Goodness me, tomorrow is only 17 days until our wedding. Time is going by so quickly! It's been no time at all since it was 100 days and now it's less than three week. It's exciting :) We're pretty much sorted, there's just pretty minor things left to do.
I'm surprised at how organised I've been, as I'm usually such a procrastinator. Most things were paid for and booked months ago. I just need to pay for our hotel, the flowers and the band on the day now :) Yay. We have lots of things sorted for the honeymoon too. Dinner reservations made, a loose itinerary and prepaid photopasses :) I am SO excited. It has been FREEZING here over the last few months and we've only just had some sunshine. I'm worried it will be cold on our wedding day, but as long as we have some sunshine, I'll be happy. There's the real risk of snow at the moment. Again, it would be so pretty, as long as we have some sun. We have guests travelling from all over the place, so snow would be a bummer. I'm SO ready for two weeks in the sunshine. It's been years since I've been in temperatures over 20c, so it'll be a pleasant shock to the system!
I am going to eat aaaaaallllll the food in Florida. We have free food and damn, I'm going to take advantage of that! Disney cater so well for veggies and dietary requirements so I should be able to eat well without being too ill. But I'm taking a bunch of tummy medicine with me just in case :D
We have free wifi at our resort, so if I'm home early one evening to relax, I may post some pictures. If not here, at least to IG :) Who am I kidding, I'll be in the parks from open until close! And Potter times! I will cry like a wee baby when I walk into Hogsmeade. It will be amazing.
Anywho, I'm starting to plan transport for my guests so better crack on with that. Hopefully I'll get around to posting again soon :)
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Monday, 25 March 2013
Just a quick one
It seems I panicked a few people with my last blog post. It wasn't aimed at anyone, just a general gripe. Sorry if you thought I may have been talking about you.
I am getting so grumpy in my old age and just need a rant every now and then. I had a rant at my poor manager in work today too.
I don't want to come off as brattish and ungrateful, I do like having friends. iMessage, Twitter, Whatsapp and Instagram all help me stay in touch with people without having to leave my sofa. Good times. Maybe I just need to put myself 'out there' a bit more and get off my sofa...
I am getting so grumpy in my old age and just need a rant every now and then. I had a rant at my poor manager in work today too.
I don't want to come off as brattish and ungrateful, I do like having friends. iMessage, Twitter, Whatsapp and Instagram all help me stay in touch with people without having to leave my sofa. Good times. Maybe I just need to put myself 'out there' a bit more and get off my sofa...
Sunday, 17 March 2013
On friendship
I often wonder if I'm a bad friend. As I get older, I get more antisocial and more curmudgeonly. It's not that I don't like people just, more often than not, I'd rather sit at home with Gareth or a cat (or five).
I woke up feeling all anxious this morning, like I had to get this stuff written down somewhere. An urge to blog - huzzah!
It's not that I don't care about people - I really do. Just I figure everyone has better things to do, their own lives to live. I have friends that I know I don't have to see for months, or even years, and when we see each other, it's like no time has passed at all. I try to let people know I'm thinking about them, whether it's a text, a tweet, or a comment on instagram. But then sometimes I don't feel like it comes back the other way, like I'm annoying people and getting in their way. Another growing anxiety as I get older. Do these people actually like me? Am I just some weirdo who keeps texting/commenting/whatever?
It's not that I don't want friends, or to never see anyone, but is it supposed to feel like hard work sometimes? I guess life in general feels like hard work sometimes.
And as always, I've totally lost where I was going with this. I love the small handful of friends I have, just guess I sometimes wonder whether I deserve any friends with my perpetual grumpiness and hermit...ness(?)
I woke up feeling all anxious this morning, like I had to get this stuff written down somewhere. An urge to blog - huzzah!
It's not that I don't care about people - I really do. Just I figure everyone has better things to do, their own lives to live. I have friends that I know I don't have to see for months, or even years, and when we see each other, it's like no time has passed at all. I try to let people know I'm thinking about them, whether it's a text, a tweet, or a comment on instagram. But then sometimes I don't feel like it comes back the other way, like I'm annoying people and getting in their way. Another growing anxiety as I get older. Do these people actually like me? Am I just some weirdo who keeps texting/commenting/whatever?
It's not that I don't want friends, or to never see anyone, but is it supposed to feel like hard work sometimes? I guess life in general feels like hard work sometimes.
And as always, I've totally lost where I was going with this. I love the small handful of friends I have, just guess I sometimes wonder whether I deserve any friends with my perpetual grumpiness and hermit...ness(?)
Monday, 4 March 2013
Blarg
Blinkin' heck, it's been ages since I posted. I feel myself kind of growing weary of social media. There are a few blogs I always make time to check, but rarely feel bothered to comment. Not cos I'm not enjoying the blogs. I'm just not feeling that sociable lately. Which is odd, as I'm super happy at the moment.
Our wedding is so soon now - 47 days. That is so crazy. We're pretty much sorted, just little annoying things like paying people (ok, not so little...) and handing over our music and vows to the registrar. I'm really excited, but only a few days ago I realised how sociable I'm going to have to be. Sure, it's only for one day but I think it'll be so overwhelming. We don't really see people very often and we're more than happy keeping each other's company. Such little homebodies.
I'm not sure whether I'll keep blogging for much longer. I wanted a place to keep stuff written down, but I have no motivation for it any more. I spend most of my time watching tv, films and lurking the internet. Blogging just takes that little bit more effort. Who knows, once I have nothing huge to occupy my time, like wedding and honeymoon planning, I may find a bit more enthusiasm to blog.
Until next time...
Our wedding is so soon now - 47 days. That is so crazy. We're pretty much sorted, just little annoying things like paying people (ok, not so little...) and handing over our music and vows to the registrar. I'm really excited, but only a few days ago I realised how sociable I'm going to have to be. Sure, it's only for one day but I think it'll be so overwhelming. We don't really see people very often and we're more than happy keeping each other's company. Such little homebodies.
I'm not sure whether I'll keep blogging for much longer. I wanted a place to keep stuff written down, but I have no motivation for it any more. I spend most of my time watching tv, films and lurking the internet. Blogging just takes that little bit more effort. Who knows, once I have nothing huge to occupy my time, like wedding and honeymoon planning, I may find a bit more enthusiasm to blog.
Until next time...
Saturday, 22 December 2012
A day (almost) wasted
Today I should have been working hard on my assignment. Two 1500 essays to hand in on 7 January, and I've done 90 words of one. Bum.
I spent my morning giving the house a really good clean, and fully intended to sit and write a few hundred words. I put henna on my hair this morning, so that it could do it's magic while I cleaned. When I was finished, I went to take a shower and rinse my hair. Cold water. Waited for the water to heat up. Still cold. After an hour of attempts to get into the shower, I gave up and shoved my hair in a scruffy bun. Henna is messy.
My Mum has been super poorly the last week, with flu AND norovirus. Poor thing. I felt so guilty about not going to see her, that I stuffed my cold, damp, henna-y hair into a hat, threw on some clothes and headed to the supermarket to pick her up some soup and lucozade. Visiting the supermarket was a bad idea. It was rammed. I tried to dart through the dawdlers with my basket, but everyone was being SO slow. What is it about Christmas that makes people do everything ten times slower? Everyone on the roads were driving slower too. So infuriating when I just wanted to drive the 20 miles each way to see my poorly Mum.
By the time I got home, it was three and a half hours since I'd put the hot water on. Peeled off my soggy wool hat, attempted a shower again, only to have ANOTHER cold shower. Thanks boiler, you decide to not work when I have henna on my hair. I decided to mug off the assignment, put on my pjs and watch The Princess Diaries instead. Oh how I love Anne Hathaway.
I can't believe it is Christmas in three days. And my birthday tomorrow. Both have arrived so quickly and both will be odd this year. I may not get to see my Mum tomorrow, as she's so poorly. Hopefully my care package will perk her up enough to see her for a brief visit. Would be so rubbish not seeing my Mum on my birthday :( And Christmas will be odd for the same reason - if my Mum isn't better, we may not have our normal family lunch. My grandparents have already said they may not come for lunch this year, they don't want to put too much pressure on my Mum to get better and join everyone at the table (She's been in bed for five days, bless her). And one of our family traditions is to go visit my aunt and uncle at teatime. My uncle is in hospital at the moment, so we won't have the usual teatime gathering. It'll be strange not seeing everyone and won't be right without my uncle there. Hopefully he will be better and home soon. Christmas is just the worst time to be in hospital, although there never really is a good time...
It's now less than four months until our wedding! Eek! That time is just going to go so quickly! Now I just need to throw money at various people and get the little things sorted like pick the wording for our invites and make up the favours. I bet there is a bunch of stuff I have forgotten about and that's why I'm so relaxed. Maybe I should google some wedding planning lists just in case. I know it's our wedding and we can do and have what we like, but I'm sure I will forget something pretty key! And four months to the date, we'll be arriving in Florida for the best holiday ever ever ever. I think I may invest in a new camera to make sure I get the most fabulous photos for the most fabulous trip with my husband. Eeep! Husband!
Merry Christmas to anyone who may read this. I hope you have a wonderful and healthy Christmas and New Year :)
I spent my morning giving the house a really good clean, and fully intended to sit and write a few hundred words. I put henna on my hair this morning, so that it could do it's magic while I cleaned. When I was finished, I went to take a shower and rinse my hair. Cold water. Waited for the water to heat up. Still cold. After an hour of attempts to get into the shower, I gave up and shoved my hair in a scruffy bun. Henna is messy.
My Mum has been super poorly the last week, with flu AND norovirus. Poor thing. I felt so guilty about not going to see her, that I stuffed my cold, damp, henna-y hair into a hat, threw on some clothes and headed to the supermarket to pick her up some soup and lucozade. Visiting the supermarket was a bad idea. It was rammed. I tried to dart through the dawdlers with my basket, but everyone was being SO slow. What is it about Christmas that makes people do everything ten times slower? Everyone on the roads were driving slower too. So infuriating when I just wanted to drive the 20 miles each way to see my poorly Mum.
By the time I got home, it was three and a half hours since I'd put the hot water on. Peeled off my soggy wool hat, attempted a shower again, only to have ANOTHER cold shower. Thanks boiler, you decide to not work when I have henna on my hair. I decided to mug off the assignment, put on my pjs and watch The Princess Diaries instead. Oh how I love Anne Hathaway.
I can't believe it is Christmas in three days. And my birthday tomorrow. Both have arrived so quickly and both will be odd this year. I may not get to see my Mum tomorrow, as she's so poorly. Hopefully my care package will perk her up enough to see her for a brief visit. Would be so rubbish not seeing my Mum on my birthday :( And Christmas will be odd for the same reason - if my Mum isn't better, we may not have our normal family lunch. My grandparents have already said they may not come for lunch this year, they don't want to put too much pressure on my Mum to get better and join everyone at the table (She's been in bed for five days, bless her). And one of our family traditions is to go visit my aunt and uncle at teatime. My uncle is in hospital at the moment, so we won't have the usual teatime gathering. It'll be strange not seeing everyone and won't be right without my uncle there. Hopefully he will be better and home soon. Christmas is just the worst time to be in hospital, although there never really is a good time...
It's now less than four months until our wedding! Eek! That time is just going to go so quickly! Now I just need to throw money at various people and get the little things sorted like pick the wording for our invites and make up the favours. I bet there is a bunch of stuff I have forgotten about and that's why I'm so relaxed. Maybe I should google some wedding planning lists just in case. I know it's our wedding and we can do and have what we like, but I'm sure I will forget something pretty key! And four months to the date, we'll be arriving in Florida for the best holiday ever ever ever. I think I may invest in a new camera to make sure I get the most fabulous photos for the most fabulous trip with my husband. Eeep! Husband!
Merry Christmas to anyone who may read this. I hope you have a wonderful and healthy Christmas and New Year :)
Monday, 17 December 2012
Hello blog...
...it's even more nearly Christmas then the last time I wrote! It's my birthday this week and I shall be the ripe old age of 26. It only seems like yesterday that I was turning 25! You know you're getting old when the years fly by so quickly. I even had a bizarre moment when I realised my little cousin had started comprehensive school. I remember her being tiny and now she's 11. I always think of her as being about 5. Despite me getting older, I never seem to realise that everyone else gets older along with me.
Turns out last week was indeed a horribly long week and that I could, in fact, complain. After two days of travelling, I was exhausted. Didn't take long for germs to creep up on me and I still have a sore throat :( My sinuses are are bunged too, it's not nice. Hope I manage to shake it soon, being ill at Christmas is the worst.
Talking of the worst, the course I've spent this year doing (or not doing, depending on how you look at it!) has just spoiled my Christmas! I failed my first assignment as I handed it in not even half finished. It was just as my great nan died and I really couldn't be arsed to finish it. And no way was I going to pay a deferral fee. So last week I emailed and asked when my resit would be. Not realising what assignment I meant, the lady said she thought it was in July. Then got another email soon after saying that its actually this week. So on 20 December, I'm gonna get given two 1500 essays to write over Christmas. With set topics too, no leeway there. Thanks, douchebags. I mean seriously, who assigns work over Christmas, especially with only a three week deadline. Luckily I have some time off, but I'd planned on spending that in pjs and watching crappy films. At least I can still write essays in my pjs :) Fingers crossed I can scrape a pass with this assignment again and then I'm all finished! No more learning! Woo hoo! Here's to a future full of baby brain and gradually getting stupider by the day. Hurrah!
I'm not too sure where I was going with this post and I'm really hungry. Gonna go make some food. Pointless blogging is better than no blogging, I guess :D
Turns out last week was indeed a horribly long week and that I could, in fact, complain. After two days of travelling, I was exhausted. Didn't take long for germs to creep up on me and I still have a sore throat :( My sinuses are are bunged too, it's not nice. Hope I manage to shake it soon, being ill at Christmas is the worst.
Talking of the worst, the course I've spent this year doing (or not doing, depending on how you look at it!) has just spoiled my Christmas! I failed my first assignment as I handed it in not even half finished. It was just as my great nan died and I really couldn't be arsed to finish it. And no way was I going to pay a deferral fee. So last week I emailed and asked when my resit would be. Not realising what assignment I meant, the lady said she thought it was in July. Then got another email soon after saying that its actually this week. So on 20 December, I'm gonna get given two 1500 essays to write over Christmas. With set topics too, no leeway there. Thanks, douchebags. I mean seriously, who assigns work over Christmas, especially with only a three week deadline. Luckily I have some time off, but I'd planned on spending that in pjs and watching crappy films. At least I can still write essays in my pjs :) Fingers crossed I can scrape a pass with this assignment again and then I'm all finished! No more learning! Woo hoo! Here's to a future full of baby brain and gradually getting stupider by the day. Hurrah!
I'm not too sure where I was going with this post and I'm really hungry. Gonna go make some food. Pointless blogging is better than no blogging, I guess :D
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Deck the halls
It's nearly Christmas! As I get older, the more excited I get about Christmas. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to go the other way. I put up my tree on the 1st of December again this year, as I did last year. I always used to wait until about the 20th to put it up, but it's so much more exciting to get it up earlier :) It's so lovely to come home from work, switch on the lights and cwtch up under a blanket. This new house is so cosy and the tree only makes it moreso :)
We're doing Christmas on a budget this year and I'm super pleased with how well I've done. Still ended up spending more money than I planned as I kept remembering more people to buy for. I was finished shopping about a week back, which is really early for me. I went online and bought the vast majority of presents then, and picked up a few bits here and there since. I like buying smaller gifts. Just because you aren't spending a fortune, doesn't mean you can't give a nice token. I'm going to try and carry this on next year - people just spend far too much at Christmas now. I'm not religious, but I do love Christmas and getting together with the family to share gifts. I hope my children will love it for the same reason, not because of how many gifts they can guilt-trip 'santa' into buying. I'm watching Elf as I type. My first Christmas film of the year :) No, wait. I watched Nativity about three weeks ago. Yay for Christmas films :)
It's only 132 days until we get married now! Time is flying by so quickly. Last Monday we went to pick out our wedding rings and tomorrow we'll go to pick them up. My ring is totally not what I expected to like. I don't even really like the picture on the website even. I had a few in mind when we went into the shop, but when I tried them on they didnt look right on my hand or with my engagement ring. They were all too big, which didn't help, so the lady gave me one the right size to see the difference. I ended up loving it. I've had a few surprises with this wedding already! Picked a dress that wasn't at all like what I imagined, decided on a lot of things we'd said we didn't want to do...now a ring that I never would have picked. G pointed at one, tried it on and said 'yes, that one please.' Obviously a lot less indecisive than me! I'm gonna be far too excited to have them in the house, I'll want to try mine on and model it all the time. I'll need to be strict with myself! I've already left my dress and my shoes at my mum's house so I can't maul them with my grubby little paws. I'm getting even more excited about the honeymoon too. We paid another huge chunk off it this week, so we're almost paid up :) Every time I call to make a payment is the most exciting thing. All the 'Disney experts' are super enthusiastic and everything is 'aweeeeesommmmmmeeee' and they love to say 'congratuuuuuulations!'. Ok, they are probably working off a script, but you hush now. I love it. I also don't mind being on hold when they are busy, cos it means I get to sing along to the ride soundtracks and if I'm lucky, I get to listen to Grim Grinning Ghosts from The Haunted Mansion. Awwweeeeeesooooooommmeeee!
I have enjoyed being a homebody even more than usual lately. Now we have a good internet connection, I can stream movies on Lovefilm. So my weekends are even lazier than usual, watching films and not getting dressed all day/weekend. I did get dressed yesterday though, as I went to spend the evening with my mum and some family friends. It was really nice, even if I was moving from watching tv and eating on one sofa, to another sofa. Today really has been a no-getting-changed day though. I've eaten really bad-for-me food and watched three Disney films and their special features: Beauty and the Beast, Dumbo and Lady and the Tramp. Awww.
I've got a long week ahead of me this week. Bum. I made the mistake of being nice and agreeing to help out a colleague by delivering some training two days this week. But its at our other office, so I need to take a three and a half hour train journey each way, meaning I need to be on a train at 6.40 am and won't get home until 8 pm. And I'm doing that for two days. Urgh. I could have stayed in a hotel, but I 'd rather come home to G and the cats. Can't complain I suppose! And Friday is G's birthday and my team's Christmas party. So pretty much everyone is going out except me, so I need to stay and cover. Which means we can't go home early and have birthday cake. Boo.
Oh well, the way time is flying it will be Christmas soon. Bring on Christmas day, family, roast potatoes and mince pies. Good times.
We're doing Christmas on a budget this year and I'm super pleased with how well I've done. Still ended up spending more money than I planned as I kept remembering more people to buy for. I was finished shopping about a week back, which is really early for me. I went online and bought the vast majority of presents then, and picked up a few bits here and there since. I like buying smaller gifts. Just because you aren't spending a fortune, doesn't mean you can't give a nice token. I'm going to try and carry this on next year - people just spend far too much at Christmas now. I'm not religious, but I do love Christmas and getting together with the family to share gifts. I hope my children will love it for the same reason, not because of how many gifts they can guilt-trip 'santa' into buying. I'm watching Elf as I type. My first Christmas film of the year :) No, wait. I watched Nativity about three weeks ago. Yay for Christmas films :)
It's only 132 days until we get married now! Time is flying by so quickly. Last Monday we went to pick out our wedding rings and tomorrow we'll go to pick them up. My ring is totally not what I expected to like. I don't even really like the picture on the website even. I had a few in mind when we went into the shop, but when I tried them on they didnt look right on my hand or with my engagement ring. They were all too big, which didn't help, so the lady gave me one the right size to see the difference. I ended up loving it. I've had a few surprises with this wedding already! Picked a dress that wasn't at all like what I imagined, decided on a lot of things we'd said we didn't want to do...now a ring that I never would have picked. G pointed at one, tried it on and said 'yes, that one please.' Obviously a lot less indecisive than me! I'm gonna be far too excited to have them in the house, I'll want to try mine on and model it all the time. I'll need to be strict with myself! I've already left my dress and my shoes at my mum's house so I can't maul them with my grubby little paws. I'm getting even more excited about the honeymoon too. We paid another huge chunk off it this week, so we're almost paid up :) Every time I call to make a payment is the most exciting thing. All the 'Disney experts' are super enthusiastic and everything is 'aweeeeesommmmmmeeee' and they love to say 'congratuuuuuulations!'. Ok, they are probably working off a script, but you hush now. I love it. I also don't mind being on hold when they are busy, cos it means I get to sing along to the ride soundtracks and if I'm lucky, I get to listen to Grim Grinning Ghosts from The Haunted Mansion. Awwweeeeeesooooooommmeeee!
I have enjoyed being a homebody even more than usual lately. Now we have a good internet connection, I can stream movies on Lovefilm. So my weekends are even lazier than usual, watching films and not getting dressed all day/weekend. I did get dressed yesterday though, as I went to spend the evening with my mum and some family friends. It was really nice, even if I was moving from watching tv and eating on one sofa, to another sofa. Today really has been a no-getting-changed day though. I've eaten really bad-for-me food and watched three Disney films and their special features: Beauty and the Beast, Dumbo and Lady and the Tramp. Awww.
I've got a long week ahead of me this week. Bum. I made the mistake of being nice and agreeing to help out a colleague by delivering some training two days this week. But its at our other office, so I need to take a three and a half hour train journey each way, meaning I need to be on a train at 6.40 am and won't get home until 8 pm. And I'm doing that for two days. Urgh. I could have stayed in a hotel, but I 'd rather come home to G and the cats. Can't complain I suppose! And Friday is G's birthday and my team's Christmas party. So pretty much everyone is going out except me, so I need to stay and cover. Which means we can't go home early and have birthday cake. Boo.
Oh well, the way time is flying it will be Christmas soon. Bring on Christmas day, family, roast potatoes and mince pies. Good times.
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Disney adventures
Ack, I've left it so long again. I have no idea why I am so unmotivated to get writing. I've been writing posts in my head for months but never get around to typing them out. All I do is sit in front of a computer, so I have no idea why it's been so hard. I'm pretty much forcing myself to get writing today. I enjoy it, so I should write more.
I'm deep in hibernation mode at the moment. By the time I leave work it's already dark and all I want to do is curl up on the sofa, watch tv and look at the interwebs. I barely even cook properly anymore. It's just pasta, pasta and more pasta. It's too cold and miserable to to in the kitchen when there are blankets waiting for me on the sofa. There are so many things I need to get done but I'm getting nowhere. There's still a room of boxes that need sorting and my car needs washing but instead I'll take a nap and watch the soaps.
I have some stuff I'm super excited about but feel its a bit soon to get it written down here. (To future me: it all work out ok?) It's nice to have things to learn about that interest and excite me. And things that aren't all about Walt Disney World haha. Although I am enjoying reading up on new things in WDW and how much has changed since I was last there 10 years ago. I can't believe it has been so long!
We had a super nice time in Disney a few weeks back :) It was soooo cold. Last year we went at the same time and it was sunny and warm. This year we had to wear hats, scarves and gloves and we were still freezing. We were able to take our time a bit more this year and just go on the stuff we really wanted to instead of running from ride to ride. I don't know if it was the crappy weather and because we know the next time we queue for Dumbo we'll be in glorious sunshine, but we weren't as excited as last year. It was still awesome, but we didn't run around like sugar hyped loons. Saving our energy for Florida :D
It was Christmas there, which was one of the best things ever. Last year they started Christmas about two days after we left, so it was amazing to see it for real this year. There was a great big tree and they played crimbo tunes through the speakers. One of the coolest things was a mini parade with Santa and elves. They made it SNOW on the main street - only in Disney! An elf pointed at G with his beard and shouted 'Pere Noel!' It was awesome. Peter Pan also told G to shave. Turns out if you want character interaction during the parades - grow a beard! :)
Anywho, I'm off to finish up dinner. There's some vegan chilli in my slowcooker with my name on it.
Here's some pictures from Paris, I'll try and get back here soon.
I'm deep in hibernation mode at the moment. By the time I leave work it's already dark and all I want to do is curl up on the sofa, watch tv and look at the interwebs. I barely even cook properly anymore. It's just pasta, pasta and more pasta. It's too cold and miserable to to in the kitchen when there are blankets waiting for me on the sofa. There are so many things I need to get done but I'm getting nowhere. There's still a room of boxes that need sorting and my car needs washing but instead I'll take a nap and watch the soaps.
I have some stuff I'm super excited about but feel its a bit soon to get it written down here. (To future me: it all work out ok?) It's nice to have things to learn about that interest and excite me. And things that aren't all about Walt Disney World haha. Although I am enjoying reading up on new things in WDW and how much has changed since I was last there 10 years ago. I can't believe it has been so long!
We had a super nice time in Disney a few weeks back :) It was soooo cold. Last year we went at the same time and it was sunny and warm. This year we had to wear hats, scarves and gloves and we were still freezing. We were able to take our time a bit more this year and just go on the stuff we really wanted to instead of running from ride to ride. I don't know if it was the crappy weather and because we know the next time we queue for Dumbo we'll be in glorious sunshine, but we weren't as excited as last year. It was still awesome, but we didn't run around like sugar hyped loons. Saving our energy for Florida :D
It was Christmas there, which was one of the best things ever. Last year they started Christmas about two days after we left, so it was amazing to see it for real this year. There was a great big tree and they played crimbo tunes through the speakers. One of the coolest things was a mini parade with Santa and elves. They made it SNOW on the main street - only in Disney! An elf pointed at G with his beard and shouted 'Pere Noel!' It was awesome. Peter Pan also told G to shave. Turns out if you want character interaction during the parades - grow a beard! :)
Anywho, I'm off to finish up dinner. There's some vegan chilli in my slowcooker with my name on it.
Here's some pictures from Paris, I'll try and get back here soon.
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| Christmas! |
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| One of the best moments ever! Jack! |
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| My hair is so long now! |
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| I am marrying the most handsome man ♥ |
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| Christmas parade :) |
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| First time ever inside a Disney castle |
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| Wall-E! ♥ |
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| ♥ ♥ ♥ |
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Still alive
Well, it's been quite some time since I last posted! I'm a little loathe to post and break 1313 posts too, but there we go. I've had so many things I'd planned to blog about, like trips to the zoo, rediscovering old musical loves, adventures in castles and talking about my beautiful new ears. I've had a pretty busy time of it, so I guess I'll just catch up and do that 'if I post now, I'll start posting more regularly' lie to myself again.
A huge thing that has occupied my time recently was moving house. We moved! Hooray! We'd had an inspection on our old house and I'd told the lady from the estate agent that we were desperate to move but we couldn't afford to. She told us to get out as soon as we could and was going to try and wangle us a decent loophole on our contract so we could get out if we found somewhere. About two days later there was an incident with one of our neighbours where I had to call the police as he was kicking his own door in. Very scary to hear a door being kicked in and to have your walls shaking. Luckily for us, my parents own a house which the previous tenants had just vacated. My wonderful parents offered us the house (to rent obviously) straight away, to get us away from the awful neighbours and the mould that was slowly growing on everything.
We are so, so lucky. We now live in a beautiful big house that is warm, safe and dry and the neighbours are all respectful. Work is now only 10 minutes away (as opposed to 45 minutes) and the cats love it here too. Lucky lucky lucky!
I made the mistake of saying 'we won't need a removal van, we'll do it all in my car'. It ended up taking us three weeks of moving and goodness knows how much money in petrol because I am cheap. I expect we spent more money on petrol than a van for a day would have cost. Oh well. We're in now, all settled and there are only a few boxes to sort.
As I mentioned, I have new ears! Well, the same ears just with a new look! A few months back I had my stretched lobes repaired by a wonderful man called Alex Trowell. He did a great job and I am so, so happy with my ears. The opportunity arose to get them done, so I jumped at the chance as I'd been letting my ears shrink up for a year or so. It's one of the best things I've ever done! I thought it was just me, but so many people have told me it has changed my face. Maybe it's cos I wear my hair up more now? Anyway, it looks and feels amazing :)
I've also finished the second of three assignments for my PR course. It was a hectic fortnight, trying to write an essay at the same time as moving house. Glad it's done now though! Fingers crossed it at least passes - I already have one resit to do and don't fancy another. I will be soooo glad to get this darned course all finished! No more! My brain does not want to learn anything that's not tv quotes and pizza menus. At least I'll look good with another qualification, huh?
The wedding planning is going well! To be truthful, I've barely done a thing since the last time I posted. I think the only thing we've done is go to see our chair covers. I live a crazy life, deciding on what fabric to cover our chairs in. Rock n roll! Our biggest wedding related problem at the moment is paying for our damn honeymoon! It's costing sooo much money but it will be so worth it. Sometimes I get so excited that I cry a little bit. Haha, I am such a wuss. I've even started looking for a second job to help pay for everything, but I keep getting turned down. I think that my job and the amount I currently earn is putting employers off, despite my fab applications and previous experience. So me an ebay are going to be making friends over the next few months. I shall be selling as much as I can bare to part with cos every penny helps!
And in actual current news, we are off to Disneyland Paris on Thursday! Woo hoo! Part of me feels guilty that we're spending money on a trip, but we'd booked it before we'd even got engaged, so I think it's ok :D We arrive on the first day of Christmas, unlike last year. Our trip last year was in the week between halloween ending and Christmas starting, so this time it's been timed perfectly! Can't wait to see all the lights and fake snow! As if I wasn't excited enough about Crimbo already! Expect many pictures soon :)
Well, this took long enough to write! There's lots more I haven't rambled on about yet, so hopefully I'll get around to writing again soon! (As if I didn't do enough writing in my day job!)
If anyone has stuck around, hello! *waves* x
A huge thing that has occupied my time recently was moving house. We moved! Hooray! We'd had an inspection on our old house and I'd told the lady from the estate agent that we were desperate to move but we couldn't afford to. She told us to get out as soon as we could and was going to try and wangle us a decent loophole on our contract so we could get out if we found somewhere. About two days later there was an incident with one of our neighbours where I had to call the police as he was kicking his own door in. Very scary to hear a door being kicked in and to have your walls shaking. Luckily for us, my parents own a house which the previous tenants had just vacated. My wonderful parents offered us the house (to rent obviously) straight away, to get us away from the awful neighbours and the mould that was slowly growing on everything.
We are so, so lucky. We now live in a beautiful big house that is warm, safe and dry and the neighbours are all respectful. Work is now only 10 minutes away (as opposed to 45 minutes) and the cats love it here too. Lucky lucky lucky!
I made the mistake of saying 'we won't need a removal van, we'll do it all in my car'. It ended up taking us three weeks of moving and goodness knows how much money in petrol because I am cheap. I expect we spent more money on petrol than a van for a day would have cost. Oh well. We're in now, all settled and there are only a few boxes to sort.
As I mentioned, I have new ears! Well, the same ears just with a new look! A few months back I had my stretched lobes repaired by a wonderful man called Alex Trowell. He did a great job and I am so, so happy with my ears. The opportunity arose to get them done, so I jumped at the chance as I'd been letting my ears shrink up for a year or so. It's one of the best things I've ever done! I thought it was just me, but so many people have told me it has changed my face. Maybe it's cos I wear my hair up more now? Anyway, it looks and feels amazing :)
I've also finished the second of three assignments for my PR course. It was a hectic fortnight, trying to write an essay at the same time as moving house. Glad it's done now though! Fingers crossed it at least passes - I already have one resit to do and don't fancy another. I will be soooo glad to get this darned course all finished! No more! My brain does not want to learn anything that's not tv quotes and pizza menus. At least I'll look good with another qualification, huh?
The wedding planning is going well! To be truthful, I've barely done a thing since the last time I posted. I think the only thing we've done is go to see our chair covers. I live a crazy life, deciding on what fabric to cover our chairs in. Rock n roll! Our biggest wedding related problem at the moment is paying for our damn honeymoon! It's costing sooo much money but it will be so worth it. Sometimes I get so excited that I cry a little bit. Haha, I am such a wuss. I've even started looking for a second job to help pay for everything, but I keep getting turned down. I think that my job and the amount I currently earn is putting employers off, despite my fab applications and previous experience. So me an ebay are going to be making friends over the next few months. I shall be selling as much as I can bare to part with cos every penny helps!
And in actual current news, we are off to Disneyland Paris on Thursday! Woo hoo! Part of me feels guilty that we're spending money on a trip, but we'd booked it before we'd even got engaged, so I think it's ok :D We arrive on the first day of Christmas, unlike last year. Our trip last year was in the week between halloween ending and Christmas starting, so this time it's been timed perfectly! Can't wait to see all the lights and fake snow! As if I wasn't excited enough about Crimbo already! Expect many pictures soon :)
Well, this took long enough to write! There's lots more I haven't rambled on about yet, so hopefully I'll get around to writing again soon! (As if I didn't do enough writing in my day job!)
If anyone has stuck around, hello! *waves* x
Friday, 24 August 2012
Feeling sad
I'd resisted from posting this mini whinge last week, cos I'm trying to be more positive and whine less, but damnit(!), I'm annoyed again!
Over the last few weeks, we've posted and handed out a bunch of save the dates. Ok, by the nature of a save the date, you don't really need to respond, but I'm super upset at how many of my family and friends haven't bothered to call, write, tweet, text, facebook...whatever to say 'hey, thanks! How awesome that we're going to be invited to your wedding!' I can recall about five people who've made the effort to let me know they received it and say thanks. Sure, all the people who we've given them to in person have been super excited and that's awesome.
In my opinion, being invited to someone's wedding is a huge honour. By getting a save the date, you are being told you're getting an invite. By being invited, we are asking you to share the biggest day of our lives with us. When weddings cost so much money and headcounts are often restricted by venues, it's super hard to decide who to invite and who not to invite. So it really hurts when people who have 'made the cut' don't just let me know they received theirs and are excited or happy about it.
The main bulk of our guests are family. The vast majority of them have already had their save the dates. For my own family to more or less ignore the honour of being invited, well... that really sucks. Just cos you're family, doesn't guarantee you an invite. So please, just say thank you!
And for friends to not say anything, hurts maybe a teeny bit more. We've not invited that many friends (we don't have the room to and I don't have that many), so it makes me feel pretty crap. The crazy part of my brain (which I increasingly find I need to surpress) says 'am I labouring under some pretence that these people are really my friends? Am I that crazy person who thinks she's still friends with these people?'
I try not to let stuff like this get to me and try to be happy Sam. But I've been trying to surpress this sadness for a while now and it had to come out at some point. The fact that I'm home alone and feeling pretty miserable probably has something to do with it.
I just needed to get that out there. I don't care that my guests (probably) won't see this, I'm hoping I will feel a little better about it now that I've got it off my chest.
Over the last few weeks, we've posted and handed out a bunch of save the dates. Ok, by the nature of a save the date, you don't really need to respond, but I'm super upset at how many of my family and friends haven't bothered to call, write, tweet, text, facebook...whatever to say 'hey, thanks! How awesome that we're going to be invited to your wedding!' I can recall about five people who've made the effort to let me know they received it and say thanks. Sure, all the people who we've given them to in person have been super excited and that's awesome.
In my opinion, being invited to someone's wedding is a huge honour. By getting a save the date, you are being told you're getting an invite. By being invited, we are asking you to share the biggest day of our lives with us. When weddings cost so much money and headcounts are often restricted by venues, it's super hard to decide who to invite and who not to invite. So it really hurts when people who have 'made the cut' don't just let me know they received theirs and are excited or happy about it.
The main bulk of our guests are family. The vast majority of them have already had their save the dates. For my own family to more or less ignore the honour of being invited, well... that really sucks. Just cos you're family, doesn't guarantee you an invite. So please, just say thank you!
And for friends to not say anything, hurts maybe a teeny bit more. We've not invited that many friends (we don't have the room to and I don't have that many), so it makes me feel pretty crap. The crazy part of my brain (which I increasingly find I need to surpress) says 'am I labouring under some pretence that these people are really my friends? Am I that crazy person who thinks she's still friends with these people?'
I try not to let stuff like this get to me and try to be happy Sam. But I've been trying to surpress this sadness for a while now and it had to come out at some point. The fact that I'm home alone and feeling pretty miserable probably has something to do with it.
I just needed to get that out there. I don't care that my guests (probably) won't see this, I'm hoping I will feel a little better about it now that I've got it off my chest.
Monday, 6 August 2012
Progress
Ooops. Well, it's been a month since I posted again. I've been a bit crap at keeping things updated recently. I've barely looked at twitter, yet alone tweeted anything. And I've barely posted anything on Instagram, but managed to keep up my browsing. I've sort of managed to keep up with blogs, but posting comments is another thing! I've not been overly busy, I guess I've just enjoyed being almost unplugged for a bit.
We've had a fun couple of weeks. We had a small get together in a local pub, to celebrate our engagement. We didn't expect many people to come, about 10 max, but 30 turned up! We were so pleased! It was lovely to get both sides of my family together and see them having fun. G's family weren't there, as they live 4 hours away and we didn't want to make a big fuss.
I've been such a busy bee on the wedding front :) I'm loving every minute of it! It's really not as stressful as everyone makes out. Or maybe I'm just as good at this as everyone says? I ordered 'the' dress, the one I was sure about in my last post. It's so lovely! I can't wait for it to arrive, so we can start making alterations and making it look perfect :) My shoes arrived today too. I've been on a decluttering mission, donating things to charity shops and selling stuff on ebay - I earned enough to buy me my shoes! Weee! We've booked a photographer, a band and my fancy wedding car. My bridesmaid dresses arrived a few days ago and theres not an awful lot left to arrange :) I'm feeling like superbride! I have a short list of things left to do, so I'm pacing myself so I don't run out of exciting things.
We just had a lovely weekend. Gareth's best friend Bob and his wife Lindsay came to stay. Bob is going to be one of our best men, so we had them down to hang out and go see the venue. This weekend we're heading up to G's mum's to celebrate his brother's engagement. We're also heading for a little zoo double date with one of my besties and her beau. I'm super duper excited! Lots and lots to look forward to! Not to mention our short anniversary trip to Disneyland Paris in November :)
I couldn't post and not mention that my gorgeous Jade and Andi had their first beautiful baby a few weeks ago! I can't wait to meet little Ivy Quinn in a few weeks! Well done Jadey, you did so well :)
I've made some progress with my healthy diet and weightloss. I'm now one pound from losing a stone from my heaviest :) I'd made the effort to try and make at least one meal a day vegan, but some days ended up being completely vegan, as well as wheat free. I noticed that I felt much better and my stomach is much better behaved, so decided to make it a bit more permanent. So I've been eating vegan and wheat free for about a week and it's made a great change :) I'm not being super strict and have enjoyed the naughty treat or two, but am being pretty disciplined. I managed not to eat a single doughnut of a Krispy Kreme dozen and when we took Bob and Lindsay for afternoon tea at our venue yesterday, I sat and sipped on peppermint tea. I resisted delicious looking sandwiches, cake and a scone with jam and clotted cream. That's willpower, I tell you! Here's hoping that I'll stick at it and that my naughty tummy stays being good. I am SO looking forward to a naughty two weeks of eating whatever I want (as long as it's veggie!) in Florida! :)
I'm not gonna promise to post again soon, cos I'm a lazy poop, but I'll try! The whole reason I blog here is so that I can look back in years to come!
We've had a fun couple of weeks. We had a small get together in a local pub, to celebrate our engagement. We didn't expect many people to come, about 10 max, but 30 turned up! We were so pleased! It was lovely to get both sides of my family together and see them having fun. G's family weren't there, as they live 4 hours away and we didn't want to make a big fuss.
I've been such a busy bee on the wedding front :) I'm loving every minute of it! It's really not as stressful as everyone makes out. Or maybe I'm just as good at this as everyone says? I ordered 'the' dress, the one I was sure about in my last post. It's so lovely! I can't wait for it to arrive, so we can start making alterations and making it look perfect :) My shoes arrived today too. I've been on a decluttering mission, donating things to charity shops and selling stuff on ebay - I earned enough to buy me my shoes! Weee! We've booked a photographer, a band and my fancy wedding car. My bridesmaid dresses arrived a few days ago and theres not an awful lot left to arrange :) I'm feeling like superbride! I have a short list of things left to do, so I'm pacing myself so I don't run out of exciting things.
We just had a lovely weekend. Gareth's best friend Bob and his wife Lindsay came to stay. Bob is going to be one of our best men, so we had them down to hang out and go see the venue. This weekend we're heading up to G's mum's to celebrate his brother's engagement. We're also heading for a little zoo double date with one of my besties and her beau. I'm super duper excited! Lots and lots to look forward to! Not to mention our short anniversary trip to Disneyland Paris in November :)
I couldn't post and not mention that my gorgeous Jade and Andi had their first beautiful baby a few weeks ago! I can't wait to meet little Ivy Quinn in a few weeks! Well done Jadey, you did so well :)
I've made some progress with my healthy diet and weightloss. I'm now one pound from losing a stone from my heaviest :) I'd made the effort to try and make at least one meal a day vegan, but some days ended up being completely vegan, as well as wheat free. I noticed that I felt much better and my stomach is much better behaved, so decided to make it a bit more permanent. So I've been eating vegan and wheat free for about a week and it's made a great change :) I'm not being super strict and have enjoyed the naughty treat or two, but am being pretty disciplined. I managed not to eat a single doughnut of a Krispy Kreme dozen and when we took Bob and Lindsay for afternoon tea at our venue yesterday, I sat and sipped on peppermint tea. I resisted delicious looking sandwiches, cake and a scone with jam and clotted cream. That's willpower, I tell you! Here's hoping that I'll stick at it and that my naughty tummy stays being good. I am SO looking forward to a naughty two weeks of eating whatever I want (as long as it's veggie!) in Florida! :)
I'm not gonna promise to post again soon, cos I'm a lazy poop, but I'll try! The whole reason I blog here is so that I can look back in years to come!
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Planning our wedding
Well, gosh, I could have posted this two weeks ago. I kept meaning to, but have sat lazily lurking everyone else's blog.
Just over two weeks ago, we booked our wedding venue! We'd been engaged only a week and got straight into the planning :) We visited a venue that I'd been told was lovely, but had never been there before. Neither had Gareth. But we had a quick look 'round, talked a few price options and booked it on the spot!
Here is where it'll take place!
We had three little sandwiches, a coconut cake, some chocolate cake and half a scone with jam and clotted cream each. It was all so good, especially the coconut cake. Super hope we get them on the wedding day! I'll have to put in a special request :D It was so much food, we were still stuffed hours later! We even moved the wedding ceremony back an hour to make sure that our guests won't be too full come the evening.
Just over two weeks ago, we booked our wedding venue! We'd been engaged only a week and got straight into the planning :) We visited a venue that I'd been told was lovely, but had never been there before. Neither had Gareth. But we had a quick look 'round, talked a few price options and booked it on the spot!
Here is where it'll take place!
It's a beautiful house, with really beautiful grounds :) Lots of gorgeous places for photos, so now we just have to hold out hope for sunshine!
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| Pretty ponds :) |
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| Even the gates are beautiful! |
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| Giant lump o' coal. As you do. |
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| Bandstand! This is why I'm desperate for a sunny day! |
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| More pretty ponds! There are four :) |
We're having the ceremony at 2 pm, followed by afternoon tea. We didn't fancy a 'proper' sit down meal and we're both huge fans of tea and cake! We booked the afternoon tea before we'd sampled it, so when we came to try it a few days later, we were so pleased!
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| Yum! |
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| My future hubby was pretty pleased! |
I've also found my dress! I think! I went dress shopping 6 days after getting engaged (I know, keen!) and loved the second dress I tried on. I tried on about six or seven, but only really loved the one. It's super expensive, but I guess if you're ever going to spend a lot of money on a dress, it should be for your wedding day! I went to another shop a few days later and tried on another load, but none were a patch on 'the' dress. They were all beautiful, I just didn't feel as wonderful in them. So tomorrow I'm going to try on 'my' dress again and if I'm 100% certain, we are going to order it :D I can't give too many details as G reads my blog, but its ivory and very elegant. Which isn't what I thought I'd go for! Good job I found one I liked quite quickly, as it'd going to take 6-8 months (maybe more!) to be made and arrive. I hope it doesn't take longer than that, I'll need alterations made too!
I've pretty much finalised our guestlist and seating plan and we've decided on our table decorations and favours. I've bought most of the stuff for the favours already - best to be organised! We've picked a guy we like to be our photographer and we're just waiting for him to get back to us about a consultation. If we can afford him and he's free, that will be another thing checked off the list!
Andddd, the best bit - we've booked our honeymoon! I think G knows I'm more excited for the honeymoon than the big, scary day, so it's cool haha! We're going to Walt Disney World Florida! EEEEP! We are staying in the Old Key West resort in Disney, for fourteen days. We have a two-week pass to Disney and will be going to Universal Studios and Harry Potter World (AKA Islands of Adventure)!!! EEEP again!
We still have a lot to sort out, but most things we have planned out. It's just booking, hiring and paying now!
I'm going to try real hard to keep up with my posting, I need to document this exciting time!
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Adventures part one
Well, I've had the pictures in this post in draft for a few weeks. About time I posted them!
Just over a month ago me and the Bear went to Torquay for a lovely weekend away. The weather was amazing and we had just the best time :) We went to the zoo, the coastal zoo and the beach. Love zoos, love the beach ♥
Ok, the pictures are all jumbled now but who cares? :)
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| Gorgeous Torquay beach |
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| Best socks from my Kirsty ♥ |
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| Bear made me do this. Such a cheesemonkey! |
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| Seagulls :) |
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| Our caravan was green. Loved it! |
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| Paddling ♥ |
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| Happy |
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| Ok, so I'm a cheesemonkey too... |
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| Happy Bear at the zoo :) |
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| 'mingos! |
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| This guy was trying to escape. He was amazing! |
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| See, so cute! |
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| This guy! |
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| A Bear in his natural habitat |
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| D'awww |
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| Hello there Mr Robin! |
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| Ooooh! |
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| Got stalked by peacocks |
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| Feet ♥ |
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| This dude could use a drinking fountain. Awesome! |
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| Goatlove! |
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| *squeak* |
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| IG |
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| More goatlove! |
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| Eeeee! |
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| Cutest, tiny frogs! |
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| I love frogs ^___^ |
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| We got hounded for our lunches too. Of course, I shared |
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| Camels! (I want to live in that house!) |
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| Baby giraffe! |
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| Capybara in a barrel. It's what dreams are made of! |
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| It's a sloth, honest! |
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| Jungle Jim |
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| Oh hai! |
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| Fox 9 ♥ |
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| Handstamps :) |
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| :) |
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| A bear lolly for the bear |
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| Awesome floor art at the Coastal Zoo |
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| Penguins! |
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| Even more penguins! |
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| These guys! |
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| Snails with hair extensions are awesome |
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| Hello starfish! |
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| ♥ |
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| Tiny jellyfish! |
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| Devon cream tea ♥ |
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