An Update

Things have been so busy lately I haven't had a moment to sit down with my old friend blog and catch up. My sister Pamela and nephew Declan were just here for a much too short visit. It was great to have them here and it was sad when they went. It was great to have Pamela here to go dress shopping with!

We went to three places, the first being very posh with made to measure dresses. The other two were not as nice but who cares once you have those dresses on. Martins Mum and sister also joined us for a day out to two of them and it was fun girly day. One of the shops did let us take pictures however I am hesitant to show them to anyone. Even though I felt great in most of the dresses they put me in, I sure don't like the way I look in them in the pictures. I seem to have a grumpy grin on my face in most of them which fails to capture the pure joy I felt putting on dress after dress. A whole day of wearing beautiful dresses and people telling you look pretty, what could really be better?

We have decided on Kew Gardens as the venue and the wedding will be on a Friday in May. Both Martin and I are very happy wth the venue choice as it is close to our home and some place we go often. Neither of us was attracted to getting married some place we had only been to once. It will be a civil ceremony with a country garden theme. I am really looking forward to it, I think it will be really lovely. Even if it rains.

We are having an engagement party in a couple weeks time and have started to meet with the caterers to get that all sorted. We are keen to pay for as much as we can before Jan 1 as VAT goes up another 2.5% and we would rather not pay it. Not sure about too many of the other details except that we are really looking forward to the day and spending lots of time with family and friends!

I'll try to keep better touch with blog. I am also on Skype and do try to log on as much as I can so you can always catch me there!

In other news I made my first black berry pie today. Delicious. We picked the berries off bushes that grow near the river and had enough for a pie. I am so going back and picking as many as I can and freezing the ones I don't manage to use. The pie was excellent. Brings back lots of memories. I forgot how painful picking black berries can be! We also have a freezer full of green beans. Tomatoes should be coming in soon and we have spied our first cucumber. We planted late strawberres and should get a crop come September. Carrots are probably ready for munching and we have more salad and basil than we know what to do with. Just waiting for the potatoes to tell us how good we are at growing those and then planting out the brocolli for next year. Were given some courgettes from Martin's dad and I see zucchini bread in our future. I'll be sad when winter comes and we will be starving for fruit and veg. Best not to think about it and freeze as much as I can!