on to paris

the wedding festivities ended last night with a beautiful reception. can't wait to post pictures. it was everything lauren had ever dreamed of. the cake was INSANELY amazing as was the rest of the meal. we danced to everything from abba to the spice girls.
as i type i'm printing out a list of french words and phrases to learn on the plane. i also need to charge my ipod so i can practice with my "learn french on the plane" podcast.
xoxo from cloudy manchester
stef

trip update

hello from foggy, cloudy, cool england. sitting in our hostel now typing this. it is so much cleaner and nicer than you'd imagine a hostel to be. internet is SO expensive though. £2 per 1/2 hour. yikes. i'll type fast.

we have done and seen so much in such a short amount of time that it's hard to recall everything at the moment...
here are some things i do remember however:
- the british museum. we spent 4 hours wandering looking at artificacts and such before i looked at beth with an epiphany. "i've never spent 4 hours in a museum before that had absolutely no art."
- pub crawl home from british museum. i love bitters. blondes. and cherry ale. yum.
-the sun comes up at 4 am and doesn't go down until 11. there's no a/c in our room. brutal.
-tower of london and the crown jewels. jumping out of tour to go see prince william. beth shaking his hand.
-croissants. all day all night availability.
-walking appx 3 miles to the "market" to realize its not a flea market. it's a meat market. and i'm with the vegetarian. the smell was enough to turn me too.

today we are tackling the tate modern, westminster and the globe theater. then it's bath tomorrow and manchester on thursday.
stay tuned.

getting ready for the big trip

beth and i leave for our big trip over the sea on friday.
here's the itenary run down:
- july 4-9 london
- july 9-12 manchester (lauren's wedding july 11)
- july 12-17 paris
- july 17 HOME

so overwhelmed. so excited.
haven't packed a stitch.
i know who is bringing me to the airport though. my loving boyfriend.
i was explaining to him yesterday how much girls love being driven to airport and smooched goodbye. he told me girls were crazy.
i told him that i knew deep in his heart he thought it was sweet that i love the airport drive so much.
he told me his heart is shallow like a retention pond--full of algae.
ahhh love, sweet love.

He cracks himself up

Karen's Bowling Bday

Look what I made to celebrate...

odd items

1) last night my cell rang. unknown number. i answered.

Caller: hello, i found your # on a twenty dollar bill and thought i should call and let whoever it is know that, well, their # is on a twenty dollar bill.
me: UM, WHO IS THIS?
Caller: my name is lloyd.
me: where did you get the money lloyd?
Lloyd: out of an ATM in Arlington which is in Jacksonville, Florida
me: I live in Jacksonville too and this has been my # for 11 years. Does it say anything else?
Lloyd: wow, that's really weird. no it doesn't say anything else. want me to scratch it out.
me: Yes please that would be great.
Lloyd: okay, i'll scratch it out right now.
me: Okay, thanks Lloyd.

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2) They should make the egg beater container look less like the half n half container cuz that was one gross surprise in my coffee this morning.

how does my garden grow??

yesterday michael stopped by before work. i was still getting ready and still in my jammies chugging my first cup of coffee.
i was chattering at him while he layed on the couch trying to catch extra winks before heading to keystone for an appt.
i unlocked the backdoor to my porch and said "want to come look at my plants with me"
bewildered he replied "WHAT are you talking about"
i said "every morning i go out and look at my plants to see how they're doing"
he said "Oh my God, Old Mother Hubbard."
and then laughed the way he does..ya know..with the weezing.
i thought it was uncalled for until i remembered that i just told i'd organized all my recipes and coupons the night before. wow. i'm getting old.
thought maybe you'd enjoy seeing my pride and joy...