Home Sweet Hizzzome!

I wish we could say we are settled, but our furniture and car still has not arrived. No worries, we should HOPEFULLY get everything very soon. Hopefully. Ha. It's the 20th of July, and we were told the 27thISH..so...crossing my fingers! I keep thinking about how NICE it's going to be to zoom around in my little cubical again! It'll be like a little slice of home. I never thought I'd fall in love with that little box, but it has grown on me. In the winter, I'll be able to use my cool little disco dashboard/cup holder lights, since supposedly the sunny days get shorter.That's assuming I'll actually get the little box to move in the snow, of course. It's also going to be nice to hook up my ipod in it, and listen to some REAL music! Ooooh, it's the little things.

I'm getting used to the whole driving thing. I haven't gone down a wrong street yet, *knock on wood*. Yesterday, in an attempt to find a salon that accepts visa cards w/o a smart chip in it, I went to downtown Lincoln..not sure if that's what it is called, but that is what I'll call it. I give myself major points for this little journey into town because it's full of one ways, and two ways on a single lane road, and just some other very confusing roads. I've been avoiding driving thru there, but the time came for me to do it yesterday. I tried to just stay with traffic, and if the gps suggested I went down a road that looked questionable(because the gps has been known to take me down some wrong way roads in the past), I would just keep going past it and let the gps reroute me. I could tell the gps was getting annoyed with my doing this, but it was for the better. I didn't want to end up on some one way road, going the wrong direction. I EVENTUALLY got to my destination, probably about 20 minutes after I should have. BUT, I got some experience driving around Lincoln, and some good scenery, so that's a plus. Also, if you ever visit England, be SURE to use your turn signals. This is very important. They REALLY don't like when you don't, and they will let you know!

All in all, I'm enjoying it here. Well, honestly, no I'm not. I'm trying to enjoy it the best that I can. It's amazing being in England, but then when you can't go anywhere and use your bank card, or ask if they take Visa and they look at you like your stupid, then you're really wishing you were back in America where you don't have to ask that question..99.9% of the time. Or, when you are driving and you really wish you could be on the left hand side of the car, on the right side of the road. OR, if you are looking for something particular in a store and they don't have it..and you really don't know where to go to get it..because if anywhere would have it, it'd be that particular store..and they don't HAVE IT! OR, it's 6 oclock in the evening and that's your potential "ME" time to go out to do some looking around, and then you realize everything closes at 5. OR, you're freezing and it's JULY. OR, it's now a warm day and you have no AC(which, it's really seldom warm, but we've had few days like that). OR, you would love to have internet, but the internet company can't get their crap together and give you a date when they can come out to connect it. So they keep telling you that they will call you the next day with a date, and they never do. OR, you are super hungry and wish there was an Olive Garden or an Applebees, and there isn't..and nothing here sounds good. OR you look at the britsh pound price and realize that you will pay much more than that price. Okay, well enough about venting about why I wish I was back in America...other than the obvious of, OKAY...I miss my dog and my family back home, are we done yet, here?

But really, I'm doing fine. Really. I'm grateful.

I must say, I love getting comments on my blog. I love logging in and seeing that I have comments that need to be moderated. On that note, I'd LOVE to know who is commenting on my blog, so PLEASE give me a hint or put your actual name. lol. One of the comments I got, was from someone named ME. So I clicked on their name "me", and it shows that they also have a blog, with one post. The blog is called "A place for me to scream" and then the title of the first post is conveniently called "My First Post" followed by "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!". Now, this post could very well be written by me, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't. So, whoever you are, thanks for the comment! Would love to know who you are tho!! lol.

Well, that is all for now..I must attend to my children and start our day. I hope you all have a great one!!

*~*Jaimee*~*

I'm in ENGLAND!

As most of you know, we've been here for 2 weeks now! We spent the first week in a cottage at Watermill Farm. We really enjoyed staying there, it was really peaceful. However, we had to leave after a week because they had the place booked out for someone else. Cody was recommended another place, which we are currently staying at. It's nice, but it's weird because it's similar to that of a mother in law suite. We park in the owners driveway, and have to walk by their house windows to go to our cottage. It's just a little weird. The first cottage had a dryer, but this one does not. I started to just wash clothes and hang them up on hangers all over the house to dry, but that got old and I gave in. I found out where their clothes line was, which is in their backyard. Again, it's an odd feeling going in someone's backyard and hang my laundry in front of their windows. That didn't fly for long. hah! I was hoping and praying that we would find a house with a dryer soon! And we did!

We are moving into the house on Tuesday. The only downfall is that we don't have furniture/dishware(except a tv) and we don't have internet. We should have TV on Tuesday which is why we picked to move in on that day. I'm really excited to move in, though. It is so much more spacious than this cottage we are staying in. The kids love the backyard, and Hailee loves the fact that there are other kids to play with.

Yeah, so...we won't have internet until the 14th. Boo. I have internet on my phone so I'll be on every once in awhile to update everyone. But I'll miss skyping and being able to watch Casey Anthony trial snippets on youtube. Ah well.

I'm trying to get everything together to get Hailee enrolled in school. I found one school down the road from where we live. They only have 2 spots available for next year tho. However, the neighbors told us of another school that is across the street from the neighborhood. That would be great also. The whole school process is different here than it is in the states. She doesn't automatically go to the school because she lives near it. You have to try to get into a school. So I have to submit like 3 choices to the Lincolnshire County Council and wait for them to get back to me, or wait for the school to get back to me. It's interesting the way they do it. I just hope she gets in one of the schools that are close by.

We are liking it so far, here. We have been to a few pubs(during the day), and have become comfortable with picking things from the menu. We went into one pub that explained to us that they don't allow kids inside, we could sit outside, but they didn't have high chairs, and don't cater to kids. So we left, and went to a place called "Nosey Parker". It was in a bright orange building and was written in a similar font to "Hooters". Plus, it was called Nosey Parker, which to me sounds like an england version of the saying "Peeping Tom" hah! I thought for sure they weren't kid friendly, BUUUTTTTTT....they had a kids playground outside! It was a nice restuarant, but it only had 2 highchairs..so that was a bit of a pain.

Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and I'm trying HARD to not think about it because I LOVE the 4th..and we have no plans. I'm really gonna miss the celebrations they do in the US. Boo. :( I'll be spending my day doing laundry, again. But oh well, even tho I may seem bummed, I am really having good days. I just will refrain from thinking it's the fourth of July.

Cody brought home some brownies today from Asda(which is part of the Walmart family). O..M..G. I like brownies, but these brownies are the BEST brownies I have tasted in my ENTIRE life. They are sooo yummy! I should tell Cody he is never allowed to bring them in the house again! ha! I really need to find a gym! I can't be eating like that and not working out. That's not the only junk I eat. They also have iced fingers, YUMMY! They remind me of the cinnamon buns I used to eat in high school.

Alright well, that's all I have to say for now..I feel like I have tons to say, but I'll get to it eventually!

Cheers! ;)