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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 19:45:43 GMT
Hi all here's wot i've written in my journal so far
Day one 15th December Spent most of the day running around like a headless chicken, finished of packing my flight bag. Put Meg (my dog) in the kennels got a bit emotional (as u do) Then at 2pm me mam took the house key to some neighbours just to keep an eye on things while we were away. The she picked up me dad from work and me sister from school. Then drove to Swansea for a bigger car to fit all the suitcases in (ours is a tad bit small) I stayed home and chatted to a few mates through msn. Managed to pack every thing into my bag including my assignment (something to do on the 12 hour flight). Everyone came home around half five. I said all me farewells to everyone through msn (got a bit emotional there to!) Drove to my nans up to Newport as she's coming on holiday to! My Uncle invited us all over for tea. Some had mash potato and sausage and veg casarole some had pizza (I had pizza). We arrive there around half nine then me bro, his girlfriend and her kid arrived around 10pm got to catch up with them (ias me bro dont live with us). Then we left at 11pm, thanked me aunty and uncle for tea, wished them a merry xmas and happy new year got a kiss and a hug from them both. Then ended up at me nans at 10 past 11. Was in bed by half ten accompanied by a cup of orange juice. Wrote me journal (this) and drank me orange juice at the same time. Now im going to sleep as it's now 11.32pm and i have to be up at 5am. night night xxxxxxx
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 19:57:16 GMT
Day two 16th December 2005
Got up at 5am got dressed had some breakfast washe my face and brushed my teeth. Still really sleepy put all our bags into the car and managed to pack me nans case in. Then we left at 6am. I dont remember much of the drive to Heathrow airport as i slept most of the way. We got there at 8.30amish. It took until 10am to check in/get all our luggage checked thru go thru customes etc. We then sat down bought some munchies and a few magazines for the flight then before we knew it, it was time to go and fing our flight gate number 18. We were then told that our flight was going to be late. It was meant to be here at 11.20am (we didnt leave until 1.30pm. We had a bit of lunch when we were in the air.) We also watched the Vicar Of Dibley xmas episode 5 times, My Family twice. The new Wallace and Grommit and Christmas lights. We then arrived in LA airport at 4pm. (in america time which would have made it 11pm the same time UK time.) We picked up our luggage. Our transport had arrived and was waiting for us. It took an hour and a half to drive to the house where we were staying from the airport. We arrived at 6.45pm. We unpacked our suit cases had a bite to eat (ham sandwiches) and was in bed by somewhere around half nine. Night night
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 20:45:35 GMT
Day three 17th December 2005
Got up early again around 6.30am. Had a bowl of cheerios and a slice of toast for breakfast. Mums phone wasnt working she rang the Orange shop at half nine. By then my dad, my nan fred leisa and becky were up. fred and terri are husband and wife and leisa is their daughter these are the people we are staying with. They r friends of me nans. fred use to be in the war he had his finger on the tigger. Leisa works in the hospital and terri is retired so is fred now. we were all waiting for leisa's luggage to arrive as it got lost in the airport during her flight So at 11.30am me my sis, me mam, me dad and fred went to pick up the hired car (land drover). then we came back to the house and Leisa's luggage had finally arrived. So she got ready and took us shopping in one of the nearby shopping malls. We spent from dinner time (12ish) through till half four shopping. I bought a Betty Boop purse and a pen as i'm a huge mad fan of hers. We then went to the super market picked up some food and went back to the house. Fred bought us all some pizza. We feased on that and i was in bed by 9.30pm. night night.
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 20:52:06 GMT
Day four 18th December 2005 Decided we all were going to Knotts Berry theme park today. Wwe left the house at something like 9 am. Terri and Leisa came with us also Leisa's best friend Tracy. It took us a while to find parking spaces but eventually we got there. we got in at 11amish. As i am unable to go on alot of the rides i just sat down watching my family scare themselves silly. It was fun. I did however go on the Old Western Train. That was fun because they had these people dressed up as western cowboys and girls who were trying to rob us of our money (all part of the act lol). I really enjoyed that. and i did get to go and see this show where this native indian (i think) told us a story of his past around his camp fire. That was really interesting. Then we got back at 8pmish and i went straight to bed as i was really tired. night night.
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 20:53:52 GMT
Day 5 19th december 2005
Drove up to San Fransico not much to say as we spent all day traveling (and i mean ALL day) we stayed at a motel somewhere along the way, not a good idea (dont ever stay at motels without a brand name on them) trust me definetly NOT a good idea.
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 20:56:58 GMT
Day 6 20th Demember 2005
We left the motel as early as possible and spent most of the morning driving we eventually landed up in san fransico by about dinner time. we had some lunch and walked about the streets. unfortunatley we didnt find the house of Charmed (where they film everything) it was on the other side of the city i think) we went to china town ( i could live there) then went for a walk to see the golden bridge (didnt get to see much of the bridge as it was foggy) but did get a few pics of it tho. i was in bed again pretty early as the drive tired me out. night night.
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 21:01:52 GMT
Day 7 21st December 2005
woke up early to catch the boat to take us to Alcatraz that was really good i really enjoyed the tour around there we had to walk around on our own with these cassettes and head phones they were giving us info as to wot it was like back when Alcapone/bird man was there it was really interesting and quite scary at the same time but i really enjoyed it. i went to cell 5 but didnt see anything as there were to many tourists around. i took a few photos of the other cells and cell 5 but in some of the others not sure if i caught a few orbs will post them when i get home. it was a short tour so we spent most of the day traveling home and i finally got to travel across the golden bridge which has been a dream come true for me. that was truly amazing. we ended up back at the house at around midnight i was sooooo tired i went straight to bed.
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 21:03:47 GMT
on the 22 we spent all day at the house we swam in the pool and ate ourselves silly and watched tv. that's all we did all day.
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 21:05:49 GMT
23rd of december 2005
we went shopping in the nearby shopping mall. Spent all day there i came home with a Betty Boop hand bag and a Betty Boop mug. we were home around 4ishpm. i went swimming in the pool and then had a shower and sat down and watched some movies ended up in bed by around half ten.
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Post by Trixie on Dec 25, 2005 21:07:54 GMT
christmas eve didnt get up till quite late around 9ish. me, my sis and leisa decided to go and see Naria (the lion the witch and the wardrobe) in the movies we left around oneish didnt get home till half 3. went swimming watched some more videos at home then went to bed around half ten.
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Post by strauss on Dec 26, 2005 12:54:10 GMT
Hi Trixie, WOW!! Your holiday sounds brilliant so far hun, the trip to Alcatraz and the Golden Bridge sound great. Im glad you got some Betty Boop goodies too. Thank you for sharing your diary with us and i hope you continue to have a great time. love Lin xx
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Post by stace21 on Dec 26, 2005 13:35:10 GMT
Hi trixie Sounds like you are having a great time hun, thanks for posting enjoy the rest of your stay, im sure you will
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Post by Trixie on Dec 26, 2005 17:32:01 GMT
Hey strauss hey stace im having a blast it's great fun out here. but i dont think i could live out here as id miss home to much and of course i'd miss u guys too. it was a great day yesterday shall post another entry of my journal today. lol! hope u all had a good day yesterday and arent too hung over lmao! loads of love Trixie xxxxxxxxx
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Post by Trixie on Dec 26, 2005 17:39:02 GMT
25th December 2005 xmas day pass on wot time i got up today i cant remember lmao! i went straight down and had a swim (they have a heated swimming pool which is fab. then i got dressed for the day. me mum and nan started on the xmas dinner at around 11am just finishing off preparing wot they started the night before. then i did some posting and sent a few emails on here and on msn. and before we new it the guests started to arrive. it was very hectic for the first hour so i came on here to get out the way for a bit. then me and my sister were called to help set the table up and put all the food out. we started eating around half two and it was a gorguose meal i was stuffed by the end of it but managed to squeeze in some xmas cake and cheese cake yum yum. after dinner we just got to know every one chatted to people and then they left around 9pmish i think. I was sooo tired! I stayed up and watched the bloody mary film with leisa and then i watched watership down. (i have to watch something like that after the horror movies otherwise i get nightmares (sad i know but still lol) i fell asleep half way thru watership down then woke up and decided to go to bed as soon as my head hit the pillow i was gone. soooooooooo tired. night night. merry xmas everybody ho ho ho
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Post by margie1967 on Dec 26, 2005 18:27:05 GMT
glad that your are having a great time trixie hun, can't wait to see the pic's.
margie
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