Friendship Bands

I made a friendship band tonight for the first time in a long time, infact I cannot remember the last time I made one. 

Andre the love of my life has been wearing rubber bands around his wrist and I really didn't like them and could not find any nice bracelets for him so I thought how cool it would be to make one for him. Making one is a lot more personal and a lot of thought needs to go into a friendship band, where to buy the cotton from, what colors to use and remembering how to make it in the first place. 

I have been trying to think of keep sakes I could give to Andre before we part for half a year so friendship bands are great for this. Once you make a friendship band for a special person and tie it to there wrist, it is not allowed to be taken off until it falls off with wear. It was so difficult to choose just 3 colors, it's like buying candy from a candy store. I decided to choose colors I liked so I went with red, blue and black. I forgot how to make them until I tied the three strings together onto my big toe and started notting, it all came back to me like riding a bike. 

I thoroughly enjoyed making the bands, taking the time to do something creative and the patience to see it form start to finish. Oh the satisfaction of seeing the finished band on a loved one. 

I wonder why we stopped making friendship bands when we grew up, why should kids have all the fun! 

Should you receive a friendship band consider yourself very special to me.  

My Friend Ruth

I met Ruth when I started with Prosurf in St Columb Major, she was so bubbly and always had a big cheesy grin. Now she is a very good friend of mine and my boss at Ripcurl, how lucky I am as she is magical..... 

This youthful lass originally from Leeds is unique, kind, selfless and a peaceful person. Ruth makes birthday/any occasion cards instead of buying them, makes animals out of socks and cuts up most of her t-shirts in to halter necks. She loves to host dinner parties and has introduced me to many typical English dishes like Yorkshire Pudding, Stew with dumplings and Bread 'n' Butter Pudding mmmmmmm. Not only English dishes also a dish she ate in the much talked about Bali, Gado Gado. I cannot wait to eat Gado Gado in Bali myself, from the stories Ruth has told me, Bali sounds like heaven.

I have had many BBQ's on the beach with her, friends and the famous English portable BBQ. I was amazed when I first gazed my eyes upon this BBQ, they are a great idea. We have no need for portable BBQ's in Australia because there are provisions of BBQ's every where you go whether it be an electric coin operated or wood fire. Ruth loves getting in the water so we spent many afternoons surfing and having fun, in our wet suits of course. The English water is much colder than the water back home.

My magical lady has been unlucky in Love until she met Simon Gibbs through Ripcurl, he has totally swept her off her feet with his kindness and endless love. So in love she is in such a short time (1 month of knowing each other) she will meet Simon who just left to go to Australia. She will greet her love in 6 weeks and they will embark their own adventure together, how exciting.

This also means I will get to see Ruth again once I return home to share some more of that magic which she radiates. 

Will always love you hun

xxx  

Wow

I always dreamed of seeing the world when I was young and now at age 29, I have seen and done so much. I have so much I want to see and do still.

I had a dream from the time I was 12 year of age, I wanted to do the Inca Train in Peru and 15 years later I made my first dream come true. I booked myself a ticket to New York which blew my mind away, from there to Hollywood and then on to a South American Coast to Coast tour that embarked from Lima then on to Cusco, Inca Trail, Puno, Lake Titicaca, La Paz, Potosi, Sucre, Santa Cruz, Pantanal, Bonito, Iguazu Falls, Atlantic Rainforest, Paranagua Honey Island through to Rio De Janeiro, one month of bitter/sweet experiences. The bitter being ill for most of my trip and the sweet being the amazing people, cultures, colors, food, dancing and friendships I encountered.

After returning home from my big Adventure I went back to my old job and old life, I found it so boring and I was sitting at my desk at work and it hit me.... my adventure did not have to end and there was nothing to hold me back so I organised my work/holiday visa for the UK and off I went to London. I was there for a year and enjoyed my time in the big smoke but was ready to move on so now I live in Newquay, South West of England with the love of my life Andre Peixoto. We both work for Ripcurls flagship store in town and have grown quite fond of life by the sea.