Jon
Jackie, me and Cherie
Jeff
Graduation Night:
My room mates - Jackie, me, Stacie and Faith
Jeff, me and Robin
Annie and Brittney
Stubbs
Doc Noebel
Traci and I
Keagan, Joanna and I
Pat Edwards and I
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Italy won the World Cup. They won it on penalties so I don't know if they deserved it because I didn't watch it (as it is a Sunday). So Scotland v Italy will be a good one but that is not until next year I think. The France game is in October so I am looking forward to that much more. The atmosphere at Hampden will be awesome - hopefully there won't be a streaker this time though!
The Ainscoughs came round after church this evening. Showed Beth all my photos from the USA including Summit of course (sorry I haven't put my pics up yet - I don't know when I'll have the time this week). We also had a good chat and catch up which was great!!
The Ainscoughs came round after church this evening. Showed Beth all my photos from the USA including Summit of course (sorry I haven't put my pics up yet - I don't know when I'll have the time this week). We also had a good chat and catch up which was great!!
Yesterday Mum, Dad and I had to get up early so that we could head to Edinburgh for the day to visit John and Morag. Dad had to sit an exam for the long distance course thingy that he does so John was going to invidulate it for him - had to make sure that he didn't cheat! Well we arrived in Edinburgh just before 11am and had a cup of tea. Then Morag, Mum and I went to Glasgow (which really isn't very far from Edinburgh) to check on my flat. On Friday we got a call from Partick Housing Association telling us that an alarm had been going off in my flat for a few days. This call really annoyed us because we had been planning to check on the flat on Saturday anyway. So I had to ring my friend Phil, whose parents have a set of my keys, and he had to go and check out the noise. It was the smoke alarm so Phil had to wrestle it off the ceiling because it is connected to the electricity. When we arrived there on Saturday though we found everything ok.
Didn't do too much in Glasgow. Went to the pet shop to get some food for little Zinny, looked around the Farmers Market that is held sometimes near my flat, then had lunch in a local cafe. After lunch I headed to a photo shop to print off even more pics (mostly Summit) whilst Mum and Morag went to Catherine's Of Partick (which is a clothes shop). We then headed back to Edinburgh where I put all my Summit pics in an album (cos otherwise I'd never do it). John and Dad had gone up Arthur's Seat (it is a hill) after he had done his exam. Jonathan and Graeme (John and Morag's sons) had been playing football all afternoon. Had dinner there and spoke to the bird that they have, who then landed on my head.
Listened to the World Cup 3rd place playoff on the way back home - Germany won 3-1 which I was pleased about. Had really wanted them to be in the final.
Was in church today. Beth was back from Beach Mission which I was pleased about because I haven't seen her for so long!!!
Ick! Federer just won Wimbledon - I am so sad. Did not want him to win!! Was supporting Nadal. It is so boring when Federer wins everything!
Didn't do too much in Glasgow. Went to the pet shop to get some food for little Zinny, looked around the Farmers Market that is held sometimes near my flat, then had lunch in a local cafe. After lunch I headed to a photo shop to print off even more pics (mostly Summit) whilst Mum and Morag went to Catherine's Of Partick (which is a clothes shop). We then headed back to Edinburgh where I put all my Summit pics in an album (cos otherwise I'd never do it). John and Dad had gone up Arthur's Seat (it is a hill) after he had done his exam. Jonathan and Graeme (John and Morag's sons) had been playing football all afternoon. Had dinner there and spoke to the bird that they have, who then landed on my head.
Listened to the World Cup 3rd place playoff on the way back home - Germany won 3-1 which I was pleased about. Had really wanted them to be in the final.
Was in church today. Beth was back from Beach Mission which I was pleased about because I haven't seen her for so long!!!
Ick! Federer just won Wimbledon - I am so sad. Did not want him to win!! Was supporting Nadal. It is so boring when Federer wins everything!
Thursday, July 06, 2006
In the qualifiers for Euro 2008 Scotland will be playing a match at Hampden against the World Champions. Yes, both Italy and France (who are in the World Cup Final) are in our qualifying group - also Ukraine who got to the quarters of the World Cup. So do you think that we've got any chance to get into the finals of Euro 2008?? Let me think about that a minute....!!! We'll probably play better against them than we will the Faroes mind!! As a member of the Tartan Army I should be able to get tickets for the matches against Italy and France so that is quite exciting!!
I was putting lots of pics up on my blog last night but then my computer decided that that would be a great time to stop working! So annoying!! I will try again a bit later!!
I was putting lots of pics up on my blog last night but then my computer decided that that would be a great time to stop working! So annoying!! I will try again a bit later!!
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Will post some of my Summit pics in a little while. I don't think that I'm gonna write anything much about it cos I don't know where to start but we'll see! So I'll try and get them on asap - have to go and use my laptop though. Took my photos in to be printed today and it cost me a lot of money - around £41 (dunno what that would be in $ but I'm thinking A LOT!). Twas nice to get proper copies though.
Went to Ben and Bethan's school today for their garden party thing - lots of little stalls, ice cream, a bouncy castle, Punch and Judy etc etc. Clair, their mum, couldn't go so I went along instead. It was actually really hot today (for English standards) so I'm pretty sure that I got burnt. I was wearing a top with a hole cut out of the back so I'll probably have a bright red patch there. I am so glad I went because as we were leaving I bumped into an old school friend from Polam, Clare, who I hadn't seen for about five years!! So we managed to catch up a little bit and hopefully we'll meet up again soon. It turns out that she even helps with Ben's class. I was just so pleased to see her because I had been thinking about her a few times recently, wondering where she was and what she was up to because she really was a good friend at Polam. For those of you who don't know, I had a terrible time at Polam, the school that I had gone to for ages. Eventually I left and went to Barney when I was 14 years old and had a great time!!!
Anyway, enough babbling - I shall go and sort out some pics very soon!
Went to Ben and Bethan's school today for their garden party thing - lots of little stalls, ice cream, a bouncy castle, Punch and Judy etc etc. Clair, their mum, couldn't go so I went along instead. It was actually really hot today (for English standards) so I'm pretty sure that I got burnt. I was wearing a top with a hole cut out of the back so I'll probably have a bright red patch there. I am so glad I went because as we were leaving I bumped into an old school friend from Polam, Clare, who I hadn't seen for about five years!! So we managed to catch up a little bit and hopefully we'll meet up again soon. It turns out that she even helps with Ben's class. I was just so pleased to see her because I had been thinking about her a few times recently, wondering where she was and what she was up to because she really was a good friend at Polam. For those of you who don't know, I had a terrible time at Polam, the school that I had gone to for ages. Eventually I left and went to Barney when I was 14 years old and had a great time!!!
Anyway, enough babbling - I shall go and sort out some pics very soon!
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Does anyone think that the guy on the left (Shaun Maloney) looks like Adam who was on staff at Summit? He totally does in my opinion!
There is supposedly a heatwave here in Britain at the moment. To put this in perspective it is about as warm as Colorado's 'chilly' spell!!! Heatwave?? Pah!! Having said that, it is probably a lot warmer in London and the South - it doesn't tend to get too warm up in the north east. Today it didn't even get out of the 60s in Darlington! In London I think it reached something like 86 which is pretty hot for Britain to be fair. Zinzan (the hamster) is feeling it hot because he has started having nosebleeds again! Poor little mite! I think that he is probably annoyed that I am home because I keep waking him up during the day when he is trying to sleep!!
I forgot to say that my worst fears came true while I was away in Colorado.
Ryan left. He is now playing football (soccer!!!) for Wrexham. I was so gutted when I heard. So not only have Darlington brought back the player that I like the least of any player that I have ever come across, BARRY CONLON, but they let go the best football player in the world, RYAN VALENTINE!! I was literally sobbing when I heard. Pathetic, I know! But since I won't be getting any new pics of Ryan as a Darlo player I've just got to put a few on here.
I am delaying in posting about Summit partly because it is going to take me ages and also it will mean that I have to admit to myself that it is over!!
Ryan left. He is now playing football (soccer!!!) for Wrexham. I was so gutted when I heard. So not only have Darlington brought back the player that I like the least of any player that I have ever come across, BARRY CONLON, but they let go the best football player in the world, RYAN VALENTINE!! I was literally sobbing when I heard. Pathetic, I know! But since I won't be getting any new pics of Ryan as a Darlo player I've just got to put a few on here.
I am delaying in posting about Summit partly because it is going to take me ages and also it will mean that I have to admit to myself that it is over!!
Monday, July 03, 2006
USA trip 2006 – This is just the first bit – Carlisle, NYC and Washington D.C.
Ok so first my parents and I went to Pennsylvania to visit the Campbell family. We flew from Teesside on 2nd June 2006 very early in the morning. We flew to Washington D.C. via Amsterdam. The flight went without hitch (I watched various things like Without A Trace, Harry Potter 4, Walk The Line and Pride and Prejudice to pass the time). When we got to the car rental place they had our details down wrong (they thought that we were picking the car up from Fort Lauderdale in Florida – er no! We are clearly in Washington D.C.). We did eventually get it sorted but it took AGES! After driving through a huge thunder storm we reached Carlisle, PA and were greeted by David, Mairi and Tina. Megan came later as she had been at some kind of service for some reason!! lol! We caught up for a while but then went to bed cos we were pretty tired. Had been up for 24 hours! So here is a list of basically what we did:
Saturday 3rd: Had a lazy morning to try and recover from the journey over. In afternoon went to a kind of craft fair in Boiling Springs. The craft fair was kind of boring but we got this ice cream called Dippin’ Dots which was just little tiny little balls of ice cream. Kind of strange but fun. Megan, Tina and I then went for a wander and headed to the boiling part of the spring and hung out there for a while. Some guy was watching us and then started chatting us up. He said to us, ‘I think your accent is really sexy. What do you think of mine?’ We were like – ERRR?? Thankfully he went away after a while of uncomfortable silence! Just relaxed in evening.
Tina (left) and Megan with the Dippin' Dots
Sunday 4th: Just went to church. Went to Sunday School with Megan, which was good. Church also good. Congregation was learning Name of All Majesty and had learned In Christ Alone last month so we sang that as well! Very nice! Met the Summer intern, his wife and son who came round to the Campbell’s after the evening service.
Monday 5th: Megan had school. The rest of us went to Gettysburg and drove round the battlefields. Was a really nice day so was a shame to be stuck in the car for a lot of it. Enjoyed looking round the battlefield but still don’t have a clue what went on and why! Went to Bonanza for tea (dinner for all you Americans – supper if you are Keagan!). When we went last time we were in the US I was just recovering from flu so hadn’t enjoyed it. This time I think I could have eaten the whole restaurant! Delicious! Started watching DVD of North and South (4 episodes).
Tuesday 6th: Went to Old Bedford Village. Have lots of original little houses and other buildings which have been moved to the site. It is like a living history museum or something. Was really nice but terribly hot.
Old Bedford Village - v pretty
Wednesday 7th: Had a Carlisle day today. I slept in then we went to the Capital City Mall somewhere near Carlisle. Just bought some little things. When Megan came back from school we went to a shop called Old Susquehanna House which is filled with lots of interesting things. Then to Target (which we don’t have in Britain), it is so cheap! I love it! Went to prayer meeting in evening.
Thursday 8th: Went to Lancaster County. Went on the Strasburg – Paradise stea
m train (so yes, I have been to Paradise but I’m pretty sure that heaven will be better!). Then went to the B&B where we were staying for the night. Is on a farm and is run by some Mennonite people. There were the owners kids and a family of kids staying there so it was a lot of fun meeting them. There were lots of animals – a dog, many, many cows including some v cute calves, some small rabbits and some gorgeous kittens (2 sets). In the evening we went to an Amish house to have a meal. The family staying at the B&B were also there, as well as a few others. The food was amazing. Mrs Esh, the Amish lady whose house we were at was so pleasant and friendly. It was just fantastic!
Daniel and Lauren with two of the kittens
Friday 9th: Went to the Pretzel Factory at Intercourse and learnt how to twist pretzels (I was not good!!). Then went to the Kitchen Kettle Village and some quilt shops. Finally we went to Bird-in-Hand farmers market before heading back to Carlisle. Watched more North and South.
Saturday 10th: Straightened Megan’s hair which took AAAGGGEEESSS!!! Then went to Hershey. Went on the little ride that they have which had changed since we were last there. Wanted to get our picture taken in the same thing that we had done it before but they had changed it so we were v. disappointed. Bought a lot of chocolate. Then we went to Harrisburg and had a look round the Capitol building. We then had ice cream at Strawberry Square. While crossing the Susquehanna Dad lost his hat which was amusing. Went to a Chinese Buffet for tea.
Taken just after Dad's hat flew into the Susquehanna
Sunday 11th: Church and Sunday School again. Both very good. In the afternoon we went into the church to play on the grand piano in the church and sing. Twas a lot of fun!
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Monday 12th: Drove to Washington D.C and dropped off car which caused a lot of trouble – was getting so angry. Took train to New York just after 2pm. Arrived at around 5.30pm. New York = very loud and dirty but great. Hotel on 49th and Lexington and was really nice. Megan couldn’t come to NYC as planned cos her teachers had been on strike and they needed to make up the time. Didn’t do much in the evening.
NYC
Tuesday 13th: Went to Empire State Building very early so that we wouldn’t have to wait. Great view from up there on the 86th floor. Then went to Macys!! YAY!! Walked back to hotel via Times Square which was awesome even in daylight. Went into Toys R Us where they have a 3 storey ferris wheel which Tina and I went on. Also went to the American Girl Place which Tina wanted to go to. In
evening went to Grand Central Station which was quite a sight.
Toys R Us Ferris Wheel
Wednesday 14th: Took metro to get to ferry for Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Felt so sick on ferry that I couldn’t even go into the museum at the statue. Took a ranger tour arou
nd Ellis Island then headed back to the mainland. Went to Ground Zero which I couldn’t really comprehend and then to Wall Street.
Tina and Statue of Liberty
Polar Bear at Central Park Zoo
Thursday 15th: Had breakfast out which is something that isn’t really done in Britain. Walked to Bloomingdales then took metro back to Macys (which is clearly better). Then went back to hotel to watch England beat Trinidad and Tobago sadly. In afternoon had a carriage ride around Central Park, then went to zoo. Polar Bear definitely the highlight. In evening Tina and I went to see The Lion King on Broadway – AMAZING!!!!!
Friday 16th: Mum’s birthday. Took train back to D.C. Then went to Shady Grove where David, Mairi and Megan came to pick up Tina. The hotel in Washington was a bit poor – I had to share a room with my parents – NOT GOOD!
Saturday 17th: My only full day in Washington. Took a trolley ride round the sights. Stopped off at the White House to walk around for a bit and have some lunch (unfortunately we weren’t invited in!) and then got back on the trolley for a while. It gave me a good overview of the city.
The White House
Ok so first my parents and I went to Pennsylvania to visit the Campbell family. We flew from Teesside on 2nd June 2006 very early in the morning. We flew to Washington D.C. via Amsterdam. The flight went without hitch (I watched various things like Without A Trace, Harry Potter 4, Walk The Line and Pride and Prejudice to pass the time). When we got to the car rental place they had our details down wrong (they thought that we were picking the car up from Fort Lauderdale in Florida – er no! We are clearly in Washington D.C.). We did eventually get it sorted but it took AGES! After driving through a huge thunder storm we reached Carlisle, PA and were greeted by David, Mairi and Tina. Megan came later as she had been at some kind of service for some reason!! lol! We caught up for a while but then went to bed cos we were pretty tired. Had been up for 24 hours! So here is a list of basically what we did:
Saturday 3rd: Had a lazy morning to try and recover from the journey over. In afternoon went to a kind of craft fair in Boiling Springs. The craft fair was kind of boring but we got this ice cream called Dippin’ Dots which was just little tiny little balls of ice cream. Kind of strange but fun. Megan, Tina and I then went for a wander and headed to the boiling part of the spring and hung out there for a while. Some guy was watching us and then started chatting us up. He said to us, ‘I think your accent is really sexy. What do you think of mine?’ We were like – ERRR?? Thankfully he went away after a while of uncomfortable silence! Just relaxed in evening.
Tina (left) and Megan with the Dippin' Dots
Sunday 4th: Just went to church. Went to Sunday School with Megan, which was good. Church also good. Congregation was learning Name of All Majesty and had learned In Christ Alone last month so we sang that as well! Very nice! Met the Summer intern, his wife and son who came round to the Campbell’s after the evening service.
Monday 5th: Megan had school. The rest of us went to Gettysburg and drove round the battlefields. Was a really nice day so was a shame to be stuck in the car for a lot of it. Enjoyed looking round the battlefield but still don’t have a clue what went on and why! Went to Bonanza for tea (dinner for all you Americans – supper if you are Keagan!). When we went last time we were in the US I was just recovering from flu so hadn’t enjoyed it. This time I think I could have eaten the whole restaurant! Delicious! Started watching DVD of North and South (4 episodes).
Tuesday 6th: Went to Old Bedford Village. Have lots of original little houses and other buildings which have been moved to the site. It is like a living history museum or something. Was really nice but terribly hot.
Old Bedford Village - v pretty
Wednesday 7th: Had a Carlisle day today. I slept in then we went to the Capital City Mall somewhere near Carlisle. Just bought some little things. When Megan came back from school we went to a shop called Old Susquehanna House which is filled with lots of interesting things. Then to Target (which we don’t have in Britain), it is so cheap! I love it! Went to prayer meeting in evening.
Thursday 8th: Went to Lancaster County. Went on the Strasburg – Paradise stea
m train (so yes, I have been to Paradise but I’m pretty sure that heaven will be better!). Then went to the B&B where we were staying for the night. Is on a farm and is run by some Mennonite people. There were the owners kids and a family of kids staying there so it was a lot of fun meeting them. There were lots of animals – a dog, many, many cows including some v cute calves, some small rabbits and some gorgeous kittens (2 sets). In the evening we went to an Amish house to have a meal. The family staying at the B&B were also there, as well as a few others. The food was amazing. Mrs Esh, the Amish lady whose house we were at was so pleasant and friendly. It was just fantastic!Daniel and Lauren with two of the kittens
Friday 9th: Went to the Pretzel Factory at Intercourse and learnt how to twist pretzels (I was not good!!). Then went to the Kitchen Kettle Village and some quilt shops. Finally we went to Bird-in-Hand farmers market before heading back to Carlisle. Watched more North and South.
Saturday 10th: Straightened Megan’s hair which took AAAGGGEEESSS!!! Then went to Hershey. Went on the little ride that they have which had changed since we were last there. Wanted to get our picture taken in the same thing that we had done it before but they had changed it so we were v. disappointed. Bought a lot of chocolate. Then we went to Harrisburg and had a look round the Capitol building. We then had ice cream at Strawberry Square. While crossing the Susquehanna Dad lost his hat which was amusing. Went to a Chinese Buffet for tea.
Taken just after Dad's hat flew into the Susquehanna
Sunday 11th: Church and Sunday School again. Both very good. In the afternoon we went into the church to play on the grand piano in the church and sing. Twas a lot of fun!
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--------------------------------------------------Monday 12th: Drove to Washington D.C and dropped off car which caused a lot of trouble – was getting so angry. Took train to New York just after 2pm. Arrived at around 5.30pm. New York = very loud and dirty but great. Hotel on 49th and Lexington and was really nice. Megan couldn’t come to NYC as planned cos her teachers had been on strike and they needed to make up the time. Didn’t do much in the evening.
NYC
Tuesday 13th: Went to Empire State Building very early so that we wouldn’t have to wait. Great view from up there on the 86th floor. Then went to Macys!! YAY!! Walked back to hotel via Times Square which was awesome even in daylight. Went into Toys R Us where they have a 3 storey ferris wheel which Tina and I went on. Also went to the American Girl Place which Tina wanted to go to. In
evening went to Grand Central Station which was quite a sight.Toys R Us Ferris Wheel
Wednesday 14th: Took metro to get to ferry for Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Felt so sick on ferry that I couldn’t even go into the museum at the statue. Took a ranger tour arou
nd Ellis Island then headed back to the mainland. Went to Ground Zero which I couldn’t really comprehend and then to Wall Street.Tina and Statue of Liberty
Polar Bear at Central Park Zoo
Thursday 15th: Had breakfast out which is something that isn’t really done in Britain. Walked to Bloomingdales then took metro back to Macys (which is clearly better). Then went back to hotel to watch England beat Trinidad and Tobago sadly. In afternoon had a carriage ride around Central Park, then went to zoo. Polar Bear definitely the highlight. In evening Tina and I went to see The Lion King on Broadway – AMAZING!!!!!
Friday 16th: Mum’s birthday. Took train back to D.C. Then went to Shady Grove where David, Mairi and Megan came to pick up Tina. The hotel in Washington was a bit poor – I had to share a room with my parents – NOT GOOD!
Saturday 17th: My only full day in Washington. Took a trolley ride round the sights. Stopped off at the White House to walk around for a bit and have some lunch (unfortunately we weren’t invited in!) and then got back on the trolley for a while. It gave me a good overview of the city.
The White House
Ok, well I'm back now from my trip to the USA. I'm still feeling pretty spaced out so I will be updating this thing when:
1) I am feeling better and over the jet lag!!
2) When I have the time because there is a lot to talk about!!!
Hope some of my Summit pals are reading this. If you are out there somewhere please leave me a message!! (thank you deborah!! - love ya!!) I am missing everyone so much!!! Hope you all got home safely!!!
1) I am feeling better and over the jet lag!!
2) When I have the time because there is a lot to talk about!!!
Hope some of my Summit pals are reading this. If you are out there somewhere please leave me a message!! (thank you deborah!! - love ya!!) I am missing everyone so much!!! Hope you all got home safely!!!
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Currently in Washington D.C. Have been to Carlisle, PA and had a great time with the Campbells and also to NYC which was just frantic!! Absolutely amazing though! Off to Colorado tomorrow so I'm excited but also pretty nervous! Hope everyone is ok back home!!
P.S. Beth - I hope your family isn't sick of all the postcards!!
P.S. Beth - I hope your family isn't sick of all the postcards!!
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