Sunday, June 26, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Dungiven castle, northern ireland
We have had a great time here in northern Ireland. It is beautiful here. I love the scenery, the feeling of family and their accent- of course! Bob has been the best tour guide. He lives in rural northern Ireland. We were able to see and do a lot of things most tourist would not get to do.
Brian surprised me by booking a castle, honeymoon suite, for our last night stay. It included dinner and breakfast with over 22 acres of gardens to explore. We arrived around 5:30pm, to find out that they no longer serve dinner Monday through Wednesday. The castle restaurant is called, "longhorn grill". the owners are from America. Classic Americans! They took 30 pounds off our price and thought they could call it even. But bob, was not satisfied. He made them pay for our taxi and book us a dinner at a nice restaurant. As we were getting ready to go to dinner, Brian tried washing his hair in the sink. Come to find out, there was no hot water. With no time to waste, we finished getting ready and headed downstairs to wait on our taxi. We informed the front desk guy of the hot water. He said it should work by the time we get back. How he would mange that, I had no clue. But, We were staying in a real Irish castle.
Our dinner was great! No complaints there.
Once we got back to the castle and to our room, we discover there is still no hot water. Brian
called down to the front desk-no answer. Gavin, front desk worker, had just let us in,
so we knew he was around there somewhere. Brian was not gone to long, before he came back up to our room. This is where it goes down hill. Gavin had left us a note that read, "dear
residents, if you need any assistance through the night, please call me at this number." this
is when we realized we were in the castle by ourselves.
We tried calling Gavin from our room phone. like all other dumb americans- could not
figure out how to use the phone. After we tried several times, we headed down to the front
desk. We still could not get the phone to work. We looked out the windows, to see if we could
find a pay phone. None. Tired my cell phone, but we did not upgrade to the international plan because we didn't need it. Yeah right! After, what seemed like forever, I asked Brian if he had tried 9, then the number. He said, "he had upstairs, but not at front desk." I tried it and it worked. We later find, our room phone does not work. We talk with Gavin and he is sending some one over to look at it. We decided to call bob,Ed and Ann to let them in on what is going on. Bob was not to happy.
While we are waiting on Gavin. We are afraid to go out for a nice walk through the gardens because we have no idea if there are alarms and we do not have a code to get back in. Apparently, Dungiven Castle is the cool hangout spot. In the front of the castle, we had the 13 year olds hanging out on the patio of the castle. In the back, it resembled the citizens bank parking lot on a Saturday night. Who has the loudest car?? There were at least 12-15 cars out there at a time. So, needless to say it was not a good idea to prop the door open and take a stroll.
An hour passed and still no one had shown up. I was pissed. Brian called Bob back and spoke with him. Come to find out Bob had already spoken with the owners and we got to stay the night free. But there is still no hot water. I have to take a hot bath. That is one of the main things you do in a castle, right?
So, 15 minutes later we decide to just leave. We called for bob to come get us. Then who shows up? The owners! They saw our bags were packed and insisted that we stayed, because " they were going to stay with us." I told him, " I'm over this whole thing. You have no hot water. You left us here by ourselves. The phones in the room does not work. We were told dinner was included. We could not enjoy the gardens, because we had no code to get back in. Kids were blocking all entrances. There was no free Internet ( Brian informed him on what he needs to do to fix it) and you fax machine is out of paper and you have been getting faxes."
He puts paper in fax machine and what to you know??? More reservations. One guy is stay five nights. Boy was he excited.
He continued to ask where our friend Bob lived because, " word travels fast in small towns. Now don't you all go on bashing me on trip advisor." this is for real, you can't make this stuff up! He then decided that he was going to leave because his kids need to go to bed. It was around 11 pm. So, Brian told him he could leave. Just told us to shut the doors behind us, it will lock on it's own. Don't you worry, we will close up shop!
I'm starting to hate my night shift job.
5 minutes later he comes back in and says, " I probably should wait on Bob to get here." my response, " yeah, it's better to face the music. "
I informed him that he was very lucky it was us he did this too, because it could have been a lot worse. Open bar,7 other rooms, kitchen-steaks anyone? Brian wouldn't even let me get a diet coke. And I needed one!
Finally, bob and Ed made it.
Bob told the owner, " I am so upset that it is better I not speak. This is uncalled for."
The owner said, " see you soon"
I feel like I should note that...
The guy reminded me of someone and on the car ride home, I figured it out! A killer off of a
lifetime movie. Seriously. And we all know those types of men do not like women...
Brian surprised me by booking a castle, honeymoon suite, for our last night stay. It included dinner and breakfast with over 22 acres of gardens to explore. We arrived around 5:30pm, to find out that they no longer serve dinner Monday through Wednesday. The castle restaurant is called, "longhorn grill". the owners are from America. Classic Americans! They took 30 pounds off our price and thought they could call it even. But bob, was not satisfied. He made them pay for our taxi and book us a dinner at a nice restaurant. As we were getting ready to go to dinner, Brian tried washing his hair in the sink. Come to find out, there was no hot water. With no time to waste, we finished getting ready and headed downstairs to wait on our taxi. We informed the front desk guy of the hot water. He said it should work by the time we get back. How he would mange that, I had no clue. But, We were staying in a real Irish castle.
Our dinner was great! No complaints there.
Once we got back to the castle and to our room, we discover there is still no hot water. Brian
called down to the front desk-no answer. Gavin, front desk worker, had just let us in,
so we knew he was around there somewhere. Brian was not gone to long, before he came back up to our room. This is where it goes down hill. Gavin had left us a note that read, "dear
residents, if you need any assistance through the night, please call me at this number." this
is when we realized we were in the castle by ourselves.
We tried calling Gavin from our room phone. like all other dumb americans- could not
figure out how to use the phone. After we tried several times, we headed down to the front
desk. We still could not get the phone to work. We looked out the windows, to see if we could
find a pay phone. None. Tired my cell phone, but we did not upgrade to the international plan because we didn't need it. Yeah right! After, what seemed like forever, I asked Brian if he had tried 9, then the number. He said, "he had upstairs, but not at front desk." I tried it and it worked. We later find, our room phone does not work. We talk with Gavin and he is sending some one over to look at it. We decided to call bob,Ed and Ann to let them in on what is going on. Bob was not to happy.
While we are waiting on Gavin. We are afraid to go out for a nice walk through the gardens because we have no idea if there are alarms and we do not have a code to get back in. Apparently, Dungiven Castle is the cool hangout spot. In the front of the castle, we had the 13 year olds hanging out on the patio of the castle. In the back, it resembled the citizens bank parking lot on a Saturday night. Who has the loudest car?? There were at least 12-15 cars out there at a time. So, needless to say it was not a good idea to prop the door open and take a stroll.
An hour passed and still no one had shown up. I was pissed. Brian called Bob back and spoke with him. Come to find out Bob had already spoken with the owners and we got to stay the night free. But there is still no hot water. I have to take a hot bath. That is one of the main things you do in a castle, right?
So, 15 minutes later we decide to just leave. We called for bob to come get us. Then who shows up? The owners! They saw our bags were packed and insisted that we stayed, because " they were going to stay with us." I told him, " I'm over this whole thing. You have no hot water. You left us here by ourselves. The phones in the room does not work. We were told dinner was included. We could not enjoy the gardens, because we had no code to get back in. Kids were blocking all entrances. There was no free Internet ( Brian informed him on what he needs to do to fix it) and you fax machine is out of paper and you have been getting faxes."
He puts paper in fax machine and what to you know??? More reservations. One guy is stay five nights. Boy was he excited.
He continued to ask where our friend Bob lived because, " word travels fast in small towns. Now don't you all go on bashing me on trip advisor." this is for real, you can't make this stuff up! He then decided that he was going to leave because his kids need to go to bed. It was around 11 pm. So, Brian told him he could leave. Just told us to shut the doors behind us, it will lock on it's own. Don't you worry, we will close up shop!
I'm starting to hate my night shift job.
5 minutes later he comes back in and says, " I probably should wait on Bob to get here." my response, " yeah, it's better to face the music. "
I informed him that he was very lucky it was us he did this too, because it could have been a lot worse. Open bar,7 other rooms, kitchen-steaks anyone? Brian wouldn't even let me get a diet coke. And I needed one!
Finally, bob and Ed made it.
Bob told the owner, " I am so upset that it is better I not speak. This is uncalled for."
The owner said, " see you soon"
I feel like I should note that...
The guy reminded me of someone and on the car ride home, I figured it out! A killer off of a
lifetime movie. Seriously. And we all know those types of men do not like women...
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Birthday surprise/final four
The last month has been crazy exciting! Brian surprised me for my birthday by flying my sister down to see. Best gift anyone could ever get me. I love when my family comes to visit. I was sad to see her go, I cried the whole way home. Poor thing stayed at the airport for 7 hours and her flight was canceled. I made the drive back down to get her and she got to stay an extra day. I was so excited.Brian and I were able to get final four tickets. We headed down to Houston for the big game. We were able to meet up with some friends from Morehead and spend time with them. We had a wonderful time. Wish we could have stayed for the final game, but we had to get back to OKC for work. So happy to be able to say that I have been to the final four.
We all know I am notorious for saying and doing things before I think. This time was no different. We were sitting at the VCU/Butler game. On the big screen, at a timeout, they showed President George Bush Senior and his wife. The next timeout, they showed this guy with all the Butler cheerleaders. I yelled with excitement, pointed at the screen and tried to take a picture of "HUGH HEFNER", or so I thought! After my excitement, I noticed people around me dying with laughter. Brian then informed me (real quietly) that it was George Bush senior. WHOOPS! I died laughing. It was hilarious! It looked just like him. I just assumed old man, nicely dressed and with a bunch of girls was Hugh. I was not quick enough to get a picture.
The laughter does not end there....
My friends dad was talking about going to this restaurant in Houston that sold "Truffles". He was discussing how hard it is to "find" them and how "expensive" they are. He asked me, if I had had them and if I liked them. I, of course, told him I loved them. I didn't realize they were that hard to find. I know several places here in OKC that you can get them. I assumed it would be super easy to find them in Houston. But, what do I know? (HA-nothing apparently)
The conversation kept going about these "truffles". I'm thinking to myself, they can't be that hard to find in Houston. 3 bucks for a little square of wonderfulness is not that bad, if you ask me.
I just continued agreeing with their statements and how "I would LOVE LOVE" to try these truffles out as well. It was at that moment, Brian realized what I was thinking. He leaned over and said, "Amanda, they are not talking about chocolate truffles."
"They're not?"
I had never been so confused in my life. I interrupted the conversation and asked, "you're not talking about chocolate truffles?"
Of course NOT! They started to explain what it is and they lost me at "pigs are the ones who find them". Whatever. I was no longer interested in the conversation.
Truffles will ALWAYS and FOREVER be CHOCOLATE to me.
-A :)
Monday, February 14, 2011
Appletini
Clive Bixby brought me an appletini...hahaha if you watch "Modern Family" you would get the joke. HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!And this is why I love him!!! Happy Valentine's Day Bri!
Valentine's Joke
My family loves to play jokes on me. Why? Because I believe anything they say and I take everything to heart.
I sent my dad a text today and told him to lay off the whole losing weight thing with mom and that she will do it when SHE is ready.
Here is how it went down:
Dad: ok
ten minutes later...
Dad: Well I guess it wasn't a good idea to send her a 6 pack of slim fast from Tony's it should be delivered by 2. It is to late to cancel.
Me: OMG! You did not. I can not believe you did that. You know that is a sensitive subject. You better call your cleaning lady and hire her back to make up for this. (thinking to myself, all seasons has slim fast?)
Dad: ok. (man of many words)
1 hour later...
Mom: Well, your dad just sent me a 6 pack of slim fast and a rose.
Me: Mom i am so sorry. And you can lose weight whenever you are ready to lose weight. Don't listen to dad.
5 mins later...
Dad: I'm going to take your mom to subway for valentine's day and i have my uniform on (he works at the courthouse) i get a discount.
me: OMG
THEN abby gets in on it.... sending me texts laughing and saying how it's funny what dad got her. Here i am 14 hour away dying because i think it was sooo mean of dad to do that....ugh.
Then dad calls laughing (mom and everyone else in the background laughing) saying that he made it all up and made everyone get in on the joke. Jokes on me. ha. ha. ha. He did take her to Pasquales.
I guess it is pretty funny. I mean who knew flower shops have slim fast?
Alderman's:1 Amanda: 0
Happy Valentine's Day!!!!
:)
I sent my dad a text today and told him to lay off the whole losing weight thing with mom and that she will do it when SHE is ready.
Here is how it went down:
Dad: ok
ten minutes later...
Dad: Well I guess it wasn't a good idea to send her a 6 pack of slim fast from Tony's it should be delivered by 2. It is to late to cancel.
Me: OMG! You did not. I can not believe you did that. You know that is a sensitive subject. You better call your cleaning lady and hire her back to make up for this. (thinking to myself, all seasons has slim fast?)
Dad: ok. (man of many words)
1 hour later...
Mom: Well, your dad just sent me a 6 pack of slim fast and a rose.
Me: Mom i am so sorry. And you can lose weight whenever you are ready to lose weight. Don't listen to dad.
5 mins later...
Dad: I'm going to take your mom to subway for valentine's day and i have my uniform on (he works at the courthouse) i get a discount.
me: OMG
THEN abby gets in on it.... sending me texts laughing and saying how it's funny what dad got her. Here i am 14 hour away dying because i think it was sooo mean of dad to do that....ugh.
Then dad calls laughing (mom and everyone else in the background laughing) saying that he made it all up and made everyone get in on the joke. Jokes on me. ha. ha. ha. He did take her to Pasquales.
I guess it is pretty funny. I mean who knew flower shops have slim fast?
Alderman's:1 Amanda: 0
Happy Valentine's Day!!!!
:)
Sunday, February 13, 2011
FBI...
For almost a year now, I have been getting a lot of phone calls, voicemails, and texts from people I don't know. I ignored them at first, but then they got really interesting. Growing up one of the many things I wanted to be was an FBI agent. I know, hilar! I am afraid of the dark, staying by myself, etc. I would make for one awesome agent. So, I just watch a lot of crime television and it has seemed to fulfill that dream for me. Thank god.
Anyways, let me give you some examples of texts and voicemails I have received: " I really need to go to Florida I can't pay my bills so i need to make an early run" (for those of you who don't know, there was a big bust several years ago and they found out people were going to Florida and bringing stuff back), "G.D. I need my stuff I am sick, call me back", "Now when you get up here to Sandy Hook make sure to call me. Now make sure you bring me my stuff." , " I need about a half gram of that S*#$t." That is to just name a few. I have told these people multiple times that they have the wrong number. It is not uncommon for me to get mulitple calls from the SAME person in one day. My response, "again..this is not insert name here you have the wrong number. Annoying.
I was telling my friend, Tia, about all these calls I had been receiving. I let her listen to several of the vm. She decided it would be funny to call them back. So, I did. Now please note that Tia is from Minnesota and she totally has that accent. Just like I have eastern, Ky accent.
I called the number back and asked for one of the last guy who called me. I had to do a little digging to find out who he was and actually found out where he lived and his neighbors , and who he lived with. I didn't realize I was that good at investigating. Maybe I really did miss my calling. (I don't remember anything that girl told me now...) the phone call, I was like can you believe that I got a lot of info. She goes, "as soon as that girl started talking I could not understand anything that the two of you said." Confused, I was like, "what do you mean?"
"that girl had a thick accent and yours turned into one too, could not understand one word."
HAHAHA. I thought it was pretty crystal clear myself. :)
Anyways, let me give you some examples of texts and voicemails I have received: " I really need to go to Florida I can't pay my bills so i need to make an early run" (for those of you who don't know, there was a big bust several years ago and they found out people were going to Florida and bringing stuff back), "G.D. I need my stuff I am sick, call me back", "Now when you get up here to Sandy Hook make sure to call me. Now make sure you bring me my stuff." , " I need about a half gram of that S*#$t." That is to just name a few. I have told these people multiple times that they have the wrong number. It is not uncommon for me to get mulitple calls from the SAME person in one day. My response, "again..this is not insert name here you have the wrong number. Annoying.
I was telling my friend, Tia, about all these calls I had been receiving. I let her listen to several of the vm. She decided it would be funny to call them back. So, I did. Now please note that Tia is from Minnesota and she totally has that accent. Just like I have eastern, Ky accent.
I called the number back and asked for one of the last guy who called me. I had to do a little digging to find out who he was and actually found out where he lived and his neighbors , and who he lived with. I didn't realize I was that good at investigating. Maybe I really did miss my calling. (I don't remember anything that girl told me now...) the phone call, I was like can you believe that I got a lot of info. She goes, "as soon as that girl started talking I could not understand anything that the two of you said." Confused, I was like, "what do you mean?"
"that girl had a thick accent and yours turned into one too, could not understand one word."
HAHAHA. I thought it was pretty crystal clear myself. :)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Blizzard!
This is charlie going outside, realizing that the other two yellow labs are out. He listens so well. Notice I didn't try too hard to get him to stay, because I knew it was a lost battle. Thank goodness he looked both ways before he crossed the street! ;)
He started standing behind Brian to block the wind. It was time to go in...
I know I am being THAT girl and showing videos of my dog, but he is so cute. and who wants to see a video of Brian and I? It also shows how much snow we have actually gotten! Chk is closed tomorrow too! We are excited. Who knew we would get adult snow days!
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