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A little update

Today we didn't do a lot, but it was fun anyways. Went to Ems horse riding lesson again, she is so good on her horse and loves it so much. She has a horse show in a couple of weeks which I will go to. She's excited to have me watch her. We had mexican for lunch, then went to the supermarket to make home made pizzas. Pepperoni. We are cooking them up very soon. We have friends over. Tomorrow will be an exciting day. We are going to this Strawberry Festival, Ems is doing a meet and greet, and riding on a float. We're getting a limo there and back. There's going to be the biggest strawberry shortcake in the world there which is pretty cool. We will be there overnight. I'm sure I'll have more to blog about after that. Here are a couple of pictures, nothing too exciting yet. Isn't Ems dog Bunny the cutest doggie ever!

Day 1

Today I woke up at 11am, I could have slept all day long but then I would never adjust to the time difference. For day one, I'm doing very well. It's 11pm and I'm tired enough to sleep soon. It's only 6pm in NZ. This morning I went for a swim with Emily Grace, the water was kinda cold. Then we went to Ems horse riding lesson. She ended up being too late to ride but she walked her pony Claire around and gave her treats etc. I got a tour of the equestrian centre. It was a nice peaceful place out there. It was very pretty. I bought myself some boots kind of like ugg boots, they are the softest things ever....from the equestrian store funnily enough. I have never seen so much horse stuff in my life. After that we went to Radioshack where I bought a US cellphone and ear phones because my ipod ones are broken. I wanted to find a camera charger because I lost my one in NZ. But they didn't have one, I figured I wouldn't find one anywhere. So, I just bought a new digital camera - a canon one which is even better than my other one. It took the man forever to process my purchases, I think he was a little slow in general. Ems and I hadn't eaten in ages and were hanging out for Subway. We had subway then came back and chilled at the house for a bit. I got to see Braison, was nice to see him. I got a big bear hug. Later we ate dinner, we had pot roast and it was so yummy. We watched the movie 'Paranormal Activity'. It was so stupid and not scary at all. It was funny though. It's 11pm now and I'm tired. Tomorrow I get to see Ems publicist, my friend Terri. I loooooove Terri, she's the sweetest and I get on with her so well. I'm so excited to see her. We're having a cook out tomorrow. Should be fun. Ems told me something today which was just heart melting. It's not often people tell me things that impact me so much - they're the most special moments. Oh - lastly, I bought a lot of chocolate over from New Zealand for everyone, Ems devoured two whole caramello chocolate bars, she love love loves them! They are these chocolate bars for those of you who don't live in NZ. Well, Im off to bed now. Peace

Landed in LA

Thou has landed. Hooray. I landed at 2:30pm, it's now 5:50pm. The flight was pretty good all in all. I got a window seat and a nice American lady sitting next to me. Actually, she was in the isle seat. We got really lucky, there was a spare seat in between us. Considering it was a full flight that was quite the score. It took a long time to get through customs and security at LAX. They are so uptight and scary there. There are new regulations for flying to the US now, there was double security when I left Auckland, my home town. And you have to be at the gate ready to board a ridiculous amount of time before the plane actually leaves. Anyway, my flight was at the perfect time. 9:30pm it departed. I was so tired from running around doing last minute errands all day, then I took my sleeping pill just before I boarded. They served dinner soon after we took off, I got butter chicken. I was shocked, it was so yummy! But by this time I was kinda drugged up so I spilt a lot of it on my blanket without realizing. I was pissed that it took them so long to turn the lights off, I was ready to sleep. And it was already 12am. I was drifting in and out of consciousness until the lights went off and I was out. I slept uncomfortably for about 6 hours. I watched the movie "It's Complicated" which was hilarious. And this New Zealand show called "The Jacqui Brown Diaries". Good stuff. I was counting down the time until we landed, I love watching the air show. I like to know exactly how many minutes we have left and what the local times in NZ and LA are. So yeah, the flight was pretty good. Oh except just one thing I must bitch about - I didn't get a little pack with socks and a little tooth brush and tooth paste. What gives? My feet were cold and my teeth were....not happy. Luckily I had some really strong mints. Ems and her mom weren't at the airport when I landed but they got there soon after. Ems had school and horse riding. It was great to see them, I've missed them a lot. We got Carl's Jr. on the way home, we were all starving. I didn't eat breakfast on the plane. Carl's Jr. is like....McDonalds & Burger King etc...but better. Now we are back at the house. My eye lids feel heavy. But at least it's already 6pm so I will be asleep at their bed time...in NZ it's only early afternoon. We're having a roast dinner yum yum. That's all for now...