Aww, I'm sorry about your dog! I don't know what I'd do without mine!
I hope you do get chance to visit or move here ^_^
We have the same weight problem here! (Though I prefer KFC to McDonalds, lol!)
I wouldn't have thought it possible to get used to that kind of sound!
I've never been to the states so I don't really know much about it, however I live in England and I would always speak highly of it. Things aren't so great at the moment, but we do have good healthcare, safety nets in place for those who are out of work and schools that keep getting better. It's an amazing place to live, and there's always a lot to do so I would recommend people visited at least (even if they didn't move here!) I'm pretty patriotic myself, but more to Yorkshire (the county I live in) than England, that's down to my dad though ^_^
England is a good place to live if you can deal with the weather! I live right in the middle of the countryside and only need to walk a few minutes from my house and I'm on the moors. It's beautiful, I'd never move away!
Here in England, we're apparently the worst country in Europe for binge drinking, but that's all age groups though!
Under age drinking is bad here though (says the girl who went to an exam drunk at 14, unfortunately!)
It's pretty dumb really, there's a whole generation of idiots, lol XD
So will this birthday be the first time you can legally drink?
I remember my 18th, I placed a bet, bought a lottery ticket, drank myself stupid about bought about 10 packs of cigs lol XD
What you have planned sounds better though, and safer... Unless you cut the tree wrong.
I'm soooooo sorry! I've just got a new computer and I've been messing around with it so I totally forgot about the trade! I've accepted it now though <3
Ooh, happy early birthday to you too! Got anything nice planned?
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