Six days to go

Final countdown . . . things are looking like they are well on track. I wrote the third "Big list of details" list last night. I think it helps me sleep when I do it!

Life as a whole is quite uneventful at the moment, coz everything is revolving around next week. I cut my toe on my front door, does that warrant as being news?? Its OK, its my little toe and you can't see the cut now, its just still sore. I'm not limping.

Mum arrived on Wednesday so she has been great at organising things through the day for me. How nice it has been to come home from work to a hot meal on the table that isn't eggs on toast (Rob and I's (is that a word?) staple diet when we cant be bothered or are too busy to cook properly!)

Emotionally I think I have been doing OK. Although I am definitely sick of making decisions and am running on adrenalin and will probably crash sometime next week. Its my last day at work today for the next 3 weeks so that will be one less thing to think about.

I guess the next time I post there will be photos to attach from the big day . . .watch this space.

Work and Wedding

After saying that I would attempt to blog more often, I suddenly realised its been a week and a half since. Maybe its because I feel I have had nothing to write that is exciting or maybe its because I have been working 9 hour days with an hour travel on either side.

I'm currently working at Big Bridge a media communication company at Kangaroo point. Its either a ferry ride which is nice, or when I'm motivated about a 9km bike ride home around the river. Very pleasant. The people are great, friendly and welcoming, which is a fantastic change! I'm literally a receptionist but I don't have a problem with it. I get to welcome people and organise couriers and answer phones. They keep giving me extra responsibilities to which is nice coz I'm only a temp and technically only here for 3 weeks.

Which brings me to the wedding. . .3 WEEKS TO GO today. Just wrote my second "Big list of details" but most things are all under control. We really just have to write a ceremony and that's the biggest thing of all. Its fun, a few anxious emotional moments (on my behalf) but all is on schedule. Mum turns up in a couple of weeks so that will help take the pressure off.

Looking forward to having everyone in the one location at the one time to help celebrate.

And she's back

So .. I know its been a while since I have been to this site. But I haven't forgotten about it at all. Thought I might give it a second attempt at this "blogging" thing.

The lastest updates (with some photos attached)

First and foremost, its 4.5 weeks till the wedding. 32 sleeps to be exact, not that we are counting or anything! All plans are very much under control. Just sorting out tiny details now and then all that is left to do is write a ceremony. Easy Peasy!

Rob became an Uncle on Friday 16th of February (I hope for my sake that I got that date right) You can see that he looks quite stoked about it. Thomas Callum Wilson was 18 hours old when this photo was taken



Had a month in NZ at Christmas time, my goodness it was hard to get back on the airplane to leave. Caught up with heaps of friends and family, had an engagement breakfast and even scored a really cheap helicopter ride up Frans Josef Glacier. Drove about 2000 km in 4 days around the lower half of the South Island and fell in love with the Crown Range. Also had a near miss with a head on collision on the Arthurs Pass which shook me for a while, but we arrived in ChCh safe and sound which was good!

And finally we went to visit Robs' Aunty and Uncle who live 5 hours directly west of Brisbane on 7000 acres. Highlights were definately shooting my first kangaroo, night hunting in shorts and t-shirt (very different to the minimum 4 layers of clothing needed in NZ) and getting a flat tyre in the 'middle of nowhere' where the first car drove past just as we were getting back in the car. I found great pleasure in eating my second fly, not by choice, and swatting the other flies off my face whilst standing in the middle of the road watching Rob change the tyre for us . . . what a Man!

I hope that gives you a bit of a run down on the latest happenings. Hopefully it wont be long till the next update (and if it is you can hound me till you get it!!)

BRISBANE RAINS

And some of it even manages to get to the dams by the look of it. At my house we are currently are experiencing rain and thunder. Im waiting for hail and heavy rain. Then it will be exciting!



For all you kiwis this IS exciting news because our dams are at 26% becuase we have had no significant rain out there for about 9 months

Rob and Carmen

And for those of you who dont even know what Rob looks like, here is a photo of the two of us on Saturday. The day after the night before . . .

ENGAGED!!

Yes. .. for those of you who havent heard the news, yes its true. Carmen is engaged and very excitied and very happy!!! Rob Matthews is the lucky man (and he is even kiwi, sort of). For all you females and interested males, here are photos of the ring.

And finally there was Scotland

Another country like NZ but would have been nice to spend more than 3.5 days looking around.

First stop of course was a little town called "Troon". The local pub didn't have any glasses with our name on it so the bar man made one for us.


and then had to have our photo taken at the local golf course. So much for playing a round of golf at $600 per person. And they wouldn't even give us freebies. . how rude!! ;-)


Here is Sally a friend in Glasgow who crashed at my house for a couple on nights in Brisbane as a backpacker.


A gorgeous looking cottage


A HEELUND COO!!