Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Is this any surprise?

...that I would loose all momentum after two days of furious blogging twice?

I am am actually quite disappointed with myself. I specifically took two days of leave last week to have  few free days to get myself and my life sorted. and now what i mean by that is that my little housie is somewhat of an organised chaos of a mess. and on bad days it is a chaotic disorganized mess.

And after two days of leave, what did I achieve - well just about as much tidying as I achieve on any other non-leave taking week. (I vacuumed and wiped down some counters and removed odd smelling things)

...and so after a glorious two days out of the office I am actually back where i was a week ago. still in organised chaos!

I could blame MrT for proposing and throwing out the whole plan so that instead of cleaning I was getting manicures and giving people arc eye by sparkling them in the face unexpectedly... but I am still feeling too good about the whole "I am engaged!!" thing.

And then MrT got a serious case of man-flu and I had to be at his side to feed him soup and make sure he was wrapped up warm and stuff.

So another Monday passed - this Monday came with very poor lunch time food prospects so I splashed out on sushi for dinner - and that was a splendid idea until after 8 salmon California rolls, two chicken spring rolls and four vegetable fashion sandwiches in I was rather tired of the taste of soy sauce and seaweed. I finished off with jelly beans and a big glass of orange juice to make me feel better.

Now at present my organised house of chaos smells like fresh baked scones and the whisper of a lonely pillow begs me to pay a visit (prompted my my back that is telling me to get off the cold hard floor and onto something a little kinder on the butt cheeks and knees.) because sleeping is something I definitely have staying power for.

Friday, 20 May 2011

Let us start with the big news first

so the big news is that... wait for it... wait for it...

After many months of threatening/charming/sweet talking/more threatening, MrT proposed to me on the day before my birthday...

..and we are very very happy.

It started with a breakfast picnic at the Botanic Gardens. Salmon ("smoked Norwegian" MrT wants to add) and cottage cheese on croissants with hot coffee and cuddles on the blanket. Then after some sunbathing we went to inspect the waterfalls. (along with a massive church group... not that romantic)

We found a secluded path and walked through the mud and over branches and found a quiet bench to enjoy the surroundings. Then after a cough and a cleared throat and a bow on the knee (in the mud) MrT simply asked me to be his wife.

I was smiling so widely that I simply nodded... a lot...

and this is what was inside the magic blue box.

...or at least it was modeled on this design from a well known jewelery store (Not My Image - This Image Belongs To Browns)

I think we will feature proteas in our wedding theme in June next year.

So it has been a week almost now. I have decided for the sake of controlling the madness to have a ten minute "wedding time" every day where I let spill out all the wedding things I thought about that day - this all tumbles out into MrT's ears who patiently listens and notes down the ideas that actually make any sense.

I keep being distracted by the sparkle on my finger.

see...




The line I wanted to update my Facebook status with right in the moment was
"He has put a star on my finger to match the stars he puts in my eyes." 

Pity we kept it a secret to tell people personally first.

Thursday, 19 May 2011

na na na na doot dee doot...

I am back! After a long drought of no posts I have got my technological ducks in a row and (Let us hope) I will be able to bloggy bloggy blog a lot more often. (As shown before, I should probably disclaimer that I may not always keep this promise)

Anyway I have So So So much to say on here. fast trains and hypothetical ferrari's and diamonds and eagles and giant lumps of cement!!. but for now, I celebrate with a new blog design (for those using the mobile version - sorry - same old, same old for all of you).

And while you glory in the splendor of some one else's artwork...I shall go make dinner for MrT. He needs attention more at the moment :)

Monday, 9 May 2011

Dear Rollercoaster

... I know you are busy rushing around and asking half way through this wild trip is rather inconvenient... but can I climb off now?

Big bloggy news is coming up... (Well not that dramatic really) ..but time runs away from me like chasing tiny rubber balls through a shopping centre - it is utter pandemonium.

It is one week until I turn 26... I'll set my goals at breaking this blogging drought while I am still 25.

Wish me luck!