So i had some complaints....DAD! that my blog needed updating...i dont think i am doing bad, i only did one like 6 days ago! But basically in those 6 days...
Caleb has got himself a job...again we dont know details of when he is starting etc, it seems to be a pattern here, but hoping he will start next week. I think he's actually going mad sitting around at home, like actually. The job is a carpentry job based with a company in Chelsea.
Although he has found his new fix of watching Survivor Samoa on you tube and has created his own facebook account, so he has been mildly productive.
We booked tickets to the All Blacks vs Wales game in November....so excited! just the one night away in Cardiff, but till i actually spend long enough at work to feel not too bad about having the occasional long weekend, thats sort of the extent of our time away.
We also booked tickets to Paris for Christmas!! We are going with Ben and Megan on the 24th of December, spending Christmas Day at Eurodisney (can i get a whoop whoop!) and then having a wee gawk at gay paris!!! Gonna be freezing, but im so excited! Got mean deals too.
We went and watched Jess Wood in a Shakespeare play the other night. It was the abridged version of As you like it. Proud of myself that i understood most of it, even got some of Shakespeares insane jokes....Caleb was not such a fan, im impressed that he sat through all 80 min of it...but im sure we must be at least a wee bit more cultured from it!
Tomorrow morning we have a ridiculously early start...im going to Nth Ireland for a one night stand, and Caleb has to take me to the train! My flight is really early and im making him get up wiht me at like 4.30am to accompany me so that i dont get mugged in London.....nah just dont wanna go alone! He's actually not coming with me this time, he is staying behind in London town!
My job is amazingly busy....i just can't believe that im busy ALL the time, ive never experienced anything like it, except when i worked my one shift at the Nestle factory, which if you have heard me recount was my day from hell, i actually cried and begged Caleb not to send me back. But my job is insane! The day just rushes past....im actually surprised when i look up and see its home time.....what the!
Its getting chilly here, we dont really go out now without a jumper, and even caleb wears one. All the leaves are turning brown and its actually quite pretty, and im enjoying the chill, its not awful but im not sure im gonna love when winter hits!
Anyway, that is us. Dont think we have much more news.
Luv ya's
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Small world!
Ok, so i havent written for ages..i totally thought i had written another one, but i was wrong!
Sooo updates.
Caleb
Well he is still looking for a job. Had a few interviews, but for one reason or another he hasn't got the job. One job he totally had, but the cost to insure him for the work van was 4000pounds and his boss wasnt willing so that sux!
He is getting a bit bored so your prayers would be much appreciated that he finds work soon.
Although he hasnt got a job, he has managed to do some fun like.....meet that russian hit man! or at least thats what i like to call him. Caleb had his address memorised from the Hungarian Bath house, but when we looked it up on google maps it didn't look like it existed. So one day he decided that he would go and physically look for it. So he wandered up and down Chelsea Embankment, which is a flash road that overlooks the river, looking at the names on all the apartments till he found the name of the Russian! I saw him when i got home from work, and he was just leaving to go and see this guy, he wanted to catch him at home....too funny. About 10pm when he wasnt home still i had all sorts of scenarios running through my head, my favourite was that caleb had to undertake an initiation for the russian mafia and was at that time carrying out a hit on some Polish underworld figure! Unfortunately once again my imagination proved slightly on the crazy side.....but Caleb did manage to meet with Mr Toffee nose, who works for one of the guys who pretty much owns Chelsea, there are 2. Roman Abranovich and another guy, and he works for him. He regaled Caleb with stories of how he 'fixed' his problems that came up. my personal favourite anecdote of the night was Mr Russians offer to give Caleb all of his old suits, because he is getting new ones!!! What!!!! Does Caleb look a little scruffy???? Too funny. He also got both of our cell phone numbers, saying that he may invite us to a dinner party when he next throws one....ummmmm scary....i think i may have to bone up on my manners and all that. He casually would name drop to caleb about Sting and Madonna throughout the conversation too....so amusing. So yeah thats our fixer friend....oh and we even have his business card and it totally just says 'fixer'. Totally the best.
Maree
We spent a weekend in Stratford on Avon. Too cute! Had a really fun time wandering aroudn the village and along the Avon river. Wasn't too fussed about all the Shakespeare stuff, but not bad to have a wee look at. Was mint weather, and there was a food festival on too. I had a really nice time. The second day we went to Warwick Castle and spent 5 hrs wandering round. Madame Tussauds has taken over the management of the castle and it has different wax figures dotted round the castle showing the different members of the royalty that inhabited the castle. My favourite thing there was watching the falconry show. So cool to see the hawks etc hunting. The castle is the most intact one that we have seen, cos it was inhabited constantly for 1000 years.
Did you see us on Breakfast. Our newest claim to fame (thanks to Lisa Carter cos she told us tamati was here), was to join Tamati at Buckingham palace and get on T.V smiling and waving inanely at the camera. Its all part of my cunning plan to become a childrens t.v presenter and then to get onto dancing with the stars.....what a fantastic plan. But my mum saw us, so at least it was worth the trip down there.
Sports
You know us.....a wee bit sports mad. Well being over here hasn't changed that, maybe even its made us a wee bit madder, you know the whole absence makes the heart grow stronger. Caleb was a real trooper for the David Tua match, while i stayed snuggled up in bed, he made his lonesome way down to a pub that was screening the early morning match. He fondly describes the fight as 'the best time', and the 'biggest sausage sizzle that hes been too, with barely a girl in the room'. Cant say im the hugest fan of boxing, but stoked that Tua won, but feel sorry for Cameron. Caleb also ran into a bunch of guys that he went to school with at St Kents.
We have also brought tickets for NZ vs Australia league game in a couple of weeks. CAnt wait to see it live. They are playing at twickenham. We booked a shuttle to the game, and then realised that we had booked on an Aussie fans website...so i think that if we lose it will be a very long ride back!
The longer we are here the crazier it seems that London is such a small place. I attended some training yesterday... there were 5 of us in the training. 2 other kiwis adn i knew them both! How insane is that. In a city of 7million, it shouldnt be that easy to run into people.
This is officially the worst blog ever, i have given up trying to write cohesively. I just vomit words onto the blog page!
Miss you guys
luv lots.
Sooo updates.
Caleb
Well he is still looking for a job. Had a few interviews, but for one reason or another he hasn't got the job. One job he totally had, but the cost to insure him for the work van was 4000pounds and his boss wasnt willing so that sux!
He is getting a bit bored so your prayers would be much appreciated that he finds work soon.
Although he hasnt got a job, he has managed to do some fun like.....meet that russian hit man! or at least thats what i like to call him. Caleb had his address memorised from the Hungarian Bath house, but when we looked it up on google maps it didn't look like it existed. So one day he decided that he would go and physically look for it. So he wandered up and down Chelsea Embankment, which is a flash road that overlooks the river, looking at the names on all the apartments till he found the name of the Russian! I saw him when i got home from work, and he was just leaving to go and see this guy, he wanted to catch him at home....too funny. About 10pm when he wasnt home still i had all sorts of scenarios running through my head, my favourite was that caleb had to undertake an initiation for the russian mafia and was at that time carrying out a hit on some Polish underworld figure! Unfortunately once again my imagination proved slightly on the crazy side.....but Caleb did manage to meet with Mr Toffee nose, who works for one of the guys who pretty much owns Chelsea, there are 2. Roman Abranovich and another guy, and he works for him. He regaled Caleb with stories of how he 'fixed' his problems that came up. my personal favourite anecdote of the night was Mr Russians offer to give Caleb all of his old suits, because he is getting new ones!!! What!!!! Does Caleb look a little scruffy???? Too funny. He also got both of our cell phone numbers, saying that he may invite us to a dinner party when he next throws one....ummmmm scary....i think i may have to bone up on my manners and all that. He casually would name drop to caleb about Sting and Madonna throughout the conversation too....so amusing. So yeah thats our fixer friend....oh and we even have his business card and it totally just says 'fixer'. Totally the best.
Maree
We spent a weekend in Stratford on Avon. Too cute! Had a really fun time wandering aroudn the village and along the Avon river. Wasn't too fussed about all the Shakespeare stuff, but not bad to have a wee look at. Was mint weather, and there was a food festival on too. I had a really nice time. The second day we went to Warwick Castle and spent 5 hrs wandering round. Madame Tussauds has taken over the management of the castle and it has different wax figures dotted round the castle showing the different members of the royalty that inhabited the castle. My favourite thing there was watching the falconry show. So cool to see the hawks etc hunting. The castle is the most intact one that we have seen, cos it was inhabited constantly for 1000 years.
Did you see us on Breakfast. Our newest claim to fame (thanks to Lisa Carter cos she told us tamati was here), was to join Tamati at Buckingham palace and get on T.V smiling and waving inanely at the camera. Its all part of my cunning plan to become a childrens t.v presenter and then to get onto dancing with the stars.....what a fantastic plan. But my mum saw us, so at least it was worth the trip down there.
Sports
You know us.....a wee bit sports mad. Well being over here hasn't changed that, maybe even its made us a wee bit madder, you know the whole absence makes the heart grow stronger. Caleb was a real trooper for the David Tua match, while i stayed snuggled up in bed, he made his lonesome way down to a pub that was screening the early morning match. He fondly describes the fight as 'the best time', and the 'biggest sausage sizzle that hes been too, with barely a girl in the room'. Cant say im the hugest fan of boxing, but stoked that Tua won, but feel sorry for Cameron. Caleb also ran into a bunch of guys that he went to school with at St Kents.
We have also brought tickets for NZ vs Australia league game in a couple of weeks. CAnt wait to see it live. They are playing at twickenham. We booked a shuttle to the game, and then realised that we had booked on an Aussie fans website...so i think that if we lose it will be a very long ride back!
The longer we are here the crazier it seems that London is such a small place. I attended some training yesterday... there were 5 of us in the training. 2 other kiwis adn i knew them both! How insane is that. In a city of 7million, it shouldnt be that easy to run into people.
This is officially the worst blog ever, i have given up trying to write cohesively. I just vomit words onto the blog page!
Miss you guys
luv lots.
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