Today's Our Anniversary!!

Today is Victor's and my 2 year anniversary. It's amazing how fast the year has flown by! 2 years already! Does that mean we're not newlyweds anymore? ;)

We have had an exciting year with moving to a new country, taking on new job responsibilities, and lots of travelling. I can't wait to see what adventures year 3 brings us!

Anyway, the 2-year anniversary gift is supposed to be cotton so I was going to buy Victor a shirt or something, but I ended up getting him a PlayStation Portable instead (even though he really doesn't need one!). I'm sure he'll be surprised when I give it to him because every time he mentions getting one I tell him that he needs to play and beat all of his other games before he goes and buys a new system.

I am very sentimental and like to travel down Memory Lane a lot, so tonight we'll probably reminisce about our Big Day and discuss the highlights of our year and what we hope to accomplish in the year to come.

Married life is great! We have really enjoyed each other's company the past 2 years. We have so much fun together and it is great being married to your best friend. I know I've said it before in this blog but it's worth saying again that God truly blessed me when he brought Victor into my life and I really couldn't be happier with him, flaws and all! I am looking forward to us eventually having kids and growing old together and whatever God has in store for us.

Fun in Paris with Michelle

My cousin Michelle was in France last week for a business meeting, so we met up in Paris for a few hours on Saturday. We had a nice time! I hadn't seen her since my wedding two years ago, so it was nice to catch up. Anyway, we didn't do much since we were both in town only for the afternoon, but we each had a main objective while in the city: Michelle's goal was to go up into the Eiffel Tower, and not surprisingly, my goal was to get a crepe.

Word to the wise: make sure you're in shape if you plan to walk up the Eiffel Tower!! You have to pay different prices depending on how high up into the Tower you want to go, so we just paid to go to the first level. We were okay going up the first few flights of stairs, but after a while we were really struggling! 400 steps later we made it to the first level. The picture above is of us in the Eiffel Tower. The view was really pretty from so high up. After climbing the Eiffel Tower I got my chocolate crepe, so the day was a success!

Edinburgh, Scotland

Yesterday, I went to Edinburgh, Scotland on a business trip. I didn't see much of it because I was only there for the day, but from what I saw it seemed nice. I love how green everything is there! Anyway, I will probably be going to Scotland more often because I will have a site in Glasgow soon.

Good times!

Fun in Amsterdam!

Victor and I went to Amsterdam two Saturdays ago, and we had a fantastic time! The weather was a nice and sunny 70 degrees--perfect for walking around the city. At first, we weren't that excited to go because we had both had long work weeks and I was sick with a sore throat and a lingering stomach bug, so when we arrived to Amsterdam Friday morning we laid around the hotel for a while. Around 5 we got up and headed to the city center. We didn't do much on Friday; we mainly walked around town to get a feel for the city.

As most folks know, Amsterdam is known for its legalized marijuana use and legal prostitution, so there were coffee shops and sex shops all over the place. For those who don't know, a "coffee shop" is where you go to by marijuana. These shops were everywhere! I went inside of one because I wanted to see what it looked like. Most of them basically look like a bar but instead of selling alcohol they sale weed. Anyway, we walked around for a few hours and then we headed back to our hotel around 11 or so.

The next day we visited the flower markets. They had some of the most beautiful tulips I have ever seen! I really wanted to buy a bag of tulip bulbs to bring back with me, but I wouldn't be able to bring them back to the UK because of their agriculture laws. Oh well. We also went to Anne Frank's house and we had planned to take the tour but when we got there the line was wrapped around the corner. We took pictures of the outside though. We also visited the Van Gogh Museum, which was nice. Later in the day, we met up with one of Victor's co-workers, who was also visiting Amsterdam with her boyfriend. We had dinner with her and hung out for a while, then we headed back to our hotel.

On Sunday, we were supposed to leave, but when we arrived to the airport we found that all flights to London had been cancelled for the day. Bummer, because we both had to work on Monday. The airline paid for us to stay in a nearby hotel and they also paid for our dinner, so that was a nice consolation. We ended up getting back home the next morning around 9 or so.

Can't wait for the next trip!

The Best Birthday EVER in Barcelona!

Victor is the best husband in the world. My 27th birthday was this past Saturday (June 7th) and he surprised me with a trip to Barcelona, Spain!! We left for Spain on Saturday morning and came back to England Sunday afternoon, so it was a short trip--but oh so perfect!

We stayed right on the beach in a really nice and modern hotel, and from the outside it looked more like an office building than a hotel. The room was really nice too. We got there around 11:30 and we spent the entire day on the beach. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday. :)

Pictures below!

Foot Pad Update!

OK, I finally finished all using all of the foot pads! According to the directions, the foot pads are supposed to start off really dark and ugly and then get lighter and lighter as you continue to use them. Well, I am sad to say that mine remained dark and ugly through the whole duration that I used them! I don't know if that means that I'm really toxic or if the foot pads are just faulty. Also, you are supposed to wear them every other day, but I would always forget and ended up wearing them every 3 or 4 days, so maybe that is why they didn't get lighter. Here are pictures of the pads. I am only posting a couple because they all look the same:

At any rate, as I was using the pads I was paying close attention to my body to see if I felt any different. I really didn't feel any positive changes with the use of the foot pads. I didn't feel any negative changes either, so I guess that is good.

Anyway, thanks Camille for sending me the pads! Even though they didn't catapult me into the realm of total health, it was fun trying them out!

Chris Rock

Last weekend Victor and I went to see Chris Rock at the O2 Arena in London. It was a really nice, huge venue that holds I think 22,000 people. We had pretty good seats--not too close, not too far away. Chris Rock really wasn't that funny, and Victor and I actually almost fell asleep during the show! The person who opened for him was pretty funny though. I'm glad we went though because it's always nice to get out and do something other than dinner and a movie.

Even though people were prohibited from taking pictures during the show, I snuck and took a few anyway. :) Bucking the system! Sticking it to the Man! Anyway, above is a picture I took during the show.