been a while.....

Im pretty sure that im just gettin way slacker at writing the longer we are here, partly cos im lazy and partly cos i feel like i haven't done anything incredibly exciting...but when i think about it, we have done some cool stuff, and even the really boring stuff you might be interested in. So....

Fun Stuff
Caleb had his first Ireland experience....we managed to time it for the end of the big snows, which was really lucky, cos whole airports were being shut down etc, but we flew out fine and were just arriving in Belfast when the pilot told us we were being diverted to Derry. Thats ok, we thought, especially cos we were told that it would just be a refuel, whilst they cleared the runway after a snow flurry in Belfast. However after about 30min of sitting on the runway in Derry they informed us that we were going to be bussed from Derry to Belfast, about 1hr 30min. Again not too bad, kinda like a free tour of Ireland courtesty of Ryan Air....and it was so pretty and snowy. However the promised coaches took another hour and a half to turn up...apparently they were being de-iced....puhlease!!!! But the trip to Belfast was a much needed time to have a nap, as it had been a 3am start that morning.
We met Julie and Erin and they took us straight downtown to meet their other halves. We went to the oldest pub in Nth Ireland, which is very quaint, and Caleb had his first Guiness....a pretty cool place to have his first taste! He also had a traditional fry up....never one to do things by halves!
It was FREEZING in Ireland, but we had amazing hospitality and we even managed to see the dry dock where the Titanic was built...which is amazing! And tried to walk along a beach, but only lasted about 5 min before actually being frozen.
Got to see and show Caleb some really cute bits of Nthrn Ireland, whetting his appetite for our roadtrip which we have planned with Ben and Megan for the Easter Break. We are going to start in Belfast, drive to Galway, then to Dublin and back up to Belfast....really looking forward to it!

Megan and I had the most amazing night on Monday....we went to see Grease!!!! It was truly amazing. We booked online, and somehow scored seats in the second row right in the middle...we enjoyed commenting on how we could see the spit from the actors! Totally incredible, pumping, enthusiastic, fun packed night....i truly didn't want it to end....and i soooo wanted to be Sandy!
I would be quite happy to go again, but now my appetite is whet again for more amazing west end musicals!

We are enjoying having our home, and space, and have had Jess and Carl stay over a wee bit which is fun. We are expecting to have more lovely lodgers over the next few months.....Urs and Mel!!! Can't wait to show you our lil bit of London.

The weather is quite freezing....getting down to -4 overnight and highs of 2 during the day, but its all bearable if there is no wind, which seems pretty common. There are also some beautiful clear winter days, which are really nice. It doesnt seem to rain much too, so im loving that.


Work
GRRRRR.....probably not the best time for me to be writing about work when i have had such a crappy two days....but......yeah! Pretty busy, annoying clients, annoying everything really.....not so much fun at the moment...but handing over some cases soon which i am looking forward to! Anyway, enough from me Miss Grumpy!

Caleb is probably not the best person to talk to about work to either......he had to leave Build Burro as they were running out of work, and he landed another job, but is working the most insane hours....he is out of the house at 5am, not returning till 8pm at the earliest, but normally between 9-12am. I am a work widow! However, gotta do what you gotta do. His job is in Surrey, south of London and his company is contracted to build and expand Sainsbury's (a grocery chain). But he is hanging in there, and as long as he can stomach the hours, which include working sat and some sundays, including his birthday this sunday, he will stay.


So anyway, that is a little catchup for you....just uploaded some photos of our home and the canal by us...its pretty gorgeous! Hope you can see them!

Luv lots
xoxoxxo