Wow, it's been a long time since I was here!!! Thought i'd just pop in to leave a wee update.
Uni is going well, I have sat my first set of exams, and should be recieving results this week, so fingers crossed!!! I should be out on placement at the moment, but I have been signed off, as I have been pretty ill with pneumonia.
I hope all of my space friends are doing well, and I will try to pop round and see as many of you as I can!
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the devastating series of terrorist attacks on America which left thousands dead and forever changed the US and the world. Millions of people watched in morbid disbelief as hijacked planes slammed in to New York’s World Trade Centre towers, resulting in their total collapse just hours later.
A third hijacked passenger plane crashed into the Pentagon while a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers overpowered terrorists who had taken control. Since that day, the world has become all too familiar with terrorist atrocities with attacks occurring in London, Bali, Barcelona and Turkey to name but a few.
7:58 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 175 departs Boston for Los Angeles, carrying 56 passengers, two pilots, and seven flight attendants. The Boeing 767 is hijacked after takeoff and diverted to New York.
7:59 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 11 departs Boston for Los Angeles, carrying 81 passengers, two pilots, and nine flight attendants. This Boeing 767 is also hijacked and diverted to New York.
8:01 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 carrying 38 passengers, two pilots, and five flight attendants, leaves Newark, N.J., for San Francisco.
8:10 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 77 departs Washington's Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles, carrying 58 passengers, two pilots, and four flight attendants. The Boeing 757 is hijacked after takeoff.
8:46 a.m. - American Flight 11 from Boston crashes into the North Tower at the World Trade Center.
9:03 a.m. - United Flight 175 from Boston crashes into the South Tower at the World Trade Center.
- U.S. Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York area airports.
9:21 a.m. - Bridges and tunnels leading into New York City are closed.
9:25 a.m. - All domestic flights are grounded by U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
9:45 a.m. - American Flight 77 crashes into The Pentagon.
10:05 a.m. - The South Tower at the World Trade Center collapses.
10:05 a.m. - The White House is evacuated.
10:10 a.m. - A large section of one side of The Pentagon collapses.
10:10 a.m. - United Flight 93 crashes in a wooded area in Pennsylvania, after passengers confront hijackers.
10:28 a.m. - The North Tower at the World Trade Center collapses.
Please click >here< to sign the national book of rememberance.
Please be patient, as the pages are taking a long time to open today.
I'd like to start by saying a huuuuge thanks to Diana and Gerda for making me beautiful birthday gifts. (Below)
Mmmm-wah!
I had a lovely day, and got some great pressies!
My darling son gave me a "Hello Kitty" teddy, dressed as a nurse!!!! I totally ♥ it!
I also got a fob watch for starting uni, some new pj's, some me to you bear stuff, a sexy new bag, and loads of gift vouchers to take myself shopping!!!
What more can a girl want?!
So thank you to all my lovely friends and family.
I got this gorgeous table from Diana's space, her link button is at the bottom, so be sure to pop over and tell her how gorgeous her work is!!!
All else is well here, off to Paula's tonight, and out for a meal with my parents tomorrow night.
Hugs and kisses
K xxxxxxxxx
Aaaaw, it's so gorgeous! I ♥ it!
Thanks to Gerda for this great gift too!
My "Hello Kitty" Nurse and my fob watch! I must have everything I need now!
On a seperate note, Reece came home from nursery with a huuuuuge bite mark on his arm. I was so upset when I first saw it, but I suppose it's part and parcel of being at nursery with other kids. No one at the nursery seems to know who/what happened, but they're gonna keep an eye on things. My poor wee lamb....
Wildlife warrior Steve Irwin was a daredevil who loved flirting with danger around deadly animals.
But after years of close shaves it was a normally harmless stingray which finally claimed his life on Monday, plunging a barb into the Crocodile Hunter's chest as he snorkelled in shallow water on the Great Barrier Reef.
The 44-year-old TV personality may have died instantly when struck by the stingray while filming a sequence for his eight-year-old daughter Bindi's new TV series, friends believe.
"You think about all the documentaries we've made and all the dangerous situations that we have been in, you always think `is this it, is this a day that maybe his demise?'," said his friend and manager John Stainton.
"Nothing would ever scare Steve or would worry him. He didn't have a fear of death at all."
Mr Irwin made his international reputation wrestling crocodiles and snakes.
But the flamboyant naturalist's final confrontation with a wild animal occurred at Batt Reef off Port Douglas on Monday morning, where he had been filming a new documentary, "Ocean's Deadliest".
Taking time off from the main project, Mr Irwin was swimming in shallow water, snorkelling as his cameraman filmed large bull rays.
"He came over the top of a stingray and the stingray's barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Mr Irwin's friend and manager John Stainton.
"It's likely that he possibly died instantly when the barb hit him, and I don't think that he felt any pain.
"He died doing what he loved best."
Marine documentary maker Ben Cropp, who spoke to one of Mr Irwin's crew, said: "Steve got probably maybe a bit too close to the ray, and with the cameraman in front, the ray must have felt sort of cornered.
"It went into a defensive mode, stopped, turned around and lashed out with its tail, which has a considerable spike on it.
"Unfortunately Steve was directly in its path and he took a fatal wound."
Unconscious, Mr Irwin was pulled aboard his research vessel, Croc One, for a 30-minute dash to Low Isle, where an emergency helicopter had been summoned at about 11am, his Australia Zoo said in a statement.
The crew of the Croc One performed constant CPR during the voyage to Low Isle, but medical staff pronounced Mr Irwin dead about noon.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Steve's wife, and children.
He died doing what he loved, and I hope his family can take comfort in the fact that his death has devastated us all.
While our "summer" was still around, we decided to take Reece down to Blackpool for the day. It was a 400 mile round trip, but it was worth it! We all had a great time, and met up with my mum and dad who were down for the week.
The weather was amazing, really warm and sunny. On the drive down we had came througth some pretty miserable weather, bits of rain and really dark clouds, so we were really pleased that it was scorchio in Blackpool!
We took Reece to the pleasure beach, where I am pleased to say the clown has gone!!! Anyone who kn