Rugged 'N Green

Not a whole lot happened yesterday, thought as the days are winding down and as it gets to closer to the day I leave the later starts we are having to the day. I think I'm slowly killing Leo waking him up at seven every morning. After getting up Leo cooked a good old Ulster fry. Leo claims it's stuff that puts hairs on your chest.

It was a really good breakfast. Very delicious and fried. That's probably why it was so good. Fried is almost always better. You know that's right!! Fried wheaten, soda, and potato bread, fried egg, and fried bacon is what Leo's fry consists of. Mmmmm-mmmm! It was just dandy! After our heart attack meal we went on a three mile walk to an old mill. When we got back we just watched movies and hung out at his house. No, all you dirty people. We didn't just make-out. Get you're flithy minds out of the sewers! Leo will sadly tell that you that we have not kissed once. Though, he claims I'm not leaving this country without a "proper kiss", whatever that means. Because of when my plane leaves tomorrow I won't be posting anything tomorrow on my blog. I'll write about my last two days on the Emerald Isle when I get home. It's been a really good time and I'm sad that my time is already over but I'm sure I'll be back to see this country again sometime, you can't get rid of me that easily Ireland!!!

 

Fun, Fun, Fun That's Not In The Sun

So yesterday was a day. It was a day that most call Saturday. What do you normally do on Saturdays? Shayli loves Saturdays because that's the day you get to clean all day instead of play and have crazy fun times. Yay for Saturdays!!! This Saturday was a good one for both of us Shay. You didn't have to clean  down in St. George and I hiked and biked. Yesterday was the most untouristy day so far. After breakfast we walked up to Helen's Tower and Leo showed me a little bit of dh(downhill) mountain biking. To put it simply he does some pretty crazy nuts things, but don't bother telling him that because he won't understand how it's crazy. Poor lad, the first part of recovery is admitting you have a problem. I guess he'll keep being crazy. He'll fit in with that Brewer clan just fine. Now those kids have lost ALL their marbles.

After watchin him doin a bit on the bike he gave me some tips and sent me on my way down a trail. Nothing like he was doing but it was still scary as crap because man all mighty!!! Can his bike pick up speed quick or what?! One thing that made it a little scarier for me is that his breaks are reversed. the back break is on the left hand and the front is on the right. Once I did it a few times it was actually pretty fun. It definitely gives you a rush. Even though it was a lot of fun I don't recommend some people trying it. Tristan, for example should definitely not try it, unless of course you're looking to collect some dead wife money from insurance folks Clay.

When we got back from that excursion we had sausage rolls and baked beans. Mom, I am apologizing far in advance for Leo, if he makes it there. He is one of the fussiest eaters I have ever met. You know that's bad when it's coming from me. He likes very bland foods. And vegetables. Beans and potatoes are the only veggies I've had since I've been here and definitely no fruits. That's one thing I'm excited to eat again when I get home. Foods that actually have a lot of flavor!!! Later we met up with Michael and went to a store with him. When we got back we watched the Mask of Zorro and that was pretty much my Saturday in a nutshell. Where ever you are, I hope that you have a great day. If you live in Utah, I'll see you soon if not ttfn!!

Pictures here

Sea Bound

Hey there kids,

Yesterday was a good old day as well. But it would be kind of weird if you didn’t have a good time on the Emerald Isle. I mean, come on we’re talking about the holy gree rock of awesome craic! For those of you who don’t know craic is just means an awesome good time. That’s a bit of Irish slangy talk for ya. Yesterday started out the same with good ol’ bowl of cornflakes followed by a 20 minute drive to a sea town called Bangor. The Irish sea is so dark, cold, and salty! I saw crazy barnacles and stuff for the first time as well. We had a short coastal walk and then went into town a little bit and looked around an exhibit they had in this old abby. It was pretty grood craic like. Most the Irish people around here end most of their sentences with like like. We also went and walked around an old graveyard which wasn’t nearly as creepy as the one we walked around in Austria in Kelc, but that may because it was light and there weren’t any creepers staring us down this time. Well, Leo’s kind of a creeper but he wasn’t staring me down, he was looking at all the different gravestones. Before we left Bangor we had lunch and a little treat, a pastie with “chips” and a chocolate covered honeycomb candy bar. The candy bar reminded me of sea foam but not salty. Pretty grood stuff. I guess you can have vegetarian and meat pasties, this one was just mashed potatoes that had been deep fried. It was pretty tasty. Leo chipped his tooth on his but don’t put that off from trying one as they really aren’t that hard. I think that tooth was already done for because of some biking accident he’d been in. So Trist, you and you’re funky jaw should definitely try one some day! He also had me try a Sukie which an orange type drink. Kinda like Sunny D or Tang but better. 

When we got back Mick called and said he needed Leo’s help getting his 4’ mattress through the 3’ hole of his attic.  Typical Irish, they think they’re really magic or something. We went over and his parents pretty much interviewed me. I have not been asked more questions about myself since I got here. Hopefully they thought I was good enough to date their sons best friend. After they used their leprechaun magic and a dash of Irish luck the three of us headed over to Leo’s house where he made bacon sanrys for dinner. They also bought some “crisps” aka potatoes chips that are made with famous Irish spuds. Supposedly they are the best chips I’ll ever taste. Taste like chips to me. After Micky boy headed home to sleep in his new 4’ mattress we watch Bourne Identity which to my surprised he had never seen any of them. But don’t worry Trist I started his edumication and he’s going to be learned about Jason Bourne :) 

Chocolate Covered Honeycomb

 Pastie, Sukie, and Chips

Today looks like it’s going to be another day of overcloud adventures so away I go!!!!

Oh yeah! Pictures are here :)

I don't know why the text isn't like normal....technical difficulties you'll just have to deal with, lucky you :)

The Two Towers, A Pond, And Some Green

Hey hey hey!!!

No I am not fat Albert but it’s nice to see you too...sheesh! Some people and their asumptions. So yesterday was a grood ol’ day like ;) I woke him up at seven, which for him is RIDICULOUSLY early. Surprisingly, it didn’t kill him and we even walked for forever and back again. We started the day with a bowl of good old cornflakes. Yup, good ol’ cornflakes :) That was followed by a nice walk thru the town to Scrabo Tower. All I can say is WOW! Kelcie this place is every little Evils’s dream. Sorry if that is a blow to close to your heart up it is very true. It is greener than anywhere I’ve ever been and has so many neat trees and little bushes filled groves to make any creature of Middle Earth prance about and feel gleefully like they are home. Now I’ve never been to New Zealand but dang Gina! It’s pretty here!! 

This is my motto for my trip.

After climbing my first twisty tower staircase we made our way through a foresty area to a little pond. Once we were done taking a gander at that view, and Leo was done eating my dust and slippin down hills and such, we headed back to his house where he cooked me up one of his famous 15 min meals for lunch, a bacon sarny. All that is is three pieces of this fat bacon stuff cooked in oil, briefly, and then placed on toasted bread with brown sauce. For those of you who don’t know what brown sauce Leo  is firstly disappointed in you and second of all my best description is that it’s really weird stuff. Despite me not being a brown sauce advocate, much to Leo’s disappointment, it was actually pretty tasty.

With our rumbly tumbly tummies silenced we headed back out to a duck pond/bird sanctuary. It was a pretty little bit of land and a nice easy walk about. As we headed back he got what he claims was a dehydration headache, but I think it was a caffeine headache because man, that dude was SO much more perky after he had that Cherry CokeTM it was unreal. I will admit that he does drink a freakin ton, so it is possible that he was dehydrated for a Cherry CokeTM. Getting that drink in him we headed up the straight boring road, his description not mine, to a wooded area that led us to Helens Tower. Again, WOW. So freakin beautiful!. Out of the two towers he said this one was older and built for a sick woman. You can actually rent it out and stay in a tower, which is why we weren’t able to go inside and check this one out. That was all fine and dandy tho because he just showed me around the forest. He showed me some of his bike runs and this cool old ruin. He thinks it’s an old monastery but I’ve no clue what it was. For those of you who don’t know, Leo is a downHill mountain biker. All you need to know is that means he’s cuckoo banana crackers crazy, with a alight dab of cool. 

On our way back from that adventure we met up with Mick. When they get together, man those two dudes can talk! I guess that’s why they’re best mates though :) After a quick stop at the shop, and a Red BullTM  and Dr. PepperTM  later, we finished our movie from the night before and watched Casino Royale. That was the end of my second day in Ireland. I took a lot freaken more pictures this day than the first so click here to look at all the pictures. 

39 Shades Of Green On The Wall.....

Hello :)

So as some of you might have heard, thought you heard, pretend to have heard, or dreamed about hearing that I have gone to Ireland. For those of you who had no clue what I'm talking about, you need to pay attention to the grapevine because you're so totally out of the loop!! I recently am having a little escapade to Ireland for about a week and this is how it is going...

The first day was mostly travel. In total, I did about 20 hours of traveling in airports and planes. Wahoo.....but not really. It was pretty hilarious on my flight from SLC to Houston the flight attendant kept calling me sir. But I figured she deals with so many people everyday flying around the world so I didn’t let it bother me. I guess as she’s comin up the asile just does a quick haircut check to see if it’s a man or a woman because if she’d have scanned a little but further down my body she’d realize I’d have to be some estrogen doped up male to be a man. Because even in a baggy t it’s hard to ignore these cursed blobs of fat on my chest. Something I realized on my long 8 hour flight from Houston to London that I really missed Kelcie. She sure is comfy to sleep on. Trist, now I know what you went thru when we visited Deutschland. No I’m REALLY not looking forward to my ~28ish hour flight to Australia :(

The whole time I was flying it all felt so fake and dream like that I was actually going to meet Leo in actual Ireland. It’s early morning the second day and it is still crazy to me. Just the other day I was boating my family in 90 degree weather and now I’m half way around the globe in overcast 60 degree weather. What the freakin CUSS CUSS CUSS!!! It’s so unreal that that is possible. 

The first day we didn’t really do much as we were going to bop about Belfast but there have been some riots there the last few nights. I don’t know what the report was for last night but until that area is calmed down a bit he wants to avoid that area, which I don’t mind at all :) He brought me to his house and showed me around. His grandparents are very nice but kinda hard to understand. Here’s Kelcie doing a pretty accurate imitation of his gran. 

They’re house is small but pretty good, but I’m glad I didn’t have to grow up in it with my family. We’d be in each others face all the time, not because we’d have more spunk but because there wouldn’t be room anywhere else. I’m kinda excited for him to visit us and see what he thinks of our mansion. I wonder if he’ll feel too open and take to sleeping under the bed ;) We walked about and got me a famous sausage super, later I met his best friend Mick. After Micky Bo left we watched a part of Minority Report. I was too tired and went to bed, so he stopped it and we’ll finish it sometime later. But saying that I do have some pictures to share with you all. I’ll definitely be taking lots more today. The ones where I have crazy hair are of me after he gelled my hair. He’s kind of a girl about that sort of thing and had to have it perfect just like his hair has to be perfect. Judge for yourself if you think it looks “perfect”.

More adventures to come, so stay tuned til next time!!!! *old cheesy theme song cuts in has words fade away*