well hello there. I am currently using free internet in a hostel with rach sitting next to me chatting to a french-canadian. we just had our free breakfast and are lovvin the free things. last night we stayed in a pretty cool hostel in Kilarney (cool except for the guy who was 'under the covers' but half out playing with himself right by the door and loving freaking us all out.' hey, i spose that was free too!!!). the night before we were in kilarney too, but stayed at a hostel for €1 extra with no free things... pfffft to that! AND, talking about free stuff, on our first night, we stayed in an airport hotel and got free airport transfer, free internet and free apples. on our second night, we got free eggs, that we are still cooking and eating... hurrah for free things... we are doing not too bad. if only the car rental was free... hehe.
anyways
so far, irish things we have done:
drink a killkenny in killkenny, tick!
limerick in limerick, to be completed tonight
kissed the blarney stone, tick!
driven through the ring of kerry, tick!
enjoyed listening to the irish accent, tick.
drunk a guinness anywhere, to be completed tonight (see, i've been driving)
drunk a baileys anywhere, to be completed tonight (for the same excuse... hehe)
ok, probably not that much else... photos to come, sorry, haven't put them in yet.
so, it has been lovely weather, but today it is raining, so a good day for frogs, leprechauns and driving.
off we go... later
hugs and kisses.
deev
xx
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
to be sure to be sure...
we're in a hotel room in ireland, just outside dublin airport... transfer was free, apples are free, tea and coffee is free, internet is free, and we couldn't figure out the plug. but after we rang reception, a man didn't understand me (he wasn't irish) but he passed me onto another dude (who was) who told me it's a swivel plug. you push one side and then it flips... seems so easy now. i couldn't figure it out after like 5 mins of looking EVERYWHERE in the bathroom... haha.
oh... i think the guy who answered the phone is the same guy who checked us in looking up the wrong name and telling us we weren't booked in and he's terribly sorry, they have no vacancies (everywhere else was full too...) but when he got the right name, we were booked in and now have access to the free things the hotel has to offer.
in the morning, after our free coffee and apple, we will take the free transferbus, back to the airport where we will pick up our not free car and drive around ireland.
really looking forward to it.
we will now have internet access, as i brought my laptop with me... so feel free to e-mail us... hehe.
night
love to you all
deev and rach.
xx
oh... i think the guy who answered the phone is the same guy who checked us in looking up the wrong name and telling us we weren't booked in and he's terribly sorry, they have no vacancies (everywhere else was full too...) but when he got the right name, we were booked in and now have access to the free things the hotel has to offer.
in the morning, after our free coffee and apple, we will take the free transferbus, back to the airport where we will pick up our not free car and drive around ireland.
really looking forward to it.
we will now have internet access, as i brought my laptop with me... so feel free to e-mail us... hehe.
night
love to you all
deev and rach.
xx
Saturday, May 26, 2007
brief update
WELCOME RACH!!!!well, rach and i are off to ireland tomorrow for a week. so don't know how good i will be at e-mails etc this week.
umm, oh yeah, rach has arrived!!! she got here last sat morning. i had a huge friday night with meagan's 30th rollerdisco and then mathieu l's suprise b'day at the fez club. really fun. then woke up at 8:00am to make sure i was awake when rach arrived at 8:30.
had breakkie with schelle and rach
and then wandered around a little and then got ready for our bbq. a great night, starting off at home and then rolling round to the walkabout.
pretty cruisy week. just got home from a lovely night with matt, jana, geoff, richard and tom in Old street. and need to go to bed. but thought i'd update this quickly... sorry it is not as frequent as it used to be... but i am still here and still having fun. the photos from tonight are still in my camera, but i will put some photos of the past weeks up.
oh, forgot to say, i went to a housewarming down south at kati's place... here is a cheesy photo of her and me
and her rooftop balcony... a lovely place and an amazing price!!! but not in london
a photo from Holland Park... i think it looks like a frilled neck lizard.
my new moroccan shoes... aren't they cool?? and the awesome dancefloor at the fezbar... LOVED IT!!!
me and the french guys from home at Mathieu's suprise party... (ok, my make-up is from the 80's rollerdisco on the same night... i don't usually dress like that... promise!)
me, schelle, matty and rach... a kind of random mix sydney crowd...
me and schelle in (yep, you guessed it... the walkabout.) my saturday night was complete as i was able to dance to Gunners (i do axl's dance perfectly) and chisels... what more could a girl want in one night... it truely was a perfect night... haha..
oh, our BBQ broke (and we found that out just before our bbq started on sat... so a quick dash to argos... love that place, to buy a new one). this is our new one.
and here are the 62MG gang at our last bbq... mat l, diane, mat d, me, clem and barry.
me, schelle and gabby eating smores... some american goodness thing... cheers for teaching us them gabby!!!
me and geoff... i think we are singing gunners, but there doesn't seem to be enough sweat and feet moving for that... so maybe not
our new table and garden from the upstairs bathroom window... haha, me trying to be arty i spose
oh... on thursday, i was delegated to take some of our kids to the london youth championships boccia tournament. we had a great day (which i came home with a ripper headache from). we didn't win, but i now love the game and the kids all had fun... good work guys!!!right, that's all for me, cos i am ubertired and need sleep... need to pack tomorrow for ireland! haha. to be sure to be sure.
looking forward to it.
love you all!
deev
xx
Sunday, May 13, 2007
praise God!
well, I am loving church at the moment, not so much for the relationships (but they will come) but for the sermons and how God is working in my life. AMAZING is all i can say. so, i have this blow with the housemates and find myself getting angry and what does God say to me??
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
'Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.'
Ha, GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES... so i have to learn how to do that (with God's help).
oh and tuesday's verse (can't remember if i wrote that one down or not...)
Ephesians 4:26ish
'"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.'
so yeah, i need to listen to what God is telling me, cos it's what i need to do at the moment... a great learning experience for me... praise Him!
anyways, that's all for now.
love
deev
xx
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
'Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.'
Ha, GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES... so i have to learn how to do that (with God's help).
oh and tuesday's verse (can't remember if i wrote that one down or not...)
Ephesians 4:26ish
'"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.'
so yeah, i need to listen to what God is telling me, cos it's what i need to do at the moment... a great learning experience for me... praise Him!
anyways, that's all for now.
love
deev
xx
Friday, May 11, 2007
may day
not help me may day, but the may day long weekend... and stuff leading up to it and following it i suppose...
so deev, how are you going?? not that great. I am realising how much of an angry person i am (thanks mum and dad, i'm sure you could have told me this already!!!) anyways, issues with the housemates which i get angry at, and then they get angry in response and due to what i put down to a lack of respect (but then you know, why should they actually care about anyone else) they stay out in the garden late... and now we have a note from our neighbours, a call from the agency (telling us of a complaint and reminding us of our tenancy agreement) and a note from the police (reminding us of how to be good neighbours in london). And so, i am getting frustrated and angry as i have tried to tell the housemates, but they don't listen and now it has got to this... 'they have every right to enjoy their garden'... fair call, but NOT AT 12:30AM and NOT WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE A NEIGHBOUR WHO HAS ALREADY COMPLAINED!!! I mean, common sense??? and i think i have a right to live in my house without the fear of being evicted... so quite a fun week really. so trying to be loving in this (in God's strength, cos i can't do it in mine). and some of the housemates haven't spoken to me since monday... i mean, GROW UP... let's deal with this. i know i am not perfect, (again mum and dad will agree with this especially) but i deal with immature/disrespectful people all day long at work, i don't think i should have to deal with them at home too(and my kids have special needs and hormones they are trying to figure out that kind of excuses that behaviour...) especially when i am the youngest in the house
ok, so i think i am over my rant for the moment... not sure where to go from here... address the issue and see what to do later...
so... well what have i been up to??
umm, it was the may day long weekend last weekend... i stayed in london for once and decided to use what the city has and spend some time with schelle... soooooo.... we went rollerblading in hyde park on saturday. I LOVED IT!!! i want to buy some blades. and then on tuesday some girl zoomed past me on my way to work and i thought, i could get to work so much faster if i bladed. so might buy some when i get paid in june... my goodness spending heaps of money at the moment. just booked some flights to ireland (so excited rach) and then a spanish course in Granada in August (for 2 weeks) and (mum, you'll be proud) some home insurance, and who knows what else... lots of stuff i'm sure i need.
anyways, sorry, that was a sidetrack... and then saturday night went to AKA bar in Holborn for Geoff's 25th B'day drinks... a lovely night with a lovely bunch of people!!! hurrah!!! it was great to see you all. they all went back to geoff's to watch shark attack 3. apparently a great movie, but schelle and i went home...
sunday, lazy breakfast with schelle (pancakes) and we missed the movie we were going to see at the electric theatre, so we went to prince charles theatre instead and watched perfume:the story of a murderer... a FAB movie! whacked, but good. i would recommend it.
then church, another ripper sermon... i am loving the way God is speaking to me through the talks at church at the moment.
monday, schelle and i went for a run to battersea park to look at the morris dancing and maypole, but it was pouring with rain... and we couldn't see anything, so we went home (by bus, soaked) and then we watched oceans 12, (loving julia roberts... currently watching sleeoping with the enemy as i type) and had jaffles and hot chocolate.
then i went off to LOUDER LONDON, a christian concert at the royal albert hall. saw third day, african children's choir, toby mac, and others i had never heard of. it was a great night! awesome to be in such a big place, 3/4 full of mainly christians. WOW. and then off to street work. we did Covent Garden... met some AMAZING people. one guy was on tv and had been given a book (i think it was called wasted) about a guy who ended up on the streets as he was working at a place where they got paid board and then his job ended and he didn't have enough savings... BUT, he worked his way out of homelessness. and the guy we saw was really inspired. the author signed the book for this guy and it said 'if i can do it, so can you'... it was awesome.
then tuesday, all this crap with the housemates was in full flight (as when i got home on monday night they were in the garden with a fire at 12:30, when we had already had complaints from our neighbours) and so i was angry at them for not thinking of the other housemates and just being disrespectful to me, the other housemates and our neighbours... i struggled with this all day and that night at biblestudy, the preacher read this verse - '"In your anger do not sin":Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.' Pretty crazy stuff... so i gave my anger to God, but it keeps coming back, so keep giving it to Him. But am loving the fact that every week at church (or all but) the sermon is so on with what i am going through in my life. God is just letting me know He is there and looking after me.
can't really remember what else i have done... i am sooooo tired... had a stressful week at home and at work. My boss actually commented on how i had sent more kids down to the office than usual and for reasons that are not like me. he was worried about how i was going... so that was nice... he actually values me (at least a little) and thinks i usually deal with my kids quite well... hopefully after a relaxing weekend, i'll be refreshed, the kids will be refreshed and we'll be ready to start again.
and this weekend, another one relaxing in london and catching up with a few people...
anyways, enough grumbling from me...
I am still healthy!!! and besides being angry and a bit down, i'm not going too badly!!! haha.
love to you all, enjoy my photos below!!!
HOORAY FOR EUROVISION TOMORROW!!!
schelle and i and my yummy cocktail matt picked for me... the fruit was a physalis... i told you guys it had a weird name!!! they sell them in morrisons.
the gang: tom, matty, amanda, geoff, schelle, richard and trents hands... haha. and i am taking this one
oh, isn't this lovely??? so many cranes... i am enjoying them all. this is my view to and from work every day!!! IT IS A NEW WESTFIELD!!! hooray, i love westfield, although i don't think they will have a sportsgirl or a jeanswest... bummer.
schelle with her rollerblades on... now what?? how do we make these things go??
me and my rollerblades... so buying a pair!!! (karen, chris wanna go blading?? it will be great fun!!!)
and that's it for me... i really should go to bed jessica... i'm tired. although being john malkovic just came on and i've never seen it... no, bed is the wiser decision.
night, love to you all again!!! sorry about the whinge... i needed to get off my chest. (yes, i'm aware everyone can see this, but it's my thoughts...)
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MUM!!!
so deev, how are you going?? not that great. I am realising how much of an angry person i am (thanks mum and dad, i'm sure you could have told me this already!!!) anyways, issues with the housemates which i get angry at, and then they get angry in response and due to what i put down to a lack of respect (but then you know, why should they actually care about anyone else) they stay out in the garden late... and now we have a note from our neighbours, a call from the agency (telling us of a complaint and reminding us of our tenancy agreement) and a note from the police (reminding us of how to be good neighbours in london). And so, i am getting frustrated and angry as i have tried to tell the housemates, but they don't listen and now it has got to this... 'they have every right to enjoy their garden'... fair call, but NOT AT 12:30AM and NOT WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE A NEIGHBOUR WHO HAS ALREADY COMPLAINED!!! I mean, common sense??? and i think i have a right to live in my house without the fear of being evicted... so quite a fun week really. so trying to be loving in this (in God's strength, cos i can't do it in mine). and some of the housemates haven't spoken to me since monday... i mean, GROW UP... let's deal with this. i know i am not perfect, (again mum and dad will agree with this especially) but i deal with immature/disrespectful people all day long at work, i don't think i should have to deal with them at home too(and my kids have special needs and hormones they are trying to figure out that kind of excuses that behaviour...) especially when i am the youngest in the house
ok, so i think i am over my rant for the moment... not sure where to go from here... address the issue and see what to do later...
so... well what have i been up to??
umm, it was the may day long weekend last weekend... i stayed in london for once and decided to use what the city has and spend some time with schelle... soooooo.... we went rollerblading in hyde park on saturday. I LOVED IT!!! i want to buy some blades. and then on tuesday some girl zoomed past me on my way to work and i thought, i could get to work so much faster if i bladed. so might buy some when i get paid in june... my goodness spending heaps of money at the moment. just booked some flights to ireland (so excited rach) and then a spanish course in Granada in August (for 2 weeks) and (mum, you'll be proud) some home insurance, and who knows what else... lots of stuff i'm sure i need.
anyways, sorry, that was a sidetrack... and then saturday night went to AKA bar in Holborn for Geoff's 25th B'day drinks... a lovely night with a lovely bunch of people!!! hurrah!!! it was great to see you all. they all went back to geoff's to watch shark attack 3. apparently a great movie, but schelle and i went home...
sunday, lazy breakfast with schelle (pancakes) and we missed the movie we were going to see at the electric theatre, so we went to prince charles theatre instead and watched perfume:the story of a murderer... a FAB movie! whacked, but good. i would recommend it.
then church, another ripper sermon... i am loving the way God is speaking to me through the talks at church at the moment.
monday, schelle and i went for a run to battersea park to look at the morris dancing and maypole, but it was pouring with rain... and we couldn't see anything, so we went home (by bus, soaked) and then we watched oceans 12, (loving julia roberts... currently watching sleeoping with the enemy as i type) and had jaffles and hot chocolate.
then i went off to LOUDER LONDON, a christian concert at the royal albert hall. saw third day, african children's choir, toby mac, and others i had never heard of. it was a great night! awesome to be in such a big place, 3/4 full of mainly christians. WOW. and then off to street work. we did Covent Garden... met some AMAZING people. one guy was on tv and had been given a book (i think it was called wasted) about a guy who ended up on the streets as he was working at a place where they got paid board and then his job ended and he didn't have enough savings... BUT, he worked his way out of homelessness. and the guy we saw was really inspired. the author signed the book for this guy and it said 'if i can do it, so can you'... it was awesome.
then tuesday, all this crap with the housemates was in full flight (as when i got home on monday night they were in the garden with a fire at 12:30, when we had already had complaints from our neighbours) and so i was angry at them for not thinking of the other housemates and just being disrespectful to me, the other housemates and our neighbours... i struggled with this all day and that night at biblestudy, the preacher read this verse - '"In your anger do not sin":Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.' Pretty crazy stuff... so i gave my anger to God, but it keeps coming back, so keep giving it to Him. But am loving the fact that every week at church (or all but) the sermon is so on with what i am going through in my life. God is just letting me know He is there and looking after me.
can't really remember what else i have done... i am sooooo tired... had a stressful week at home and at work. My boss actually commented on how i had sent more kids down to the office than usual and for reasons that are not like me. he was worried about how i was going... so that was nice... he actually values me (at least a little) and thinks i usually deal with my kids quite well... hopefully after a relaxing weekend, i'll be refreshed, the kids will be refreshed and we'll be ready to start again.
and this weekend, another one relaxing in london and catching up with a few people...
anyways, enough grumbling from me...
I am still healthy!!! and besides being angry and a bit down, i'm not going too badly!!! haha.
love to you all, enjoy my photos below!!!
HOORAY FOR EUROVISION TOMORROW!!!
schelle and i and my yummy cocktail matt picked for me... the fruit was a physalis... i told you guys it had a weird name!!! they sell them in morrisons.
the gang: tom, matty, amanda, geoff, schelle, richard and trents hands... haha. and i am taking this one
oh, isn't this lovely??? so many cranes... i am enjoying them all. this is my view to and from work every day!!! IT IS A NEW WESTFIELD!!! hooray, i love westfield, although i don't think they will have a sportsgirl or a jeanswest... bummer.
schelle with her rollerblades on... now what?? how do we make these things go??
me and my rollerblades... so buying a pair!!! (karen, chris wanna go blading?? it will be great fun!!!)and that's it for me... i really should go to bed jessica... i'm tired. although being john malkovic just came on and i've never seen it... no, bed is the wiser decision.
night, love to you all again!!! sorry about the whinge... i needed to get off my chest. (yes, i'm aware everyone can see this, but it's my thoughts...)
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MUM!!!
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