Being home and photos

It has been a week since I finally made it home. And what a week! It had, admittedly, taken some getting used to. I have never been so glad to see my own bed! Though when I woke up one time on my first night, I wasn't sure where I was! Which is funny because this never happened in Russia or England! It has been nice to be back to normal food stuffs. Knowing what to expect for meals, being able to drink out of the tap (which I could do in England, it just tasted funny).

I spent most of the day Tuesday going over all the things that happened in Russia and England with Mum. Then that afternoon I went over to visit my friend Melody. It was so good to see her! I had really missed my friends while I was gone. Even though I made some good friends in Russia, they can never replace to dear friends I have here!

I've spent this past week recovering, getting pictures printed, and catching up with friends. Sunday was fun because all the girls were at church at it is such a rare thing for us all to be in the same place at once, we took a picture! It was so much fun getting to see everyone and catch up on all the things that have been going on since I left.

Yesterday and today I went back to work. Hadn't changed too much. :-) Had to remember how to do a couple of things, and sometimes I can't find things that have moved or that we no longer have. Currently we have this awesome new Studio Collection set that I adore. The only problem is everything is white... but the designs are great. (I work at the Disney Store for those of you who don't know) And actually, we now have a website www.disneystore.com You can see the cool new stuff there. I love working for that place! (well...most of the time) ;-)

Any way... sorry for that side sales plug. HeeHee.

As I type I am uploading England pictures for you all to see. However it is taking longer on this computer than it did in Russia! How crazy is that? So hopefully I'll be able to get a lot up...
Okay, I did not get all of them posted, but it is taking forever and I have stuff to do... so here are some I did get up.


I saw this on the way back from the Harry Potter premiere, it had been raining and I looked down this little side road and wow!


A little town that I had tea in with the Job's.


Tower Bridge in London... saw this on my first Thursday


Big Ben


Guard outside Buckingham Palace


On July 7, the Westwoods and I went out to Saffron-Waldon where Cheryl and her family live. It was Cheryl's 21st Birthday. Before her party started, Cheryl, Steph and Cheryly's brother, Adam and I went into Caimbridge. We went punting on a small river to see all the colleges

Steph and Cheryl

Kings College and the punts


On July 10, the Westwoods and I went out to Oxford. My goal for that day was to see as much Tolkien and Lewis related things as I could. Our first stop was Tolkien's grave...




This is the very famous pub where the 'Inklings' met. The writing/discussion group that Tolkien and Lewis started. Robert, Janice and I had lunch here. :-)


This picture was taken at the pond behind the Kilns. The home of C.S. Lewis. Evidently there is a picture of both Tolkien and Lewis sitting on this very same bench! Gotta find that pic...


This is The Kilns



And those are all the pictures I have up at the moment. You can find a few more plus pictures from the Order of the Phoenix premiere at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lils_photos/
Hopefully I can get some more up tomorrow... it is just taking a long time for them to load!