An Old Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.


An Irish Prayer
May God give you...
For every storm, a rainbow,
For every tear, a smile,
For every care, a promise,
And a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends,
A faithful friend to share,
For every sigh, a sweet song,
And an answer for each prayer.


How are they...a blessing and a prayer...

I have one question at the americans *lol* Is it normal that the mailman come into your house (opens teh door when it's not locked) and threw the mails on the floor in the hallway? This mailman is so strange lol I'm at the moment alone at my host familys house because they are on vacation and yeah yesterday I hung up the washed rugs from my bathroom and suddenly I heard a noise at the door. Than I saw the mailman inside and standing in the hallway. He looked at me and said: Hi! Oh gosh.. maybe it's normal here but I only thought: what the hell is that? So can you tell me if this is normal?

haha, usually they just put in a mailbox or a little slit through the door, you said everyone else was away, maybe the mailman knows yours host family are you an exchange student?? which state are you in??

hhhhmmm that is odd ive been to boston once, but i havnt lived there to know if the mailmen come walking into your house, im pretty sure its unusual, maybe you should try locking the doors next time, see what happens

Yeah I live in a suburb of Boston. No I'm not really an exchange student. I'm an Au Pair. If you don't know what this is let me know :-)
No I don't think that my host family know him. He is a little bit strange lol But I don't know I thought that this is maybe normal here *lol* I don't know. A lot of things are here some different to Germany lol So you think that's not normal, don't you?
Yeah I will lock the door the next time lol

that would probably be best, especially after watching SVU, theres alot of wackos out there....

If you aren't sure if the family has that arrangement with the mailman, ask them and make sure what he is doing is ok. It definitely isn't normal here in the USA. If there is no such arrangement, then make sure the door is locked. Always go with your gut instinct. If you are worried, lock the door.

if anyone would know a thing or two about boston, it would be irish

Thanks...lol...but I am not from Boston, I just wish I was. I used to visit and compete there for over ten years. I know a little about the city...

Well I asked my host father and he said, that they don't know him. Well I should maybe lock the door. I hope I don't forget it because it's so different to Germany: When you close the front/back door in Germany they locked automatically and here when you only closed the door. you can open it from outside too. So I have to lock it from inside. I have to learn this lol

Well, I live in NYC but have family in Boston and it is not common in ether place. It probably is just something your host family arranged with the postal carrier and forgot to tell you. Last month I was house sitting for my aunt and was hanging out by the pool when the gardners just walked in the backyard and started mowing and watering. Acted like I was not even there. When I mentioned it to my aunt just laughed and said "oops!". If you keep the door locked he would probably just leave the mail on the front step.

And we have done it again!
Bolt of Jamaica breaks the world record!
Melanie Walker of Jamaican wins the hurdles.
And Stewart of Jamaican beats Richards of USA.

Yes Jamaica is doing it!
To the world JAMAICA

Oh buddies I tell you this year will be the most adventurous year in my life lol Everyday is something strange or new *lol*
Today at approx. 10am the door bell rang. It was a man that told me, that he had to do some inspections about pest and mildust in our basement, garage and around the whole house. Yeah I thought: What should I do? I don't know nothing about an such appointment. My host family didn't tell me that today a man will come. But then I thought: well, they have so much to do: work, vacation etc that they maybe forget me to tell this. Ok I let the man inside and he went in the basement.
Afterwards (when the man was gone) I thought: I'm so frivolous. I mean I had luck and he was really an inspector but if not? But what should I do in such a situation? Don't let him inside or call my host parents or what?
I have so much luck guys, I tell you this.

The kids and my host mum will be back in the afternoon so I have still free time *lol* I'm sitting now at the porch, drink some water and enjoy the sun.

Your definantly lucky. Especially since your in America now, the people here can be so cruel and outrageous you can't take any chances. Next time definantly call your host parent's to verify, and if he's a real inspector if you ask him to say on the porch while you do so, he shouldn't have a problem what-so ever. I wonder why they didn't tell you ahead of time though.

Hope you have a great time here in America

Yeah I told my host mum this today (evening) and she didn't know anything about such an appointment. My host father too. So both didn't know, that such an appointment exist. My host mum told me, that I can call her the next time, if something like that happend. She said: If you feel uncomfortable with this situation call me or your host dad. It's ok."
Well, the next time I will do it....

????? Maybe he had the wrong house???? Idk that's kinda creepy

Okay so was anyone else in florida affected by Faye. I know tiredmom is near Fort Lauderdale, I'm in Jacksonville and they've canceled school yesterday today and tomorrow, this was our 1st week so we went Monday and Tuesday. Anyone else affected.

Hey Enaka! My email is back up and running, so email me anytime.

As far as I know, DMB is still going on w/ the shows. They went on w/ their scheduled concert Tuesday night, which is when LeRoi passed away. And Jeff Coffin, who plays the sax w/ Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, has been filling in for LeRoi for the past couple of months while he was out recuperating from his accident.

We are flying out to Seattle next week for the concerts at the Gorge. These will be my first concerts after LeRoi's passing, and I am a total emotional wreck over the whole thing. The Gorge shows are the absolute best, and those 3 nights usually cap off the summer tour so well - I just know it will be extremely hard for me, Marc, and all the rest of the DMB fans.

.............Definitely sad times.............

Anyway, again, my email is back up, so hit me up!

You are lucky. Be careful, that could sound like the beginning of an SVU case. No joke intended, really.

Hope you enjoy America!

hey, DVR when are you going to get an avi??

HAHA did you seriously call me DVR. LOL. But I'm still looking for one, I want the paternity hug for my avi, and a pic for my siggy, but the only ones i've found are taken so I may have to photoshop my own

haha, omfg! i am so sorry, i just replied to something about DVR so i just automatically typed it sorry DSR i owe you a big cookie for that mistake and maybe a glass of milk

Did you try hey-jealousy.net/svu for screen caps? They might have the hug and stuff.

Make it white chocolate macadamia, and you've got a deal LOL


I never knew that site even existed LOL but I'm gonna go check it out. Thanks

oh ya, thats a wonderful sight to go to, they have all the screen caps youll need

No problem, DSR. That's where I make my signatures.

The season finale of CI was on tonight...it was pretty good, but it almost felt like a series finale than season finale...

I was really disappointed, I missed it. I'm not a huge CI fan, but I've gotten interested recently.
I'll try to catch a re-run...

It will air on 12am, that is if you have no school tomorrow and can stay up late

Haha, no, I don't have school tomorrow.
That's after the news, so I'm sure I can see it.
Thank you!

Thanks. I will enjoy America :-) I'm in America since 6 weeks (on Thursday 6 weeks in Boston) and I love it. I really like the country and I don't miss my home country lol Ok I miss my family and friends but not the country.

Yeah I know that I'm lucky. My host mum said, that I could call her the next time when something like that happend.
Oh no, I don't want to play in a SVU case *lol* Yeah no joke I know. I had really good luck and I will be more careful.

I was on Saturday evening after work with 4 other Au Pairs in Boston (Back Bay exactly lol) This part of Boston was so beautiful. I really enjoyed it. The highlight was the Predential Tower. It was awesome.
Well one of the Au Pairs celebrated her "Goodbye home party", because she will leave the US on Wednesday, after a succesfull Au Pair year. So we had dinner together in a beautiful restaurant. The evening was so nice but it had something bad... I tell you.. We were so scary, I never had this feeling before.
After dinner (approx. 9:30 pm) we wanted to go to the Charles River because it's so nice there. But it wasn't a good idea.
Well, we had to walk over a bridge (a small bridge over a big street) and it was so dark there. We walked and suddenly we saw a person, sitting in the corner. He looks scary but we walked further and suddenly he looked at us and began to scream. So loudly! And then he stood up. We turned quickly around and ran back down the bridge.
I never ran so fast before *lol*
It was so scary. We all thought: Welcome to the reality in America. Wow... it was really scary.

Sarah, how long did it take you to learn English fluently?

awwwwww so today i had my SENIOR PICTURES TAKEN!!! it was so much fun, the photographer dude was so funny and he had so many ideas. Im happy they're over with. i also had to take my Cap and Gown pictures as well. my mom almost teared up when she saw me in the gown. she's like "awww my sofie..." lol

It was nice though....anyWHO...........ummmm so the olympics...they're over..kinda sad!

Oh, congratulations! (I don't really know what else to type besides congrats. Haha.)

Yeah, I never paid much attention to the Olympics. I like watching the diving, though. The men wear skimpy speedo bottoms... not that that's why... No, of course not.

haha thanks

yea yea me too.
no i watch the track and field like the other day was the men's marathon! 26 miles in 2 hours?!?!? thats crazy, i wish that was my time for a marathon! lol it be like 5 hours! haha
lots and lots of training though

Anyone watch Leona Lewis perform at the closing ceremony? i forgot about it. i was like dang!

I was watching Usain Bolt (otherwise known as the Lightning Bolt) and was blown away. It's scary how fast that man can run.

And snap, I missed that. When in doubt, turn to Youtube!

Wow, congrats, 3 more grades to go.

Well I do not think that I speak English fluenty *lol* I'm here in America to learn it fluently. I had English before in school (besides French), but you know school *lol* We had not really a good teacher *lol* So I learned the most English words from American Tv series like SVU and CSI NY + Miami. I love this series so I wanted to watch it in the original language with their original voices *lol*
But I don't speak it fluently. I have to say that I'm better in writing *lol* I can think about the phrase longer then when I say it *lol* So it happens sometimes here, that I don't understand some people who talk to fast or doesn't speak clearly *lol*

You coulda fooled me LOL. But yeah you'll get better as time goes by. This boy in my middle school was from cuba, and couldn't speak english except a few words. Now he's talking with us except he still has his accent he's kinda hard to understand. When your in a situation where your surrounded by that language, you do catch on to it quicker. LOL and I can just imagine german Elliot's voice LOL

You can hear the voices here *lol*
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3719142/Law_and_Order_RTL2

LOL thanks hun. Elliot's is sexy as always I like Liv's too it's fun to watch them with diff voices and when your so used to their voice

So when you watch SVU now can you understand it clearly?

*lol* You're welcome.
Yeah I understand it clearly. Sure, I don't understand every word but I can imagine what it means *lol* And sometimes it's hard, if perps speak really fast or if they mumble. But normaly, I understand quite everything. The best thing is, when Liv or Elliot speak with a child *loool* Because they speak then really clearly and slowly *lol*
But I can't watch SVU *cry* because my host family don't have a TV -.-

It must be fun watching SVU in a different language. At most, I just put on French subtitles if I feel that I'm getting rusty. But since English has always been my first language... I guess I take it for granted.

I can't wait till September...

Not only do I get new SVU episodes, but I am going to New York City, seeing Martina McBride, and going to an autograph signing for some wrestlers.

ooo, fun, ive only been to NY once....

That sounds like fun, take pictures.

I love that city. It's so amazing. I just wish I could head up during the week to try to stalk the SVU set, haha.



Oh, def. I just can't wait to see my boss' reaction when he realizes I need off three Saturdays in a row...

Ok, my country has been hit by tropical storm Gustav!
Pray for my little island Jamaica

oh my goodness sweetie, i do hope everything is ok!