Time goes by so quickly

Wow my days off went so quick. I was so busy, I had no time to post on my blog as you can tell sorry.
We have been trying to finalise our wedding ceremony booklet, as we are getting married in a church we have been doing some research of readings. We have nailed it down to a couple of readings that are really nice and have a great message behind them.
It is such a relief that we have neally got our ceremony booklet completed.

We finalised our dinner menu which is one big thing crossed of the list.

The list is getting shorter soon everything will be done and we can just sit back and wait for the day to arrive.
I can't believe how close our big day is Iam getting so excited as it is not far away.


I received my copy of stitch 'n' Bitch and love it! I would recommend it to anyone that knits as it is full of tips and patterns, it is such a fantastic book. I have been reading it madly filling my head with heaps of tips, I love it1

That's it for me for now.

Renovations

My blog went under some mild renovations as you can tell I finally came up with a new name for my blog 'Pretty in Pink' I have a few things that have that written on them I think it suits for now anyway lol.

My Days Off

Tonight is my last night shift than I am on days off(Woo hoo).

As I am a shift working in a Lead Mine as an Emergency Service Officer. I work a roster that is 4x day shifts on 4x days off 4x night shifts on 4x days off.

I leave home at 6 and get home at 8 so it works out to be a 14 hour day.

I had to do an extra panel of night shifts this panel (to help out my boss) as I am surpose to be on day shift.

I can't complain as when I am on my normal roster (back next panel) I am on the same shifts as my gorgeous fiance, He works underground. We both work at the same Mine.

The night shifts take a bit out of me.

So for the first couple of days it's a bit slow and steady letting my body catch up on much needed sleep, rest and relaxation.




These days off I have a few things planned other than relaxing and recovering from night shift and the usual chores

- tidy the house
- Washing
- Ironing
- Washing my beautiful babies (Jacko and Sophie) as they are inside puppies when we are home, they get a bath once a week.


We have a few things we need to finalise for our wedding

- Ceremony program
- Dinner menu
- Invitation Layout and wording


I am going to try and cook a recipe for 'In the bag' which I came across at http://www.cherrysenglishkitchen.typepad.com/ , you get 3 ingredients and you have to cook up a recipe using these 3 ingredients, you submit your entry with a picture of your dish.
It looks like so much fun so i thought I would put my cooking skills to use and have a go at it.
I have a great recipe in mind, I will post as soon as I make it.


My gorgeous fiance will be playing golf, one of his favourite activities.
He has a golf competition on, it's on Sunday fingers crossed it is a beautiful day for him.


I am hoping to get some knitting in, as I am eager to get my scarf finished and get started on a new project.
But as I am new to the whole knitting thing still on my learner's I am as slow as a snail.
So I am patiently knitting away day dreaming of my next project.
I am thinking a beanie in the same color as my scarf.
As than I will be able to put my new knitting skills in use on a pattern.
Yes that's right I said pattern I know I have been dreading the thought of attempting a pattern but i have faith!!

Help is on it's way!!
I have ordered the Stitch ' N bitch book.






To help me with my knitting journey, can't wait for the mail man/woman to deliver it to me, very exciting.
There is also a lovely lady in town that owns a craft/ sewing shop. she has offered her help if i come to any trouble, which was so nice of her.

So help is at hand if needed.



For Elisabeth

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do, I attached a photo for you as well, the photo turned out great, the guacamole looks delicious!!



Guacamole and pita chip

Ingredients:

1 Avocado, halved, stone removed and peeled

2 Tablespoons of lemon juice

1/2 a small red chili, finely chopped

1/3 Cup of Sour cream

3 Spring Onions, finely chopped

3 Pita bread

You can buy your own Pita chips as I have done or make your own.



Place avocado in a bowl

Using a fork roughly mash avocado

add lemon juice, chili and sour cream

Stir to combine

Stir in Spring onions

Season with salt and pepper

Pita Chips

Grill bread on both sides until golden brown

Cut into wedges

Serve guacamole with wedges

Enjoy!!

Learning to knit

I have decided to teach myself to knit, so fingers crossed let's see how I go.

I thought I would start with something very basic so I have decided to knit a scarf.

I started last night and am very proud so far of my progress. I hope one day soon I will be able to put the whole fear of reading a pattern behind me and be able to make beautiful gifts from patterns.

If anyone has any tips that they would love to share please feel free to comment

Busy as a bee

It has been all go the last couple of weeks with so much going on I have had no time to post on my Blog as you can tell very slack but have a good reason as I have been flat out doing Wedding stuf and lucky me got a visit from my handsome nephew Wyatt, I can't believe how much he has grown he is soooooo CUTE! It was so nice catching up with my big sister, her fiancee, Jesse and Wyatt.

Iam sooo excited about my wedding day it is starting to become so real now that we are getting closer to the big day.VERY EXCITING!!!

We had our food trial the other week and the food was absolutely delicious!!!

It was a really great weekend got to catch up with Katie and Sam and Denise and Peter and my Dad even came down to the food trial we all had a ball.

Daryl and I met with the minister and discussed our wedding ceremony very exciting!!

I met with my hair dresser that will be making mine and the girls hair gorgeous on the day, she is such a great hair dresser and really nice can't wait for all the girls too meet her.

So much has been happening.