Detour

Hello Online world! Sorry I haven't written any posts lately but my grandma just passed away recently so I had to make an emergency trip back to home.

I wanted to insert the obituary but this computer doesn't have the snippet tool

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I will be returning back to England on Friday and plan to continue my job search.

Saturday

Hey friends! What a fun day Craigy B and I had.

First we went to the post office because he had a package to collect - then we went grocery shopping (not really exciting).
We then came back home to put away the groceries and put the wash outside to dry (something we don't really do back home but it is a good idea!) We then headed to Hardwick Park - we have been there before but wanted to go again for a nice stroll along the pathway + we brought our kindles too.  We then had a slice of cake (mine was gluten free so wasn't so heavy and caloriefic)

We weren't really sure what we would be doing in the afternoon but one thing for sure I told him I didn't want to go back home yet! So we headed back on the roadway to Middlesbrough (Where Craigy B comes from). We went to various stores for bits and bobs.

• We bought a bathmat for the shower 
• He purchased jars for baking ingrediants 
• He bought some socks and a Living the Dream sign from NEXT
• I bought some Olive Oil conditioner for my hair
• We bought pop sickle molds 
• We had the chance to pop into an American candy shop and Craig tasted his first Twinkie.
• I bought some exfoliating pink gloves 

  I mentioned to him because we didn't take out anything from the freezer why  not have dinner out?
He said that was fine and we headed back over to where Cineworld & Nando's is located.  Starters is the name of the restaurant and their main focus mainly is around sharing dishes like tapas.  We ordered 3 dishes with 2 sides.  Our menu order was thus:

• Bang Bang Chicken with yummy veggies in a Chinese style sauce with peanut butter flavoring
• Pork Spring Rolls with Thai Chili sauce 
• Japanese Katsu curry - with rice and peas 
• Chips and delicious onion rings

We had a great experience and left very full! Our next mission was to get home by 7pm to watch the premier of Britain's Got Talent. We made it with time to spare - we rushed just in time to collect all of our clothes from the washing line as it had started to rain.    While Craigy B washed up I watched BGT - then we watched the Cube - and ended off the evening by watching Get Him to the Greek starring Russel Brand and Jonah Hill.

Goodnight world and a new blog to come for Sunday!

Orange Wednesday

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted lately but I have been busy applying for jobs.

I just wanted to share this funny  movie Craig and I saw. Melissa McCarthy is so funny!

Saturday April 7 2012

This is a post to recap my fun time I had with Craigy B. Yesterday after breakfast we got in Scarlett for a long drive - Craig wouldn't tell me where we were going.  I has a small hunch we would be going to the beach as it was very sunny on Saturday.  We ended up in Whitby which I haven't been to in 8 years (I went with York St. John International Students in 2005) and we spent the whole day there eating fish n chips, playing in the arcade, walking to the lighthouse and on the pier, and just enjoyed the fresh air! We walked around the Rescue Lifeboat Museum and purchased a great souvenir which now belongs in the bathroom:

All photos below are taken by Craig

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Steam Train

Rescue Lifeboat Museum

I return to Hotel Butters

Hello! I survived my plane travel and didn't go to sleep when I got back :D
Once I got back - I had to wait about 4 hours til Craig was home (which was ok as I got to watch TV and unpack).  Once he got home I was surprised with these:

I bought some Peeps day after Easter for Craig to try

Greetings!

Hello friends! Sorry I haven't blogged recently as I was back home for 2 weeks seeing my family.  I had a blast being home and catching up with some good friends (Renee, Kayla and Nicole).  Also it was really great to drive Whitey again :D I really miss driving when I am living with Craig.

Here are some photos taken on my trip home:

Aunt Barb, me and Uncle Peter

Easter Bunny visited me :D

Craig wanted me to purchase Surface Pro as it isn't available in UK yet - So I got to play with it for 2 weeks :) 

Nina and I

Aunt Jane, Nina and Mom

Earplugs needed - save me! Where Is the Politeness?

I love to fly! I'm not really loyal to a specific airline per say - though I do miss Northwest.  The main reason for this blog is for me to get my voice across and hope people can understand where I'm coming from.

One day before flying on Delta I was able to get an aisle seat for $39 (better than paying nearly $100 for economy comfort) so I was happy that I'd be all comfortable (as my to fly was middle seat only).

I get on the airplane and find out in my section is a family - don't get me wrong I really love kids (mainly toddlers and up) but they apparently were suppose to have a bassinet but it didn't happen so I talked to this flight attendant and was praying so hard I could get moved - first class looked really good too but sadly they couldn't rearrange a seat for me. What is even more comical there is another baby a row in front of us.

Thankfully my music can tune out the crying! I remember hearing something about an airline in Europe or Asia about having a pacific section for families - and I can understand both sides of the coin but a good portion of the people on the plan are teens, young adults, elderly etc. I mean we pay as much money as them and should be able to enjoy our flight instead be outraged and want to crawl into a ball.

Oh better yet! The man sitting in front of me reclines his seat! I never do that as I'm respectful and at that point the video monitor is slanted. I mean as consumers we shouldn't tolerate this.

So as my mouth starts to quiver and tears start to roll off my cheeks I will write to Delta. How dare I be treated like this. Even though when writing this post we haven't been in the air for less than 30 minutes I just want to get off this plane and scream!

It's funny airlines use social media to help  us but the flight attendants don't really do their job well in making the trip pleasant.

 On one last note when I look around to other people for sympathy but nope nobody carries eye contact these days

P.p.s. the video monitors went completely dead for some rows on the airline - and listen to this they have given up fixing it - seriously I depend on watching movies to help pass time.

It is not cool viewing a movie then it stops and you can't continue it.

Shame on Delta! You are on my naughty list.