I had to post this video. I looked out my back window and the sun was shining, when I looked to the right a bit, there was TONS of rain falling! It was sooo weird. I opened up the door and there was a line of rain and sun... I decided to record a movie. It isn't very good, but if you look really close to the right, you can see the rain against the trees, and yes, to the right... sunny!? WEIRD, but cool!
Monday, 29 September 2008
Stirling Castle, Castle of Magic
Last weekend (well, the one before last), I drove to Stirling Castle. They were putting on several 'magic' shows, I have a free membership, so I figured I may as well go! It was actually TONS of fun. They had three main stages going, along with magicians, balloonists, and face painters walking around.
I pretty much stuck with two stages. They had one outside for kids, and another one more for adults. In the adult one, the magician pulled me out of the audience as a helper. He was a mind reader. We all drew a picture, and based on our body language, he told us if we had drawn the picture. Later that day, I saw him again, and he signed my picture!!
Since the adult one was inside, I didn't take very many pictures. The kid stage was great though. I am always impressed with these guys who can entertain and do magic in front of kids.
This first guy was German and I was a little surprised about him... He was a great magician, he is making this little girl's mother's wedding ring disappear into several boxes each wrapped in elastic bands. He actually had the little girl do the magic. Anyway, while the little girl was taking the elastics off of the boxes, he said, "Oh, I like these long magic tricks, because then I can have a sip of my beer". Then he reached over and had some of a beer he had sitting behind him. It was a little odd to me, but super funny at the same time!
This next guy was really good too. I saw him both times he performed. Here, he pulled out a dummy and was doing a little ventriloquy work. I will (try) to post a video of him!
Here he is again, this time, his little helper is less than thrilled about dressing up like a mum. At the end of each act, he made a magnificent balloon hat for his helpers. He was great!
On my way out, I decided to take some pictures of the surrounding area. Stirling is one of my favorite places, and since the castle sits on a hill, you get a beautiful view!!
On the way home, I tried to roll up my passenger side car window and I heard a HORRIBLE grinding and cracking noise. My window stopped working. I wasn't sure exactly what to do, so I went to a shopping centre that I have been wanting to go to. After shopping, I went home and my flatmate helped me pull it up a little bit and then we taped a black "bin" (garbage) bag over the crack in the window to keep the moisture out.
and I thought I could get through a day with out a random adventure...
I pretty much stuck with two stages. They had one outside for kids, and another one more for adults. In the adult one, the magician pulled me out of the audience as a helper. He was a mind reader. We all drew a picture, and based on our body language, he told us if we had drawn the picture. Later that day, I saw him again, and he signed my picture!!
Since the adult one was inside, I didn't take very many pictures. The kid stage was great though. I am always impressed with these guys who can entertain and do magic in front of kids.
This first guy was German and I was a little surprised about him... He was a great magician, he is making this little girl's mother's wedding ring disappear into several boxes each wrapped in elastic bands. He actually had the little girl do the magic. Anyway, while the little girl was taking the elastics off of the boxes, he said, "Oh, I like these long magic tricks, because then I can have a sip of my beer". Then he reached over and had some of a beer he had sitting behind him. It was a little odd to me, but super funny at the same time!
This next guy was really good too. I saw him both times he performed. Here, he pulled out a dummy and was doing a little ventriloquy work. I will (try) to post a video of him!
Here he is again, this time, his little helper is less than thrilled about dressing up like a mum. At the end of each act, he made a magnificent balloon hat for his helpers. He was great!
On my way out, I decided to take some pictures of the surrounding area. Stirling is one of my favorite places, and since the castle sits on a hill, you get a beautiful view!!
On the way home, I tried to roll up my passenger side car window and I heard a HORRIBLE grinding and cracking noise. My window stopped working. I wasn't sure exactly what to do, so I went to a shopping centre that I have been wanting to go to. After shopping, I went home and my flatmate helped me pull it up a little bit and then we taped a black "bin" (garbage) bag over the crack in the window to keep the moisture out.
and I thought I could get through a day with out a random adventure...
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
RecipeZaar - OAMC
I decided that I should post about this new recipe site that I found. The site itself isn't anything special. I mean, it is a website with recipes. The cool thing though is in the search... If you search for OAMC, there are TONS of recipes.
I was super confused at first, but I soon realized that OAMC stands for "Once A Month Cooking". They are those recipes that you can prepare a week, a month, or even three months in advance, stick in your freezer and then you can have a fresh cooked meal on those busy days! I think I am going to try a few of those...
So with out further ado... the website:
http://www.recipezaar.com
Enjoy!
I was super confused at first, but I soon realized that OAMC stands for "Once A Month Cooking". They are those recipes that you can prepare a week, a month, or even three months in advance, stick in your freezer and then you can have a fresh cooked meal on those busy days! I think I am going to try a few of those...
So with out further ado... the website:
http://www.recipezaar.com
Enjoy!
Monday, 22 September 2008
Butter
So I forgot to tell this story when it happened, but it is tooo funny to let pass twice.
So my dad and I went to Walmart to pick up some butter so that we could spend the next day bagging our fresh corn to freeze.
So at Walmart, we grabbed 20 packs of butter. (We were going to do a LOT of corn!)
When we got to the counter, the check out girl asks the obvious question: "Wow, what are you going to do with all of that butter!"
Before my dad could answer, I chirped up...
"We are making a butter sculpture for the county fair." The joke was going, she was curious about it and asked if that is what we were really doing, and I looked over, and my dad was laughing SOOO hard. So we had to tell her the truth, but it was super funny! Yay, butter sculptures!
(all of these photos are copied from the internet and are not Amy originals!)
So my dad and I went to Walmart to pick up some butter so that we could spend the next day bagging our fresh corn to freeze.
So at Walmart, we grabbed 20 packs of butter. (We were going to do a LOT of corn!)
When we got to the counter, the check out girl asks the obvious question: "Wow, what are you going to do with all of that butter!"
Before my dad could answer, I chirped up...
"We are making a butter sculpture for the county fair." The joke was going, she was curious about it and asked if that is what we were really doing, and I looked over, and my dad was laughing SOOO hard. So we had to tell her the truth, but it was super funny! Yay, butter sculptures!
(all of these photos are copied from the internet and are not Amy originals!)
Sunday, 21 September 2008
The Notebook
I just watched this movie. I am not a movie person, but it was SOOO good. It made me cry. Please, next time you are in a movie store trying to decide what to watch, Grab this one! I give it two thumbs up!!
Linlithgow Palace
Last Weeks Adventure... I know I am getting behind, but I guess I was never really ahead. Here are the pictures from Linlithgow Palace. I think it was my favorite. I could picture Kings and Queens, Servants, Jesters, and the courtyard. I walked from room to room just imagining how it was and what it was like. The Palace was shaped in a square with a beautiful fountain in the middle of the courtyard. At each corner, there was a large tower and beautiful 3 and sometimes 4 story floors filled with rooms, chapels, wine cellars and kitchen fire places in between the towers. I climbed into each one of them and explored all that I could. It was magical...
Sunday, 14 September 2008
Blackness Castle
This is the second castle I went to today (well, the other one was actually a Palace!) Anyway, it sits right on the shore of the Firth of Forth.
The Front view of Blackness Castle
View from the sea side. From the castle, you walked over a drawbridge onto this "plank". At the end of it, you could see down the Firth and see the old rail bridge and the car bridge very clearly!
The view from the end of the "Plank".
Inside the outer wall. This was one of the towers I climbed!
The following are views from the top of the towers...
This is the doorway to the outer wall, and the next picture is while I am walking along the outer wall.
I probably climbed over 500 of stairs like these today! Whew!!
The Front view of Blackness Castle
View from the sea side. From the castle, you walked over a drawbridge onto this "plank". At the end of it, you could see down the Firth and see the old rail bridge and the car bridge very clearly!
The view from the end of the "Plank".
Inside the outer wall. This was one of the towers I climbed!
The following are views from the top of the towers...
This is the doorway to the outer wall, and the next picture is while I am walking along the outer wall.
I probably climbed over 500 of stairs like these today! Whew!!
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Just Kidding
So remember my post about the Fly-mo? If not, it was one of my first posts...
Well, I decided today it isn't as cool as I originally thought... I just got done mowing our JUNGLE!!!
Well, I decided today it isn't as cool as I originally thought... I just got done mowing our JUNGLE!!!
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Oh Cute
Tim sent me a picture of him in his new office and he has tons of pictures of me on the wall... CUTE. :)
Sorry for the Bother...
I went to a store today to pick up a few items, apple/raspberry juice and strawberry jam. While I was there, I found the perfect item... The price above it said £9.99, I roughly calculated how much it would cost for all of my groceries and decided to get it. I figured it would be about £12.
When I got to the front of the check stand (Britains love to que (stand in line), well, I don't know if they love it, or if they are just more patient and don't mind it.) Anyway, the cashier rang up my stuff and said it was £15.36. As she handed me the receipt, I looked and my perfect item was £12.99... Hmmm? So I mentioned it. She went to look for it as I stood there. She couldn't find it, so I then walked back with her to find it. I told her I was doing it so she didn't have to stay up front. She said a wee walk would do her well. I was right... £9.99.
She called the manager and he started pushing buttons. He was doing everything upside down and was hitting all kinds of weird things. I apologized for being a pain, they of course said that it was ok. I said, "Yeah, but you can't see how the people behind me look." There were about 5 people there, who looked up (looking annoyed), but I broke the ice and they started laughing. One woman said, "Oh, you can feel the daggers." It was super funny and I told them I was sorry. The lady directly behind me left the store (probably in a huff!) Haha!
Then, the manager said "Ok, now give her £2.99". I didn't understand what was going on and why he didn't just give me the £3.00, but who knows and I didn't argue... I was afraid of that woman's dagger! :)
When I got to the front of the check stand (Britains love to que (stand in line), well, I don't know if they love it, or if they are just more patient and don't mind it.) Anyway, the cashier rang up my stuff and said it was £15.36. As she handed me the receipt, I looked and my perfect item was £12.99... Hmmm? So I mentioned it. She went to look for it as I stood there. She couldn't find it, so I then walked back with her to find it. I told her I was doing it so she didn't have to stay up front. She said a wee walk would do her well. I was right... £9.99.
She called the manager and he started pushing buttons. He was doing everything upside down and was hitting all kinds of weird things. I apologized for being a pain, they of course said that it was ok. I said, "Yeah, but you can't see how the people behind me look." There were about 5 people there, who looked up (looking annoyed), but I broke the ice and they started laughing. One woman said, "Oh, you can feel the daggers." It was super funny and I told them I was sorry. The lady directly behind me left the store (probably in a huff!) Haha!
Then, the manager said "Ok, now give her £2.99". I didn't understand what was going on and why he didn't just give me the £3.00, but who knows and I didn't argue... I was afraid of that woman's dagger! :)
Why are Americans Overweight?
because they like cheese on everything! -my Scottish friend :)
I don't know, maybe it is true. What do you think?
I don't know, maybe it is true. What do you think?
Amy's Always an Adventure continues...
Sunday night, I decided to go on a walk and then to the grocery store. My walk was beautiful. The air was clear, the sky was blue, the waves were crashing. I took this picture with my phone, so it isn't the greatest!
Me and the North Sea
On my way home, I stopped at the grocery store and picked up a few things for Monday. I started walking home, when their was this guy standing by a building. (Here they would call him a ned (Non-Educated Delinquent). He stopped me and asked for change to get back to Dundee. Now, I don't know why you would get on a bus to come here, if you couldn't or didn't have enough money to get back. I told him I didn't have any change because I just used it for my groceries (which was a lie and I felt bad about lying, I mean, it was Sunday!)
So I kept walking. I noticed he turned my way and started walking. I thought he was just going to accost the people walking past me. He didn't and kept walking. It was then I noticed how dark it was getting and how there wasn't anyone else on the road, except these drunk guys down at a local's pub.
He then tried to get my attention again... "Hey, do you smoke?" I turned my head to look at him, but kept walking... "No, I don't, sorry"...
I was going to take a short cut path, but as I walked past it, I realized that I couldn't see anyone down it, so I decided to take the long way home and head for the local's pub. I figured, if the guy kept following me, I would walk over and tell them that I think this guy is following me.
Luckily, as I kept walking, he turned down the short cut. I breathed a sigh of relief and continued my walk home. As I turned the corner of the block, I saw him again, standing on another street corner. I hurried and crossed the road. I don't think he noticed me and I think he walking into the church that was on the corner.
It didn't matter. The sky was still beautiful, the air was still clear, and the sunset was pretty. It was just another small adventure in my life (or maybe in my mind.)
Me and the North Sea
On my way home, I stopped at the grocery store and picked up a few things for Monday. I started walking home, when their was this guy standing by a building. (Here they would call him a ned (Non-Educated Delinquent). He stopped me and asked for change to get back to Dundee. Now, I don't know why you would get on a bus to come here, if you couldn't or didn't have enough money to get back. I told him I didn't have any change because I just used it for my groceries (which was a lie and I felt bad about lying, I mean, it was Sunday!)
So I kept walking. I noticed he turned my way and started walking. I thought he was just going to accost the people walking past me. He didn't and kept walking. It was then I noticed how dark it was getting and how there wasn't anyone else on the road, except these drunk guys down at a local's pub.
He then tried to get my attention again... "Hey, do you smoke?" I turned my head to look at him, but kept walking... "No, I don't, sorry"...
I was going to take a short cut path, but as I walked past it, I realized that I couldn't see anyone down it, so I decided to take the long way home and head for the local's pub. I figured, if the guy kept following me, I would walk over and tell them that I think this guy is following me.
Luckily, as I kept walking, he turned down the short cut. I breathed a sigh of relief and continued my walk home. As I turned the corner of the block, I saw him again, standing on another street corner. I hurried and crossed the road. I don't think he noticed me and I think he walking into the church that was on the corner.
It didn't matter. The sky was still beautiful, the air was still clear, and the sunset was pretty. It was just another small adventure in my life (or maybe in my mind.)
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