Wednesday, July 25, 2007

holidays and also oslo

well, i really should get packed and get to sleep.

i have had a lovely week with a girly bbq, holidays starting, lots of fun things at school, a farewell to my house bbq, ealing fair, collecting boxes, starting to pack, taking boxes to rach and schelle's houses and dessert with andy and mandy.

now all i have to do is pack my bag, (what do i need besides my head... passport, wallet and keys... should do the trick) and then off to bed... or should i do bed then pack?? i don't know.

and for some reason i borrowed the new harry potter book from my new housemate angela (aussie) and so i will probably read some of that before bed... hmm, will i end up making it to the airport on time tomorrow... only time will tell.

so, norway with schelle to see tami (yay) for 5days, a few days here (with michael michael... yay) and then move out of my home and fly to spain... CRAZY!

well, the sensible option now is pack some then bed.
night all!

love
deev
xx

Friday, July 13, 2007

london, hezzy and stuff...

hmmmm, what did i say last... i can't remember... ummm, well, here are some photos i was meant to put in last time...

me, chris and rach at the ceilidh at church...
me and kristy at her farewell to london (and just found out she is engaged... CONGRATS!!!!!)
chris, me, schelle and rach watching the live earth concert 'live' from chris' loungeroom... it was great! and chris made a lovely roast dinner.


and what have i done this week?? umm, had people looking at my room (kinda getting scared about moving, but it's time for a change, and well, i'm a little excited too. i get to try a different house, surely it can only be a good thing unless i move into the house from hell.. dun dun dun...)

had an awesome streetcaf and streetwork. Lou and i went out piccadilly and had some great chats with people... and got greasy looks from people in the tunnels for being a tiny bit rude... BUT THEY STARTED IT!!! ha, sound like one of my school kids.

ummm, then on tuesday morning i went to heathrow airport to pick up hezza. and anna came along to surprise hez (anna was meant to be arriving in london the next day). and we came back to mine to have breakfast and then matty came to surprise hezzy (his car was broken, so he couldn't go to work... how convenient!) (oh and thank you ben and beth for sendingyour gift... it was so great to receive it!!! i love you guys heaps)

so we had some pancakes and then went into the HUGE primark in oxford street, and wandered. ummm, and went back to anna's (cousins) house in Wimbledon (SOOOO NICE) to have a lovely homecooked pizza and salad meal... it was great. and hez, it was great to spend the day with you!!!!


wednesday, back to school as normal and saw some more people at the house. umm, thursday, school as usual and went into the city to go to a musical with anna and hez and had a beer with matt (although i had a cider). we saw caberet... haha. didn't know what to expect, i didn't even know the story line... i think we were all surprised when we discovered the level of nudity in it... so sheltered, so sheltered. haha.

and today i took a group of kids out to the science museum to learn how to become spies... it was really fun.

next week should be good... not much teaching and a whole week of pay... oh and this year i am being paid for the summer holidays... that is really exciting for me!!!

can't remember if i wrote this, but in the summer holidays schelle and i are going to norway to visit tami and explore a bit and then i am home for a bit... pack up my room totally, see Michael Michael and then off to spain for a month... HOORAY!!!

this summer is hopefully going to be awesome!

and now some pics of hezza and co...

anna, hezza, matty and me eating bananas at trafalgar square (please ignore the double chin... i haven't put on weight... i promise, it's just the angle!!! promise!!)
anna, hezza, matty and me last night before cabaret...

matt, what on earth are you doing to your sister???
just above henman hill outside the fence of wimbledon... we were so close!!! (except it has finished for the year.. haha)
and me with all my goodies from ben and beth (cheers buys) on the tube back to mine at some stupid hour in the morning...

and here endeth this post
xx

Sunday, July 08, 2007

whoops...



totally forgot to put some stuff up here... ha.

well, hmmm, what to say?? paris was fabulous. i really do love that place... (except we think chris and i got bed bug bites... that was chris' second experience of them in paris, but hopefully i didn't bring any of them home this time.... GRRRRR, but i only had 2 bites on the back of my neck... come to think of it... VAMPIRES???)

just wandered around heaps. caught up with Geoff and Amanda a bit (but forgot to take my camera out to take a piccy of them... stupid stupid girl, but guys, it was great to see you both!!). Stayed in Monmatre with Chris and Danica and just wandered around and had a lovely time.

ummm, met up with Louis and chris and danica went to the moulin rouge, and whilst they did that Louis and i wandered to the Centre Pompidou, but that was too swanky, so we went to the fairground in the louvre instead and went on the dodgems... lost of fun.

last week, umm, went to 'Wimbledon' with schelle and rach, but only ended up going to dinner at a restaurant, as by the time transport for london got us all together at southfields station, it was too late to go... but it was a nice evening all the same.

and hezza arrives this tuesday, so i am taking the day off school to meet up with her. and we will hopefully catch up with matty a bit and her friend anna, should be GREAT.

oh, on wednesday night we are having people look at my room... i decided to leave 62MG, it's time to move on and have a bit of a change of scene, although then i keep looking at my room thinking, but i like it and the back yard is great. but mmmm, my time here is drawing to an end. In August i will save a months rent as i will be moved out and i will also be travelling through spain and doing a language course there, so that should be good and then well, worry about the world (and where to live) when i get back. But God will provide, so i'm not too worried, just trusting that He will provide.

this week, hopefully hezz, anna and i (and maybe rach and schelle if they come along) are going to see a musical, which should be nice. and then off to somewhere with hezza and matty for the weekend... see where the wind takes us there.

had sunday school today which was great. I am really enjoying getting to know a few people at church a bit better. and the kids in my group are year 5-8 at school, and quite awesome kids, so looking forward to developing relationships with them next year.

and totally forgot, oh friday chris, rach and i went to a ceilidh (whatever that is) at church. my cluster (small group) ran it and helped make ethiopian food for it. Had a ball of a time and will have to get those photos off my camera for next time.
then saturday day sleep in, gym, coffee with other michelle and then off to a farewell of a uni friend... (try and remember to put that photo up too.) and then onto chris' for a lovely lovely roast dinner that she made with dancing and singing to live earth on her big big sky tv. (and you can see wembley in the distance from her window... so like we were actually there). it was a laugh with schelle, chris and rach dancing and singing and shenanigans... can't wait till next time (hopefully put some photos from then up also... my goodness, i do need to load some onto my computer).

and today, showed a few people around my room (**sniff**) and had schelle and her boyfriend tim over and then andy and mandy over for a lovely lunch in my backyard (**sniff**), IN THE SUN!!!!! my goodness, it has decided to come out... how exciting.

right, just rambling as usual... and making up excuses for not putting more photos up... BUT, to be fair, i am just having too much fun... hahahaha, or just too lazy... whichever of those excuses fits my mould better.

so, bed for me, ready for my last two weeks of school... this week lots of topical videos (the kids and i have worked hard all year and deserve it) and a trip on friday to the science museum and then next week, sports day, movies (to get paid to see harry potter) and then THORPE PARK (just like australia's wonderland) BRING ON END OF TERM!!!!!!

right... NIGHT!
love you all to bits!
deev
xx


the dodgems that we went on and then below is louis et moi.

centre pompidou
danica, chris and me umm, on the seine wandering around just before we had a nice hot chocolate, but not the best one i have ever had.