wow it's been like six months since i posted here...

just thought i'd let you all know, Nick and I are engaged!! :) woot!

well the kitchen is on its way in. still need the electrician and plumber but hopefully they will be done this weekend. that means that just the builder needs to finish. really hope it gets done by next weekend. we've had no kitchen now pretty much since we moved into the house. we're working on 6 weeks of no kitchen sink to do washing up or ( Read more... )

i start my new job tomorrow. really looking forward to it. not really nervous at all. the branch manager seems pretty awesome. hope to have fun with it ( Read more... )

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ok so we're not able to go see the house til thursday afternoon as that's when the owner is available.. no probs. we were supposed to go Wed at 10:30. nick arranged this AFTER i told him my job interview for Barclay's had been moved to Wed at 10 am and will probably last at least 1.5 hrs. after which i'm heading to Reading to visit Dana and Paul ( Read more... )

so we're almost set on the whole house thing. we're going to see the house, and talk to the seller on Monday. should have pics to post of the interior and the back garden then. also, we were kinda falling short on cash as we needed like 3200 quid to pay off the mini (Monday is the due date on that payment O.o) and we have about 3k worth of legal ( Read more... )

SOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD!!!!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE MORTGAGE WAS APPROVED!! IT'S OURS!!!

*dancedance*

this article is called 'raiding the icebox' and is actually very amusing. apparently it's old news, but it's new to me and very funny tbh :D

In 1839, Americans from Maine confronted Canadians in a border dispute known as the Aroostook War. "There were never any shots fired," said Etzinger, the Canadian Embassy spokesman, "but I think an American ( Read more... )

i know these are in a funny order. blame my mother :P

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we went over to Matt's last night for a bit of a gathering. his gf April was there, and a few of his friends showed up as well, Astrid and Hannah. we sat around for a few hours playing 'win, lose or draw' and eating pizza and all that good junky kinda food ( Read more... )