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Hi, you've reached Jyll. I'm out...or in...either way you've reached me.
Information about me can be found at my user info page or you can read about recent happenings below. NB: older entries are at the bottom.

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Cheers!
26th-Jul-2007 11:30 pm - More on weddings, not ours this time
clothing, =weird=, baby, university of aberdeen, greenfish, house keys, envelope, pill, cinema, period, bunny chain, {ibook}, umbrella, T3, =lost=, what's with today, scotland, +bisquit+, strangle, +jyll and avi+, tea, sheep sign, rockin' bisquit, airplane, sean seamus, -hands-, >winter<, mask, kilts, silly, needle and thread, -fingers on keys-, bicycle, =snuggly=, kitten, Equality, =organized=, driving, sofa, birthday cake, buttermilk biscuits, coloured pencils, angelfood, yay!, =only one=, >spring<, +jyll and lynn+, [sad or down], -birthday smile-, tomato, -chicago smile-, art without explanation, {mac mini}, money, cinderella bitch, which way, microphone, cooking/baking, shamrock, -distracted-, [shocked or goofy], [signs], eye, alarm clock, chant, norrington, checklist, =meh=, studying, confused, fingerprint, cleaning supplies, shopping cart, hebrew, garter, two thumbs, -curly smile-, diy, mobile phone, gift, cucumber, -out of focus-, candy, pharaoh quote, thyca, pasta, bible, gardening gloves, greek temple, mst3k, pirate bun, mindless quote, mst3k bun, Kill Jyll, {ipod}, cheese, piano/keyboard, [blah or mildly irritated], hair, wedding, rice, +jyll and mom+, museum, cheerwine, empty threats, bed, -photographer-, done, +jyll and dane+, >summer<, >autumn<, music, Wikipedia, kings college, television, wedding date, lightbulb, ceilidh shoes, irritant, ring, -flirty-, life preserver, place setting, -wtf-, learning, [laughing], brassiere, little me, rainy walk, soap and towel, -couple-, fig, =swimming=, greek/hebrew, Caoimhe Galadrial, two loves, star trek, book, calligraphy
Today as one of our to-dos we'd decided to buy gifts for various events coming up in the year.

The first was easy: a stripy blue, red, green, and cream fleece jumper for the new baby Christian Alexander to go with the onesie I'd bought him while I was stateside last. (Onesie says 'Nothing's wrong. Just testing you.')

For the second, we went round to John Lewis to buy a wedding gift for T and L-A. We went up to the Gift List office on the 3rd floor. They printed us out the list and off we went.

We knew what we wanted, so we headed to a till point to pay. The closest was in electronics.
No, they can't help us.

Down we go to ground floor, to garden supplies. What we were buying would give away the surprise, but as you guessed...
No, they can't help us.

Back up to floor 2, to kitchenwares. Except they really weren't kitchenwares as that's separate from Cutlery and China. We stand in line for ages to find out...
No, they can't help us.

Where next? Back up to the Gift List Office. If we know what we want, we pay there.
*facepalm*

Ah, well. Got our exercise for the day. :)

Luckily, the gift list for [info]miriammiriam and [info]darkcryst was much easier to navigate.

I always feel bad asking 'dumb questions', but from now on in those circumstances, I'm going to ask, 'Can't we just take care of $ACTIVITY here?'
23rd-Jan-2006 11:51 am - Our relationship is weird.
clothing, =weird=, baby, university of aberdeen, greenfish, house keys, envelope, pill, cinema, period, bunny chain, {ibook}, umbrella, T3, =lost=, what's with today, scotland, +bisquit+, strangle, +jyll and avi+, tea, sheep sign, rockin' bisquit, airplane, sean seamus, -hands-, >winter<, mask, kilts, silly, needle and thread, -fingers on keys-, bicycle, =snuggly=, kitten, Equality, =organized=, driving, sofa, birthday cake, buttermilk biscuits, coloured pencils, angelfood, yay!, =only one=, >spring<, +jyll and lynn+, [sad or down], -birthday smile-, tomato, -chicago smile-, art without explanation, {mac mini}, money, cinderella bitch, which way, microphone, cooking/baking, shamrock, -distracted-, [shocked or goofy], [signs], eye, alarm clock, chant, norrington, checklist, =meh=, studying, confused, fingerprint, cleaning supplies, shopping cart, hebrew, garter, two thumbs, -curly smile-, diy, mobile phone, gift, cucumber, -out of focus-, candy, pharaoh quote, thyca, pasta, bible, gardening gloves, greek temple, mst3k, pirate bun, mindless quote, mst3k bun, Kill Jyll, {ipod}, cheese, piano/keyboard, [blah or mildly irritated], hair, wedding, rice, +jyll and mom+, museum, cheerwine, empty threats, bed, -photographer-, done, +jyll and dane+, >summer<, >autumn<, music, Wikipedia, kings college, television, wedding date, lightbulb, ceilidh shoes, irritant, ring, -flirty-, life preserver, place setting, -wtf-, learning, [laughing], brassiere, little me, rainy walk, soap and towel, -couple-, fig, =swimming=, greek/hebrew, Caoimhe Galadrial, two loves, star trek, book, calligraphy
In case you didn't know, I love my fiance.

He just sent me a garden. Not a bouquet, a garden. :)
9th-Jan-2006 01:04 pm - Art-love
clothing, =weird=, baby, university of aberdeen, greenfish, house keys, envelope, pill, cinema, period, bunny chain, {ibook}, umbrella, T3, =lost=, what's with today, scotland, +bisquit+, strangle, +jyll and avi+, tea, sheep sign, rockin' bisquit, airplane, sean seamus, -hands-, >winter<, mask, kilts, silly, needle and thread, -fingers on keys-, bicycle, =snuggly=, kitten, Equality, =organized=, driving, sofa, birthday cake, buttermilk biscuits, coloured pencils, angelfood, yay!, =only one=, >spring<, +jyll and lynn+, [sad or down], -birthday smile-, tomato, -chicago smile-, art without explanation, {mac mini}, money, cinderella bitch, which way, microphone, cooking/baking, shamrock, -distracted-, [shocked or goofy], [signs], eye, alarm clock, chant, norrington, checklist, =meh=, studying, confused, fingerprint, cleaning supplies, shopping cart, hebrew, garter, two thumbs, -curly smile-, diy, mobile phone, gift, cucumber, -out of focus-, candy, pharaoh quote, thyca, pasta, bible, gardening gloves, greek temple, mst3k, pirate bun, mindless quote, mst3k bun, Kill Jyll, {ipod}, cheese, piano/keyboard, [blah or mildly irritated], hair, wedding, rice, +jyll and mom+, museum, cheerwine, empty threats, bed, -photographer-, done, +jyll and dane+, >summer<, >autumn<, music, Wikipedia, kings college, television, wedding date, lightbulb, ceilidh shoes, irritant, ring, -flirty-, life preserver, place setting, -wtf-, learning, [laughing], brassiere, little me, rainy walk, soap and towel, -couple-, fig, =swimming=, greek/hebrew, Caoimhe Galadrial, two loves, star trek, book, calligraphy
I just got a lovely package from [info]firinel. The problem is, the packaging is so pretty I don't want to open that to get to the rest. :)

Beautiful, Fin...beautiful.
25th-Dec-2005 01:24 am - Merry Christmas!
clothing, =weird=, baby, university of aberdeen, greenfish, house keys, envelope, pill, cinema, period, bunny chain, {ibook}, umbrella, T3, =lost=, what's with today, scotland, +bisquit+, strangle, +jyll and avi+, tea, sheep sign, rockin' bisquit, airplane, sean seamus, -hands-, >winter<, mask, kilts, silly, needle and thread, -fingers on keys-, bicycle, =snuggly=, kitten, Equality, =organized=, driving, sofa, birthday cake, buttermilk biscuits, coloured pencils, angelfood, yay!, =only one=, >spring<, +jyll and lynn+, [sad or down], -birthday smile-, tomato, -chicago smile-, art without explanation, {mac mini}, money, cinderella bitch, which way, microphone, cooking/baking, shamrock, -distracted-, [shocked or goofy], [signs], eye, alarm clock, chant, norrington, checklist, =meh=, studying, confused, fingerprint, cleaning supplies, shopping cart, hebrew, garter, two thumbs, -curly smile-, diy, mobile phone, gift, cucumber, -out of focus-, candy, pharaoh quote, thyca, pasta, bible, gardening gloves, greek temple, mst3k, pirate bun, mindless quote, mst3k bun, Kill Jyll, {ipod}, cheese, piano/keyboard, [blah or mildly irritated], hair, wedding, rice, +jyll and mom+, museum, cheerwine, empty threats, bed, -photographer-, done, +jyll and dane+, >summer<, >autumn<, music, Wikipedia, kings college, television, wedding date, lightbulb, ceilidh shoes, irritant, ring, -flirty-, life preserver, place setting, -wtf-, learning, [laughing], brassiere, little me, rainy walk, soap and towel, -couple-, fig, =swimming=, greek/hebrew, Caoimhe Galadrial, two loves, star trek, book, calligraphy
Well, I'm a tired bisquit.

I just want to say that it has been good to have my family all together...though it would have been better with [info]ybunny.

Apparently this is the first time since 1974 that all my mom's ([info]drjoan's) siblings have been together for Christmas.

Now...bed. More handbell playing in the morning.
23rd-Feb-2005 02:42 pm - All points in England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, & Isle of Man
clothing, =weird=, baby, university of aberdeen, greenfish, house keys, envelope, pill, cinema, period, bunny chain, {ibook}, umbrella, T3, =lost=, what's with today, scotland, +bisquit+, strangle, +jyll and avi+, tea, sheep sign, rockin' bisquit, airplane, sean seamus, -hands-, >winter<, mask, kilts, silly, needle and thread, -fingers on keys-, bicycle, =snuggly=, kitten, Equality, =organized=, driving, sofa, birthday cake, buttermilk biscuits, coloured pencils, angelfood, yay!, =only one=, >spring<, +jyll and lynn+, [sad or down], -birthday smile-, tomato, -chicago smile-, art without explanation, {mac mini}, money, cinderella bitch, which way, microphone, cooking/baking, shamrock, -distracted-, [shocked or goofy], [signs], eye, alarm clock, chant, norrington, checklist, =meh=, studying, confused, fingerprint, cleaning supplies, shopping cart, hebrew, garter, two thumbs, -curly smile-, diy, mobile phone, gift, cucumber, -out of focus-, candy, pharaoh quote, thyca, pasta, bible, gardening gloves, greek temple, mst3k, pirate bun, mindless quote, mst3k bun, Kill Jyll, {ipod}, cheese, piano/keyboard, [blah or mildly irritated], hair, wedding, rice, +jyll and mom+, museum, cheerwine, empty threats, bed, -photographer-, done, +jyll and dane+, >summer<, >autumn<, music, Wikipedia, kings college, television, wedding date, lightbulb, ceilidh shoes, irritant, ring, -flirty-, life preserver, place setting, -wtf-, learning, [laughing], brassiere, little me, rainy walk, soap and towel, -couple-, fig, =swimming=, greek/hebrew, Caoimhe Galadrial, two loves, star trek, book, calligraphy
$41 in postage seems a lot, yes?
16th-Jul-2004 02:01 am
clothing, =weird=, baby, university of aberdeen, greenfish, house keys, envelope, pill, cinema, period, bunny chain, {ibook}, umbrella, T3, =lost=, what's with today, scotland, +bisquit+, strangle, +jyll and avi+, tea, sheep sign, rockin' bisquit, airplane, sean seamus, -hands-, >winter<, mask, kilts, silly, needle and thread, -fingers on keys-, bicycle, =snuggly=, kitten, Equality, =organized=, driving, sofa, birthday cake, buttermilk biscuits, coloured pencils, angelfood, yay!, =only one=, >spring<, +jyll and lynn+, [sad or down], -birthday smile-, tomato, -chicago smile-, art without explanation, {mac mini}, money, cinderella bitch, which way, microphone, cooking/baking, shamrock, -distracted-, [shocked or goofy], [signs], eye, alarm clock, chant, norrington, checklist, =meh=, studying, confused, fingerprint, cleaning supplies, shopping cart, hebrew, garter, two thumbs, -curly smile-, diy, mobile phone, gift, cucumber, -out of focus-, candy, pharaoh quote, thyca, pasta, bible, gardening gloves, greek temple, mst3k, pirate bun, mindless quote, mst3k bun, Kill Jyll, {ipod}, cheese, piano/keyboard, [blah or mildly irritated], hair, wedding, rice, +jyll and mom+, museum, cheerwine, empty threats, bed, -photographer-, done, +jyll and dane+, >summer<, >autumn<, music, Wikipedia, kings college, television, wedding date, lightbulb, ceilidh shoes, irritant, ring, -flirty-, life preserver, place setting, -wtf-, learning, [laughing], brassiere, little me, rainy walk, soap and towel, -couple-, fig, =swimming=, greek/hebrew, Caoimhe Galadrial, two loves, star trek, book, calligraphy
I'm thinking of getting this travel kettle to give as a gift...however, I can't seem to find size specs on it anywhere.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000A33RX/026-8505930-7801251

Any of you UK dwellers ever seen this in the flesh as it were? If so, how big is it?
27th-May-2003 11:07 pm - I've got friends in low places...
clothing, =weird=, baby, university of aberdeen, greenfish, house keys, envelope, pill, cinema, period, bunny chain, {ibook}, umbrella, T3, =lost=, what's with today, scotland, +bisquit+, strangle, +jyll and avi+, tea, sheep sign, rockin' bisquit, airplane, sean seamus, -hands-, >winter<, mask, kilts, silly, needle and thread, -fingers on keys-, bicycle, =snuggly=, kitten, Equality, =organized=, driving, sofa, birthday cake, buttermilk biscuits, coloured pencils, angelfood, yay!, =only one=, >spring<, +jyll and lynn+, [sad or down], -birthday smile-, tomato, -chicago smile-, art without explanation, {mac mini}, money, cinderella bitch, which way, microphone, cooking/baking, shamrock, -distracted-, [shocked or goofy], [signs], eye, alarm clock, chant, norrington, checklist, =meh=, studying, confused, fingerprint, cleaning supplies, shopping cart, hebrew, garter, two thumbs, -curly smile-, diy, mobile phone, gift, cucumber, -out of focus-, candy, pharaoh quote, thyca, pasta, bible, gardening gloves, greek temple, mst3k, pirate bun, mindless quote, mst3k bun, Kill Jyll, {ipod}, cheese, piano/keyboard, [blah or mildly irritated], hair, wedding, rice, +jyll and mom+, museum, cheerwine, empty threats, bed, -photographer-, done, +jyll and dane+, >summer<, >autumn<, music, Wikipedia, kings college, television, wedding date, lightbulb, ceilidh shoes, irritant, ring, -flirty-, life preserver, place setting, -wtf-, learning, [laughing], brassiere, little me, rainy walk, soap and towel, -couple-, fig, =swimming=, greek/hebrew, Caoimhe Galadrial, two loves, star trek, book, calligraphy
Got what I believe will be my last graduation gift today in the mail. An old friend, which I am sad to say I have only kept in sporadic contact with, sent me a webcam.

He and I, ever the jokers with one another, were always trying to embarrass one another. So, his suggestion for what to do with the cam? Start a porn site and finance my future education. Let's just say, that won't happen any time soon.

Anyway...I intend to begin playing around with my new toy shortly. How many of you out there have cams?

Just a thought...
  • tags:friends, gifts
  • mood:nostalgic
  • music:Dane Cook - Would You Rather...Drown or Catch Fire
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