Wii fun!!

My sister and I bought a Wii...I know Finally we have caught up with the times!! Ha-Ha

Well ever since we have missed out on ALL TV shows we usually watch and all communication with the outside world has been dropped!! Ok maye not that dramatic but almost close enough!

We have played everything on the games we have and it has got very competitive at times...all fun of course!!

It is GREAT....I love it!! Our local rental store for DVD's and games etc etc has been our weekly stop on the way home from the Gym to rent out a game. We rented the 'Just Dance' games last week and we had such a great laugh on it!!! We got moves!!

Mario-Kart is awesome also....all these wonderful games!!

Gym.....

I have been going to the gym now for a few weeks and I must say I am proud of myself for sticking at it!!

I LOVE it!!!!

I have such a great feeling when my workout is done and I am beginning to feel a lot healthier already!!

Here's hoping that come the wedding day I am down to my goal weight and size!!

Folks, if I can do it....so can YOU!!!!

Haiti orphans meet new parents

God Bless there adoptive parents!!

I pray more and more children can be rescued!!

Praise you in this storm

Haiti Tribute

New year and a New me!!!!!

2010 is going to be a massive year for myself and Richard (my fiance! lol).

We have a lot going on and one of those BIG changes will be our wedding!! I am so excited about becoming his wife!!

Of course being a typical girl.....I want to lose weight and look amazing in an amazing wedding dress on the BIG day!

So I have joined the gym.....yes that's right something I thought I would never get myself back into doing!! I'm doing it!!

I only went for my induction last night and it was awesome!! I was so nervous on my way to the gym in the car,.....I felt like I was going for an interview or something!! lol Was an awful feeling!

So of course get there and this girl called Nicky shows me around and talks to me about my goals etc etc!! She was GREAT......she really helped me feel a lot better about working out in a gym. I got nervous because there were other people there but after about 10Min's i forgot they were there and just carried on with my work out!

I have a Key which you slot into each machine and it tells you what time you have to do on that machine and what is coming up next....its a brilliant system!! Also tells you how much calories you have burnt off on each machine.....BIG time encouragement!!!

Well, since it went so well last night I went again today and I feel good. I know its only day 2 but honestly I am enjoying going and I feel like I have achieved something each time I finish a workout!! :0)

Now I just have to reach my goal before the BIG day!!! :0)

New Me!!

So I thought for this year, with getting married and everything I want to look my best!

I'm not saying I am so awful now but I need a little work!! lol

So today I called my local gym and guess who is starting in on January 2nd?? Yes thats right.....ME!!!

So here is to the looking grea in 2010!!!

I will make sure to take a picture each month and see if we can see any sort of difference in how I am looking. I will also be posting how I am doing with the whole routine.....of course I am execting to feel A LOT of pain for the first month or maybe two, but I know it willdo me the world of good!!!

Hope anyone else who is taking on a new fitness routine can find what suits them and that they do great in it!!

Had the BEST time ever...

Being back in NJ this time I had to say was the BEST trip in a long time!! Im not saying that every other trip has been awful....they have been good also but this trip just ROCKED!!!! :0)

Richard and I just did a whole bunch of fun things. Plus I also got to spend a whole lot of time wit his family and the people he is closest to within his church.

Just a few things that made my time so great...

Richard - well that one was obvious!! haha....we got to spend a lot of time together even with him working his usual days! We were able to be 'normal' the way it used to be. Go on our movie date nights, go get the grocery shopping, do laundry....I know most of that doesnt sounds fun but we enjoy it as long as we do it all together! :0)
We also got to go to Church together which was really good. I met people who knew his Father when he was alive and they joked about Richard and how he was as a child! Then we also went to Richards church where he considered most people members of his own family. It was nice to meet the people from both churches and see how much Richard is loved by so many people!

NYC - Everytime Richard and I go into the city we have a good laugh and this time was no exception! We went to the Charmin restrooms in Times Square and oh boy is that an experience on its own....check out the webpage: http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php
This was hilerious! Here is one picture we got taken of us in one of the photo op areas:


Yeah so as you can see, we DO love to joke around!!! ha-ha

Family - Because Richard was working his usual schedule, I spent a lot of time with his sister Tina who is amazing! Awilda, Richards mom who is also amazing...really this woman is the best...I could not have asked for a better mother-in-law!
Also Richards brother Steven who is adorable and his other brother Jun who is not adorable but is a great help with us. He is always willing to help us out when he can and is also very funny...especially when he trys to immitate my accent!! Jun's wife was also there and she is really nice, she loves to have a good laugh which is my book is great!!!

All the family members made me feel so at home this trip and I dont know if it was because it was Thanksgiving or what it was....but this trip I just felt like I was actualy a member of the family! It was so nice to feel that.....they have always included me in family occasions and have always tried to involve me in many events. But this time just felt different.
When I said my good-bye I cried a lot with everyone, which I dont usually do! I mean that in the nicest possible way....but this time I actually couldnt control my tears! :0( Was so sad!

Thanksgiving - I have had Thanksgiving before but this was the first FAMILY thanksgiving of many to come I know! It was a great day, MIL asked me to make a dessert, which was no problem....I made the cookie log! Everyone LOVED the log and of course now every year will be the dish waiting after the main course!! lol
After dinner we played a board game which like any family got very competitive and was so funny!!

Future plans - Richard and I committed to a lot of future plans, which we are very excited about and praying very hard to achieve!

I am sure there were so many more things that made my trip awesome, but these were the main things that spring to mind right now! They also seem the most important out of them all!

Here is a picture which I love from this trip and already have in a frame!!

Thanks for reading and God Bless,

Paperwork....

As y'all know Richard and I are trying our hardest to be together and well as of Monday the 23rd of November....I am happy to say We have FINALLY sent away the paperwork to be together!!!

We will now be praying hard and waiting for the reply of the first stage so we can move on to stage two!!

We would appreciate all your prayers as we start our journey to be together!


Thanks and God Bless
Chrissie x

Vacation booked!

Its only 35 days now until I go away again and spend the holidays with Richard. Yes.....I will be in NJ for Thanksgiving and I am very excited about it!!

I love Thanksgiving!!!!!! I love the weather around Thanksgiving and I love spending time with all my American family!!

As you can gather I am very excited!! So I will be away from November 19th until December 2nd!

I will make sure to take a lot of pictures and post them when I get back!!

Teeth trouble!

Who would have thought getting wisdom teeth out would cause so many problems!!

I got my bottom two out exactly a week today and I am still in pain!! I cant eat anything that I have to chew and of course being a meat lover...I miss my meat!!! I had some Sunday roast yesterday and had to cut it into the smallest pieces ever so I could eat them!!! :0(

I have an appointment with my own dentist tomorrow to see if everything is ok after having the surgery!

I will update on how it goes! :-S

Itouch update 3.1

Ok so after going to the apple store in NY and speaking to the staff there, they told me to update my itouch to the software 3.1. Which when I got back to N.Ireland I did. Oh how I wish I hadnt!!

It is now messing up my laptop every time I plug in my itouch it says it is a digital camera and then the screen goesblue...yup the blue screen of death in computer world!!

Now I have to go and make an appointment to see the tech guys in the apple store in Belfast to see if they can fix my laptop and my itouch!!

Grrrr......

Time away....

Hi folks,

I know it has been a while since I posted anything on here. I was away in NJ spending time with he love of my life then I have been sick. I got a bad dose of the cold and on Monday past I just had dental surgery! So I have been ill and in pain for the past week after coming backfrom the USA! :0(

Sorry I have not been online and in touch with a whole bunch of you! I plan on spending today making sure I get as much posted as I can.

Thanks for the prayers and messages I have recieved in regards to the whole immigration post and a few other things! They have been much appreciated.

Vent alert!!!

IMMIGRATION!!!

Oh boy am I sick of hearing this word right now?!!?

Richard is of course from America and I am from N.Ireland and we need to work out what we are wanting to do with our lives and where we want our loves to begin!!

Our main objective is of course to be together no matter what or how. But the what and how are the topics which are causing us so many problems right now.

I have been here in NJ for just under two weeks and I feel like all I have done is research and fill my head with information on immigrating!!

I know I want to live in the States but at the same time the immigration options that the government give us suck!!!! I cannot believe they want to take so much money from people and waste so much time!! How hard is it to see that two people love each other and just want to be together!

We have spent the past two years going back and forward from each other and visiting for a week or two here and there. We have come through a lot of hard times together and are still in love!!

However my main vent here is that I don't understand how illegal immigrants can come up in this country and get away with it. They work, they marry, they live here, they love it here!!!!! AAhhhhhh then when someone like me tries doing things the RIGHT way through the right places and people...it feels so impossible!!!!

As it stands right now...after spending a good two hours with a lawyer......Richard and I have 3 options which two of the three are going to take about a year plus to complete. The worst part is that none of them are guaranteed......our lawyer told us that at the interview stage of each option the person doing the interview could just decline us because they don't like the look of us!! What on earth is with that!! My answer was....well that's where you come in because I would want some serious legal action taken!!

The third option is one which I feel a lot of anxiety attached to!! It would be us starting our life together in my end of the world. The only thing is that I feel its not what Richard wants and to be honest it is not what I want either! Everything about out relationship and us is attached to NJ and this is where I would want us to remain!! I love here and everything about here! I loved working here when I was here 3years ago and I loved my life here!!

So why is this so hard to get back here and be legal??

I would ask my readers to seriously pray hard for us right now as we are having a very hard time in agreeing with a few points!!

Thanks readers!

Teeth!!

Ok I have had a sore wisdom tooth for the past week and a half now and I ave finally made an appointment to see the dentist!!

Oh how I really don't like going to see the dentist.....not only for the fact of the pain I have to usually endure while I am there....but the lovely bill produced for ll the pain at the end seems a lot worse!! :0(

Any who.....going on Monday at 1.30pm after work and I am praying the dentist says its all OK!!

I will update when I get home as to how the day went!! lol

I have the sweetest man....

Richard is amazing!!

It is something to simple but it just made my day today!! He called to say he will be arriving in to Ireland a day earlier than we planned. wooohooooo!!!!!!

For those of you reading that are not aware of who Richard is and why he would be coming into Ireland...here is a brief outline of my love life! lol

I went to New Jersey (USA) on a internship in 2006 with my degree and I was working in Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) for 15months! It was an experience that's for sure. A lot of good and bad memories of my time there with the people I spent the time with who were there with me.

But one day I met this guy through a friend and we started talking....which then led to a date!! Now the rest is pretty much history! We fell in love with each other!!!

Sadly I had to return to Ireland when I internship and visa expired....but we are working on being back together very soon! I know this is True Love because if it wasn't there is no way we would have made it this far!!!

I love Richard with all my heart and I would do anything for him and I know he feels the same about me!!

So there you go that's the brief story...trust me that is brief...if I were to extend and tell you the longer version you would need about 1hour and a good cup of coffee!! lol

My little corner!

Title inspired by my dear friend Kelly!! ;-) Thanks Kel!

Well ....reading over my previous posts I thought to myself...I don't post as much about me and my life....so why not start and post at least a few things! lol
After all my main aim for starting this blog was to keep my family and friends up-to-date with my life and journeys!!

This week was an interesting one for sure...I went though dealing with people who I don't know having nasty attitudes for no reason....friends saying things I really found hard to accept......people arguing because they just wanted to....and finally encouragement from friends!!

So...as I don't want to dwell on things, which have past and things that the Devil took delight in....let me talk about the encouragement I received!!

I have some pretty awesome friends and surprisingly they are ones whom I have known online for years now and havent got the chance to met in person YET! Some I feel I know better than friends I have around me all the time.
Recently I have received little Facebook comments and emails from them with words of encouragement....for no particular reason but because they are amazing and kind hearted!

The best thing about them is they always seem to get the timing right on when I need those little messages and emails! For every time the devil was able to smack me up the mouth.....my wonderful friends were there to push me back on my feet with a new piece of armour ready for the next smack!!

I decided that seeing as these friends of mine are so wonderful I would send them a little surprise in the mail....in the aim of making them smile when they receive it!! I love doing that...its something so simple, but yet it means so much to people! I know it means the world to me and sets me up for a great day!!

I was thinking I may start and do it more often!! Although I think I should put my mailing surprises on rotation, because sadly the stamps for international mailing are only getting more expensive!! But sure.....a true friend is worth every penny!!

So to you friends who receive a little something in the mail and read this....THANKS....you gals are wonderful and I appreciate all you do in keeping our friendship lasting throughout the years!!! Oh and for you who havent received one yet and have sent me messages/ texts/comments dont worry they were sent on different days from here so you should have one on the way!

God Bless

Someone recently asked me...

If it is so hard being in a long distance relationship......why am I still doing it??

Its a great question! As I explained to the person...........It takes for two people to love each other so much that the thought of NEVER seeing each other again hurts more than the thought of having to wait and see each other every 4-6weeks for a week at a time!!!

Richard and I have been living with a great distance in between us since September of 2007 and we are more in love now that we could ever be!!

I am not going to say it has been easy because trust me it has been anything but easy!! But I wouldn't change how we are and the direction we are going in for the world! I really wouldn't!

I trust that God brought the pair of us together for a reason. I know that I could never ever picture living the rest of my life on this earth with anyone else, other than Richard!
I know the feeling and view is returned because he tells me and shows me in the number of ways. Some of the things he does are simple such as saying how much he loves me and wants this to work and more extreme things are obviously traveling every month to Ireland to see me! That's commitment!!
I do travel out there when I can (not as often as I would like), sadly I don't have the flexibility that he does but it works in its own little way!

The question asked is one that got me thinking about a few things! One being how much I love Richard? I can faithfully say that with all my heart I would do anything for that man and I love him enough to do all I can to make sure our plans work out!

Also, how long could I actually stay in a long distance relationship? As long as it takes! I have FAITH that we are going to be together soon, maybe not as fast as we would both like but I know that in Gods time everything will be final and we will be together again, not having to use the term Long distance relationship anymore!! :0)

Finally, what keeps me going and not giving up? He does! Simply the love we have is one I would never find anywhere else in anyone else! I know it is very soppy to say but he really is the other half that completes me!

To sum up the answer to the initial question: If its so hard being in a long distance relationship why am I still doing it? TRUE LOVE PREVAILS ALL!!! <3

MRI and Bloods...

Well I went to the hospital today and got the results of my MRI and Blood work.

All came back clear....Thank God!

For those of you who do not know the whole story...here is the break down.

I have been loosing my hearing in my left ear on and off now for about a year or so! It is very frustrating.....I can still hear in it when it is at its worst but its just very mumbled! I hear people talking like they have their hand over their mouths! :0(

The doctors have said they cannot work out what it is and due to research of my own I am none the wiser either! The doctor reckons it is just a weird thing my ear does in protection to a particular frequency it hears from time to time!

I guess I will just have to live with it!

Go Moms Go!!!!

Moms you will LOVE this video!!!

Check it out to give you a giggle!!
The Mom Song!

Graduation!

Well it has finally come.......today is the day when I get to make my family and friends proud of me!!

Some thought the day would never come when they would see me walk up on stage and be presented with a certificate that says my name and the word Degree on it!!

I'm so excited!!! I will be posting pictures later on tomorrow, as my family and I are going out for a nice meal to celebrate!!!

Have a good day everyone!!

~Angel~