This weekend was unexpectingly low key... but thats aloud because FRIDAY we leave for BERLIN, which has a huge reputation for being a party place!!! WOOT WOOT can you tell i'm pumped!
Friday I babysat the girls while Sara went to a dinner party with the other woman who are on Isabellas nursary committee. It was fine, i dont mind babysitting Fridays because by the time they roll around I'm exhausted. But Thrusday me and the girls went to The George, this is becoming a Thrusday night ritual. So Matilda, Kylie, Ula, myself and these two new au pairs we met came out. Matilda had been joining Au Pair meeting groups and such and doing a great job at recuiting new friends lol, there was one from Germany and one from France, they were both 21 and seems cool enough so we hopefully will get more chance to meet them this Thrusday. I really enjoy getting together with the girls on Thrusday its a nice relaxing break after working all day and they are all fun. We are trying desprately to plan weekend stuff but everyone has such busy schedules hardly any of us have the same days free... but we did make plans for Feb 13 - 15th weekend so its something to look forward to. They can all be my Valentine seeing that i'm away from my man!
Saturday Rita and I re-planned our trip to the British Museum because we wanted a cost free day because we were going to the house party at night. This museum is HUGE... there is so much to see we mainly explore Greece and Rome and we went on a free eyeopener tour of Early Ancent Eygpt that was very interesting. Our guide was a volunteer and I liked this best because she was so interesting in teaching us! The had mummy remains of a man who because he was burried in the Redland in the desert where its so hot the sand preserved his body and he even had HAIR left of him. Then there was bones from another person remains and this person was preserved as well because he was burried in a wooden grate and therefore the sand couldnt preserve his body and the bacteria from his inside decayed his remains. They also had the tumb on Cleopatra! It was VERY COOL, we are hoping to go back again to see the other part, because althought it is all very interesting undoubtablely my ADD kicked in and I got bored and hungry!
So Saturday night was our big house party to attend however the British Friend Gods weren't on our side and we never made it. Londons public transportation was against us and all access to there area of town were down (ie. tube, bus, and DLR) and then when we called a cab it never came and so by 11 we gave up seeing that the party started at 7 =S but Rita and I had a good night together watching 2nd Season Finalle of Greys! But don't worry I message Fran (the girl whose house it was) and we are going to arrange drinks again soon so the potential friendship is still kicking.
Sunday we also took in easy because Rita was sick and because we planned our Berlin trip all morning! I love planning trips it make its so real and it gets you so pumped for the FUN!
Catherine I hope you had a good Birthday Friday Night!
<3
Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Fresh and Vibrant vs. Old and Feeble
My weekend was a mixture of adventure and relax, I spend my days exploring my favourite and new markets and Saturday night us girls went out!
Friday night I stayed in and spent so well needed time doing a bunch of things I've been putting of i.e. starting stag t-shirts for Jeff and Ash but Im happy to stay that they are started and are looking good in my opinion! It was nice to have a low key night and go to bed early and get a good night sleep because I was lacking that since Ive been back.
Saturday Rita and I were planning on having a low key day with a trip to the British Museum but the weather was sunny and nice so we changed our planned and went to Notting Hill instead and hung out on Portabello Road (one of my favs.). We actually discovered a new subsection of the market that we never saw last time and it was actually really cool and exciting! We were meaning to go to South Kensington Palace to the Orangary for tea because its on our list of things to do but by the time we were done at the market it was already 4:30 and we figured it was closed so we will just save it for another day. Then we headed back to my house (Rita slept over) to have dinner and get ready. We also took that time to plan our next trip to BUDAPEST and we get an extra day there because I get that Friday off!!!
Saturday night Rita and I headed to Leicester Sqaure to go to Oxygen a new bar but it was POURING rain and we couldnt find it so we just went to Zoo Bar again. But this time we stayed upstairs and listend to all the classic top 40's and hits from the 90's it was GREAT. Matilda ended up showing up and joining us with was great also needless to say we stayed out way to late and I didnt get to bed till 6AM. Man my body isn't the same as it used to and I can no longer keep up with 18 and 19 yr olds (Matilda).... Sunday was a write off!
BUT Rita and I forced ourselves out of bed EARLY to go to Brick Lane Market, a new market thats underground! There is an old double decker bus parked outside that has been turned into a organic resturant... we need go sunday but Im definately going to take Cassie there.
Also good news... Sara got her holidays so Cassie is for sure coming April 3 - 19th, and she told me that Daniel is FOR SURE aloud coming, so if all goes as planned he will come in MAY <3
LOVE IT
Us Girls walking to the Night Bus at 4AM in Piccadily Circus
(acting like tourist on purpose)
Me and Bell today making funny Faces (shes getting SO big!)
Friday night I stayed in and spent so well needed time doing a bunch of things I've been putting of i.e. starting stag t-shirts for Jeff and Ash but Im happy to stay that they are started and are looking good in my opinion! It was nice to have a low key night and go to bed early and get a good night sleep because I was lacking that since Ive been back.
Saturday Rita and I were planning on having a low key day with a trip to the British Museum but the weather was sunny and nice so we changed our planned and went to Notting Hill instead and hung out on Portabello Road (one of my favs.). We actually discovered a new subsection of the market that we never saw last time and it was actually really cool and exciting! We were meaning to go to South Kensington Palace to the Orangary for tea because its on our list of things to do but by the time we were done at the market it was already 4:30 and we figured it was closed so we will just save it for another day. Then we headed back to my house (Rita slept over) to have dinner and get ready. We also took that time to plan our next trip to BUDAPEST and we get an extra day there because I get that Friday off!!!
Saturday night Rita and I headed to Leicester Sqaure to go to Oxygen a new bar but it was POURING rain and we couldnt find it so we just went to Zoo Bar again. But this time we stayed upstairs and listend to all the classic top 40's and hits from the 90's it was GREAT. Matilda ended up showing up and joining us with was great also needless to say we stayed out way to late and I didnt get to bed till 6AM. Man my body isn't the same as it used to and I can no longer keep up with 18 and 19 yr olds (Matilda).... Sunday was a write off!
BUT Rita and I forced ourselves out of bed EARLY to go to Brick Lane Market, a new market thats underground! There is an old double decker bus parked outside that has been turned into a organic resturant... we need go sunday but Im definately going to take Cassie there.
Also good news... Sara got her holidays so Cassie is for sure coming April 3 - 19th, and she told me that Daniel is FOR SURE aloud coming, so if all goes as planned he will come in MAY <3
LOVE IT
Us Girls walking to the Night Bus at 4AM in Piccadily Circus(acting like tourist on purpose)
Me and Bell today making funny Faces (shes getting SO big!)Monday, January 12, 2009
Weeding out Consumerism
Its Monday and my first weekend back was a good one, had a lot of fun hanging out and catching up with everyone.
After work on Friday night I took the DLR over to Ritas house and from there we went to the Docklands (the line of bars by the Thames that we went to the first night Rita was here) and we went to a bar that Silivio recommended Bar 38. The bars along the Docklands are all pretty swanky because its right by Canary Wharf the business center of London and all the men and woman go there to unwind after work with their briefcases and suits. It as really cool actually the bars open early but close at like 12 and then everyone heads somewhere else, and the crowd is older than all the other places we went... since the drinking age is 18 usually the club crowds are younger but this was all people our age or older which was a nice change. So Rita and I got drinks and found a spot to sit and catch up about our holiday and then the people sitting by us started talking to us: Fran, Mark, Tommy and William. We spent the rest of our night with them and they have not invited us to their housewarming party on the 24th (Fran and Mark just moved in together).
Saturday we really didn't have any plans and we spend most of the morning lazing around and planning our next trip... which is on January 30 - Febuary 1st and we are heading to BERLIN!
Sunday Rita and I met up early on Oxford St., January and August are when all shops have sales and so we went to check them out. Now I had told myself I was not going to be a consumer any more partly because its totally uneccessary but also because there is no way I am going to be able to pack all this stuff home in the end. But then again it is me and my favourite store had 50-70% off of everything, but Im proud I only spend 16 pounds and I bought a BEAUTIFUL new skirt and to shirts that can be worn with jeans or tights! While we were in town we received a text from Silv and he had a friend coming done from Italy and they invited us out for dinner at their favourite Spanish place in Greenwich and it had GREAT tapas and sangria!
It was a good end to a nice weekend!
Hope it was nice in Canada <3
After work on Friday night I took the DLR over to Ritas house and from there we went to the Docklands (the line of bars by the Thames that we went to the first night Rita was here) and we went to a bar that Silivio recommended Bar 38. The bars along the Docklands are all pretty swanky because its right by Canary Wharf the business center of London and all the men and woman go there to unwind after work with their briefcases and suits. It as really cool actually the bars open early but close at like 12 and then everyone heads somewhere else, and the crowd is older than all the other places we went... since the drinking age is 18 usually the club crowds are younger but this was all people our age or older which was a nice change. So Rita and I got drinks and found a spot to sit and catch up about our holiday and then the people sitting by us started talking to us: Fran, Mark, Tommy and William. We spent the rest of our night with them and they have not invited us to their housewarming party on the 24th (Fran and Mark just moved in together).
Saturday we really didn't have any plans and we spend most of the morning lazing around and planning our next trip... which is on January 30 - Febuary 1st and we are heading to BERLIN!
Sunday Rita and I met up early on Oxford St., January and August are when all shops have sales and so we went to check them out. Now I had told myself I was not going to be a consumer any more partly because its totally uneccessary but also because there is no way I am going to be able to pack all this stuff home in the end. But then again it is me and my favourite store had 50-70% off of everything, but Im proud I only spend 16 pounds and I bought a BEAUTIFUL new skirt and to shirts that can be worn with jeans or tights! While we were in town we received a text from Silv and he had a friend coming done from Italy and they invited us out for dinner at their favourite Spanish place in Greenwich and it had GREAT tapas and sangria!
It was a good end to a nice weekend!
Hope it was nice in Canada <3
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Life is like a Box of Chocolate
Keeping to one of my new years resolution here is another entry =)
Today was a fabulous day... and why wouldnt it be seeing that it is the first Wednesday of the new year and we all should know that Wednesdays are my favourite day of the week.
My week has been going great other than the fact that this jet leg is kicking me in the ass... I mean last time I didn't feel any jetlag but I think its because last time I was so nervous and everything was so new I was forced to settle in, where as this time everything is normal and ordinary and thus jetlag is kicking me in the ass. But I think that its getting better... I am now sleeping at night but I just tired all the time, and im sure this weekend won't help because its back to another busy adventure weekend with Rita again.
Anyways back to my day today Livy didn't go to school this morning because she had a meeting at a private school they are applying to. (They are sending her to private school next year if she gets accepted and they have applied to two: Forest and Bancroft) So today at 11 she had her Bancroft appointment. Note: Private schools here cost average 10,000 pounds a year thats around 20,000$ a year and because shes 6 she has 10 more years of school left... all of which will be at private school! HOLLA HIGH ROLLA So that was an excited thing today, seeing that anything that is out of the ordinary is exciting to us haha. Then today in my Year One class I got a box of chocolates for Christmas but since I wasn't there the last day of school I got them today! It was a very nice surprise :)
Crazy playground story: The other day I was walking around the playground holding hands and having a conversation with Ivy (a cute girl in my class who has long blonde hair and blue eyes) and she asked me "why do we go to school?" and I said "we go to school to learn and become smart" and her response was "BUT IM A GIRL, GIRLS AREN'T SMART"! I was shocked shes 5 and how the heck did she get that idea... so I asked her... and her spacecadet answer was "only boys are smart because they dont have hair" haha THE END
The icing on the cake of why today was so good was because Livy has football tonight and she FINALLY won the game trophy!!! She has come home so many times crushed because she has tried her hardest and hasn't gotten it and today SHE GOT IT and I was sooo proud <3
All and All = GREAT DAY + I have my Online Date tonight lol thats actually why Wednesdays are my favourite day ever!
Today was a fabulous day... and why wouldnt it be seeing that it is the first Wednesday of the new year and we all should know that Wednesdays are my favourite day of the week.
My week has been going great other than the fact that this jet leg is kicking me in the ass... I mean last time I didn't feel any jetlag but I think its because last time I was so nervous and everything was so new I was forced to settle in, where as this time everything is normal and ordinary and thus jetlag is kicking me in the ass. But I think that its getting better... I am now sleeping at night but I just tired all the time, and im sure this weekend won't help because its back to another busy adventure weekend with Rita again.
Anyways back to my day today Livy didn't go to school this morning because she had a meeting at a private school they are applying to. (They are sending her to private school next year if she gets accepted and they have applied to two: Forest and Bancroft) So today at 11 she had her Bancroft appointment. Note: Private schools here cost average 10,000 pounds a year thats around 20,000$ a year and because shes 6 she has 10 more years of school left... all of which will be at private school! HOLLA HIGH ROLLA So that was an excited thing today, seeing that anything that is out of the ordinary is exciting to us haha. Then today in my Year One class I got a box of chocolates for Christmas but since I wasn't there the last day of school I got them today! It was a very nice surprise :)
Crazy playground story: The other day I was walking around the playground holding hands and having a conversation with Ivy (a cute girl in my class who has long blonde hair and blue eyes) and she asked me "why do we go to school?" and I said "we go to school to learn and become smart" and her response was "BUT IM A GIRL, GIRLS AREN'T SMART"! I was shocked shes 5 and how the heck did she get that idea... so I asked her... and her spacecadet answer was "only boys are smart because they dont have hair" haha THE END
The icing on the cake of why today was so good was because Livy has football tonight and she FINALLY won the game trophy!!! She has come home so many times crushed because she has tried her hardest and hasn't gotten it and today SHE GOT IT and I was sooo proud <3
All and All = GREAT DAY + I have my Online Date tonight lol thats actually why Wednesdays are my favourite day ever!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Back to Life - Back to Reality
AND WERE BACK IN THE GAME!
Hello Everyone,
Before I start I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I hope everyone had a great holiday with their family and friends!
My visit home was super busy and super fun... thank you very much to everyone who had a chance to hang out with me and I'm sorry that my time with each of you was def. shorter than I wanted but not to worry I shall be home for good in no time.
In true Jenn fashion, tons of stuff went wrong with my flight haha... After Ashley dropped me off that the airport (thanks again!) I went to register for my spot on the plane, which I paid for 2 months ago and they said because they OVER BOOKED the flight lucky me was put on STANDBY. OMG can you just imagine the mood I was in after leaving my family, friends and Daniel and then to find out that because AIR CANADA sucks I might not even get on the flight I have paid around 500$ to be on! BUT at least luck looked my way and a spot had opened up for me. Next my flight that was super to leave at 8:40pm didn't end up taking off till 10:30... did i mention I hate international flying. I arrived at my England home at 1:00 and was greeted with a GREAT BIG HUG from Olivia and Bell and it was soo nice. I had thought that they may have reverted back to their bad behaviour when I was gone but Livy is still acting fabulously and it made me so happy because then I started thinking that when I leave for good in July that she will stay a good person, which at first I was a little sceptical of. Before I had left for Christmas Sara had invited me to the family trip to watch Pantimime so we went to that at 5:00 and for a childrens play it didnt get over till 8, I was dying by then end of it. I finally got to bed at 9:00pm and was awake for 30hrs straight!
Im actually excited to be back, while I didnt really think about my girls that much because I was so busy but I def. missed them when I saw them so its nice to be back and be able to hang out with them again. The difference between my two homes its when I'm away from here I dont really miss it even though I love Issy and Livy but when I'm away from Canada I DEFINATELY MISS PEOPLE :(
But... I'm excited for all that is to come and see and I know come August I will be ready to go home and start my life <3
PS. my new years resolution is to no NEGLECT my blog hahaha so if I start to slack keep me on the ball!
Hello Everyone,
Before I start I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I hope everyone had a great holiday with their family and friends!
My visit home was super busy and super fun... thank you very much to everyone who had a chance to hang out with me and I'm sorry that my time with each of you was def. shorter than I wanted but not to worry I shall be home for good in no time.
In true Jenn fashion, tons of stuff went wrong with my flight haha... After Ashley dropped me off that the airport (thanks again!) I went to register for my spot on the plane, which I paid for 2 months ago and they said because they OVER BOOKED the flight lucky me was put on STANDBY. OMG can you just imagine the mood I was in after leaving my family, friends and Daniel and then to find out that because AIR CANADA sucks I might not even get on the flight I have paid around 500$ to be on! BUT at least luck looked my way and a spot had opened up for me. Next my flight that was super to leave at 8:40pm didn't end up taking off till 10:30... did i mention I hate international flying. I arrived at my England home at 1:00 and was greeted with a GREAT BIG HUG from Olivia and Bell and it was soo nice. I had thought that they may have reverted back to their bad behaviour when I was gone but Livy is still acting fabulously and it made me so happy because then I started thinking that when I leave for good in July that she will stay a good person, which at first I was a little sceptical of. Before I had left for Christmas Sara had invited me to the family trip to watch Pantimime so we went to that at 5:00 and for a childrens play it didnt get over till 8, I was dying by then end of it. I finally got to bed at 9:00pm and was awake for 30hrs straight!
Im actually excited to be back, while I didnt really think about my girls that much because I was so busy but I def. missed them when I saw them so its nice to be back and be able to hang out with them again. The difference between my two homes its when I'm away from here I dont really miss it even though I love Issy and Livy but when I'm away from Canada I DEFINATELY MISS PEOPLE :(
But... I'm excited for all that is to come and see and I know come August I will be ready to go home and start my life <3
PS. my new years resolution is to no NEGLECT my blog hahaha so if I start to slack keep me on the ball!
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