Freezing for love

It's been a while between posts but right now, although it's a beaming Sydney afternoon, I'm sitting here bundled up in a polar fleece hoodie, woolly scarf and beanie, typing away as I await the start of the Sydney Ice Hockey Senior Threes Grand Finals between the Norwest Emperors and the Blacktown Bears.

The things we do for love...

MP joined the Emperors three years ago. He was the shy lanky Asian dude amongst a barrage of big, beefy Westies... Now he's captain of the Senior Threes and the team are like his second family. Please let them win!

This game aside, it's been a great weekend. We did a last minute sign up to a pre-marriage course (All: "Say WHAAT..?") which we thought would be a bit of a joke and just something to appease my mother, but it ended up being quite enlightening! I actually walked away with some newfound insight into MP's views on issues which we may or may not encounter. For example, did you know that one in six couples experience infertility in Australia? What would happen if one of us was infertile? Would I feel the same about having a baby through a surrogate which only had one set of our DNA as the other person was deemed infertile?

Riveting Stuff...

Ooh.. Game's starting. Will continue post later.

Special chicken pho... Yum!

Lunch today.


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"We have to bring back the fun"

That was a comment from a good friend of mine who like me, is feeling a little bruised and battered by the hustle and bustle of life these days. Things have just stopped being fun. Life is blitzing by at a rapid pace and we're not doing the things we enjoy doing. What's worst, we're doing things that we dread. We all have responsibilities. I get that. Bills need to be paid and food needs to be put on the table. But surely, we can achieve those things without the drudgery that has become the working life. Waking up and DREADING the day ahead? That's not how life should be...

 

MP keeps telling me that it's just a state of mind and when I'm actually going through it, it's not so bad. That's partly true. I've also been told that I need to grow a thicker skin. That's true too. But right now, my skin is paper thin and there are some events I am experiencing which are just bad. Period.

 

Well... The buck stops here.  Bring back the FUN. Starting with lunch. Yes it's only 11:24am but I'm ravenous so I'm going to eat NOW. And no more crappy work cafeteria food. I'm busting out. Going to get me some Vietnamese Pho. Yum.

 

*sigh* Ok. I feel better.

The best laksa in Sydney

Sambal's laksa... Yum!


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I am about to embark on a crazy journey.

And It all started with these shoes.

A classic pair of Christian Louboutin pumps, strassed with Swarovski crystals to give it a veil of sparkly glamor and finesse. The perfect bridal shoe.

Only a few things stand in the way of my twinkle toes and these fabulous puppies. Well, three thousand two hundred and ninety five George Washingtons, to be precise. But where there's a will, there's a way. And after three hours with my pal Google, I have devised a plan. A crazy, ambitious plan, but a plan all the same. It's a plan that has been put into action thanks to my friends Kate Spade and Ebay.

Kate delivered yesterday. (Light Aqua Licorice Pumps. Stylish AND comfortable - love your work Kate.) Now I'm just waiting for my Ebay friends to come through. Fingers crossed.

On other wedding notes, we got our wedding bands sorted this week and the suits are ready to go. Everything is (clunkily) coming together!

Crochet Blanket Progress Report

A few weeks back I splurged on some wool. Not just any wool. I splurged on Morris and Son's brand of Paddington wool which is made up of 80% bamboo and 20% Merino.

Bamboo wool is wonderful. Soft as marshmellow, eco-friendly, hypo-allergenic and anti-bacterial which is perfect for baby projects. (...Put down the phone mum. I'm crocheting this for Frank.)

64 granny squares and one giant blister later, this is where I'm at...

... and I've run out of wool to join all the squares together! (This is what you get when you try to skimp.)

So back to Morris and Sons next week as I hope to get this finished by next Sunday. After that, Merv has forbid me from starting a new project till after the wedding. I know, "forbid" is a pretty strong word and no one can really forbid anyone from doing anything. But he makes a good point. There's eight weeks till the big day and I have no wedding bands, no honeymoon booked, no makeup/hair artist... but I will have a beautiful baby blanket ready for baby BJ's arrival. Yep, I've got my priorities sorted.

Pendulum

My thoughts usually swing around like a pendulum. Back and forth, oscillating about the equilibrium that is home, family and MP.

It was something my darling sister said the other day that made me realize that my pendulum might be a little stuck...

"All you do is talk about work!"

Is it true? Have I made my work my life.

There are 168 hours each week and I spend 45 hours physically at work. But the amount of thinking time I actually dedicate to work Is probably around the 15 hour a day mark... That's a little OTT. What I need is something else to dedicate my thoughts to. You'd think an impending wedding would do the trick but no. My brain needs something more.

So I have an idea. A fun idea. A fun BUSINESS idea. (Hey, the acorn can't stray too far from the tree.) At this stage, it's a one hit execution which will either flourish or burn. But that doesn't really matter. The process is what excites me. The path will be filled with so many landmines but I HAVE TO make it happen. And I have given myself a deadline. Easter 2012. Tomorrow I will take one week's leave during Easter which is equivalent of me signing on the bottom line. Don't even know whether I have enough leave...

But screw it. Just going to do it.