St Augustine

Last week i had a day off and fancied a wee trip down to the beach... so me Beth, Gemma and Kim decided to go visit the beautiful town of St Augustine. Its about 2 hours away from where we are and is the oldest town in America. I was gutted because we stayed on the beach for literally 5 minutes however we made the most of the day and visited the old town. It was incredible so much history there from when the brits and spaniards invaded and then obviously when it got its independance all of the old churches and the school were really fascinating. The weather kept good too. Ive decided that i want to retire and live there.. it really is a beautiful place.

Atlantis shuttle launch

Ok so no pictures of the rocket itself but to be honest it was just a big white light! i have it on video which is far better! So we headed to cocoa beach after work to check out the atlantis launch.. very exciting stuff as we got lost on the way and were convinced we were going to miss it. but we got there on time. It really was amazing to see! the whole beach packed out to see it then at i think it was 7.38 this big white light shoots into the sky leaving a huuuge trail of smoke. about id say a minute later the roar of the engine could be heard... literally gave me goosebumps! incredible stuff! afterwards we went for dinner at at steakhouse nearby and had the worst service ever it was soo bad i wanted to go back it was the funniest thing ever!

other people getting initiated!!

always a fun lads... this time it was the turn of Ryan, Derek, Liam and Jim. Andy and Ross put on a treat for these guys!! can't really give too much away although the pictures kinda give a lot away. It was much easier than ours for sure but definately not easy! Not too much to say on the matter as the pictures explain it all. Also made a little bid for vice chairman and lost :( Congrats to Big dave who won! Sorry im not doing this as much as i promised.. im working so much lately so please forgive me!