Engaged
Its been awhile since my last post and a lot has happened since then. Everything has been amazing between Clarah and I. I can't believe how lucky I am to have found her, she's to put it simply my soul mate. I feel closer to her with each passing day. On one such great day in March Clarah suddenly became all serious and looked me in the eye and asked me to marry her, I think she was growing impatient :). I of course said yes. A few weeks later I went out and bought a ring and then returned the favour by proposing to her on the 30th of March just three days after my birthday. It was an amazing day, the sun was blazing and we'd been having a little lunch and wine out in the back garden. I thought it was a perfect time to ask her. The kids had just come back from their grandparents and were happily playing at the bottom of the garden. Clarah was overwhelmed and said yes while jumping up and down like the Tigger she is. Since then everything has been perfect and we feel so much more secur e and have been smiling ever since.
Most recently the whole family has just gotten back from Ireland. Clarah and I spent some time looking into venues and churches for the wedding. First of all we had a look at the Royal Hotel in Bray and we were given a great tour around the hotel by the wedding co-ordinator Nessa. She and her assistant Philip treated Clarah, Beth and myself very well and were very friendly and accommodating. We really liked the facilities provided for the guests, which included a pub, smoking area and a great play room for the children (of all ages...) including a Playstation, air hockey table and pool table. The function room we seen was very impressive and large enough to easily host all our guests comfortably. We were over in Ireland from the 21st to 28th of May and really enjoyed every moment of it. We looked at our church, met our vicar and the process of getting married is slowly starting to happen... All this to a man who never thought he would be getting married is, at times, a bit bewildering, but it feels amazing because I know it's right. OK, soppy stuff over now.
I've been working as a temp for a while now, and I just really want to get my career back on track. I've had various interviews, but due to various reasons, they haven't happened. I have a call back for a second interview during the next week, so we'll see how it goes. I really miss working in design and am aching to get back to it again.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Living in England
Hi everyone. Sorry its been so long since I last had a chance to post anything new.
I am now as you all know living in Hungerford in Berkshire. Its a lovely little town with a canal and some idyllic countryside surrounding it. Most of the land is flat with hardly any hills and certainly no sea or major bodies of water. It all seems quiet new to me being that I had lived beside the ocean for 28 years. Berkshire has its own beauty though. It certainly has character and history with many houses in nearby villages still covered with thatched roofs.
I just started running again last Tuesday with the club in my town, they are called the Hungerford Hares. There are some decent runners in the club and I found it very easy to get on with everyone as athletics is a shared history of pain. Everyone has their story to tell of their current injury or one they are just recovering from. The majority of the athletes are fun runners so I found it easy enough to keep up even though I haven’t been running since October. The club split up into two groups, one for the beginners, they ran three to four miles and the rest of us including me, ran about six. My legs are still sore even now but I certainly had the lungs and legs for the run that night. With the kids off at their grandparents I hope to get Clarah out on a run with me this weekend.
Some great news is that next week I have not only Rob visiting us on Tuesday evening I also have my parents coming over from Thursday until Sunday. I plan to take Friday off so I can show them around the place I now call home. For anyone else wishing to visit us please do, you’d be more that welcome.
I am still looking for a web or graphic design job over here, but no luck so far. I had applied to a great place shortly after I moved over and they were interested in bringing me in for an interview but I didn’t have my portfolio then. Now that I do the next time I get that call I’ll be far more prepared.
Looking forward to hearing from you all. Please contact me at jasoncarton@gmail.com as I’d much prefer to get all my important mail there and in the one place.
Talk to you soon.
Jason.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Guess Who's Birthday It Is?
Yes that's right its Penfold's, better know as Rob. I think he's 27 so he's not that much younger than me after all. Where ever there's a problem he'll be there, saying "Crumbs".
We will be all meeting up for drinks in Dalkey on Saturday night, then back to Rob's for a few more. Then I think that'll be taxi for me. This will probably be the last time I get to go drinking with my mates until Christmas, so I hope its a great night.
Labels: birthday, penfold, rob, rob's birthday
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Selling up shop
Hiya guys as you all know I'm going to be moving on soon and I want to sell on anything that I don't get much use out of any more. I'm putting ads up on https://www.buyandsell.ie but here's a heads up for all my friends if your looking for a bargain. Here's the ads I'm putting up. If your interested then give me a call.
Centon K100 fully manual camera ideal for photo student. C/W Pentax 1:4 zoom, Flashgun, 2x televerter, lens hood, bag, lens filter & cleaning kit - €170.
Aria Acoustic guitar Model AW-75QN, excellent condition. C/W leather carry case and Qwik Tune automatic turner - €90.
21 PC Games - Including, GTA3, Delta Force Land Warrior, Divine Divinity, Freedom Force, Medal of Honour, Unreal, Shogun Total War - €40.
32 CD Singles - Including; Radiohead, Blur, Space, Stereophonics, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, The Prodigy, Garbage, Fat Boy Slim, and Pulp - €15.
Who knows if your a good mate I might even sell it to you cheaper!
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Spunwood Online!
I have just finished designing a website for my dad, and its now up on-line. He has been making segmented wood turned vases, bowls and other items for the last few years. He really has become a master of this craft very quickly as you can see from the beautiful pieces on his website.
With over 30 years as a carpenter I'm not surprised at how well he's progressed, he is now able to make very advanced items. That's why we thought it was time to start a shop. So if you're looking for that special unique gift for a birthday, wedding or Christmas, come have a look at http://www.spunwood.ie
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Moving to England
I'm getting ready to move over to England.
I have just finished putting my CV
together, and now Clare's having a look at it and
making a few changes.
Clare is the reason I'm making the move. She works
as a Portfolio Administrator in the NHS,
and knows what makes a good CV, so I'll wait until
she has it sorted before I submit it to Reed
one of the biggest job recruitment agency's in the
UK.
I met Clare through a website I seen a banner for
on Newgrounds.
It was a website called Flirtomatic
and I thought it was just another Myspace
effort. It turned out to be more of a dating chat
site really. There was a few oddballs on there as
you'd expect, this being the internet. Then I saw
Clare's page and she looked beautiful and she'd
great taste in music too, she listed bands like
Arcade
Fire and Elbow,
not bands the radio plays much of so I knew she'd
a mind of her own.
I sent her a message and we got talking, this was in around November of 2006 and we spoke almost everyday after that. Most of the time we'd talk for hours about our shared interests and what we thought about different issues and we were on the same page every time. Could it be had I finally found the girl for me?
We progressed over the months from only speaking
on Flirtomatic to MSN,
emailing and then speaking for hours on end over
the phone. Then in May of this year we finally met
in Dublin.
I waited for what seemed like an eternity at Dublin
airport. The moment I'd waited for so long finally
came when I saw the cutest little blonde girl coming
through the doors and I just had to run over to
her and give her a massive big hug.
After that we were inseparable, holding hands all the way in the taxi to the hotel, and any time we are together now we always seem to have the need for some contact.
Neither of us want to be apart so it was bound to
happen that one of us would make a move. Clare loves
Ireland
and we may eventually move back here together at
some stage but for now life will be in Berkshire.
I'll tell you how the job search goes in future posts, wish me luck.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
New Web Site Design
I am starting to redesign my personal
website so it really showcases my work rather
than the site, with a minimal design in black everything
from photos, websites, art and flash should all
stand out much better. I also recently read that
using black on a monitor uses less power thus saving
you money and its better for the environment.
So there you go "Black is the new Green". I should
hopefully have it up on-line within a month or so
as there's a lot of work to be done.
Blackle
is a search engine powered by Google
that has a black background thus helping to save
energy. If you what to read more about just go to
http://www.blackle.com/about/.
If it suits you maybe you can change your homepage
over and save some money and maybe some trees aw
lol.
I hope everyone will like the new design of my website and it should be easier to update you on new projects I'm working on using the blogging software. I want to be able to update more regularly and more easily so I'll try to incorporate as much technology as I can to make it a whole lot quicker and easier in the long run.
So see you all soon.
Jason
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