A few photos

We haven't received our professional photos yeat (it's only been 3 days...)but I've managed to steal a few photos from friends/family who kindly took some of us. It was a great day - no hiccups really, altho it was raining in the morning but it cleared up in the afternoon just in time to take some photos outside! What luck!

Tomorrow....

I'm going to the chapel to get married!!!

It's the final countdown....

Happy New Year! 2009 is set to be a big adventure for us. We've been busy with a few things and the countdowns are now on!

6 days left of work for me,
9 days left of work for FH,
24 days til the wedding,
39 days til the big adventures starts..

Now, the big adventure has been brewing for a while now and the plan has been decided. We're off to Hong Kong for the honeymoon, then from Hong Kong we're heading to Berlin, Germany for a few days. We're then going to hire a car and drive through Europe all the way to Spain. Once we hit Spain, we're gonna jump on a plane and head to the UK for a working holiday. Hopefully, there'll be a lot of holiday and not so much work!

So it is all go here in the burrow. We're organising, packing, cleaning, fixing, clearing out, throwing away, giving away and recycling a whole bunch of stuff! It's a bit stressful but rather exciting!

It's Christmas Time In The Burrow!

I've been tagged!!

Sara from Sakura flavoured tagged me so here we go!

Outside my window... I can see my lovely garden, full of nice green weeds!! I really need to look at fixing that sometime soon......

I am thinking... about my wedding in February and why I have a cold when it's almost summer....


I am thankful for... my fiance, supportive family and friends, having enough to eat and a roof over my head.

From the kitchen... my latest recipe is Singapore style noodles!

I am wearing... light blue trakkies and a dark blue t-shirt

I am creating... wedding invitations!

I am going... to take a day off on Monday to try to shake this cold!

I am reading... The Potter's House by Rosie THomas

I am hoping... that I get well soon!

I am hearing... the traffic outside my window...thankfully I'm not stuck in it!!

Around the house... are wedding things - invitaion samples, fabric samples, menus, business cards etc!!

One of my favorite things...is getting up early on a sunday in summer, sitting on the deck with a refreshing drink and enjoying the quiet.


A few plans for the rest of the week... work tomorrow, meeting with the florist/cake-maker on Saturday, then relaxing in bed for a few days to get rid of this cold!!


Here is picture thought I am sharing..


It's a watermelon latern from the Chinese New Year Festival at the beginning of this year. I chose it because whenever watermelon reminds me of summer and summer is just 'round the corner!


I am tagging... not sure if anyone reads this but i'll try Lulu and Melanie from Kimono Reincarnate!

A Feast FOr The Eyes!!

Last Friday, FH and I went to see The Phantom of the Opera. We got all dolled up and if I'm honest, I wasn't expecting much. I've been to other shows and enjoyed them but forgot them quite quickly. WELL......The Phantom was absolutely FANTASTIC!! I must say that if you haven't seen it, you must, must, must go as soon as you can! THe costume are so beautiful and colourful, the ochestra is magnificent and the sets, wow, the sets are just amazing. I was in awe the whole time. The time went by so quickly and I was actually quite disappointed when it finished! I wanted more! Even now, 3 days later, I'm still thinking about it and telling everyone I see about it!

In other news, I have another cold.....that's what you get when you work with kids....totally not recommended BUT the Phantom totally is!

Healthy Lifestyle Plan

Now that Summer is on it's way, I've decided that it's time to get back to my healthy lifestyle plan. I haven't really gone so far off the plan but I could be doing better. Last year I lost 15kg and I want to lose 5kg more before my wedding in February 2009. For me, slowly but surely really does win the race, which is why I am starting from today. The healthy eating part is easy, the exercise part on the other hard is not so easy. My excercise of choice is walking, but on rainy days I do a step aerobic DVD at my house. Weather here is unstable so it is always good to have a back up plan.