Wishing you all a wonderfully festive Christmas wherever you may be.
Love and slabbers,
from
K, G & R
xxxxxx
Friday, December 25, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Feeling a little festive
The christmas box has come out of the cupboard...
the decorations have been unpacked...
the twigs have come out the garage and been de-spidered...
and the christmas candles have been lit...
Things are starting to look a little like Christmas around here.
Friday, December 04, 2009
December already!
Not quite sure how it happened but it's December already. Christmas Day in 3 weeks time. Wow. Where did this year go? Who knows?!
We have the advent calendar up - filled with Thorntons chocs from the UK food shop - and a poinsettia but that's the extent of the festive decorations so far. Oh, and we bought a christmas smelling candle but haven't burned it yet.
I'm working all weekend (yuck!) so not sure how much I will get festive before next week but I will try.
We are both pretty snowed with work at the moment and looking forward to the break over xmas to rest and recuperate ready for a new year and a new decade. (Never mind where did this year go, what about the decade!)
We have the proof book from the photographers and hoping to pick photos for our album and thank you cards soon.
There's lots to do and it doesn't feel like there's enough time but I'm sure we will get through it all.
Oh and somewhere in the middle of work this weekend I have to write my xmas cards cos I'm already a week past the last posting date.
Very random post but thought it was time for an update and I've not got any photos to share but will try to rectify that over the coming weeks.
We have the advent calendar up - filled with Thorntons chocs from the UK food shop - and a poinsettia but that's the extent of the festive decorations so far. Oh, and we bought a christmas smelling candle but haven't burned it yet.
I'm working all weekend (yuck!) so not sure how much I will get festive before next week but I will try.
We are both pretty snowed with work at the moment and looking forward to the break over xmas to rest and recuperate ready for a new year and a new decade. (Never mind where did this year go, what about the decade!)
We have the proof book from the photographers and hoping to pick photos for our album and thank you cards soon.
There's lots to do and it doesn't feel like there's enough time but I'm sure we will get through it all.
Oh and somewhere in the middle of work this weekend I have to write my xmas cards cos I'm already a week past the last posting date.
Very random post but thought it was time for an update and I've not got any photos to share but will try to rectify that over the coming weeks.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
28 things aged 28
(Had been planning to post more wedding mosaics but can't remember my password for the mosaic programme - hopefully will get more up in the next few days).
Following on from the success of my 27 things to do aged 27 list I came up with a similar list for my 28th birthday.
Like last year, I will try and do sporadic updates to show how I am getting on.
Here goes:
28 things, aged 28
1. Post 28 hand-written letters
2. Get married – become Mrs. G DONE
3. Perfect my new ‘married’ signature
4. Have a honeymoon
5. Watch 28 movies
6. Play Badminton
7. Ride a horse
8. Read ‘A Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley
9. Swim 20 times
10. Scrapbook our wedding photos
11. Walk Rhett 75 times
12. Capture the seasons on camera and document
13. Give myself 50 beauty treatments
14. Purchase 28 bonus bonds
15. Scrapbook 50 times
16. Keep an everyday life journal (300/365 days at least)
17. Make an acrylic mini book
18. Blog 50 times
19. List 100 things I love about myself
20. Try a new recipe every month
21. Crochet something
22. Tell Graeme I love him 100 different ways
23. Have a K&G date night every month
24. Eat 365 portions of fruit
25. Choose a song per month for my 28 compilation album
26. Go on the Wii Fit/Treadmill 50 times
27. Phone a friend every month
28. Spend time each week making the house ready for company
One thing already completed before I've even posted the list. Result!
Following on from the success of my 27 things to do aged 27 list I came up with a similar list for my 28th birthday.
Like last year, I will try and do sporadic updates to show how I am getting on.
Here goes:
28 things, aged 28
1. Post 28 hand-written letters
2. Get married – become Mrs. G DONE
3. Perfect my new ‘married’ signature
4. Have a honeymoon
5. Watch 28 movies
6. Play Badminton
7. Ride a horse
8. Read ‘A Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley
9. Swim 20 times
10. Scrapbook our wedding photos
11. Walk Rhett 75 times
12. Capture the seasons on camera and document
13. Give myself 50 beauty treatments
14. Purchase 28 bonus bonds
15. Scrapbook 50 times
16. Keep an everyday life journal (300/365 days at least)
17. Make an acrylic mini book
18. Blog 50 times
19. List 100 things I love about myself
20. Try a new recipe every month
21. Crochet something
22. Tell Graeme I love him 100 different ways
23. Have a K&G date night every month
24. Eat 365 portions of fruit
25. Choose a song per month for my 28 compilation album
26. Go on the Wii Fit/Treadmill 50 times
27. Phone a friend every month
28. Spend time each week making the house ready for company
One thing already completed before I've even posted the list. Result!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
All on our lonesome
The last of our guests left this morning on her way back to the UK (bye Sarah!) and the house feels so empty.
Don't get me wrong - it's lovely to finally have some alone time with my new husband (still smile everytime I say or type that) but we miss everyone so much.
For the last 3 weeks we have had at least one person staying with us and most of the time it's been much more than one.
The three of us (me, G and Rhett) are rattling around not quite sure what to do with ourselves.
So between weepy missing everyone moments I am trying to keep busy. Today I baked rolls and fairy cakes ans we watched Elf (best Christmas movie ever!)
We had some amazing fresh fish fried in breadcrumbs for our tea. This morning was the first of the Palmy Farmers Market which will hopefully become a permanent Sunday morning fixture in town. We also bought cheese. Next week I'm hoping to get some local and fresh eggs and veggies - yummy.
Will get mosaicing with some other wedding photos soon and get them posted.
On Friday we also had the excitement of access to our online album containing 397 photos by the official photographers - way too many to choose from! They are all lovely.
This is turning out to be quite random now so I am off for a bubble bath and early night.
This photo is us with all of our friends that came to the wedding.
Don't get me wrong - it's lovely to finally have some alone time with my new husband (still smile everytime I say or type that) but we miss everyone so much.
For the last 3 weeks we have had at least one person staying with us and most of the time it's been much more than one.
The three of us (me, G and Rhett) are rattling around not quite sure what to do with ourselves.
So between weepy missing everyone moments I am trying to keep busy. Today I baked rolls and fairy cakes ans we watched Elf (best Christmas movie ever!)
We had some amazing fresh fish fried in breadcrumbs for our tea. This morning was the first of the Palmy Farmers Market which will hopefully become a permanent Sunday morning fixture in town. We also bought cheese. Next week I'm hoping to get some local and fresh eggs and veggies - yummy.
Will get mosaicing with some other wedding photos soon and get them posted.
On Friday we also had the excitement of access to our online album containing 397 photos by the official photographers - way too many to choose from! They are all lovely.
This is turning out to be quite random now so I am off for a bubble bath and early night.
This photo is us with all of our friends that came to the wedding.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Wedding : : Food
: : Top to bottom, left to right : :
1. Title, 2. Starter - Beef fillet with horseradish filled Yorkshire pudding & rocket salad, 3. Starter - Buffalo Mozzarella Vine Tomato basic & proscuitto
4. Main - Snapper fillet, pan roasted with pepper provolone tapenade, warm snow pea, scallion, pear tomato & bell pepper salad, 5. Main - Lamb rump with roasted kumara, pumpkin, potato & parsnip with mint jelly, 6. Dessert - Traditional New Zealand Pavlova with Kiwifruit Strawberries & Cream
I had the buffalo mozzarella, lamb and pavlova. Graeme had the beef, lamb and pavlova. It was divine.
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We also had canapes after the ceremony which were amazing. Unfortunately, we were all busy with activities and photographs when they were served so there are no photos but they were beautiful. The pakorah was my favourite :-) Here's what we had:
Lemon chicken skewers with lemon pickle
Boomrock venison sausage rolls with Maharaja chutney
Carrot & pistachio ‘pakorah’ with yoghurt & poppy seed dressing
4. Main - Snapper fillet, pan roasted with pepper provolone tapenade, warm snow pea, scallion, pear tomato & bell pepper salad, 5. Main - Lamb rump with roasted kumara, pumpkin, potato & parsnip with mint jelly, 6. Dessert - Traditional New Zealand Pavlova with Kiwifruit Strawberries & Cream
I had the buffalo mozzarella, lamb and pavlova. Graeme had the beef, lamb and pavlova. It was divine.
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We also had canapes after the ceremony which were amazing. Unfortunately, we were all busy with activities and photographs when they were served so there are no photos but they were beautiful. The pakorah was my favourite :-) Here's what we had:
Lemon chicken skewers with lemon pickle
Boomrock venison sausage rolls with Maharaja chutney
Carrot & pistachio ‘pakorah’ with yoghurt & poppy seed dressing
Wedding : : Details
: : Top to bottom, left to right : :1. Bride's bouquet, 2. Mother of Bride buttonhole, 3. Wedding cakes
4. Bride's hair, 5. Bouquet's and dresses, 6. Mother of Groom buttonhole
7. Place setting, 8. the Table, 9. Table decoration
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Just some of the details I want to share here. If you have an aversion to weddings you may want to avoid the blog for a couple of weeks. If you love weddings, come back every few days and I'll try to make regular posts.
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