Introducing...

MY NEW WELLIES!!

They are just lovely. A pretty blue with the outlines of flowers on them.

And...good-bye my beautiful, "holey" wellies. They have been very good to me through this winter and I will miss them.

Let the sunshine in.

It has been far too long since my last post so I am going to try and fill you in on what has changed in the past month..and a bit!

It has finally stopped snowing! I am one of snow's biggest fans but this winter our friendship has been tested. It started snowing Mid December and a couple of weeks ago it was still snowing. I am very thankful that the snow has finally decided to save some for next year!! I had to walk to work in a blizzard one day - that was interesting. The snow was so deep that I could barely walk in it. And right in the middle of this little treat my beautiful wellies decided that they had had enough and I discovered I had several holes in them! And how do you find out who have holes in your wellies? When you are walking through a slushy puddle and when you get out of it your feet aren't dry. Lovely. So, thank you for stopping by snow but I am fine for you to be gone now. I will look forward to seeing you next time. HELLO sunshine and daffodils.

I have now been working at y new job for nearly 2 months. It has gone very quickly. I have had quite a few jobs since I was 13 but this is very different to anything I have done before so I am enjoying learning something new. Most people know that I am very clumsy. I used to fall up and down stairs at least once a day, and I can also trip over air! So when I heard that at my new waitressing job I was going to have to carry 4 plates at a time I nearly had a heart-attack. I was willing to give a go but I honestly that that I would have to find a different job because there is no way I would be able to do that. My family were all worried for me too. Much to my delight, and surprise, I was able to carry 4 plates after my first week working there. I guess when you have to do something you just get on and do it! I am very proud of myself.

When I first saw my uniform I was mortified. I have to wear black trousers (pants to you Americans and Aussies!) a white shirt - these 2 are fine. But look out, aswell as this I have to wear a very fetching tartan bowtie. I have yet to get a photo of me in my uniform but don't worry - I will give you all the pleasure of that soon! And just when I thought the uniform couldn't get any worse I was introduced to my new velcro kilt. We have to wear this outfit when the guests have a ceilidh night at the Hotel. This would also be a good time to inform you that I am much taller than most of the people I work with. We got a photo of us all in our ceilidh outfits and I look like a giant. My kilt sits about an inch above my knee and on all the other girls it comes about mid calf! I will need to get some photos to put up because the guys outfits are much worse. Everytime I saw one of them I couldn't help but laugh. They look hilarious.

I work with lots of lovely people and I have heaps of fun working with them. We have had a few different days out together and I honestly don't remember laughing so much. OK, I do but it has been a long time. There are some Thai girls that work there and they are just adorable. They are so sweet and bring so much joy wherever they go. I am sad that they will be leaving at the end of this month. I will really miss them. We had a Valentine's day trip and this is what I had for my lunch. I was pretty excited!!

A love-heart shaped chicken burger! It made my day. :)

Look at this lovely Hot Chocolate. Always have time to have hot chocolate with the girls.

After about 4 years of having my hair very short, I have decided that I am going to let it grow out a bit. So I am letting it do it's own thing and it is looking prett wild. I have my mother to thank for that. My curly locks are coming back. I love being able to tie my hair back again but sometimes I do miss my short hair and want to just get it all chopped off. I have just found the cable for my phone so I have been enjoying looking at all the photos I have collected over the past couple of years on it. I came across this photo that one of the young people I used to work with took. My hair was so short. I remember hating how short it was, but this photo actually made me want to go out and get my hair cut!!

I will finish with a photo that I took yesterday with my mum, so you can see how different my
hair looks and how much it looks like my mum's! I will try to make sure it isn't another month before my next post.