Nicola

Hello Mrs!

I've been having trouble posting replies to messages....this is forth time lucky and I keep forgetting to copy&paste! Argh!

I'm looking forward to a supr hot summer. The hotter the better for me! I love being able to go out without a cardigan

Tome Cruise is enough to let anything down! I much prefer Stuart Townsend although I'm too not sure he can act (which says a lot for Tom Cruise! )

Slumdog is AMAZING!! I put off seeing it as I thought it wasn't my thing but it's the best movie I've ever seen. There's no subtitles or crazy dancing (until the end credits) and the child actors are brilliant! It's just a fantastic movie.....I can't recommend it highly enough :D You HAVE to see it as soon as you can xx

Poor Lestat! I love the later books as he usually introduces them and I can just hear Stuart Townsend speaking in his french accent from Queen of the Damned, in that seductive tone he has.

I'm reading Q & A at the moment by Vikas Swarup. Slumdog Millionnaire was based on it although the only thing that is similar is the gameshow element and a few situations. I'm enjoying it so far although (dare I say it) it's not as good as the movie yet.

3 days in placement is a fantastic opportunity isn't it. Do you have a placement set up already or will it be allocated to you in Sept?

I really like Edinburgh for a day or two but it was so cold and windy last week that I thought it'd be pretty depressing to live there. I also couldn't find a Mac make up shop/stand so it's not the city for me

Same here.....the cafe for cheesy beans, the shop for sweets and the library too. But I didn't realise until Monday that there's a toilet on each floor of the library. For three years I've been using the one on the top floor! People must think I'm taking ages when really I'm on a mini adventure through book aisles!

I'd love to get the studentship....it's right up my street! Fingers crossed. What are your plans for next year?

It'll be really strange when he goes. We both applied for the same job but he has a few months work experience at Gateshead Council so he had an edge on me. I'm not really bothered as it's always a few degrees colder up in Edinburgh

IWTV is a brilliant book isn't it I love Louis and even though I hated Lestat at the end of this book, I grew to love him in the next few books. He's so cocky! You'll have to let me know how you get on with it xx

Hello Mrs!! I'm good Just making up interviews as we speak

I've had a very quick look into getting dissertations bound and pronta print do it for about

Oooh I've not been to see anything there yet. We were thinking of seeing Avatar but never got around to it. What did you think of Alice in Wonderland? I've heard a few bad reviews but I'll still get around to seeing it some time. I stick to the town to usually. The Metro just seems like a plastic city to me......it has no soul!

I suppose you'd just think that you were too young for it to be anything serious but it just goes to show that you can never be too careful eh. Such a shame.

I know someone who sent out 150 questionnaires and got 2 back. How soul destroying is that! She's just making the results up herself now so she can get started on the write up. I can't believe it's due in on 30th April.....6 weeks! When's yours due in? Eeeeek!

Well feel free to send as many questionnaires as you like. I can send them to friends too if it would help the cause? And uni!

God........my dissertation.........pfft! I went into thinking it would be really straight forward but how wrong was I! In general I'm looking at what role the community has played in planning decisions within the Ouseburn Valley as whenever you go there, there's a pretty strong sense of community and no signs of the economy taking over. Anyway, the opening line of my very first interview was "there is no such thing as a community in the Ouseburn, just middle-class yuppies". I've interviewed about 8 people so far and they all pretty much say the same thing, so how can I say that the community has or hasn't played a role when apparently there's no such thing. STRESS! I'm sure I'll just be able to adapt the question but deary me....the hassle! I'm probably going to have to make up the results of a survey too which I didn't really want to do

Babies babies everywhere! My friend Amy is now 3 months pregnant with her first child and my cousin is pregnant with her first child this year too but it's quite a sad affair as her Husband has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. It's developed so far that there isn't anything they can do for him, only slow it down enough for him to see the baby born. He's only 31 but when he found a lump he was too scared to confront it, thinking it would probably be nothing major. She's really excited for the baby to get here but at the same time, she doesn't want it to arrive either. Bless her.

Budget charms are the future (well, until we get actual paying jobs! ) I'm sure there's a stall in the Metro Centre too that sells glass charms for

Ah you see, I have a Sister and she's usually the one who's organising joint gifts. We're expecting a Step-Nephew soon so she dragged me around town to buy things for a baby box. Neither of us have any experience if children so we ended up sticking to what we know best and bought loads of tiny clothes and shoes! Haaa! He's going to be the best dressed baby on the ward

Ooooh sounds like you were spolit then I love pandora too. My Mam got me one for Christmas but the charms aren't actual Pandora. I have an angel, a cherub and a star on mine from the jewellers in Black Friars. They fit perfectly though. My Sister has a full Pandora but she likes to treat herself to nice things

This sun is lovely isn't it. I've started walking along the Quayside everyday on my way into town....everyone's chirpy when the sun's out

How's your dissertation coming along?

You can always rely on a bit of Alexander to raise your spirits eh! Haa!

Sounds like you had a great day and the promise of books sounds good!

My Mothers day was canny. I bought the card ages ago but got the weeks mixed up and realised on Saturday night that it was Mother's Day the next day! Eeeek! I rushed out and bought her 3 books (The Lovers by John Connolly, The Colour Purple by Alice Walker and Home Truths by Freya North) She's really into reading at the moment so I thought she'd appreciate them. I also rushed out to Marksies for flowers. What a bad Daughter!

Sounds like you have a busy week then. It's typical that Birthday's and special days all come together isn't it......not to mention costly xx

Hey Stephanie!

I'm good Hope you had a great day and were spoilt rotton! xx