Wow, I knew it had been a while - but 6 weeks!?!? A little while ago I realised that I needed to get a lot of wedding stuff thought about during the school holidays, because Term 4 is always enormous with students' exams, Christmas/end-of year stuff, etc, then Christmas comes, and since some places shut from Christmas til halfway through January (and then it will be 8 weeks til the wedding) I really needed to get a few things definitely booked. :) So I spent a lot of time doing that sort of stuff. Actually, since so much has been going on, I think I'll update in point-form:
- I helped at Alastair's church fete and made a billion sausage sandwiches.
- I performed as part of the Fisher's Ghost Youth Orchestra at our Bowral concert.
- Alastair, Donna and I went to a Sons of Korah concert - they are AWESOME!
- Mum had an operation on one of her parathyroid glands. And she broke her hearing aid. :P
- We got my engagement ring repaired - a corner chipped off one of the clasps.
- Alastair and I did the Spring Cycle in Sydney with his Uncle Jonathan. 40km - North Sydney to Olympic Park. Woo - go me! (I was sore afterwards!)
- Lachlan came back from the US for two weeks and competed in the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition - he came 6th out of 18 or so people. :)
- I made a billion phone calls to bridal hair and make-up people, had trials, and booked two ladies in!
- I ordered my wedding shoes online - it took two goes, but I have them now, and they're sooo pretty!
- We attended my friend Ann's wedding. She married Mark, my friend Bek's brother. :)
- I helped out at a school holiday fun day run by Alastair's church - I got the pre-schoolers. Wow, I was tired after that. :)
- I met with a florist, booked her in, and paid a deposit. :)
- Alastair and I spent an afternoon making a list of all the stuff in my glory boxes, so we know what we have and what we don't have.
- I bought all the vases and candle holders for the table decorations for the wedding. And spent hours picking/soaking/scraping off all the price stickers. :P
- I made an album with the pictures from our engagment photo shoot by Bethany (she's an amazing photographer).
- Alastair and I took Donna to see U2 3D at the IMAX in Darling Harbour - they are both obsessed with U2. :) I fell asleep in it. :P
- Alastair and I went to Melbourne with a family from Alastair's church (Scott, Kerryn and their gorgeous kids Ben and Emily), so that Scott and Alastair could do the Around the Bay in a Day ride - 210km! It was a fun weekend... I love the Queen Victoria Markets! My dear fiance has spent the rest of the week there, and I'm really looking forward to seeing him tomorrow!
- Meaghan did her A.Mus exam - and passed! We are so proud of her!
This week, Term 4 started with a vengeance - it's Friday night, and I've only got half the things crossed off my to-do list this week! Before I finish though, just a quick note to my almost-sister-in-law Carly: of course I don't mind if you comment on my blog! :) (But that game in Canberra was miserable. :P )
Oh, and we're under five months til the wedding now. That is also cool. :)
