Irony.

Yes that sticker says L2Drive...

A year gone by

Seeing as the year is almost up and time is short during the silly season I thought Id address the year reflection now…

When I think of the year just been, it is hard to separate it from the 3 years previous as a journey I have been on. Looking at the 3/4 years gone by I can see many changes that I have been through, some small, some so completely drastic that thinking of it now its quite scary.

Compared to 21yr old Me the 25 yr edition is physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually a very different person. (And in a brief flit to a 17yr version, I don’t think the 2 would recognise each other) Seriously I was thinking about it yesterday and it made me feel friggin old. We had a family Christmas do, my little cousin Jess was there and she is an almost exact replica of my 10yr old self, 2 more of my cousins are pregnant which prompted one of my uncles to rub my stomach and ask when mines coming... a good mate asked me the same question this week and the mans family are making not so subtle hints, even a work colleague mentioned that this time next year id be on maternity leave... all were met with the same response "let me get the friggin wedding out of the way first"

I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I am not where I wanted to be at this age. Coinciding with that I think I may have finally found me, breakdowns are less frequent, and...

I’ve learnt that I cant make everyone happy, sometimes you do need to put yourself first, live a little, drugs aren’t the epitome of evil, be open and honest with all, even if that means letting your grandmother be friends with you on facebook, move on, grow up, its probably not your fault, some people will never forgive you, that’s their issue not yours, you can't spend your whole life feeling guilty, love is a very complicated and layered thing, some people just will never like you, smile and nod, make time for yourself, spend time with those you care about, don’t worry about telling someone you need some time alone, take joy in the little things, and always wear your seat belt.

The fact that it has taken me this long to learn all these things pisses me off, the fact that in my 25th year everything finally makes sense is a relief. The knowledge that when I’m 30 ill think differently again makes me smile rather than frown. I think I can finally call myself an adult.

Have an awesome Christmas, drink and be merry :)

Christmas.

Man am I sick of it. Looking forward to running away from work for 2 weeks on Christmas eve.

Engagement Party!

The nicest my nails/hand has ever looked. Had my nails done to complement my beautiful ring. The engagement party was on Saturday and went off without a hitch. Everyone was well fed and merry, Christchurch put on a pearler for us.

Attack of the Brightly coloured santas

This is a picture of only one wall of colour, before its even complete. For 2 months each year we are inundated with they colourful works of the children/grandchildren of the staff throughout the country. The pictures (now complete) total around 5hundy and are pasted floor to ceiling over 4 walls of the reception area. It is a terrifying ordeal.

Sorry that I have been lax in the type, been busy window shopping online for wedding stuff lol. Speaking of which, our engagement party is finally happening next weekend. That should be quite the exciting ordeal. I am a little nervous about the whole centre of attention thing tho.

We won our first game in ages at Soccer the other night. It has been hard without our strikers. But I have started playing midfield now. No, I still haven't scored a goal, but I get closer with every game :D

My future sister in law had her baby last week, hes a cute little tyke, they have named him Connor. For some reason this gives my fiance range to make Highlander jokes. Also with the spring air, My Mums horses have had a foal each. They are the cutest things. I have been trying to get out to the property once a week to see them.

That's all for now, Ill try to remember to post next week :P

And the planning begins...

Well, <- this is where we are getting married. The dates been set and the venue has been booked and paid for. Its all very exciting and it means we can start other plans. The venue is The Old Stone House, its a charming historical building in Cashmere, Christchurch. My Aunt got married there years ago, and it was beautiful. It is the perfect venue for us, as we can have the ceremony in their picturesque gardens and the reception inside. We can use whatever caterers etc that we like and are not bound to buy beverages from the venue. Roll on Sat 25th Sep 2010 :D

Other than that we have decided on our color scheme, black and white. Decided to only have one brides maid and groomsman. Designed an invite for and a date for our engagement party. And Ive started looking at dresses.... I never anticipated that it would be this much fun :)

Best Weekend Ever!

So to celebrate our 2 year anniversary I took my man on a surprise trip to Wanaka. We both took the Friday off work and drove down in our new car.






The car by the way is awesome, really economical and a joy to drive. I think I'm getting an awesome usb car stereo for Christmas, so very excited :)

We arrived at our hotel the Oakridge Resort and checked into our room. It was small, and the bed was huge! It was really nice and swanky with heated tiles in the bathroom. The only disappointment would be that the window was facing the wrong way for any scenery :(

I was informed that I was not to get my anniversary pressie til later that evening. So we went out to dinner. We both are quite big fans of Mexican so went to a restaurant called Amigoes. Being a Friday night and having not booked we were told that there would be an hour wait. As we were on holiday we said that was fine and went for a nice night time stroll along the lake. When we got back to the restaurant our table was set and waiting for us, the service was superb and food delicious. If you are ever in Wanaka you should totally go there. But maybe you should look at making a booking first :)

When back at the hotel I went to the bathroom and when I came out there was a large parcel on the bed. Perplexing for awhile as to how he would've fit that large box in our luggage without me noticing he demanded I sit down and read the card first. The card consisted of his usual cheesy romantic and humorous poetry. The last line being "but only if you will be my wife?" at first I thought he was just saying it, but then a ring was produced, not too dissimilar to the one pictured. And now my man is my fiance and I feel the luckiest woman in the world. The ring is nothing like the ones I have pointed out. But that almost makes it more special. He picked it out all by himself and actually put some thought into it :D

In the morning we had a delicious cooked breakfast at Kai Whakapai followed by a beautiful walk around the lake. Apparently it was raining at home, but the weather in Wanaka was perfect, we even got sunburned. After hanging out at Puzzling World for a couple of hours we went back to the hotel to soak in the hot pools. We finished our day at the Paradiso cinema. This has got to be one of the most unique and greatest "cinematic adventures" (Dane Cook) that I have ever experienced. We turned up and had delicious pizza for dinner, sat in a uber comfy couch to watch Inglorious Basterds and we could actually here the projector ticking over, very old school and awesome. We were even given an intermission, where we ate ice cream that was made on site!

Sunday we had a beautiful drive home, I am totally over the moon :D