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frustrated

UPDATE: 

1. vacuuming floor and then having your throat swell up because of the dust--sucky
2. pulling weeds in the garden until your hands are swollen--not a fun job
3. mowing the yard with a motor-less mower--hot & hard
4. re-mopping your floor because you jumped into the creek with your puppies after a hot days work--AWESOME!!! 
   

ah the blessing of having a cold creek to jump into whenever you need it, and pups that always make you smile :).  Thanks God for a hard days work.

as you all know, coming home from a vacation can be exhausting. The house is a wreck right now as no cleaning has been going on while the dogs were here this week being watched. Trying to clean it all up and I think our vacuum is making the house dirtier! We are replacing the flooring in the apartment next door which is costing us a lot, and everything just seems to be falling apart. Of course that is an exaggeration, but that's how it feels. I need a new vacuum, and possibly a new floor in our apartment as well. ~sigh~ Anyway--just needed to vent out some frustration at our little nagging things around the house. Hope your day is going well :).

p.s. Anyone got a vacuum that's cheap and works well???

my day out in London

Thursday afternoon Dave went back to Belfast to see his Grandparents. Helen, Sylvia, and Mervyn had dessert tastings and other wedding related things that day, so I decided to have a day out on my own in London. I had two major things I wanted to see, Westminister Abbey and King's Cross Station 9 3/4. These pictures are in reverse order of how I took them that day. I
--I was so excited to be here!!! But it took me a bit to find it--it wasn't really halfway between platforms 9 and 10 :)
--The famous guards
--half of the palace and fountain in front of it (taken with timer on camera)
--an odd bird I saw (look at his feet!)
--the only picture I was allowed to take inside Westminister Abbey--which was actually in the garden behind
--In front of Westminister Abbey (camera propped on my bag for the right angle)
--The front of Westminister Abbey
The back of Big Ben and the parliament buildings
--I didn't have any problem finding people to take pictures for me--It was quite nice traveling along through the city alone

in and outs :)

Well-we're in London! Our house sitter for the week e-mailed me these pix of Gertie from her phone. She got her new pink tag this week--cute huh? We have some pretty cute dogs I must say :).

Saturday is Helen's wedding and she seems to have it all together. We met her fiance yesterday, and he's pretty fun. Dave and he get along well--they give each other a lot of crap, but each seems to return it with as much gusto, so I guess it's ok, lol. Not sure what the plans are for today, but I'm sure Mervyn will inform us when he and Sylvia get back from town, lol.

Yesterday was extremely wet, so we hung around Helen's house, played Scrabble (i won), and had a nap here and there. Dave and I hadn't had a full night's sleep in two days, as we left for the airport 1:30 am on Monday morning and were on the plane Monday night. We did get 1st class on the way though, which was EXTREMELY nice and fun to enjoy together this time around.

Tomorrow Dave is heading back to Belfast for the day as his grandfather is not doing so well (please pray for him), and I will be staying here and sight seeing. I'm going to Westminister Abbey and Kings Cross Station. I've never been in Westminister Abbey, and am quite excited about it (as a lit. major for sure). Kings Cross Station is where Harry Potter gets on the train to Hogwarts, lol, and they actually have a platform 9 3/4 now as the books are so popular. There's even a trolley half-way through the wall there like they are passing through the barrier (you know what I mean if you've read the books). I can't wait to get my picture taken with it!

Well, that's all the info for now! I'm sure I'll have pictures to post soon. TTYL!