college twiddling our thumbs in an attempt to 'adjust,' meaning we spend the next 3 years getting stressed out and wishing it was over soon. And it is. Scary.

For the first time I'm going to an evening, non-academic function...yes a formal. God help me. The last time I danced as to "Hey Mickey" on New Years Eve with my In-laws and friends in a cheerleading costume. Tonight I'll dance to something more recent, in something less flashy, with people more my own age. And this scares me. I can socialize with half-pissed middle aged couples, but half-pissed 20 year olds? Not so sure. I've always gotten along better with older people, probably because thats close to my wannabe mental age. So here I sit, with my the name of my college plastered on my butt, waiting to see what time we're leave. I would take pics, but I don't have my camera.