HITCHED

We is officially hitched! The day went better than I could ever have hoped. We laughed, we almost cried (other peeps did); we had an absolute blast. Here are a few pic's for you. Tried to upload some to FB earlier, but it would not co-operate. Later.

For now......

Bride

Bride & Groom (yeah, kind of stating the obvious I know!)

His Vows

My Vows

Reception

Jax's Hair (Bridesmaid)

Dancin'

Some of the girls on the dance floor

4 Sleeps

til we get hitched.

I think everything is pretty organised. I discovered a couple of logistical issues late last week. I think I finally understand the limo thing. It's not about the "car" it's about avoiding having to ask peeps drive you around who want to have a few bevvies & don't want to leave their cars laying about overnight.

Yep. Booked a limo to cart the girlys around the photo shoot locations prior & to get us to the nuptials! I know I only have 1 official bridesmaid & one flower girl, but I have 3 unofficial bridesmaids who are required to get me frocked, be in the official photo shoot & who will be walking me part of the way up the aisle so to speak :0)

My brain is scattered today. Lack of sleep. I've woken up at 2.30am every day/night for the last week. While I am pretty stress free on the surface, I think my subconscious is having a bit of a melt down. Last night I dreamed that the reception venue operator had forgotten to mention that the reception is in the room out the back instead of the newly renovated space which of course was awful with shag pile carpet & horrid wall paper (sorry to anyone who treasures their shag pile & wall papery). The band were in garish shorts & singlets & played the chicken dance on our arrival. Um.

Took me a while to get back to sleep. I was awake again at 4.30am, as was plumbing boy & we chatted til the alarm went off at 5.

I am guessing I will sleep well tonight. Work is out of control & I really would get more work done if people stopped calling to ask me how my stress levels are & wanting to bang on about up comming nuptials. I've got a business to run peeps & this work wont get done by itself. It won't get done while I'm blogging either!!!

Picked up my Dress last night. All done & seamstresses finally happy! Plumbing boy picked up his suit & best mans suit yesterday.

Tonight is nails n wax. Tomorrow night a much needed chiropractic appt. Thursday morning I'm off down the coast with PB following after work driving a friend who is arriving from Wollongong.

K is back from HK already & is my shopping assistant yesterday & today. Being so far away she's not been able to help with much, but is in full swing now sorting all the stuff I've not done - vases, photo's & frames & beyond blue box & shoe stretching. She & T are heading down tomorrow to spend a day with T's family who live down there.

OK. enough of my dribble. Not sure I'll get another post in before the weekend! Will do at least 1 update before we head to Port Douglas. There will be plenty of pic's on FB for your entertainment.

Wish me the cool change before Saturday please. 25 degrees instead of 31 with possible thunderstorms would be perfect!

Home Alone

Plumbing Boy's gone out to do a job & I'm home alone. It is this hot.

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33 degrees C. sorry about the crap photo.

at my puter.

after 1/2 a bottle of sav blanc

just found this photo on the camera. plumbing boy must have taken it at a job. too cute.

he's on his way home so have to go & cook din dins. had more to say, but will have to wait. hope you is all having a loverly evening!!

Muddling

Woke up at 2am with lists running through my head of stuff I need to do before the 14th! Tried to shut it down, an hour & a heartburn tablet later I finally drifted off to sleep.

Haven't done a lot of proper work at work today. Had to get those lists sorted out! Feeling a bit calmer now. Can't be shagged doing any work at all now. Need a Nana nap!

My cat bought me a present last night. Must be mousey season. A little itty bitty mousey. Yes, I rescued the poor bugger. Alas he still croaked & I found him where I left him last night on the door step.

Why did I rescue him you may ask?

Firstly I didn't want to listen to my cat play with her food for the next 2 hours & the thought of the poor terrified mouse makes me upset.

Secondly, I live in the city & the cat is meant to be inside at night hence leaving the cat in & putting the mouse out. A sad state of affairs indeed.

Which reminds me of an email my Dad sent me during the week. Marg is Dad's sister, Mip is her daughter & Mark is Mip's 3 or 4 year old son.

"When I rang Marg for her birthday she told me that Mip had had a mouse plague. Marg took some cats up in the nearest receptacle at hand. Later in the day Mip heard a distressed call from Mark – caught in the receptacle – a possum trap!" hahahaha

They'd all be horrified at my wimpiness! Marg has always had heaps of stray cats. My uncle doesn't believe in buying cat food or veterinary care for them either. He doesn't get them "fixed" & there are always kittens around. If he catches them, well, lets just say they have short lives. The ones that do survive fend for themselves. Although as you can see, they do come in handy at times.

Growing up on a farm the animals are definitely in a bit of a pecking order when it comes to veterinary care. Cows of course were the most important. Dogs next. I remember one dog tried to jump out of the dog yard & caught his belly on a piece of wire & ripped himself open. Dad said it wasn't worth calling the vet & put him down himself. We always got the cat's spayed though. Dad doesn't like cat's much & didn't want a tribe of strays like his Mum (& now his sister) had. We never bought cat food. If they wanted "food" were welcome to eat the dog food, catch mice & of course there was always milk for them to drink.

My cat has special food from the vet just to keep her "regular"! How times have changed.

OK. I'm just a ramblin' on now here avoiding work. Must tell you about milking cows & feeding calves as a kid one day......... Moooooooo

Survived!

OK. Just a quickie to say I survived my hens night. Would you believe there is not a decent picture of me on my camera? Will have to wait for K to send pic's from Hong Kong.


Yes, one of my bestest girlfriends surprised me by coming out from HK just for the weekend! She couldn't get the days off in between & has to work in Singapore later this week, but will be back next weekend for 10 days.


Surprisingly my knee was the best it had been on Sunday morning. I suspect it was still drunk. Must have been the tequila &/or jaeger(sp?) shots (YUK to both).


I survived kissing 15 blokes in a row, kissing a bloke with a moustache. Could not find a bloke in sandals & white socks to kiss, & could not get the waiter nor the chef to take of their shirts!


I will do a photo post when I get some better ones.


Thanks to all who came & will leave you with this pic of me with Linda & Brooke that has come out the best of what was on my camera anyway!







OK OK. I'll let you see a couple of dodgy ones too.






The closest I came to the request for fellatio on anything that night!

Snuggling up to a Halloween decoration. Not sure what's going on with the face. Or the hair!

Later!

Quickie

Work: mental. we are soooo busy at the moment. you know the expression where the tail wags the dog??? I'm getting wagged.

Frock: did not help with the work situation. apparently taking up a hem on a wedding dress is not really straight forward. Being a novice sewing person I have no clue. My friend T's Mum is taking it up for me - she's retired from the dress making game now, but made wedding dresses & deb dresses for years. T also has a degree in fashion design & merch & is a pretty cluey seamstress herself, but even she didn't foresee the issues we would have. I spent 2 afternoons in Geelong this week at her Mums & after 3 attempts they are now happy to cut the excess fabric away & machine the hem. I have to go back next week to do a fitting for the chiffon over bit. Yeah, I'm really clued with sewing speak.

Knee: getting there slowly. Don't think I'll be back jogging next week. I can actually walk up stairs now; but going down is still awkward. It felt a lot better last night, but then this morning it was stiff as buggery again.

Hens Nights: is this weekend. Will have to strap my knee I think to prevent further damage. Not having a traditional Hens night - more a girls night out. More on that next week when I've recovered from the hangover.

Wedding Planning: plumbing boy's mum was still a bit weired on the phone today. I asked her if she wanted to sit next to her friend (plumbing boy's best mates mum) to which she responded with a forceful NO THANKS. I asked her if she wanted to sit next to D (mother of her grand kids - related by defacto relationship with PB's dead brother) & she said Not Really. I swear she was about to cry. Still waiting for PB to talk to her. He dropped in on the weekend, but they'd gone away.

Am sure I still have a lot to do, but haven't had time to check any of my lists this week! 15 Days to go..................

BTW - my counter is "out" I'm getting hitched at 5pm not 11am. Can't be shagged figuring out how to fix it!

Kneeses

What is that butt ugly thing you ask? Well. That'd be my knee/leg up way too close & personal with a big fat arse magnetic brace on it.

This ones taken on a better angle.

Yep. Here I was worried about getting plumbing boys cold. Now apparently I have a minuscule tear in my medial ligament on the inside of my knee. Level 1 injury & not so bad. If I were an AFL footy player, I'd only miss 1 week according to the physio.

I can bear weight on it, but going from straight to bent & vice versa is challenging (although getting easier each day). Both the doctor & the physio said I will be surprised by how much better it is by Friday. Physio said I can start bike riding on the weekend & should be able to jog in a straight line next week. Just need to be careful not to twist it again.

How did I do this. Well. It's kind of embarrassing. Unless you are a chick, or into Twilight, you just wont get it.

Saturday night I was at my sister's with her partner & my cuz; we had Dad over for dinner. Then we played cards to music. When Dad left we cranked up the music & had a bit of a dance. Around the lounge room. Then we put on the Twilight sound track. And we played the baseball game song & off course had to pretend to play the baseball scene. With Me?

I did a fab slide in under my sisters feet & felt a bit of a twinge in my knee. 2 hours later (after more wine & more dancing) I couldn't walk properly. Iced it & went to bed.

Went in to the local hospital in the morning. The Triage nurse completely understood. The doctor was somewhat smirky & told me no more re-enactments until after the wedding. Whoops. Did I ever tell you I was clumsy? Not all the time. Just when it counts. Like 17 days before getting hitched :0)

Trial Hair & Make up done (BM above). Flower girl below (we did flower girls ourselves, but she will go to the hairdressers on the day).

Also did trial make up; caught up with the music man, venue operator & caterer.

Did I tell you the venue looks awesome???

THE VENUE LOOKS AWESOME!!!!! The renovation has come up a treat. All we gotta do is cross our fingers & hope for good weather.

I'm going to Geelong later this arvo to have my frock taken up. Not sure if I'll be able to wear my purty silver shoes now with my knee. I was planning on wearing runners to the photo shoot prior anyway - scoped out the places on the weekend & I am not trashing my shoes (or self) clambering across rocky paths & bare feet is a must when walking on sand!