THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THE MOST AMAZING FRIENDS IN THE WORLD! :D

When it comes to friends and penpals I'm a very lucky girl because I have the most amazing friends/penpals in the world! <3 :D

The first picture shows drawings that my Grenadian friend Carla who lives in Brooklyn now sent me! :D It's amazing that she spent so much time doing something especially for me, I appreciate that a lot! :D

The second picture shows what I got from my American friend Jonathan for my birthday! :D Gosh I LOVE this guy!! lol He definitely made my day because I wasn't expecting that at all! ^^ <3

Last two pictures...OMG!!! :D I was absolutely speechless when I opened the package I got from my wonderful Grenadian wifey Alisha :D It's not a secret that I love Grenada lol so this package put a HUGE smile on my face :D <3

NEW POSTCARDS (JULY 14, 2011)

Everytime I get a postcard it puts a big smile on my face! :D This week I got 5 so that means I had a reason to smile from Monday to Friday! lol Anyway, thanks to Ashley, Celeste and my darling Rami <3 ^^

You can see all my postcards in this album: MY POSTCARD COLLECTION :)

PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND...

Recently I've had quite a few pointless arguments with some people...Apparently being an au pair is not considered a regular job. Most of my friends think all I have to do is play with the boys, pick them up from school and tidy up their rooms every once in a while...I WISH! You guys couldn't be more wrong...lol Not only do I have to look after the boys, I have to clean the whole house every day! Let me describe my normal Friday:

I have to get up at 7am.I go downstairs, take out stuff from the dishwasher, put everything in its place and prepare Jack's breakfast. Then I have to go upstairs and wake Jack up (Alan leaves for school at 7am so I don't have to worry about him in the morning). Every morning I try to avoid Nancy because she always has something to say ----> "Do you always turn the lights on before he wakes up?Don't do that, the light will shock his eyes...", "Today you should clean both bathrooms, they look rather dirty." (...it's not like I clean them every single day or anything -_-), "Did you wash your hands before touching Jack's food?" (No, I grew up in the jungle so I have no manners! -_-) <---- I think you get the idea. Anyway...After that I have to prepare Jack's uniform, I have to make sure he gets washed, brushes his teeth and gets dressed...Then I have like 10 minutes to get ready & pack Jack's lunch and after that I have to walk him to school. Thank God English people are so nice and friendly, for example this lady always says "Morning!" to me with a big smile on her face :D No matter what Nancy says in the morning my mood always gets better after seeing this cheerful lady ^^ When I get home I usually start with the kitchen.I have to put used plates and cups in the dishwasher, I have to wash the dishes that can't go in the dishwasher, I have to change the garbage bags, clean both fridges, clean the microwave oven, sweep the floor and clean it, make sure all paper wrappers or bottles go in recycling boxes and clean the window. Normally I'm finished around 10:30. Then I have to tidy up the dining room and dust all the bookshelves and units. Then I have to do the same in the living room. Nancy is Kenyan and she has a lot of souvenirs in the living room so dusting takes a while :P After that I do some ironing, it usually takes 2-3 hours -_- Then I have to hoover every room in the house and polish the floor. I also have to change garbage bags in every room and make sure everything looks tidy. Then it's time to clean both bathrooms...I have to clean every mirror and dust every shelf, clean the toilet, bath and the sink and put there clean towels...I also have to clean the stairs...When I'm done with all of that I usually take a shower, put some make up on my face (as fast as possible), dry my hair and get dressed. Jack's classes end at 4:15 BUT Alan doesn't have keys so I have to wait for him (he gets home between 4 and 4:15) and then I only have a few minutes to get to Jack's school...When we all get home I have to prepare a snack and make them change their clothes because Friday is the day when all uniforms need to be washed. Telling them to change their clothes is like talking to a wall...They just sit on the sofa and watch Simpsons or Family Guy T_T When Nancy gets home she starts cooking and I have to get the table ready for dinner. After dinner I have to help clean the kitchen and then I'm finally FREE! Well not really - on Sundays and Wednesdays I have to give Jack a bath which is always a challenge for me lol I always leave the bathroom with wet clothes and foam on my hair T_T lol Some days I have to go to the doctor to collect Ian's prescriptions or I have to go to the pharmacy and get what Ian needs. Sometimes they ask me to go to the shops and buy something (bagels, milk, juice...). Not every day is so busy (I "only" have to hoover on Mondays and Fridays) but I honestly have a lot of work to do around the house :/

What I'm trying to say is that it annoys me when my friends/penpals complain that I don't talk to them anymore...Gone are the days when I would spend 12 hours talking to someone on Skype...Gone are the days when I would stay up until 6am and talk to 15 people at the same time...I simply can't afford to do things like that anymore...Being an au pair IS a regular job and what's even worse ----> I have to live with my boss! lol I try to keep in touch with all of my friends and penpals but I can't just lie down and spend hours talking to people and hope Nancy won't notice that her house is all messy and her children have no clean shirts to wear to school...I hate when someone sends me hundreds of  messages on Skype ("Vendy? Vendula! Are you there? Vendy...We don't talk anymore :( Are you ignoring me?? Vendyyyy!...")...If you say hello and I don't write back then it obviously means I'm doing something else! I listen to music while cleaning the house so my laptop is always on BUT that doesn't mean that I'm free to talk o.O When I tell somebody "Sorry, I can't really talk right now because I'm busy" I often get "But I saw you updated your status on facebook and commented on this picture!"...There's a big difference between updating my status (which takes like 25 seconds!) and starting a conversation with somebody! I also do not appreciate when somebody randomly decides to call me in the middle of the night!! A few days ago I was downstairs watching the news and Jack (who was supposed to be asleep) came to the living room and said he couldn't sleep because somebody was trying to call me on Skype - 4 times! First of all - how about you try and say hello first? If I don't write back then I'm obviously not there or I'm busy. Second of all - I can never go on Skype after 9:30 and I said that many times before so why would you try to call me at 11 (4 times!!!) ?! I just don't get it >_<

I hope nobody takes this personally...It just sucks when I finally have some time to sit down and be on my computer and instead of having a nice conversation I have to keep apologizing and explaining why I didn't write back the other day or why I didn't pick up the phone o.O Try to be more understanding, try to be patient...I honestly miss talking to all of you and I wish I had more time to go on Skype and have silly conversations about everything and anything but I have to work. Imagine you would open your laptop in the middle of your class or working time and started talking to a friend on Skype...You would get kicked out / fired! I appreciate when someone sends me a message or starts talking to me first but try not to complain all the time & put too much pressure on me because that will only make me want to avoid conversations with you o.O *sigh*

...and "ME" is pretty amazing! (^_^)

THIS IS CONFUSING !!

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BRIGHTON :)

I had lived in a small country in Central Europe for 20 years before I moved to London. Living in Central Europe basically means no sea, no beaches, no nothing! >_< lol So when I found out it takes only 50 minutes to get to Brighton (which is a city on the south coast of Great Britain) I was very excited! :D When Stéphanie asked if I wanted to go to Brighton I immediately said YES! ^^ Wait a minute...You don't know who Stéphanie is, do you?! :D Ok, let me tell you a few things about her first :)

One morning Jack and I were on our way to school and this random lady stopped us and said "Oh you're an au pair right?! Where are you from?!" lol Jack and I were both confused hahah I told her I was from the Czech Republic and she was like "Aww I thought you were French...I have a French au pair, you two should meet!" I didn't really know how to react to that so I just mumbled "Ok" and walked away hahah I know, it was kinda rude to just walk away but I didn't want Jack to be late for school! (I have an excuse for everything lol)...A few days after that I started seeing that girl and I really did want to start talking to her but I had no idea what to say ))) One day we were just awkwardly standing next to each other and I almost forced myself to say hello but...then I changed my mind I guess lol After like a week I saw her again and for some reason I just went straight to her and said "Hello, you're also an au pair right? :D" and she answered "Yes!" hahah At first it was kinda hard to keep a conversation going because she couldn't speak English very well and my French is really bad (I haven't practiced for months!) but eventually we became very good friends and we found a way to communicate ^^

Sooo on Sunday we bought our tickets and went to Brighton :) It didn't rain but it was quite cloudy and it was super windy!! The weather got better later that day though so that was good :) First we went to the beach, then we explored the Brighton Pier a little and then we went sightseeing ^^ It was a great day, I enjoyed every minute of it :D I almost dropped my phone in the ocean LOL but luckily I managed to catch it so YAY ME! ^^ Anyway, here are a few pictures:

CZECH BEER!

A few months ago I put up a picture of bottles of beer called "Czech", remember? :)

Well apparently "Czech" is a very popular name for beer here because I spotted some more bottles of beer called "Czech" ))) Maybe it's a sign and I should finally buy one! Who knows, maybe it's even better than original Czech beer! :D I doubt it though...lol