Little town, it's a quiet village. Everyday like the one before. Little town full of little people waking up to say....bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour, bonjour, bonjour! Oui c'est vrai que j'ai appris le français alors soyez prêt à être ébloui par mes compétences frech impressionnants. Baguette, douche, croissant, Louis XVI, Splish splosh * lève un sourcil devilshly et sourit en caressant la moustache *
Ok, you can leave mustached man. I'm done stroking your facial hair. Not that I don't enjoy being creepy it's just that stroking your stache was exceptionally creepy. Yes I am branching out to a new group of people. Not that any French people would read my blog. We all know how those Frenchies are don't we Tay? Not that Tay reads my blog either.
An update for the updatables, huh, I rather like that. I think I'll name the title of this blog that. Done :) Back to the update.
I don't know about you but I like looking at pictures. Especially when I'm not in them :)
That is a quick visual replay of my life recently. Things not shown include me buying my wedding dress. Please do not even think about the dress I picked if you know as Leo, the sneaky devil he is, is bound to pick up on any brain waves containing the thought 'dress' in them and he's not allowed to know until Doomsday, aka our wedding. Other things not shown include family parties for Miki's birthday, Clistan's graduation, and Mother's Day. Just to clarify a few of the pictures above starting at the top. My dog is doing fine. She had a bump removed that was suspected to be cancerous but it's not. I wished I had videoed her wearing the cone of shame the first time because it was so dang funny but all you get of it is some pictures. Deidre is home after a fun three weeks traveling about. She would definitely appreciate it if you could send her a cupcake though. It really would be for a good cause. I mean, I don't know about you but I don't want things to start imploding. By the way, that Korean food was delicious but I think Oz desensitized me to spicy food because all of that food left my body as quickly as it entered as a hot and very stinky liquid. I hope you're not reading this during lunch....if you are can I have your food now please ;) The next few pictures are of semi-evolved apes. One ended up looking more like goose poop but evolution isn't perfect. After that we have a profile, twins, my yard, and then some random people my dad found in his truck the other day. Poop dad :( always being surrounded by crazies. In all fairness to the crazies you can't help it if they're attracted to shiny things! They are just slightly smrter than bugs!!
I'm on the job hunt and have applied for all sorts of jobs but have only been offered one job, which I turned down, so if anyone knows of any place hiring let me know as I'm willing to work anywhere that will pay me. I turned down the one job because it was a ranch job in Colorado and I decided that I didn't want to be gone all summer when this is my last summer home. So even though it sounded like a really fun job I turned it down. I just need enough money to pay for the one class I'm taking this fall, so anywhere will do really. Having a butt load extra definitely wouldn't be a bad thing though as every cent helps, though not much because of the exchange rate to euro and pound. Still!! I need a job!!!
For those of you who are a little bit lost in todays world of technology here's a little clip that should help you out.
Hello everybody! So it turns out that Elvis finally learned how to dance. Ama-za-zing I know. But it just goes to show you that not every one is a hopeless hip thrusting cause.
Just so ya know Elvis, I always knew you had it in you :) She's the little tiny one dancing with the fella with the yellow tie.
Oh jeez!! I don't even know where to begin!!! I guess I'll start at the end and work my way to the beginning!!
The most recent thing in my life is that my room is a mess. I've got most of the crap stored away in it's proper places but there's still work to do. Poop me :( At least I have sheets to sleep with tonight rather than just a mattress and a blanket. Speaking of blankets, that blanket on the 'Brave Little Toaster' was freaky. In fact that whole show is messed up!! Who was the genus that came up with the plot for a kids show to be based on household appliances?! I don't know about you but as a kid the vacuum and toaster scared me. With all those things they tell you at school about how a toaster can electrocute you and kill you, I was terrified of the toaster. Of course I'm not any more but why would you make the star of a kids show something so terrifying? I'm surprised I could watch that show as a kid. It's WAY worse than watching the Cookie Monster.......*rolls eyes*
Next most recent thing is that Leo is home safe :( After his crazy flights he finally made it home on Friday. The kid is super unlucky for being Irish, he had flight trouble one the way here and on the way back. I wonder if he's really Irish. Hmmmmm, I wonder......It's not really in order but we had a great time with him. If you didn't get to meet him while he was here you missed out because he is a really swell guy, not that I'm biased or anything! Pffff!!! What would give you that crazy idea?! We took him to Heber, Logan, Moab, downtown, Arches, Zions, Snowbird, and Lake Powell. We did as many things as we could with him in the month he was here. It was a lot of freakin fun :)
The third most recent thing is that I am engaged to the Irishman named above.
Forth item of business is that I sold out and bought an iPhone....I am ashamed....It is pretty groovy though :) It just made sense because I own a MacBook laptop and apple products sync so easily and well with each other it would've been a little dumb not to get an iPhone of some kind. My number is the same but some numbers haven't made it into my new phone, just an fyi for those of you who text me and get a confused response. Some of you might think that is generally my state of being but that is not true. I have brief moments of consciousness and clarity.
Ok, ok!! Put your assault weapons down and I'll tell you how he proposed to me!! Sheesh!! Some people's children *shakes head*. We went hiking up the canyon by my house and when we got to the top of this hill we were out of breath but we had to get back home for my sisters birthday dinner. Before we headed back home he took some pictures of the valley and went pee. I wanted to go back home because it was cold and windy but he kept telling me to wait because he wanted me to catch my breath before asking me but I didn't realize it and kept trying to leave so he would kiss me to get me to stay a little bit longer. I could tell he was nervous and he asked if it would be a good time to ask me. I told him that he should ask whenever he wanted. All he said was ok and looked even more nervous. Then he asked if he should get on one knee and I told him to so it whatever way he wanted. He again said ok and looked really really nervous. He told me he needed my hand and then got down on one knee. When he looked at me he had big eyes and looked super cute like puss in boots. He looked at me and asked "Will my little princess marry me?" After to try think of a funny response and not coming up with diddley or squat I finally said "Yes." He stopped looking so freaked out and smiled. There you have it :)
The least new thing with me since my last blog is that I'M HOME!!! It's been really good being home and seeing all you great people again :) I am sad to have left behind some really good people in Oz :( Reno, thanks for everything mate. I miss you like crazy and hope that things are going well for you. I can't thank you enough for all that you did for me my last few months in Oz. Especially giving me a place to live, eat, and a ride to and from work. Thank you and Earl so very much! My plans are now find a job. I'm not sure about school as I need to figure out visas and stuff like that first. Pictures of the last month can be viewed here. I'll keep you updated as life continues like it always does :)
Come one, come all! Leave your loops and milking stools. Coop the hens and pen the mules. Come one, come all! Close the churches and the school. It's the day for breaking rules. Come and join the feast of FOOLS!!
Aren't I so nice giving you this break from that constant facebook stalking? I know that facebook blue really gets old so enjoy the nice tie-dye of my way-groovier-than-facebook-blog. Instead of liking this post you should make sure you come back again so can get a good healthy dose of groovy hilariousness. You can always guarantee it'll be a funny post, because I'm funnier than people who are funny for a living. Now that's saying something!!
Thank you one and all (well, only those of you who sent a birthday car, email, or messaged me) for the birthday emails :) I really appreciate them and can't wait to see you sometime after 10 days from now. Woot!! I cannot even freakin wait!!! For my birthday the people at work were super nice and got me a cake. One of the seal trainers made me a necklace and later that night most people from work met up at this burger place to share my birthday night with me. Reno and clan gave me a card and some Oz candies. Jesse and Jess bought me Belgium chocolates and a card. It was a very nice day :) I worked with the seals on my birthday and was able to get a bunch of pictures with two of my favorite seals.
I've been kinda busy the last week or two. March 7-10 I flew down to Sydney and had a look around. That is one cool city!!! However, I don't think I could live there. An international co-worker of my dad's (which would also be an international co-worker of Uncle Shan, Aunt Tara, and Uncle Perry's. Horray for Nu Skin! Shan's very favorite past-time and location!) let me stay with him and his family at his house about an hour outside of Sydney. Friday he took me to work (yay Nu Skin!) and I rode the train into town and had a wander up to the Rocks, which is the oldest part of Sydney. There I got a map and went through a free museum. I then bought ferry ticket to Taronga Zoo. It was fan-freakin-tastic!!!!! Not only was it gorgeous but it was such a neat zoo! Lots of animals to be seen in a really cool place! After the zoo I took another ferry to an island just out of Sydney harbor called Manly(heheheh ya know many? hehehehe). I tried to go to the aquarium there but got there 15 mins too late. One of my friends from work gave me three passes to go to some of the Merlin owned attractions in Sydney(there are 5 Merlin attractions). So I explored Manly and visited the beach for an hour before heading back to the mainland and checking out the opera house and the botanic gardens. Both were beautiful(more so the gardens but that goes without saying. Sorry dad. I guess this means Kelcie will be getting my fifth of the inheritance)!!! Saturday Paul took me down to Bondi beach with his family and then took me to the airport. Reno's husband, Earl, works for a company that does helicopter tours and he was able to get me a tour for free. It was SO SUPER COOL!!! Though I do have to say that I was glad it was a smooth day because I got a little chopper sick by the end. Weak sauce I know. Kinda like watered down ranch dressing. But only wheirdos like ranch dressing *cough cough El Tovar cough cough*. I gave two of my tickets to the couple who were on the copter ride with me because on the ride my camera died and they said they'd email me the photos. They've yet to do said kind deed.....but oh well. I had one ticket that I used to get into the aquarium in Darling Harbor. That also was amazing. So much better than where I work. Not much competition, though honestly. Using my awesome social skills I had one of the staff members offer to let me into the zoo at the end of the pier. It was small but cool. Sunday I did a whole lot of not much. I went to a war memorial(Anzac memorial) and that's about it. Just wandered around a lot trying to kill time before my flight. Overall it was an awesome trip and I really enjoyed my stay :) For those visual people, click here.
For some strange reason Paul's little kids really liked me.....they were 2, 4, and 6 years old. I was glad to leave that house. Mostly the kids though. Sorry Trist but I don't think I'm going to be a very good aunt. I guess it's a good thing you have three other sisters that are DYING to be aunts ;)
I've just returned from Fraser Island and it was fantastic!!! I got picked up early in the morning and we drove north up the coast and crossed over to the island via a ferry. We then drove on really bad sandy rodes to Lake Mackenzie It was a very pretty lake. We had lunch there and then drove to Central station where we walked along a boardwalk in the subtropical rainforest. It was really pretty and very nice. There was a creek there that made no noise at all. The natives had named it the silent creek. After that we stopped on the beach for a while next to a fresh water stream that was red from all the bark from the nearby trees. It was so cool watching it mix with the ocean. While we were out we saw some dingos, a bunch of lizards, kangaroos, and some wild horses. It was an awesome day!! Have a look here.
When I was at Taronga zoo in Sydney, this Pakistani guy randomly came up to me and in horrible english that was very heavily accented started telling me that it was really hard and scary going around the zoo alone and it was hard to get anywhere because of all the people. I just looked at him said yeah and started walking away. He followed me and asked if I was with a group. Very naively I answered no which he very excitedly asked me if it was also hard and scary for me. I told him not really and tried to walk away again. He asked if he could come with me. Trying to disuade him from following me I told him that I would be going to Manly which he replied without missing a beat, "Can I come with you?" This shocked me so much that I told him I guess if he wanted to. This must have been what he wanted to hear because he looked like he was going to hug me right there on the spot so I very quickly walked away cursing under my breath at how stupid I am and wishing I had a certain Irish lad with me to keep this yellow toothed weirdo away. He followed me around for an hour or two despite my silence and my quick glances at the animals. He insisted on getting a picture with me and one just by myself and told me that I was forever saved on his memory, I was beautiful, and even told me I was like an angel to him. At one point he was trying to get me to stay at his house saying that his house was open to me and that I could stay with him and if things didn't work out with the people I was already staying with I could stay with him.*pulls finger pistol trigger and kills self* I don't know why I couldn't freakin tell him to leave me alone. I think I might suffer from a slight case of niceness or something I didn't know was contagious but I guess I should have expected catching some kind of disease when traveling abroad and living in a foreign country. I finally was able to ditch him by getting on the cable car(kinda like a closed up ski lift) something he didn't have a ticket for. Maybe this qualifies me for the leading role in Mean Girls, but I oh well. I'm just hoping that my niceness and meanness cancel each other out so that I can just get back to being me, a little ray of sunshine ;)
That crazy sound I had on my last blog was a Kookaburra laughing. I think that either many people couldn't hear the sound or else you all are a horrible audience and get a zero for participation. Bad students. To me the noise sounds kinda like monkey's having a crazy party in the bush but it's just a couple of birds telling jokes about zebras.
A zebra dies and goes to heaven where he meets up with one of his zebra friends. They are just chilling, talking about life on earth when the first zebra says to his friend, "You know what I've always wondered? Are we white with black stripes or black with white stripes?" The zebra and his friend talk about it for a while when finally the friend says, "You know, you should go ask God this question. He'd know and then we could finally clear up this mystery." "That's a great idea!" exclaims the zebra, so he makes an appointment to see God. The next day he is brought before God and zebra asks, "God, I was wondering. Am I white with black with white stripes?" After what feels like ten minutes of extended nervous silence God finally answers, "Son, you are what you are." Before the zebra can ask what kind of vague mumbo jumbo answer that is he is rushed out of the room and into the hall. The zebra starts going off on the mysterious God and how his answer doesn't make any sense. A guard over hears the zebra's frustration and asks what he's question was and what God's answer was. "That's easy!! You're white with black stripes!" exclaims the guard after the zebra tells him what happened. "How do you figure?" asks the zebra. The guard explained,"Well, if you were black with white stripes, God would have said to you,'Son you is what you is.'"
In a week I will officially be done with my internship and will be 22 hours away from heading home. As I type I have 7 days 22 hours and 28 minutes until I get to go home, but it's not like I'm keeping track of the seconds or anything. Leo will be there soon and he's pretty excited but nervous as well, despite what he tells you. It'll be awesome to have everyone one I miss together :) I can't wait!! Well, until that timer reaches 0, this is me signing out!!
Hey Heidi ho! I wish I was on that little pony... Oh the good ole days riding her cross country, standing up out of the saddle yelling, "For Sparta!!" with whip saluting in the air, her bucking sending me on to her neck, and then carrying on like a little retard, oh yes :) Grood grood times :)
So I have a sound for all of you and I would like you to listen to and vote on the poll next to this post as to what is making this sound :)
It has been sometime since my last post and I know some of you were getting antsy to hear from me. CALM DOWN!!! You know I'm not dead, or you would have been invited to the party. What kind of party would it be without you? I mean mean come on!!! You're like the life of any party, they'd HAVE to invite you!
Since that tropical storm that hit and made all that foam wash up, it's been pretty cool, compared to earlier. It has rained a lot as well. The warmest it's been since the big storm is about 80 or so. It's been really nice because heat and humidity s-u-c-k-s. Hard freakin core. Man...*yawns like a lion* I'm so tired I might have to do this later. Nah!! I'm no sissy just a sister!!
Life has been pretty good, I'm happy to say :) Living with the Reno's has been Far and Away more enjoy then the fourish months I lived with Maureen and Andrew. Reno and her husband, Earl, have been so considerate and nice to me :) I can't even begin to thank them enough for everything they've done for me and continue to do for me. This weekend they took me to some shops to see if there were any souvenirs that I wanted to buy and then bought me a meat pie. They are such wonderful people. I don't think they really understand how grateful I am for them letting me stay with them my last few months here. I got the money that my parents had paid Maureen for the weeks I didn't stay with her and my parents asked me to give Reno and Earl the money for food and rent and stuff even though they said they didn't want me to pay them. After slipping some money into both of their wallets Earl asked me to stop. My parents have been super nice and said that I could use the money to go to Sydney if I wanted to. So I am :) March 7th at 3:55pm I leave for Sydney and return back here March 10. I am staying with Paul, he's a Nu Skin employee that works in Sydney by day and takes poor American kids by night. I'm in the process of buying tickets to Fraser Island and will hopefully go there soon because my time here so starting to go by quickly. I officially have 31 days until I will be home. In five weeks (that's including this one) I will be home :) Happy days!! Saying that my time here has been pretty great :) Australia is a great place and if you ever get the chance to visit I recommend it. But, there's no place like home :) I can't wait to see all you wonderful people again, ate lovely food, ride horses, drive, bask in the non-existant humidity, especially when you have a visitor from another country at home to welcome you back :D
Speaking about Taylor's love for the French, watch this clip and laugh.
And don't forget about breakfast
One fun thing I got to do a few weeks ago was I got to go to the Australian Zoo. Luckily for me I know how to wrangle animals because some of the crocs there got loose and I was able to get them back in their enclosures. Reno was luckily able to get a photo of me helping out before I got it back in its pen. It was tricky work but with the help of the staff I was able to do it. I don't want to brag or nothing but I'm pretty much a natural born croc handler. Don't forget to want to look at my pictures. There are some pictures of the Reno's house and also of the zoo. If you really want, after you remember that you want to look at my pictures you should really look at them :)
One weird thing I've noticed is that it seems like the clouds move really fast here. Just staring at them they seem to roll on by before you even get to say hello. It's bizarre to me because back where you lot are(Russains, Germans, UKians, etc, etc. pretend you're in the mountains high above sea level) you'd think that the clouds would move by so fast but comparatively I'd say the clouds here at sea level seem to move more quickly. Strange Oz air is getting to my brain.
And now a word from the hostess:
"Kaiya would you mind boiling the water for me, I'd like some coffee." - Reno
"Yeah sure." - Kaiya, and begins to get a pot out.
"What are you doing?" - Reno
"Boiling water..." - Kaiya
"Just use the kettle." - Reno
"Oh, right." - Kaiya puts pot away and frantically looks around for kettle even though she knows exactly where it's kept.
"...where's the kettle?" - Kaiya
"This one, right here?" - Reno
"Oh yup that one! Got it! Do you want more water added to it?" - Kaiya
"Yes please." - Reno
Kaiya, fills kettle up with water and sets on heating pedestal. After heating device doesn't turn on begins fiddling around to find the on switch.
"Huh, Reno,.....how do you turn it on?" - Kaiya slightly embarrassed.
Laughs, "What?! You don't know how to turn on a kettle?!! What planet are you from?!" - Reno
"One where tea kettles aren't used I guess *barely gets out in between chuckles*" - Kaiya
"You flip the switch! *flips big silver switch that sticks out of kettle*" - Reno laughing.
"Yup. I thought it was something like that." - Kaiya laughs at own idiocy.
"Geez! You sure are from some sheltered world!" - Reno
"You know that's right!" - Kaiya
The moral of this story is don't ask a Kaiya to do anything you could do yourself because they always make it more difficult than it should be.
Today I skipped work, approved skipping but I'm still a rebel ;), and went up to Noosa with Jesse and Jess. Jesse is a guy from fresh and Jess is a girl from seals. They are a couple and are super cool :) We were going to hike a "mountain" but it's been raining so much they didn't want to go up. Instead we went surfing. It was a lot of fun but I wasn't nearly as good this time as last time. I got up twice but really poorly because both times I got up on my knees first which is a no no. They were much bigger waves than the last time. I also got thrashed a lot more than last time. I seriously felt like a towel in the dryer getting tumbled around. At one point I felt like one of those crazy flexible people that can bend backwards and touch my feet to my head. I was bent in half like that but then getting spun around in all sorts of crazy directions. But the best part is when I finally got my feet under me and stood up, after a second of not being a pretzel I realized my top had been washed completely down and both my boobs were greeting the world. I quickly fixed that situation and did a quick survey of the beach and only saw some people up at the surf club. So that I can sleep well tonight I am saying that they weren't watching me and even if they did happen to see that they were too far away to get a good look. Thank you terrible rainy day!! I tried a few more times but was too tired and weak to catch any waves. After that we did a five walk to a lookout in the national forest. It was beautiful. That is one thing I will miss about Australia when I come home. It is like paradise and to these people it's just life. After that we got brunch and went back to their place to watch a film on African animals. About 10 mins into it Reno called and said I needed to decide if I wanted to stay there for the night or come home with her because she had to leave early because the roads were starting to flood and be closed down. Jesse drove me to Underwater World where I was able to meet up with Reno. All in all it's been an adventurous day :)
We may or may not go into work tomorrow because it's been raining so much. *shrugs* Oh well! We'll see!
Besides having my first good meat pie on Saturday, that's about all I've got for you this time folks.
