tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54585856377759077072024-03-06T02:09:29.858+11:00Hakuna MatataSimmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-15692118402382567372013-05-02T20:58:00.000+10:002013-05-02T20:58:41.967+10:00Anyone for a coffee at my place?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay so I admit April was a little busier than usual therefore very little blogging was done. I managed to keep reading all of my favourite blogs and am feeling the month of May will be a little more successful. Note: busy doesn't really mean that busy for me, I still manage to watch plenty of TV! Priorities priorities! </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have committed to <a href="http://fatmumslim.com.au/" target="_blank">Fat Mum Slim's</a> May photo a day challenge. Follow me on Instagram to keep up-to-date with my photos, I am fairly obsessed with Instagram. Profile name is simmoneclifford. It's my first photo a day challenge and I can see myself getting very addicted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you may remember my wedding photos took longer than expected due to the delay in getting our long awaited wedding coffee table book. Well it finally arrived, a few weeks ago now and here are some amazing pics of all its awesomeness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I want a new coffee table to place it on and want to have anyone and everyone over for coffee to peruse my 'coffee table book'!! I absolutely love it and am so happy with the quality and the photos chosen by our photographer <a href="http://www.alastairbett.com/" target="_blank">Alastair Bett</a>. He was such an excellent photographer and I believe his work speaks for itself. Thank you Al for taking such wonderful photos of our wedding and helping to make the day easy and organised. You are amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I apologise for the very terrible quality of these photos, I am still waiting for a damn new camera although it is my own fault as I haven't sat down and done the research to determine what I would like. So these iPhone pics will just have to do for now.</span><br />
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</span></div>Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-60816762361322221892013-03-29T22:06:00.000+11:002013-03-29T22:06:51.037+11:00The week that was...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week has been pretty uneventful consisting of the usual work days with the added excitement of the pending public holidays complimented by Easter eggs and hot cross buns. We celebrated Good Friday (today) with lunch with Alex's family including the little ones (niece and nephews). It's always lovely to see children enjoy Easter and makes the holiday all the more enjoyable for us so called adults. This year I decided to avoid the usual lunch with one family then dinner with the other. We are always too exhausted after a big lunch and plenty of drink that the last thing we want to do is rush away to do it again. Plus the dinner family always ends up ripped off as we turn up sluggish with little appetite when they have prepared a beautiful feast. Instead we will spend Good Friday with one family and Easter Sunday with the other. I felt at first like I was being a little rude and unsocial but this works so much better for us. It means we are able to spend a little bit of these days with just each other. Today we came home after our long lunch and were able to relax, I even had a nap. So far I am a big fan of this new holiday arrangement and may have to find a way to make it work for Christmas as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We finished off Good Friday with some Hungry Jacks, yes that's right I had a lovely juicy cheeseburger full of beef on Good Friday. I vowed for this blog to be honest so here I must admit that Alex and I don't believe the story of Jesus, we aren't religious whatsoever and I may even call myself an atheist. I am not here to argue so please don't take this as an invitation to debate. I may not be religious</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but I am more than happy to have religious</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> people in my life, I wont push my views onto others unless theirs are pushed onto me, it takes all kinds to make an interesting and diverse world. What the religious holidays will one day mean for Alex and I is still yet to be determined, for now we choose to celebrate as our extended family do for the point of spending time with our loved ones, when we have our own children I am not sure what we will do. With my views of religion I do find it hard and a little contradicting to embrace these holidays as the western world tend to do. But that could all change when children come into our scene. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have managed to make a lot of progress on our wedding thank you notes which I will post about once completed as well as catch up on some Downton Abbey, my newest addiction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My knee is slowly improving, although improvements aren't really noticed due to spending day and night in a movement restricting brace. My scar is slowly healing and I am coating it in Bio Oil daily to help the healing process. I really need to get motivated and take control of my diet, with limited movement and things like Hungry Jacks I can feel myself putting on some weight. And why is it when you can't move properly you feel as though you could get up early and run? or go for walks! I am not sure where this motivation comes from, we always want what we can't have! Lets hope it continues when I take my brace off on 9 May 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I think I'll get to bed and watch another episode of Downton Abbey! Happy reading.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/65/5DD9517633394AAF9FF7A27DF4027B92.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/65/5DD9517633394AAF9FF7A27DF4027B92.png" /></a></span>Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-64042220267707269112013-03-23T15:07:00.001+11:002013-03-27T07:14:26.659+11:00Sim and Alex ~ 12 January 2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally wedding photos I hear you say? This is a terribly long post featuring our amazing wedding photos, I will do also do some posts about the day as well. Again, thank you to al involved in making our specialday as magnificent as it turned out to be. (select photo to enlarge)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Photographer: <a href="http://www.alastairbett.com/" target="_blank">Alastair Bett</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ceremony and Reception Venue: <a href="http://www.villahowden.com.au/" target="_blank">Villa Howden</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Celebrant: <a href="http://www.tasmaniancelebrations.com.au/" target="_blank">Tom Payne</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bridal Gown: <a href="http://www.essensedesigns.com/essense-of-australia" target="_blank">Essense of Australia</a> - purchased at Rayanne Bridal</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bouquets: <a href="http://www.harmonygc.com.au/florist" target="_blank">Harmony Flowers</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cake: <a href="http://www.cohi.com.au/" target="_blank">Cakes of Heavenly Indulgence</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Suits: <a href="http://www.leslees.com.au/" target="_blank">Les Lees</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Rings: <a href="https://www.michaelhill.com/" target="_blank">Michael Hill </a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bridesmaid Dresses: <a href="http://storrsformalsuithire.com.au/" target="_blank">Bridal Boutique</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hair:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Shear Delite Hair and Beauty</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make-up:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.sharkra.com.au/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sharkra Medi Spa</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></b><br />
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Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-19968500004515735842013-03-21T21:17:00.000+11:002013-03-21T21:17:36.231+11:00A New Direction<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With my new blog header and layout (what do you think? I am pretty proud of it) comes a new focus for my blog. I want it to be more refined with definition and direction. I want it to be themed with clear interest and passion. I want it to inspire and awaken the enthusiasm</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am tired of my little blog being left behind, the last thing on my list, it excites me, I find it both therapeutic and enjoyable as well as challenging. It helps me to develop my thoughts, overcome my obstacles and to grow as a person, so for this reason I not only want to but MUST devote more time to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to create more posts on and about weddings and love stories, I love weddings, I love planning and I love LOVE. I want to talk more about my travels and share the experiences I have had in places other than home. I want to help others to make travel decisions or get more out of their experiences. I want to share tips and tricks on achievements that I have already accomplished, not that I am an expert but experience speaks for itself. I want to post enough that I am not just always updating on my life but actually sharing something of value to others. I want to create more photo posts, to take more photos. I want to create so many more photo posts it's not funny, photos speak for themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there you have it, I am planning and setting goals, I am feeling inspired and I hope I can hold onto this inspiration. I am feeling like I am able to achieve something that I really want to do and I refuse to let anything get in the way. I promise you that you can expect positive change here at Hakuna Matata. With a wedding post to come this weekend, stay tuned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. some of my old posts might look a little wrong in the way of formatting until I re-edit them to my new blog size, be patient :) </span></div>
Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-18894676670895749292013-03-13T16:47:00.000+11:002013-03-13T16:47:05.159+11:00Pain Pain Go Away<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I find myself apologising again, I haven't been blogging much lately. I have been a little sad :( So I apologise if the following is a little blunt, honest and negative but hey, why hide what is only human. With the promise of getting my wedding photos today I am feeling positive</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> enough to actually try a little harder at being normal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A week ago today I had surgery to repair my medial collateral ligament in my right knee and boy did I have no idea of what I was in for. I had only seen the surgeon for a quick 15 minute diagnosis prior to seeing him in surgery and although I knew I would be off work for a week, I thought recovery would be a little easier! I arrived at Hobart Private Hospital with Alex at 7.30am on Wednesday 6 March 2013. We waited for over an hour in one waiting room and started to get a little concerned that they had taken everyone who had arrived before us and some who had arrived after us but not us. Neither of us are morning people so this was a tad annoying. Finally they called my name, I paid and off we went to level four, on level four we waited in another waiting room, I selected the items I wanted for tea that night and breakfast the next day. A nurse asked me a bunch of questions and took my pulse and blood pressure. We waited some more. I wasn't allowed to eat, drink or apply deodorant that day so I was getting very tired of this waiting game, I felt smelly, yucky and hungry and Alex hadn't eaten either so he was getting a little annoyed. I was also beginning to get nervous. My name was called and off we went into another room, I was given a bed and a robe, things were beginning to get real. Mum visited us because Dad had been admitted that morning as well. A young teenage boy came in with his mum and was holding back tears, he was so scared. They were going to send him in before me, I didn't mind, his fear made me start to get very scared. Scared of waking up from antiseptic in pain, scared of vomiting from antiseptic, scared of everything. I just wanted them to hurry up and take me and get it over with, I may have even had a little cry. Finally the anaesthetist</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> spoke to me and soon after I was off to theatre. We had waited five long nervous hours. I remember laying in the operating room, looking around, a young lady talking to me about drinking and hangovers, the anaesthetist scoffing down some biscuits</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (god I wanted one of those biscuits), next thing I was drifting off thinking 'wait I want to finish this conversation'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An hour later I woke up in recovery, I immediately pulled the oxygen mask off my face, I slowly took everything in, looking around me at the other people recovering, working out that I was no longer in surgery, working out where my legs were. It took me a long time to work out if my knee was sore, my back and hips were killing me and my left leg was bent, I remember I didn't leave it like that before surgery, they must have bent it for me, that freaked me out. Then for some stupid reason I began to cry, the young male nurse asked if I was okay and then gave me pain killers through my drip and told me I have to tell him if something is wrong. I told him I couldn't help it I didn't know what was wrong and that I was just overwhelmed, he told me that the anaesthetic does that to people. I was just glad it didn't make me vomit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An hour later I was wheeled down to my room and Alex was waiting for me, I cried again. I cried a lot that day. Mum visited me again with flowers and pyjamas, I was a bit of a grumpy bum though and wasn't very grateful. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew visited me too, that was nice, it was nice to know people cared about me so much. Alex and mum both bought me chocolate, yay. I was sharing a room which didn't bother me too much, we were both recovering from surgery on our knees so could relate to each other but it did mean I didn't get much sleep that night. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The nurse took my pulse and blood pressure every hour, my pulse was around 120, I was totally jogging on the inside.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They put this down to anxiety. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wasn't allowed to get up until the next day which meant I had to pee in a pan, I had never done this before and with one leg out of action I had no idea how I was going to raise my body up to even get on the bloody pan, if only I was a man. But I managed, it was horribly terrible but I survived. I drink so much water that I wee weed about six times over the course of one afternoon and one night. It didn't help that at least four of my nurses were all girls I had gone to school with, great I had to pee in a pan with the help of people I went to school with, could it get any more embarrassing. But I must say they were all so professional and lovely and made me feel very comfortable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day I went home, I received more flowers, yay! The last week has been a blur, I had to get my bandage redone at hospital as it became too wet in the shower, I have been on and off crutches and taking pain killers which have played havoc with my digestive system. Sleeping has sometimes been difficult and very uncomfortable. I was hoping to feel a lot better by now but things haven't improved much lately, the muscle in my leg hurts a lot and I still can't walk very much at all. I was told I probably wouldn't need my crutches after Monday but it's Wednesday and I still feel better with just one. I have to wear my brace for the next six to eight weeks. I am scared of physio, I know that it is going to hurt like buggery. I am supposed to go back to work tomorrow after I get the okay from my surgeon. I can't wait to see him and get some information about what is going on. I feel a little bit like I am failing as I am still using the crutches. I worry that maybe something is wrong or I haven't looked after it properly. I just did not anticipate that it would be this painful for this long. Right now I don't feel emotionally strong enough to get through much else but I have to try to stay positive and remember that it will get better. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay so I know that last paragraph is unbelievably negative and sad and I know there are plenty of other people in the world suffering a lot worse than I am, but this is just how I have felt of late. Some minutes I feel fantastic and others I just want to cry. I imagine it will be like that for a while. Talk soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't really felt like blogging lately. My mind hasn't been in the best place. I found out from the GP a fortnight ago that I had more than sprained my knee. I had torn something in my knee and needed to be referred to a specialist. A week later I saw the specialist who confirmed that I have torn my Medial Collateral Ligament and strained my Posterior Cruciate Ligament The GP had been a little wrong in his diagnosis of a torn meniscus but not as incorrect as the GP who told me it was just a sprain and sent me on my merry way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully after five days of little improvement I took myself back to the doctor to get a second opinion. Who knows how long I could have been walking around thinking my knee was sprained. Unfortunately for me this kind of tear must be operated on, it tore where it joined my bone and has rolled down on itself, I have to have surgery to unroll the ligament and reattach it to the bone. This all has to be done within around four weeks of the tear before the ligament starts healing to itself (another reason I was lucky I went back to the doctor). So this Wednesday I go under the knife. Unfortunately this ligament cannot be repaired via arthroscopic surgery (key hole) as the ligament is wide and not located in the knee joint, I will have to have a little square cut in my leg. I have to stay overnight in hospital, take at least a week off work and spend 6-8 weeks in a knee brace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Along with the usual life pressures this has challenged my mood and I have been a little grumpy and sad. I am scared about surgery, about the pain and about waking up from antiseptic but I know it needs to be done. I just want Wednesday to hurry up and be over already. Wednesday will be four weeks since my crash and I want to start seeing an improvement. I have only been wearing my brace for six days and I am already so sick of it and I haven't had to wear it to bed yet which I expect to after surgery. I am tired of the pains in my back, hips and calves and I just want to stretch. I am not looking forward to arriving at the hospital at 7.30am and not being able to have even a sip of water. I drink a lot of water, this is going to kill me! But it may do a nice job of distracting me from thinking about surgery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have the best surgeon, he is just awesome and I am confident everything will be just fine. After all he does this stuff three days a week. My knee is to him what Microsoft Word is to me, second nature. Every man and his dog seems to have had surgery done on one of the four ligaments in their knee and have been telling me it takes forever to heal and a lot of physiotherapy, damn it I just want to bend my darn leg already. I am yet to find someone else who has torn their MCL and the surgeon said he has only seen one other tear to this ligament before. Great, I seriously am the most uncoordinated weirdo ever born!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if my coming posts have a slightly negative style, this is probably why. But hey, I am only human and everyone feels crappy once in a while. Getting my wedding photos would surely lift my mood but nope still no photos :( Maybe if the husband makes me pancakes and buys me a camera I will feel better! Anyway thank you for joining my pity party I look forward to talking soon...hopefully I will be in a better mood! I will endeavour to use my time away from work to read all of the books I have started and have been meaning to read, that sounds nice and positive, look at me I am setting goals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every birthday and Christmas I am asked what would I like, I usually respond with not much at all, I tend to buy things myself if I want them. Only recently I realised that that was a lie, I often find things I really really want but don't buy because it's not financially logical to waste money on this or that. Here is the latest stuff I really really really want!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OMG who wouldn't love to have these earrings? as well as every other pair form <a href="http://downthatlittlelane.com.au/">downthatlittlelane.com.au</a>. They have some of the greatest earrings I have ever seen. Not to mention pretty much everything else that they sell. Finally, something on my must have list that wont cost thousands of dollars! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay so I think I have determined that I have expensive tastes, no wonder I never have any present ideas when people ask! Let my aim be to post again with cheaper must haves.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The saying goes that there are two types of cyclists, those who have just fallen or those who are about to fall. Well having bought my bike in September last year I didn't really consider myself a cyclist, I merely used my bike to commute to and from work each day. It's convenient, efficient and healthy, why wouldn't I! I was just starting to want to go riding with friends on the weekends or group rides after work and felt as though although I was reluctant I was starting to enjoy cycling as an activity, shock horror! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It turns our since September I was the cyclist about to fall. I didn't really think I was ever going to fall badly, my ride to work wasn't very dangerous being mostly along a flat bike track and it was a short ride so the likelihood of falling seemed pretty slim to me. I knew it would probably happen eventually but I wasn't too scared, I know plenty of people who fall off their bikes and they never hurt themselves too much. But Wednesday last week I had my first wake up call and unfortunately for me it wasn't a small fall, not the kind where you brush yourself off and continue on your merry path a little embarrassed. My fall was the kind where you end laying in the middle of the road with your belongings strewn everywhere, embarrassed but not being able to do anything about it. Luckily for me a kind lady stopped and helped me, she didn't have much choice I was sitting in the middle the road, she could hardly go around me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had been recording my rides on my Strava app on my iPhone and each day I was trying to record faster and faster speeds down the two hills in my route. I must admit, one day I recorded 56km/h and I was getting pretty pleased with myself and a becoming a little bit of a dare devil. Well that came back to bite me, severely, on the knee. The morning of Wednesday 13 February 2013 I prepared myself for my morning ride to work in my usual way, I went outside and checked the weather, it had been raining (after some really hot and dry weather) but it had stopped so I decided to ride, I always prefer to ride to work but hate getting too wet with the whole day ahead of me so I avoid it if it is raining. At 7.35am I set off down my street, I live at number 13, I crashed outside number 1! Yes I travelled the distance of six houses before completely stacking it, could this crash get any more embarrassing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I was going down the hill my speed was building up, the hill ends in a turn so I have to brake going downhill to correct my speed in preparation for the corner. As I was approaching the corner I knew I was going too fast to make it safely around the corner on my own side of the road, I could see there was no traffic in sight so decided to cut across onto the other side of the road. I could see a manhole lid in the road but I knew it was too late to try and dodge it in the wet as I would only fall, I hit the manhole lid and hoped for the best, the bike wobbled for a second, then bam I went down on my right side. My foot left the pedal (if only I had clipless pedals) and my knee bent with my foot facing behind me. The inner part of my knee, leg and foot hit the road as well as the back of my shoulder and my head. I then slid along the road for a few meters with the rest of me still holding onto the bike. My handle bar, pedal and seat also took some of the fall. This all seemed to happen in slow motion and if felt like I could see it happening before it happened. At one point I realised my head was sliding uncomfortable across the bitumen, this really scared me, thank god for my helmet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finally stopped sliding and I was sort of tangled up in my bike. I took my backpack off, wiggled out from underneath my bike and tried to sit up. My knee was killing me, I was in a bit of shock, then I realised my ear phones were still in my ears with my music still going (no this did not contribute to my accident whatsoever!). James Blunt was singing You're Beautiful, exactly those lyrics, in my ears. At this point in time, this was the most annoying thing ever, I angrily ripped the ear phones from my ears feeling a lot less than beautiful. All chance of that song being featured in our wedding video is gone, I am not sure it will ever be the same for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could see a car coming down the road but I didn't even try to move, I knew they would stop. The car pulled over, a kind young lady walked over to me and said 'did you just crash?', (nah I just thought I would sit in the middle of the road with my bike like a derelict) I shouldn't be so mean she really was super amazing. She got my bike, backpack, drink bottle and earphones which were all strewn across the road for me, then she helped me up. I stood up, leaning against the traffic barrier and assessed my body, I had the littlest tiniest cut on my finger, for some reason this was my biggest concern. She stayed beside me talking to me about bike accidents etc. I called Alex, I could still see our house but there was no way I was walking, he drove down to me. The kind lady stayed with me the whole time, even though she clearly had to get to work. Alex parked the car, I hopped in and burst into tears while he walked my bike back up to the house then returned to get me. The super kind lady left, the garbage truck went pass, the drivers staring at me, again like I was some derelict. Alex took me home and I managed to hop to the couch and started shaking and crying because my knee was absolutely killing me to the point where I felt sick, I called mum and work and then cried some more. </span></div>
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Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-14002773968941357012013-02-19T20:41:00.001+11:002013-02-19T20:51:05.004+11:00Anyone for some concrete? <div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may have noticed after a long weekend of blogging I was a little quiet the weekend just gone. Well my mind (and body) were not in the best place. I injured myself in a bike crash last week (more on that to come) and was limping around in pain for three days at work, add an extra stressful working week and I wasn't the nicest girl to be around. I figured I wouldn't force my nasty mood onto anyone who didn't have to listen to me, hence I refrained from blogging. Sitting at the computer desk was also not the most comfortable either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is my mind much better a week later? No, not really. To be honest, I need to swallow a cup of concrete and harden up. Limping around for week is really nothing to be upset about compared to what others have to deal with. Alex told me yesterday that I need to stop feeling sorry for myself. But in my defence, I am getting extremely frustrated with the amount of time it takes to do the most simple things and my muscles are aching and begging for a stretch because I am walking differently and carrying my weight differently. If I could just sink into some amazing yoga stretches for the hamstrings and hips I would feel so much better but with a knee that barely bends or straightens this is kind of impossible, sometimes I am so agitated I just want to chop my leg off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am off to the doctor tomorrow to get the final verdict on this knee of mine, is it just a simple sprain or have I done something more serious? After throwing a heap of money at the doctor and a machine I might just find out it is merely a sprain in which case I will feel rather silly and embarrassed, and all sympathy from Alex will be out the window from that point forward. But of course that would be the best outcome. Having never had a sprained knee before I am not sure how long it should take to recover and regain the movement of my leg. Having sprained my ankles numerous times they usually heel up to normal walking point within 3-4 days with pain continuing for specific movements for a few weeks depending on the severity of the sprain. Well I currently</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> cannot straighten my leg or bend it at more than a right angle and twisting is out of the question. I have been limping for a week and my calf muscle is pinching and aching, I think from walking differently. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. we should get our wedding photos very soon, plus our printed coffee table book which I am really excited about! It is the book that is holding it everything up but I am sure it will be worth the wait.</span></div>
Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-48668227662825946322013-02-10T17:32:00.001+11:002013-02-10T17:32:15.254+11:00Marge, Marge, the rains aren't here!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes you read that correctly, the rains AREN'T here and boy does poor little Tassie need some rain. Our little island state of Tasmania has been battling bushfires on and off across the last two months. Our weather conditions have been hot and windy and with plenty of dry vegetation to burn, once a fire has started it has been difficult to stop. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With Hobart reaching its highest temperature ever recorded on 4 January conditions were bound to get worse. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fire fighters from far and wide have pulled together and defended the homes and lives of the locals, and they really have done a fantastic job but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be behind us yet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am shocked every time I turn on the news to hear that another fire has sparked up somewhere across the state, although they don't all turn out to be as bad as the worst it is still devastating to here. To think that some of these fires are deliberately lit absolutely disgusts me and sometimes those who light these fires never get caught. Why someone would do such a terrible thing astounds me, I just can't understand it. What I wish would come to such people is not appropriate for me to say but no doubt they will never get the wake up call they truly deserve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I found myself complaining that my washing on the line would smell like smoke, then I gave myself a virtual slap in the face for being so selfish and ungrateful. My problem was pathetic compared to the people who were worrying about their own homes or the fire fighters putting themselves in harms ways defending these homes. I can't imagine how hot and physically and emotionally difficult it must be to fight a fire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So please take this time to spare a thought for those under threat by these fires, or who have already suffered from the fires last month, or those whose family members continue to go and fight the fires day after day, or those even making sandwiches for the fire fighters, anyone involved in fighting these fires deserves our thoughts and our thanks. In the meantime all we can do is pray to mother nature for less wind and more rain. Lucky for me in my inner suburban home I have nothing to worry about but not everyone is that lucky. </span></div>
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Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-18423811574872081262013-02-10T12:53:00.002+11:002013-02-10T12:53:34.250+11:00Happy 1st Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's right about a week ago my little corner of the world wide web turned 1! Hakuna Matata has </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(barely)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> managed to stay up and running during its first year. My first year blogging was almost a failure, not enough postings from me, not enough replying to the comments of my lovely readers, not enough photos and not enough references to everything wonderful, but I survived. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Year one for my little blog was nothing like I had planned, with inspiration and encouragement from others, this time one year ago I decided to start my blog. Hoping to do many updates, share details of my wedding planning and to share my experience with depression, I was excited and nervous to finally publish my first post after spending months thinking about. Looking back I didn't share nearly as much as I had hoped. Why?? Well life got in the way I guess! I still have a long list of blog post subjects I can't wait to post about and I rarely lose the inspiration to do so, just the time and sometimes my ability to write. Sometimes I know what I want to write but putting sentences together to get the feelings I have across can sometimes be very challenging. Luckily though I am still as motivated, passionate and inspired as I was on day one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So lets try this all again in year two! Lets hope for more posts, updates and more honesty from me. Thank you to my readers for standing by me this past year, thank you for your love and support and please keep reading during year two. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Birthday to my blog, thanks for being my outlet for all of my thoughts and emotions this past year. Here's to a second year of more posts, photos and readers as well as a brand new blog header to come very soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-18961356988757961182013-02-09T13:26:00.000+11:002013-02-09T13:39:52.110+11:00Crazy little thing called....Sleep??<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sleep, there are so many articles out there about it, how much should you be getting, how important it is for the body, how to get to sleep, the best way to sleep...the list goes on. When you're a infant your parents are begging you to sleep more, then as a teenager you can somehow sleep all day, work comes along and you find yourself losing the ability to sleep-in on the weekends, then maybe as a parent you become the one begging for your babies to sleep more, before you know it you're getting older and wake up at the crack of dawn everyday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I am currently at the teen stage of sleep (even though I am 25!), I can usually sleep at any time of the day, on the couch in broad day light, in the car, on a plane - easy peasy. Unlike Alex I need at least 7 hours of sleep to function properly, left to my own devices I can easily sleep 10-12 hours a night, not something I am proud of but I have come to accept it. I am also an intense over thinker and like to be insanely organised and in the lead up to the wedding I found myself tossing and turning trying but failing to get to sleep until the early hours of the morning. There were still months to go until the big day and I knew I wasn't going to make it alive if this continued. I still had to manage to get through the work days and try to eat healthy, all easier to do when you aren't sleep deprived. That's when I found this app for the iPhone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I have my phone by my bedside when I am asleep, as well as a really bright alarm clock and a TV and DVD player in my bedroom, all things that aren't </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">recommended</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> by the experts but I just don't want to give these up. I also look at my phone (facebook, instagram etc) before I go to sleep and as soon as I wake up, bad I know! I sleep on my stomach even though I wish I didn't (I have tried everything to combat this one). I would love some help to continue getting good quality sleep. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">What are your tricks for getting a good nights sleep? </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Do you have a bedtime routine to support your sleep? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 12th of January 2013 has been and gone, that's right my wedding has happened!! My honeymoon has happened! Where did the time go? Life is slowly getting back to 'normal'. In theory now that the wedding is over I should have plenty of time to blog but lets not make any promises just yet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My wedding day was truly brilliant, the best day of my life so far. Once I receive my professional photos (which should be soon) I will post more about the day but, in short, it really was a perfect day which couldn't have been any better. Plenty of guests left saying it was the best wedding they had ever been too. There were tears and laughter, dancing and singing and plenty of love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The honeymoon in Thailand was also very awesome, I am in love with Thailand and can't wait to go back there someday. Thai people are so giving and their food is amazing plus they live in a very beautiful country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately I find myself wasting hours re-reading our wedding cards, re-reading our guest book and going over the same photos on facebook. I just want to relive our wedding day, I am sad it's over and that I never get to do it again but it's also very awesome being married and being able to call Alex my husband.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We both went back to work this week which was a bit of a challenge and our body clocks are taking sometime to get used to the working hours after five weeks away. My body is also begging me to eat a little healthier and get moving a little more. Back riding the bike to work was also a little challenging after not riding for a month but that should get easier and quicker over the coming weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now the weddings over what do I plan on doing with all my free time?? Well lots of blogging of course, I think now I will post more about the wedding then I did leading up to it. A little backward I know. Some travel posts are also in the works. I would also like to focus on doing some more exercise and riding on the weekends, spending time with family and getting my house organised. I really need to clean out cupboards, de-clutter and spring clean (in summer?). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are getting married on Saturday 12 January 2013 (a little under 2 months away!!!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Venue:</b> Our venue is the beautiful <a href="http://www.villahowden.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Villa Howden</i></span></a> which is a luxurious boutique hotel located on Tassie's North West Bay. I am very confident in the venue and know that I can rely on the natural beauty of this place to make our day perfect and our photos amazing. The ceremony and reception will both be held at the hotel, I will be staying there the night before with my mum and Alex and I along with 19 of our guests will be staying there the night of our wedding. I love that there will be no mucking around with travelling or checking into hotels and that I can spend my entire weekend at the venue. They also have a conference room that will be our back up ceremony room in case of rain. The make-up artist and hairdresser will travel to the hotel to prettify us girls in one of the lovely suites, awesome!! Brian from Villa is brilliant and so accommodating and the food is something pretty special as well. The entrée and main will be served alternate drop, with the cake served as dessert. Canapes will be enjoyed in the grounds of the hotel prior to dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bridal Gown: </b>Obviously I can't say much at all about the gown! It is from <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.rayannebridal.com.au/" target="_blank">Rayanne Bridal</a></i></span>, who since I purchased has relocated to Launceston. I have heard mixed reports about Anne from Rayanne but I have to say she was a great help and gave sound honest advice. She even threw in my veil for free! She is the kind of person who is straight up and honest but so am I, so maybe that's why we hit it off. There was no hassle with her moving to Launceston, the dress came in around August, I paid for it and picked it up and spoke to the alterations person she employs who is located in Brighton. Around December I will give her a call and she will come to mum and dad's house (also in Brighton) to fit the dress! Easy peasy. I also got my bracelet (which I love to bits) from Rayanne Bridal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bridesmaid Dresses: </b>The girls dresses are from <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://storrsformalsuithire.com.au/" target="_blank">Bridal Boutique</a></i></span> in Hobart. The colour is a gorgeous champagne/latte colour. I love their dresses, they look beautiful in them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cake: </b>The cake is being made by Robyn from <i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cohi.com.au/index.html" target="_blank">Heavenly Cakes of Indulgence</a></span>. </i>The cake took some thought as we are rather picky. We wanted a great tasting cake more than we wanted a traditional looking gorgeous wedding cakes. As our cake is getting served as dessert we really wanted it to be a tasty dessert cake. We did consider cupcakes but it seems silly when our cake is getting individually served on plates anyway. We both aren't fans of fondant icing (the traditional white icing) whilst it looks great, it doesn't taste very nice. It could have just been cut off before serving but I don't want to pay for something I am not going to eat. So instead we are having delicious buttercream which will be as smooth as Robyn can do. Under the buttercream will be chocolate ganache encasing a three tier raspberry and chocolate mud cake Mmm yum. There will be no flowers or ribbons as I like the idea of the entire thing being edible but there are some yummy edible decorations that Robyn is making! I can't wait to see it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Music: </b>We are having a string quartet for the ceremony only, <i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://stringsonfire.net.au/" target="_blank">Strings on Fire</a></span>. </i>A band will start after dinner around 8.30pm, the band, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4xsuu08ujY" style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Ebeneza Good</a>, took forever to find. I think we watched every band in Hobart and I am so happy with our final pick. The lead singer is confident and charismatic. I know now that everyone will be up on that dance floor dancing to a mixture of old and new tunes, just the way we want it. I have linked to a video of them their song list excites me I can't wait to dance the night away will my husband and family and friends!! </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr8AFo174kAvgX8LMc5Aa1SuxbeIDEXHvNQIaWRX9PS0yu7mrxx5cWzm1bNCVtpNGP_5y5Pj6pPqKk71GdfBCVthUMfNAj9nCO8ooeU63YZBI4rgA0QDTPgzWFVk2_oSzpDT2B18l0vIj/s1600/wedd+bouquet+white+lily.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr8AFo174kAvgX8LMc5Aa1SuxbeIDEXHvNQIaWRX9PS0yu7mrxx5cWzm1bNCVtpNGP_5y5Pj6pPqKk71GdfBCVthUMfNAj9nCO8ooeU63YZBI4rgA0QDTPgzWFVk2_oSzpDT2B18l0vIj/s320/wedd+bouquet+white+lily.JPG" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Flowers: </b>The gorgeous Ange from <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://harmonygc.com.au/florist" target="_blank">Harmony Flowers</a></i></span> in Lauderdale will be doing our bouquets. We are having white lilies with baby's breath. I know at least two other brides who had their flowers done by Ange so I am really confident in her plus she is just so damn lovely and helpful. We are doing the boys bouttonneirs, the ceremony arch and isle and table centrepieces ourselves! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Photographer: </b>Our photographer is Al of<i><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.alastairbett.com/" target="_blank">Alastair Bett Photography</a></span></i>. Again he was recommended to us by three different people and he is easy going and fun plus his photos are amazing! He will photograph us girls getting ready plus the boys (we will all be getting ready at the hotel) and he will stay well after dinner - perfect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Celebrant: </b>Our celebrant is <a href="http://www.tasmaniancelebrations.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tom Payne</i></span></a>. I really wanted a male celebrant (it just seemed more fitting to me) and Tom was celebrant to my brother's wedding so we have seen him first hand. This was a no brainer for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hair: </b>Jo from Shear Delite Hair & Beauty will be doing my hair, the bridesmaid's and mum's hair. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Make-up: </b>Karla from <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.sharkra.com.au/" target="_blank">Sharkra Medispa</a></i></span> will be doing our make-up as well as mum's. Karla has done my make-up already on two other occasions and I have been seeing her for 5 years for my facials every 8 weeks so she is just like a friend. She will doing our spray tans as well. Plus any other maintenance I may need *wink wink*. Karla and Sharkra were another no brainer for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Rings: </b>Our rings are from <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://www.michaelhill.com/" target="_blank">Michael Hill</a></i></span> which is where my engagement ring was purchased. We have these already and I just need to get my engagement ring rhodium plated in a few weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Invitations: </b>We made the invitations ourselves with cases and card purchased from <i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cristinare.com/" target="_blank">Christina Re</a></span></i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Honeymoon: </b>Sarah from <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.flightcentre.com.au/" target="_blank">Flight Centre</a></i></span>, Liverpool Street organised our honeymoon with plenty of input from us. This was another plan that took us forever to reach a decision, we procrastinated for months. We really wanted somewhere tropical and relaxing but not too expensive. Sarah was really helpful and had plenty of experience and advice. We are spending five nights on Phuket at <i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.vijittresort.com/" target="_blank">The Vijitt Resort</a></span></i> in a prime pool villa with our own private pool and five nights on Phi Phi Island at the <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.ppisland.com/" target="_blank">Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort and Spa</a></i></span>. I cannot wait for this but we did totally go over budget...oh well I am positive it will be worth it!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I am pretty organised. I am so glad I documented this, it makes me realise how much I have done. Now we just have the final crafty stuff and embellishments to organise! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OMG what an incredibly busy few weeks I have had. I measure my life by my weekends (sad I know) and the last three weekends have been jam packed with my own birthday celebrations, my bridal shower and a hens night plus lots more! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My birthday is on 4 November and this year I turned <span style="font-size: large;">25</span>. My celebrations started with dinner with Alex and my parents-in-law at Dede Indonesian and Thai Restaurant in North Hobart. I love Thai food mmm yum. The following day both Alex and I took the day off work and when to the pancake place at the Margate Train, we sat for a few hours eating pancakes and reading the paper, it was really nice and relaxing. Alex had pancakes with bacon and maple syrup whilst I had chicken with pancakes, we then shared the scrumptious chocolate and banana pancakes for dessert! We spent the rest of the day shopping and he bought me three beautiful dresses for my birthday, he says one is sexy, one is cute and the other is beautiful, I think they are all great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following day we had lunch with our friends at Barcelona in Salamanca and then wandered through the Salamanca Market absorbing all of the wonderful stalls but I was a good girl and didn't buy anything. I must go to the Market more, they have some great stuff especially for unique gifts and the atmosphere is infectious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sunday (my actual birthday) I had to beg Alex to get up out of bed and make me breakfast, pancakes (again). I love pancakes. Then we visited mum and dad for a relaxing afternoon in the sun. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew joined us all for a lovely dinner. Mum made me an amazing half white chocolate, half dark chocolate mud cake, it was delicious. Well done mum. My gorgeous nephew kindly decorated it for me. It really was the best cake ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as presents go, I was utterly spoilt. Mum gave me an awesome shellac nail polish kit and light, I love being able to do my shellac nails myself! I received flowers from my boss, dessert plates from my parents-in-law, dresses and nick-nacks from Alex plus lots more from friends. I was a lucky girl! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to everyone for my birthday well wishes and for helping my have a fantastic birthday! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BIG BROTHER 2012 - </span></b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPgo3E9TWQQJTJFZkrFKwawxfX63WsvKqUqSjYbFfxl3u-DsovZvUBHyZdDGlNFmWM4qThS95cCPxIJ9NSqXWlb6UXWNu4c_SZ1knvlklqJpm-a97XLm07QNdRNQukRhJLq2AA2NdQu8X/s1600/046430-big-brother-2012-14-original-houemates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPgo3E9TWQQJTJFZkrFKwawxfX63WsvKqUqSjYbFfxl3u-DsovZvUBHyZdDGlNFmWM4qThS95cCPxIJ9NSqXWlb6UXWNu4c_SZ1knvlklqJpm-a97XLm07QNdRNQukRhJLq2AA2NdQu8X/s400/046430-big-brother-2012-14-original-houemates.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pathetically addicted to Big Brother in my teen years and dreamt of being a housemate one day! I was pretty excited when I heard it was coming back but luckily my dream of being a housemate is long gone. I was just a little concerned that it had moved to Win and Gretel Killeen was no longer the host. Alex told me if I watched that crap he would break up with me or something crazy like that (he often says things like this to make me stop doing embarrassing things but it doesn't work). He is now sneakily watching it and giggling away too! I didn't watch the beginning but am pretty seriously hooked now. Even now as I search for an image I find myself watching extra scenes! I am hoping Michael or Ben win. Are you watching Big Brother? Who would you like to see win it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SONGPOP - </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SongPop is the current iPhone/iPad game I am addicted too. You play against your friends or other music lovers by picking a genre from the list, a song will play for 10 seconds and you have to pick the artist or song name from the list provided, a total of 5 songs are played and then the challenge is sent to your friend, the person who gets the most right in the quickest time wins! You play back and forth like this for a week before the scoreboard is reset. Be warned it is time consuming and you need a quiet room when playing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately I am trying to read three books at once right now but am never actually reading them, so I can't report on the book side of things this time around. I used to read so often but can never find the time these days!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are you currently obsessed with? I would love some more things to add to my list ready for when these ones die down!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Last Saturday was spent completely devoted to creating our wedding invitations. I am lucky enough to be surround by some very <span style="font-size: large;">giving </span>and <span style="font-size: large;">wonderful </span>women who all pulled together to help me out. My bridesmaids (minus Dani who was unwell) my mum, my mother-in-law to be and my best friends mum all chipped in to help create an invitation I am very <span style="font-size: large;">proud </span>of.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mum and I found the black lace-like </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christina Re</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> wallets on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pinterest</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> months ago, mum purchased them but then spent weeks trying to come up with a design that would hold my invitation and other add-ins such as the RSVP. It was a MUST for me to have a design that would encase all of the items to be included in the invitation. We went from a card to a pocket fold until we finally came up with this pouch design. It was a fair bit of work putting the pouches together but due to the intricate design of the case very little needed to be done to the inserts which made the overall task a little more manageable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex's auntie was able to match one of the details in the lace design which we used as a graphic on the invites to tie the whole lot together. Mum sourced some very lovey stamps that I included on the RSVP cards which are designed as a post card so guests only need to fill it out and pop it in post box - easy peasy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I jazzed up the envelopes with a little font changes and the job was done. Overall I love the end result and people have been complimenting me on the design all week!</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The three on the right have different stamps because they have to go all the way to AMERICA! Excitement!!!!!!!</span><br />
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Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-15989649480125127152012-10-14T12:09:00.003+11:002012-10-23T18:05:51.080+11:00Blogging<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Argh I am so sorry I haven't blogged since April :( I seriously considered no longer having my blog as I obviously can't commit the time I would like to but I do love it so I will continue to blog when I can. I will try to move it up a little on my priority list though!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The reasons I haven't blogged over the winter break? Well I have been seriously immersing myself in wedding planning like mad. I have so many wedding updates to do it just isn't funny, invitations, centrepieces, dress shopping, accessories shopping, cake tasting, music listening, the list goes on!!!! And with only three months until our wedding date I still have so much I would like to do.<br />I have also been completing Certificate IV in Business Administration, which I am 2.5 modules away from finishing! Thank god! Work is flat chat acting in a different position and being short staffed most of the time, I barely have time to go to the loo! Not really we have plenty of fun but there is heaps of work to get through. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />My mind is now in an awesome place and I feel content with myself, this is awesome. More on that to come.<br />I am sad to say I haven't lost any weight :( I really am hopelessly reliant on food and comfort eating. But I have bought a bike and ride 7.2km to and from work every work day, 4-5 days a week. So I am content knowing that I am being active and am reasonably fit. I will continue to try and gain control over my comfort eating. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Today I am off to a Tupperware Party at my mum's house, my sister-in-law has recently became a demonstrator and today is her first party. Good luck Annalese.</span><br />
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Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-54267183565089792672012-04-28T20:01:00.001+10:002012-04-28T20:01:40.912+10:00Recipe of the Week/Month<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the days are getting shorter and chillier and the need to watch my waistline has gotten stronger I have started craving healthy, nutritious, warm, toasty soups. So my latest recipe is my mum's ever famous pumpkin soup. I love this soup, it is one of my favourite winter comfort meals and is pretty easy to make. My only advice: if you can have a male peel and cut the pumpkin for you unless you're a pretty strong chic that is. Pumpkin peeling and cutting can be pretty hard.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-27871693346595705522012-04-15T17:11:00.001+10:002012-04-15T17:11:20.681+10:00Dating a New Aged Guy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Men can be thoughtless, trouble causing, annoying, ignorant, rude, mean, SARCASTIC and everything else. They cause us women such pain and torment but many of us just can't live without them. On the other hand they can be loving, sweet, romantic, giving, funny, SEXY, helpful, the list is endless. Of course all of these traits relate to both sexes. Men, as have women, have changed over time and it seems we are finally facing our first generation of male adults with computers and gaming as a leisure option. Of course many of our dads had access to our PC's or Nintendo but they didn't grow up with them, use of these devices didn't come natural to them. Many X and Y generation males have grown up with these devices and the gaming and Internet addiction has continued on to adulthood. I am not limiting computer gaming addiction to just males, many females enjoy a good game too, we all know about my Diamond Dash addiction and I once spent days on end exhausting all of The Sims games. I remember as a child before the invention of facebook, my parents spending most nights together on the couch watching TV and cooking tea together. Although dad always spent more time sitting down watching TV while mum ran around like mad in the advertisements. Their hobbies were crafts or outdoor activities and there was no way you could watch your favourite TV show illegally, you had to wait for it come on TV each week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a girl engaged to a 'serious computer game and all things nerdy' addict I thought I would share some tips to make life easier. After all we can't really base our relationship on our parents as there is nothing to go off and if you do you might become a nagging annoying partner and things probably wont last long. Alex and I actually split up two years ago and part of the reason was I think my inability to accept him as he is and his inability to understand how some of his actions affected me. We now have the perfect combination of everything and we manage a lot better. We live quite separate home lives, we each have our own computers in separate rooms and two TV's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So first rule, don't interrupt your man when he is gaming. Alex plays one particular game on his PC which runs for around 40 minutes. He wears his headphones and sometimes I hear him nearly screaming at the people he is playing with, he is intensely focused clicking away like crazy. If I interrupt during this game he ignores me and gets irritated with me. What I have to understand is that for him, any distraction during this game could mean losing the game. Yes some of you might think well that's just pathetic, a relationship should always come first, but I am pretty sure if I interrupted Alex with a life of death situation he would forgive me, however, everything else can wait 40 minutes. If I need to talk to him, I either go into the 'study' (which I have renamed 'The Magical Room', at least for Alex it is) and say come see me when you're done or leave a note on his desk. And sure enough every time he does and there isn't a problem. The sooner you can accept that this is your man's choice of hobby the better off you will be. Just do whatever you can to make it work. As long as Alex is pulling his weight around the house, has a reasonably healthy lifestyle with a job and a social life I really have nothing to worry about. We all have our choice leisure activities. This is just how much Alex pulls his weight around the house these days, cooks tea most nights and cleans up 50% of the time as well, folds towels, puts washing out or the machine on if I ask, puts all rubbish and bins out, mows the lawn (this one requires a fair bit of nagging), neatens the bed if I ask plus heaps more I can't even think of. That is way more than my dad ever did around the house. Tip: most men just require you to ask, they don't see the things needing doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Secondly develop your own addictions or things you love doing. For me I have heaps of TV shows I watch, games I play, books I read so when Alex is gaming this is what I am doing. The only thing I try not to do is household chores when Alex is off doing his gaming thing, otherwise I do tend to get a little resentful but I am still working on this one. If you're really keen start playing the same games this will cancel out Rule 3 altogether. I am not that keen, although Magical Cards does look pretty interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thirdly, living these separate lives does mean we need to schedule time together and find things we love doing together. Unlike our parents who spent incidental time together watching TV or doing puzzles (yes my parents did puzzles) we don't often have these incidental moments. We do try and find a TV show we both like but we have to be committed to only watching it when are together. With TV at your fingertips these days (shh) it can sometimes be difficult to not just keep watching episode after episode. We have movie date nights, dinners and social nights with friends or sometimes just cuddle on the couch watching whatever is on but the difference is they scheduled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fourth rule, don't yell, scream, slam doors, cry, whine, moan etc. This will only make your man game more and you feel like utter shit, plus if he is wearing headphones he probably isn't going to hear you anyway. If you are worried that he is really getting addicted, sit down and chat with him calmly when you are both focused and feeling loving, yes it can take up to week to find a time like this! There have been times in our past where Alex has started staying up super late (or early) night after night and I have started worrying about his health and the affect it also has on our relationship and his social life, staying up late means sleeping until 3pm in the arvo. When I have spoken to him about like this he has really opened up to me and admitted that it can be hard to pull away from the computer of a night. Studies do show that the light of a computer screen can also mask your feelings of tiredness so you don't realise you're tired until you get up and walk away from the computer. Alex still has nights where he stays up to 5am sorting his magical cards or gaming. That's okay. I have been known to stay up reading or drinking with mates that late too. As they say, everything in moderation. At the end of the day you have to support your partner, be there for them, help them change only if they want to change and be honest with them. If they are doing something you really cant learn to accept, talk to someone try to accept it and if you can be honest about it. If they aren't willing to compromise you have a choice to make. No amount of nagging is going to help and will only waste time and deteriorate your own life further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, schedule time for intimacy as well. I need more sleep than Alex so most nights I go to bed earlier than him while he games. This does mean we aren't often awake in bed together at one time so yes you know where I am going with this one. This is where date nights and scheduled nights come into play. You will be surprised how much scheduling these things can make your day that little bit exciting, as you know exactly what you've got to look forward to that night! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you can relate and it helps any of you ladies out there dating a gamer. What are your tricks for managing life dating a gamer? Oh and if you think Alex sounds addicted keep it to yourself, we are managing just fine plus that means less time for me to watch TV! Oh and I am sorry if I have majorly generalised in this post, this is just my take on these things!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How ironic, I just went into the Magical Room to ask Alex to proofread my post for me and he was playing the crazy click like a maniac game. I looked at the screen and saw that he has been playing it for 29 minutes so I will check back with him soon. He will probably realise I was after him anyway and come out when he is done - perfection :)</span></div>
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</div>Simmonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116680630343522840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458585637775907707.post-75159383193258533782012-04-15T15:25:00.000+10:002012-04-15T15:25:00.685+10:00My Current Addictions<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><b>THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE</b> - The novel I am currently addicted to. I don't get a lot of time to read but this book has me squeezing in time to read in any spare minute I have. I haven't seen the movie and I expect it wont be anywhere near as good as the book as is the case with most novel to movie adaptations. <i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">The Time Traveler's Wife</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> is the </span>debut novel<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> of American author </span>Audrey Niffenegger<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">, published in 2003. It is a love story about a man with a </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 19px;">genetic disorder</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> that causes him to </span>time travel<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> unpredictably, and about his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences".</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>DIAMOND DASH - </b>My latest facebook game addiction. Yes I know a facebook game, really Simmone? but yes I love this one. It is fun and is even better playing on an ipad as that allows multi-touch.<i> "</i></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diamond Dash is the 60 second gem rush: click colorful gems, use magic diamonds and compete with your friends."</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">So growing up with a scrapping mother who ended up running a scrap booking store meant crafts were a pretty big part of my childhood. I remember making dream catchers, embossing over the toaster, trying to learn to knit and crochet and I am familiar with terms like sizzix and cuttlebug, vellum, linen and one that cracks me up every time - bling! I enjoy creating things and so once I was engaged I knew I wanted us to ask our bridal party to be attendants at our wedding in a special way. I searched online for a fun way of asking them and considered buying something special off etsy but just couldn't justifying paying for something that I could create myself. So after some Google inspiration I set to the task of creating a little something to post to our soon to be attendants. With the exception of the best man, they weren't aware of our requests until receiving them in the mail and on the back was a little invitation to a celebration at our place but only if they accept our request. Take a look.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They became better as I progressed and if I could create them again I wouldn't have gone so heavy with the inking on the girls requests. I created the dresses from scratch and for the tuxedo's I printed the picture on the paper, cut out each component (jacket, shirt, collar of shirt, collar of jacket and tie) on paper and used these as my template to cut each component. I had to put it together with tweezers due to the ties and collars being so little. I am pretty proud of the end result and think it's a nice keepsake for the attendants. Let me know what you think!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was absolutely addicted this season of My Kitchen Rules, a few weeks ago we had friends over for a board game evening. I was feeling very inspired by Nick and Rocco's amazing desserts so thought I would make a reasonably amazing dessert of my own. For those who don't want to be so adventurous in the kitchen, just make the mousse and serve in a glass but for others who want to push themselves outside of their comfort zone try the whole thing. </span></div>
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<b style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Chocolate Mousse with Vanilla Sponge and Raspberries encased in a Chocolate Shell with Raspberry Coulis.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate Shell:</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">200g milk chocolate, melted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">200g white chocolate, melted</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raspberry Coulis:</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup raspberries<br />1/2 cup raspberries</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate Mousse:</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">200g milk cooking chocolate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25g butter, melted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">150ml double cream</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 egg whites</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons caster sugar</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To serve:</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup raspberries</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 plain sponge (I bought one from Woolworths bakery area)</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate Shell </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I promise to feature a post with step by step pictures in the near future)</span>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut two 30cm by 7cm rectangles out of transparent overhead projection sheets.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pour white chocolate in a squiggly motion over the plastic strip deliberately going over the edges of the plastic. Make sure the trickle of chocolate is thin by pouring it slowly but moving the jug fast.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Move the strip to a chopping board so that the white chocolate over the edges is left and the strip wont set to the surface.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leave the white chocolate until set.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pour melted milk chocolate over the white squiggles. With a wide spatula press down lightly at one end of the strip and slide </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">across</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> so the milk chocolate falls in the gaps and completely covers the white. Fill in any gaps with milk chocolate.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leave for a minute then pick up and shape into a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tear drop</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> shape on a tray. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scrape edges of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">transparent</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> sheet with knife whilst chocolate is still soft to remove any untidy edges.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Refrigerate until plastic begins to peel away.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Raspberry Coulis</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place raspberries and sugar in saucepan. Heat until raspberries soften and the sugar dissolves and coulis begins to thicken.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strain into jug.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Chocolate Mousse</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Melt the chocolate, then stir in the butter until melted. (My advice: complete the next two steps first so that chocolate doesn't begin to set)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lightly whip the cream.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl until peaking. Whisk in the sugar.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fold the cream, then the egg whites into melted chocolate mixture, using a large metal spoon, until evenly combine. Spoon the mousse into prepared chocolate cases below.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>To assemble</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut one sponge cake layer </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lengthwise</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and place the chocolate shell on cake, push down gently, using a knife to assist you so that the cake forms the bottom layer on the shell.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place a layer of raspberries inside the shell onto the cake.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fill the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chocolate</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> shell with chocolate mousse.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neatly place raspberries upside down on top of the mousse.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Decorate </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plate</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with coulis as desired and place assembled shell on plate.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always melted chocolate in the microwave. Many people struggle with this as the chocolate can easily burn. Put the chocolate into a glass jug and place in microwave for two or three thirty second bursts stirring between each one. Continue with 10 second bursts stirring each time until chocolate is melted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since being diagnosed with </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">depression </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been seeing a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">psychologist </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">around every 2-4 weeks. My appointments are slowly getting further and further apart as I learn to cope with things better on my own and my thought processes begin to change. A lot of the things I have been talking about are simple things, feelings of being stretched or overwhelmed and situations with people that I haven't properly reflected on to learn what I can do better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my major obstacles is my constant comparing and assessing against others. I want to do things right and this need to do things the 'right way' often overrides what I think I should do or what is right for me. I seek approval and justification in everything I am doing. If someone close to me makes a comment on my lifestyle I take their opinion seriously and stress about what they have said until I can fix it. On the other hand if I disagree with them I cause an argument constantly justifying myself. I desperately need to learn to care less about what other people think and say but also without trying to change their opinion. I need to stop judging myself through the eyes of others. One thing a lot of people including myself need to learn is that what works for one person wont always work for others, we should try to stop forcing our opinions on others or give advice when not warranted, we don't know what challenges the person faces everyday and so therefore what we think may make their life better could be wrong. We should care about the people around us and when they need us most we should be there for them ready to help them. If someone is acting destructively we can observe and think we know what would help them but they are never going to change until they are ready so all we can do is be there to help them and in the meantime lead by example. Understanding this will help me to learn that what others do wont necessarily work for me and that I should do what feels right to me. There is no right way of living life, it is whatever works for you. It will help me to stop seeking approval and justifying myself. I will begin to understand that other people that judge how I live have a problem within themselves as they haven't yet learnt that everyone needs to do what is right for themselves. It will also help me to stop trying to change others and to be a supportive friend, I will hopefully have less arguments with my Dad too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To fix my second ob</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stacle of comparing myself to others is quite simple, I just need to be </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">realistic</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and logical. There is usually some part of every persons </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">life which is not getting the attention it deserves, some aspect is missing out. For example, an overweight person who has a loving family, a well cared for home and a good career isn't giving their body and health the attention it </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">deserves</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. While a skinny healthy looking person, with a great career and relationship may have a smelly, dirty, untidy house. All I really needed to do was to confirm what my main </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">priorities</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are. There is never going to be enough time in the day to have all aspects of ones lifestyle working beautifully and smoothly, something will always be missing out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My three priorities for my life are:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Relationships</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mental Health</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Physical Health</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">You're probably thinking 'OMG what about her housework or career' but to be honest as much as these things complement my lifestyle they are not the most important things to me. Although I love living in a clean and tidy home as it settles me and makes me feel at home, I do tend to hate cleaning. I also enjoy going to work and love a challenge but I can't wait to be a mum and a wife one day and know this will be my true calling. For me, one day when I am laying on my death bed I will know that I have put everything I could into the relationships in my life that are important to me. I think a lot of marriages end in divorce because people are too busy to give their relationship the focus it deserves. I look at life and consider it to be pretty crap without the beautiful people around me so I must focus on sustaining these relationships. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking after my mental health will make me a better person with more patience and love to give. This is a pretty fun one to have on my list as it means I can relax or do things I love, knowing they are contributing to better mental health. And if my house gets so messy that it makes me stressed well then I have to clean it as otherwise I wont be looking after my mental health. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, taking care of my physical health will mean I am a generally happier person, with more energy and will hopefully live longer. Who wouldn't want that on their list?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if you visit me and the lawn isn't mowed or you think I could try harder at work, you know what? I don't really care :P Go mow you're own lawn. I might just be thinking 'well my lawn may not be mowed but at least I have a loving relationship, or at least I am not a constant crabby bum'. Be careful, when you judge others you open up your own world for judgement and no one is perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">What are your life priorities and why? Have you known these all along or struggled before realising them?</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><br />
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