Well, sit right back and you'll hear a tale...

Yep! That's right! We got a boat!

Amy has come to visit!

Family are indeed the best thing ever. Jeff's sister, Amy, came to visit. It's so nice to get to know her. She is so lovely... too bad she is only staying through Monday... and too bad CA is so far away...

Love

I love Jeff.

A new life...

Jeff asked me to marry him!

Time stops for no one...

It's been over a year since I first thought it would be a good idea to start a blog... well... obviously, I've been so busy with my life, I've not had a chance to tell you all about it... so...

I've seen the Grand Canyon! I guess all you need to do is hope for something, and your dreams can come true...

I have met the most lovely man. Jeff is my best friend. Jeff took me to CA to meet his family over Christmas and we had a chance to see the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and San Diego.

So... I guess if I was to say what my hopes are for the next year (and let's hope I take the time to share my fantastic happenings....) I would have to say... bring on the happiness! More trips to places I've never been, and summer days riding our bikes and planting flowers...

Thanksgiving was great! Mom's turkey and stuffing can't be beat... after the pumpkin pie came the news that my sister's having another baby! Fantastic!

The day after Thanksgiving we put up our tree... it's lovely. I can't wait for Christmas.

Next weekend is the final weekend of classes this term at St. Kate's. I am looking forward to a break. I have a final project to present in macro and a final test in accounting... and can put it all behind me... until the 5th of January when the madness begins again... I'm going to be in school forever! Dylan is getting to know his Grandma very well...

I have decided I need a vacation. I need to go somewhere... other than here... I've spent the last 10 years of my life between the UK and MN and now it's time to see a new place... Bring on the Grand Canyon and Old Faithful... I'd love to see the giant redwoods... or even the Gulf of Mexico... not sure where to start... but next summer... we're going somewhere...

But until then... it's back to the laundry pile...

And it begins...

We all have to start somewhere... so today, the day before Thanksgiving 2006, I will begin.

Dylan received a lovely package from Auntie Mo today... he was so excited about his cape and wizard hat... and Superman too... (the crazy thing... when I said we had to go to the post office to pick up a package... he guessed it was from Mo, before I even told him...) I asked him how he had guessed it was from Auntie Mo, and he said "She's the one who gives me toys."

So there you go...

Also included in the package were photos from our trip to Belfast. Here we are with Mo and Geoff's chickens.