The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Reading books like this one, make me miss my childhood. it fills me up with such warmth and comfort, and a longing for so long ago. I do have to admit reading as an adult how much i loved reading it and how good the book still is after all these years.

It will always be a classic tale about a toad and his friends who no matter what happens and how many seasons go past they will be there till the end.

The Wedding

Planning for a wedding is extremely hard and stressful but, rather enjoyable. My partner and I have figured that out in the last few months, with our wedding coming up in October. We decided in the beginning that we would try and cut costs but still get the wedding we want, so we have decided to do most things ourselves or get others to help us.

For example, we have made the invitations ourselves, and decided do have the wedding,reception and photos all in the same place, we are doing the deceleration ourselves with the help of my partners father, catering is being sorted by my mother and my father is helping with me getting to the church and walking me down the aisle and I am making the cake, and with everything else we getting help from friends, family and our local church.

To us a wedding isn't just a day but it is a start of a brilliant future with the person I love. I am very privileged to be marring the person I love.

Atonement by Ian McEwan

I am usually one that doesn't like an unfinished book, but on this case i had to stop half way through as I found it dull, uninteresting, and very hard to read as it didn't seem to flow well. In parts it had to much explanation and felt as the author was trying to hard.. I will not be able to recommend this book at all to anyone who wants a good book to read.

Say YES to the Dress!!!

It it usually a once in a lifetime experience to be able to choose a wedding dress with some close friends and ones mother, but it is a privilege i have had this morning. To Cherish, a bridal shop across the road from Barrinton Mall in Christchurch, had the warmth and the knowledge to help me choose a dress that i would absolutely love.

When I arrived with my mother and friends, I was welcomed with a friendly and warm welcome, then we were taken to a private room for use to use and given the round rules for the day. We were made very comfortable, relaxed and happy and choose out four dresses.

Four dresses was a good start and I tried the first dress on, a strapless dress which i found i did not like, especially with being bigger busted and a bit chubbier it did not suit me at all. Strapless was defiantly out!!!

However in what i would consider a strange thing i tried the second dress on and it was perfect, i wasn't expecting to find a dress i loved and wanted that quickly, best of all within budget!!! so i said yes to the dress. So i paid the first half of the amount, with a fitting in September, so alterations can be made in time for the wedding the big revel will soon be here.....

New Year, Same me

New Years is usually the time when most are deciding on their new year resolutions,which is a good thing, change i will admit is always good and one most adapt, grow and change in order to survive or get something better in our lives. Yes i do want more, but i have decided i will let things just come my way, and to just focus on my wedding, my writing and this blog (which i must admit i need to water this blog a\a bit more so i can watch it flower a lot more) and of course my "9-5" job.

to give you a bit of an update on my progress on my lists i am still reading atonement, which is taking forever to read, and my bucket is in need of being pushed into my front view again, as i have ignored it lately. It will be an aim to try and get more down with both lists..

Another aim is just to write more personal updates and logs here just for consistency in blog updates and feeling like i am getting somewhere with the world. however in the end lets see how 2017 pans out...