Catch up

Wow it has been so long since I wrote my last post that I thought I has better write something.

The last thing I wrote about on here was my bike crash, I am fully recovered from that now but it has left a scar on my elbow.  I also have a better bike now, it's bigger than the last one and a lot stronger and also lighter in weight witch is strange. I always thought the heavier the stronger but in the world of bikes that is not always true. 

I have also been gong crazy trying to get settled in to the new place. 

I have been working flat out and then getting back at night and doing a little bit each day.

unpacking all my stuff is a lot tougher than packing it all.I am finally bringing order to chaos now though and things are starting to look livable. 

Great news!!

I have now booked a ticket to go see my Jenn in September.

I booked it this morning at about 1:30 am. so  I am so very excited about that and so is Jenn. 

We have been planning this one for some time. and I know we will have great fun as we always do.

We cherish our time together. I will keep anybody who reads mine and Jennifer's story updated and lots more pictures. I always take pictures of things me and Jenn do in the last half of my trip. or of objects rather than people. so I will make a effort to take more of me and Jenn doing things rather than just the things we are doing. I will post them on here for anybody who reads this to see.

So everything is pretty much the norm at the moment. I will try and write on here more often. 

Thanks for reading and I hope you are all ok

Crash

Today I was riding my bike down hill, I was going quite fast , just ahead the pavement took a curve to my right, I had been round this corner many times and I thought that this time would be just a normal in and out of a corner .

I was traveling at about 20 mph according to my bikes speed indicator so I took the corner wide.
I came in to the corner nice and easy, but I came out of it too soon and my bike came of the edge of the pavement and on to the edge of the road, but I am still leaning in to the corner.

The bike hits the edge of the pavement curb and that's when it all went wrong, I feel the handle bars jolt and come loose from my grip and I feel my self come away from the bike. I see the bike slam to the ground beside me as I fly through the air, and for a moment both me and the bike are still moving at the same speed, the bike stops and I hit the ground. I can't remember feeling any pain form the impact, I slid along the floor for what feels like a mile but is only about 5 yards before I come to a complete stop.

I just kinda lay there for a second, and whats the first thing that pops in to my mind, not Wow I'm alive or Dam, nooooo the first thing to come in to my mind is the music from Jackass the TV show. I get up and brush my self down checking for any cuts or bruises.

My left elbow took the most of the damage, there was quite a bit of blood, I rubbed it away and there were two holes in my elbow surrounded by grazes , it was already beginning to swell but it didn't hurt at all.

I walked to my bike that had stopped and seemed to be laid on the ground as if placed there.
I picked up the bike and can you believe it the bike didn't have a single dent or scratch on it anywhere. I checked it twice, but nothing.

So I , got back on my bike and rode to work.
what a day.

My nerdy side revealed

Every body has a slightly nerdy side no matter who they are or what they do, I bet even the president of America has his nerdy side .

Well here is mine, I am a absolute nerd when it comes to Zombie stuff.
I love zombie movies, zombie toys, zombie games, in fact anything that has a zombie in it I will probably love.

I have just been watching the walking dead TV series and I have to say its zombie fan heaven.
it is set in Atlanta for the first few shows, when I watched it I said to my mother, "Me and my Jenn traveled down that street".

The first ever Zombie movie I remember watching was the George Romero classic, Night of the living dead, I was instantly addicted. I went in search of more of Romero's zombie movies and I came across the Dawn of the dead, a movie where Zombies pretty much out number man kind and roam around the earth looking for living flesh to feed on and brains to chew.

I heard that some one once asked George where he had got the idea for is movie from and he had replied with the question " do you ever look at people shopping when you go to a mall?"
He said that was where he had got the idea from.

All through my life I have loved almost everything to do with zombies, even the thriller dance with Michael Jackson. Not that I would try and do the dance, I can't dance to save my life.

but I guess I am in the right job to feed my nerdy passion. I get to see all the latest zombie movies and play the latest zombie games.

Even though I know there will never be a real zombie, or at least I can't think of a way that one would ever be able to live...die... hmm what ever they do, it is something that I find fun to think about. and like I said right at the beginning of this post, every body has a nerdy side.


So what is yours?

My visit with Jenn

Sorry it has taken so Long to write this one, for any body who may read it.

I have been back in England for a week now but have only just got the opportunity to write my post about mine and Jennifer's time together.

I got to the states on the 5th of March, the flight was a little longer than usual taking about nine and a half hours. When I got to Atlanta the first thing I did was get a real American burger. In England they always have the boxes that say " American burgers" but they just don't taste the same. so when I had a few minutes to kill till Jenn got to the airport I saw a Wendy's and I took the opportunity to get my burger. I love the way that Wendy's have the square burgers, I think I heard some one once say that they have square burgers because they don't cut corners.

Jenn and our good friend Morgan came to the airport and picked me up, Morgan is such a wonderful person and is mine and Jennifer's official picture taker, and one of our best friends. She really takes the very best pictures.


Me and Jenn really had a great time together. and tried a few new things, as well as some of the old thing that we love to do. We always make a point of visiting the Kani house, I really do love the food there and the service is top notch, there is nothing really like it that I can think of in England, and I have never tasted egg fried rice sooo gooooood ever. they have perfected egg fried rice there.

We also went and saw a few movies, We got to see the Vow, and we saw the Lurax and also Wanderlust. We love to watch movies together, and when ever we go to see a movie I always get a white cherry Icy, I could drink icy's all day .

one of the new things we did is we both went to a shop where we made our very own teddy bear. I had never done anything like that before, we picked out a teddy and I even put a small heart in side the teddy when it was stuffed. I put my foot on a peddle that filled the teddy with fluffy stuffing and then it was sealed, we named it Zimba. and we even got a birth certificate showing Zimba's date of birth and height and weight.

Me and Jenn also took walks together, we did about two miles a night along jogging paths, I really love the simple things in life and I can't think of anything much better than to walk with the one you love.

We also visited the outlet Mall in Dawsoneville. They have so many stores there and mostly designer places like Reebok and Nike, while I was there I also learnt that Reebok has lost the contract for the NFL and Nike has got it so Ill be looking there for a 49ers jersey soon. They also have lots of places that sell makeup and bags, in fact I think they have everything you could ever need.

I have also started to really like Chic-fil-A especially the chicken nuggets, and just how do they make that chik-fil-A sauce I love it . Me and Jenn visit there often.

Another new place we tried was Varsity, I had never been to it before so on the day I had to go back to England Jenn and I went there, they had trays that you put on the side of your car, in fact we didn't even need to get out of the car at any point they bring the meal to your car.

I really had a wonderful time visiting my beautiful Jenn and I can't wait to see her again in July. we always cherish every second we have together, I love my Jenn more than anything every day.
I love you Jennifer

Thank you for reading my post.

All moved in and getting ready to go,

I have been so very busy over the last month and a half, I have moved house and I have been working lots of hours. It's amazing how a life can fit in to a few small boxes.
I still haven't got all my boxes unpacked yet though, I'm having to get back from work and unpack a little every night, but slowly I am making progress.

And now for the great news, on Sunday I will be setting off to be with my Beautiful Jenn. I am so excited. I have gotten everything ready and am just counting the hours.

I actually rode all the way on my bike to get the train tickets it was a ten mile round journey but I really enjoyed it. I had not really rode my bike over a distance like that before, just to work and back, so that was a lot of fun.

I as always will be putting the pictures on here for all to see and I am sorry I haven't written anything on here lately for those who may read it but now I am getting sorted out from the move.

Thank you for reading and I will be posting on here very soon.

Out of the old house and in to the new one

Well I am now sat on the same old sofa but in a new place.
Me and my mother have moved just a short distance away from the old place.
my mother has osteoarthritis and so stairs were becoming a challenge for her.
In the old house there were lots of stairs and she was in some pain having to clime and descend them every day.

The new place has no stairs anywhere so it is so much easier for her to get around.

just a week ago I was in the old place and getting ready to move, on the day of moving it was very strange seeing the house slowly empty as the removal men took the stuff. eventually the house was completely empty.

There was a echo that only comes with a empty house. with no carpets and no furniture I guess there is nothing to absorb the sounds, just the hollow of the house.

all that was left in the old house was me and a towel and soap and shampoo, I had work so I took my last shower there and got dressed put the towel in my bag and took one last walk around the place turning off all the lights and making sure any electric plugs were turned off.

Does it sound strange that when I left I turned and looked in to the house and said "thank you"?


I left the house and locked the door and left for work. I rode my bike to work and when I had finished work cycled to the new place. It felt so very strange riding a different way and when I got to the new place it just felt odd, the place was very cold.

Aparently a house needs to be warmed through for a good few hours before it can hold heat. so the first night was very cold and I had no bed, just a old American army camp bed that my mothers ex husband had won while he was in the army. and it has canvas as the main part which is impossible to keep warm on and for most of last week I had to make do with that until the new bed came today so I am looking forward to my first comfortable and warm nights sleep in a week.

Next time I move it will be to go live with my beautiful Jenn, that day is coming soon and i will keep you all posted on how that goes.

I am so looking forward to march when I see my Jenn again, just 34 days to go.

Thanks for reading

Crazy January

We are only 20 days in to the year and already it feels like so much has happened.
Firstly and most important, my flight has been booked to go see my beautiful Jenn in March. I love My jenn more than anything and I am always so happy when I book my flight. even though it is still a little over a month away I am so excited.

There will be plenty to keep me occupied for the month though, me and my mother are moving house to a location more suitable for my mothers needs, she has Osteo arthritis and can some times find it a challenge to get up and down stairs, so we are moving to a single floor accommodation where it will be easier for her to get about.

I do feel better about her been there but I guess I kinda didn't want to move really. I just got in to the mind set that the next time I moved it would be moving to be with jenn.
Plus most of my family live where we are now so I tried to put it off for as long as possible.
I Soon came to realize thought that I was been selfish and that my mother needed a place without stairs so we will be moving this coming Thursday and it is only 5 minutes away from where we are now.

More than anything I cant wait till the day I move in with Jenn. I know it will happen one day soon and we are both working towards that point. I will keep you posted on that one.

As for my progress with my biking and jogging I am doing very well. I have noticed that it is far tougher to ride up hill on a bike that it is to jog. the first time I attempted to ride up the hill I jog up I didn't even get quarter of the way up, the bike was to heavy to ride on. but after just a few weeks of mixing jogging with riding the bike I managed to build up my legs and today for the first time I got all way to the top of the hill which is about a quarter of a mile long and is very steep. When I got to the top of the hill I said to my self " I beat you".

so there is a quick update on how things are going at the moment , I will keep you posted on how the move goes.

thanks for reading.

Bike vs Jogging

Last week I decided I would but my self a mountain bike.
I have been Jogging for a few years now and Wanted to add to the mix of keeping fit so a bike seemed like the logical choice.

So I bought my bike, I had to wait a day for the store to put it together and when I got it I took my first ride on my new bike, the first time I had owned a bike for around 15 years give or take a few months.

so now I cant decide which one is doing me the most good, I know that jogging is not so good in terms of the impact it can have on the joints but it uses more of the body. and biking uses more of the legs but not so much upper body .

on the down hill I can just sit on my bike but on the up hill its more of a challenge. With jogging its a challenge both ways.

there seems to be pros and cons either way.
What I have decided to do is Jog every other day and bike on the other days so for example I'll Jog on Monday and on Tuesday I'll ride my bike and then jog Wednesday and so on.

I'm hoping this way will be the best way and give me a all round workout on a weekly basis.

Thanks for reading

A happy new year to all.

Another year has gone and the beginning of a new one is here. I am always amazed at just how fast a year goes by. when I was young time never seemed to go so fast but I guess that time never seemed to matter as much then as now.

I have a few new years resolutions for the year to come and I will try my best to stick to them.
I have so much to look forward to this year, I will be going to see my Jenn in march and hopefully a lot more over the year and I will write about it for anybody who reads my posts so you can keep up with whats happening for us.



but who ever you are and if you are reading this I wish you the very best new year possible and hope that all your wishes and dreams come true in 2012.

Happy new Year

My trip to See my Jenn.

I got back about a week ago from seeing my beautiful Jenn, I would usually write about what we do day by day but this time I thought I would write about what happened when I got back to England. It has taken me a few days to recover from Jet lag but I am all good now, I can never figure out though why the jet lag is always worse heading back to England than going to see my Jenn.

I have taken lots of pictures, for any body who reads to see.

Me ans Jenn had lots of fun on this trip but we only had a week so we had to pack it with as much fun as possible


My journey to the states went well, I always go with Delta, I have been with them for most of my Journeys and they have never given me any problems yet, plus I have quite a lot of sky miles built up now so I may be in for a free flight soon.

I landed in America and My Jenn was waiting there for me, but I had to get through the airport first and here is a tip for anybody that is planing to travel soon.

1 don't get shoes that are complicated to fasten, in other words get some slip on shoes or Velcro fastening shoes because you will have to take your shoes off several times for security .


So anyway back to the story, I got through the airport and Jenn was waiting for me on the top level of the car park, I couldn't wait to get to her, and when I did I gave her the biggest hug and a kiss, I was so happy to be with her again.

We were so happy to be back together again , we drove through Atlanta and would you believe it I hadn't been in America for two hours and what do I see?
A truck with England written in big letters on a truck.

one thing that is way bigger in America than in England is the Christmas lights and me and Jenn had long waited to see the lights in Dahlonega together. I had seen only pictures before but to see then with Jenn was magical.






Here is a picture of me and Jenn in Santa causes sleigh, I hope he didn't mind us borrowing it for a moment and thanks to the lady who was kind enough to take the picture.

we walked around the square in Dahlonega and looked at the lights.
We also visited a few restaurants while we was there.

We visited Shenanigan's a Irish restaurant and I must say they cook some of the best fish I have ever tasted.

I love the fish there and if ever your in Dahlonega, you gotta go and try it.

Me and Jenn had such fun and with me not been there for Christmas we bought each other our Christmas gifts early.

Jenn bought me a Awesome watch , I love technical things and so I think that Jenn picked me the perfect one, I had a watch that broke so it was the ideal gift.

it tells the time, just like a watch does but it has two different time zones, so I got England and Atlanta time zones on it so I know what time it is in both places. I am still figuring it out but I love my Watch. Thank you my beautiful Jenn, I love it and I love you.

I wanted to get Jenn a gift for Christmas too, She said she wanted something to remind her of our time in Dahlonega in the winter so I got her a diamond snowflake.

I put it on for her and she loves it.


We also spent time looking at some rings, but that is a story for a blog some time in the near future :)

One thing me and Jenn love to do is to go to a glass blowing store in Dahlonega, there are all kinds of glass objects in the store and they have a lucky dip basket there filled with small bags. we always go and get one each .

and we got the same thing.

I am so very grateful for every second I get to spend with My beautiful Jenn.

I love you my beautiful Jenn

Me and Jenn had such a wonderful time together in December. I could only stay for a week due to work but we are already planning for another trip in late February, I'm sorry it took so long to write this post and thank you so much for reading and for following Mine and Jenn's time together.


Thank you for reading