Unexpected pleasures....

I just remembered I brought home some Crystal Light Lemonade!!

This UP is even better....hubs coming home from work early and bringing me a lovely bouquet of lilies!

I have to take the girls to the other end of the state tomorrow so they can stay w/my ex's parents for a week.  I decided I'd try and book us a hotel room for the night so we can spend some time together before they meet w/their grandparents, as things have been a bit chaotic here and we haven't actually seen much of each other over the past couple of days.  Well...I found us a hotel room at Hotwire.com...the Radisson in Park City for under $50!!!  Woohoo!  We'll be spending the night up out of the blasted heat and the smoke from the fires raging all around us.  Cool, clean mountain air! 

Finding Aeros, twirls, penguins, yorkies, chocolate digestive biscuits, and flakes at a new store here in Knoxville.  (yes, i am a chocoholic)

I am in heaven. Mmmmmmm. I'm trying to make them last, but they STOCK THEM!!!! So i can go get cadbury or digestives whenever i want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buying some fabric and ebay and it is even nicer than I expected. Fabric isn't an easy thing to buy without seeing/touching it, but I keep getting lucky with ebay.

Getting a sweet e-mail from a good friend today, with lots of compliments...providing me with a sorely needed ego boost. 

getting my last bit of shopping done before heading across the pond..   

My sweetie bringing me breakfast in bed this morning, and all on his grandmother's antique china. Tea, strawberries and cream, and a bagel. 

I just got the coolest email... from Elizabeth Kuyper !?!?

A 19 year old girl in the States who googled her name, and my website came up - so she wrote to me asking about me and my family tree.  She's trying to piece together hers, and wanted to know about mine!
So cool!

Wow! 

Getting my first official paycheck today since being in the UK.
Felt so good!!!
But unfortnatly 90%  of it has to go towards rent this month
With the other 10% I got my haircut and  dyed it!

My landlady stopped by last night.  The first thing she said to me was "Have you lost weight?"  I never weigh myself, but I know I have.  It is just nice that someone noticed!

Getting my first official paycheck today since being in the UK.
Felt so good!!!

Good for you! I know what a great feeling that is!

getting a package from my sister  which was suppossed to get here  earlier this wek at least. It is the 1th hour as  I am  finishing up packing,   so it was wonderful to  receive  a  bunch  of baby clothes as  well as  brand new maternity clothes for me.. YAY!! it has been such a hassle  to find  stuff....and  Just in time for  holiday!

Getting my first official paycheck today since being in the UK.
Felt so good!!!

Congrats! I got my very first paycheck today as well. It was only for 2 days work, but it was still nice!