After many months of putting aside, I finally picked up my Drivers Ed handbook. Yes you read that right; I'm finally going to learn to drive! The last couple of days I've been reading over the book highlighting things I need to remember. Tonight I took the practice quiz online and got 5 wrong out of 20, it said if I had 4 wrong I'm ready to take the knowledge test. Guess I'm not that far away, but I'm going to study for another couple of weeks first before I take the test. The test is 25 questions and I need to have 20 right. If I pass I get my learners permit for a year in which I can drive with any licensed driver to learn. I was thinking about taking proper lessons with an instructor but it's just to pricey, I'll probably learn with Clayton, his uncle also said he'd teach me.

On Wednesday I called my dad, I wasn't prepared for what he was going to tell me. The latest news: One of my sisters went out and purchased a Playstation 2, just to play the new Tomb Raider Legend game. Ok so your thinking this isn't such a big deal right? Well to our family and me it is. When I was living at home this would be the family event that everyone would participate in. I was surprised when my dad said, "aww we miss you, you're not here to help us with the difficult parts" way to feel loved huh hehe! So out of jealousy I went out on Wednesday afternoon, and exchanged my old playstation 1 in for a Playstation 2 and the new Tomb Raider game. Sadly this will result in me not getting off my arse to do any exercise other than eye hand co-ordination. Hmm I guess this wasn't such a good idea after all.

It's been a while since I last posted, been pretty busy with work and school. School is going really well, I'm getting better with the Art one of my art pieces was put on the wall outside the classroom the other day so I must be getting better. Once I get it back, I'll take a shot of it and post it on Flickr.

In other news we have successfully paid off nearly all of our credit cards. We only had 3 but paid off 2, and a good chunk of the 3rd one. I'd say by the summer we'll be clear of all our debit. It's such a relieve to be able to have all of them paid off, we will be cutting up one because the interest was so high. The other 2 we are keeping and only using in emergencies.

Exactly 2 months from today my family are flying out to the USA, I can't believe it's only 8wks away. Time really goes by quick, I can't wait for them all to be here.

I hope everyone had a great Easter, we had a great day. Easter brunch at the Golf Club was really nice it was a buffet meal, we had fun with all of Clayton's family. After brunch Clayton and I went to the Tulip Fields for the afternoon, it was such a great day weather wise the sun was shining. Last year we went to the Tulip Festival, and they we're all gone; we went to see them too late, here's the post from last year. So this year we decided to go earlier and wow I'm so glad we went, such a difference. Here are some pictures I took on our new Digital Canon Camera we bought the other day....







When we got back we went to Clayton's parents for some dinner, we had smoked salmon that Clayton's dad smoked on the BBQ. The evening was fun, I spend the whole evening looking at Clayton's baby pictures with Clayton's mom. Yeah only now I'm finally looking at those pics hehe.

Oh one random thing, yesterday I upgraded to FlickrPro.

Lilac Purse

Lilac Purse
Originally uploaded by Natalie & Clayton.

My mother in law bought me this purse as a gift. No special reason, she just thought I'd like it.

Alright, I know I said I could learn to draw but this is ridiculous I'm only on my second week and I'm frustrated beyond belief. All my work looks pretty pathetic and what the heck is negative space anyway? We can only hope that things will improve, everyone says it's just like riding a bike; funny thing is I'm also crap at riding the bike (pissing myself laughing.)

Since my last post I have fought with the washer several times, I'm determined it won't get the better of me. I'm out to prove that the washer is destroying my clothes, as the men in my life (whom remain nameless) seem to think it's the cat, until I can prove this fact I can't get a new washer. However I have looked into those 'Mesh Laundry Bags' and will be purchasing them shortly, so thanks for the tip.

Easter is on Sunday, I was hoping to get a large chocolate Easter egg but I guess I'll just have to settle for the mini cream eggs. Not like I need the extra chocolate anyways. On Sunday, Clayton's parents have booked for us all to have Easter brunch at a local Golf club. Normally we would be at their house having Easter dinner, but they have family from Germany over this week. It would be nice to see some of Clayton's distant relatives, as I've only ever met his parents and uncle.

Started my new classes for the quarter. The English class looks ok, but the Art class is a little daunting at the moment. The class sounds pretty hard, especially seeming we will be using charcoal to draw with. Hopefully I'll be ok, and I'll keep you all updated. I had my hair cut and colored yesterday, I had highlights done blonde and red. I think it looks pretty good, and I got it done pretty cheaply seeming I'm a student now, I like being a student in the US the college gives out really good coupons.

I've been having a few problems with my washer/dryer they are both pretty old machines and are also top loaders which are pretty crap anyways. We had them given to us when Clayton moved into the cottage. However lately I've been finding a cluster of pinholes in my clothes, I've had about 8 items of clothing with these pinholes. Clayton's dad has been to our place a couple of times to check the washer/dryer, as he used to be a repair man for them. He has said they were both running ok, but yet I still have these pinholes in my clothes. We thought it might be the cat for a while, but I've never seen her lie on the clothes, and the blankets she does lie on have no pinholes. Today was the last straw I found a top that I had from my mum at Christmas with pinholes, I am really upset that it's destroyed. So we're thinking of getting a new washer/dryer, I'm kind of hoping Clayton's uncle can help us out a bit with paying for them as we can't afford to pay for them both. Although I'm thinking he won't help us if Clayton's dad can't find anything wrong with the machines. I guess we shall see, it's just not fair that my clothes are getting ruined.

Oh guess what I bought today, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. I really enjoyed this movie, reminds me of my childhood.