Andrew’s wedding on the weekend was lovely… it was great to catch up with people again, just like when the stray person heads down our way you remember how much you love the people you’ve left behind. Caught up with our families for breakfast on Saturday - it’s funny how Canberra is just that little bit too far and too cold for people.

Had a fun night - too it upon myself to dance with the flower girl for ages. Plus, they gave us little cactii as bonboniere! The type with soft “leaves”, potted and wrapped in pink. :) Mine’s sitting on my desk ast work - hopefully it will have as long a good a life as the bamboo I got when I left the early childhood team - it was about 20cm then, and now it’s probably a metre tall. I’m planning on (when i get around to it) chopping it and trying to see if I can sprout the cuttings. It won’t harm the originial, I just don’t know if I’ll succeed with the growing.

Organising my flights to Greece this week - the daughter of someone at work is a travel agent, so I have her giving me quotes today, hopefully they’ll be in my email by the time I get to work (staying home for a bit for the plumber to come) and then I can feel much more organised.

So looking forward to a holiday - 2 months to go! :p

YOu know how at weddings and other events, the dancefloor can be empty, except for a few little kids bopping away? well, at Jen’s wedding, there were times when there were just four of us out there: Me, Kate (another bridesmaid) and two little brothers. They certainly were showing us the moves:

Reality tv, here I come!

(just wait until the Macarena, Nutbush, Chicken Dance, and the Grease medly pics turn up! *dies*)

More, and full sized, pics over here!

Well, it’s done. My little sister got married, I didn’t cause any deities that may have been out there enough grief to destroy the cathedral over the weekend, and I managed to stay (relatively) sane over the weekend. All things considered, of course.

First question you will have is “PHOTOS!!!?!?!! WHERE ARE THEY?!!?!!” Mine are on my camera which bis on this desk. But Windows 2000 may be my problem. I will have them (probably) this evening, after Rish gets home and I can use his magical new laptop to get them off the camera, and then upload them to my Facebook account. And others will likely start to appear also. If there is good tagging done, I will manage to stumble across these, and will of course steal the good ones :)

It will be easier to do commentary with the photos. :) So I’ll hold off.

Families are great, but sometimes it’s good that they’re a distance away! Who wants some breathing space? :D

Mum and I thought that my sister might need a lacy blue garter for her wedding. We’re nice like that! Also spent hours looking for a bag for Mum… Long day so far… I’m also thrown out so much CRAP that was horded in my old room at my parents place, and am sniffling like mad with the cat fur and dust that I stirred up. But it was a good old clean! :)

Some Mutterings:

1. Booze :: booze bus
2. Counter :: counterstrike
3. Action :: busses
4. Trial :: by numbers
5. Wheelchair :: clinic
6. 1-800 :: reverse
7. Chop :: sticks
8. Relatives :: table settings. argh!
9. Bed sheets :: silk
10. Funnel :: fennel

The idea of Muse having the top song in the Hottest 100 did not occur to me whatsoever. heh. But if you lok a the list, not much of the top ten was in my area… Like that damn Soko, and Daft Punk getting in wiht a live version of a seven year old song. Ooh that’s it, just re-realease your hits as live versions and it’s like they’re new again!

I did vote for Karnivool’s vesion of Gotye’s The only way. I love it. At least that’s a cover, not the same song by the some band!

Spent the morning yesterday in the car - had a good run, except for being stopped on teh F3 heading out of Sydney for a bit. Crawling. But, it’s just an expected part of a long-weekend drive there. I had estimated I’d get in around 12:15, and I pulled into my parents’ driveway at 12:12pm, according to my clock :p

Spent the afternoon at a friend’s place listening to the countdown and catching up with people. Nice day. Plenty of opinions about what should and shouldn’t be in the Hottest 100 :) and exclamations of “I don’t know this song!”

Had dinner with the family, wiht my sister too. Still some wedding-y stuff to sort out, but it seems ot be pulling together hehe. And she said I can wear the shoes with the silver heel :)

Okay, need to figure out what I’m doing today - I can’t shower yet because there’s a burst pipe in th front yard and the water’s off… I need to catch Rish’s parents at some point - because it’s a nice thing to do, and because they have a monitor for Rish heh. Also give me a chance to get away from my family. i love them, they just drive me crazy…

aka Australia Day,
aka Invasion Day.

However you spend it, make it a good one. Take care on the roads! I know I’ll have to, as I’m just about to set out from Canberra to Newcastle. At least I’ll be in range of Triple J for the 9am and beyond part of the journey! What are you all up to?

Wll be in Newie for the long weekend, back to Canberra on Monday afternoon… with all the other holiday traffic! Have a bbq (Au day/hottest 100) then dinner with the family… possibly wedding arrangement stuff again.. I’ll see if I can get a say in the table placements! :p Plus I’ll find out what colour I shoud be doing my toesnails (I’m thinking to go with the bouquet/posy?) and whether I’ll need to start thinking accessories or if someone’s figures that out for me!

Leaving you with the question that someone found there was here with yesterday: Is it possible to have sex with a lioness?

Okay, so after about 3 hours wandering aroudn the Canberra Centre and Woden, I’ve come home with two suitable pairs of shoes:

This little pair from Chinese Laundry which I got at David Jones Woden on sale. There’s sparlkies on the ankle there and on the crossover at the toes.

Then there was a pair from Betts at the Canberra Centre. I can’t find a picture online, so I’ll have to talk you through them. The brand is Sandra Miller. They’re also black with a wrap-around annkle strap. simpler crossover (just 2 bands) at the front, with smaller diamontes. Here’s the bit I’m not sure of - the heel is a metallic silver. The shoes are hot, I’ll have have to see if they work with the dress!

SO, I now have two new pairs of shoes. If the ones with the silver heels work with the dress, I’m wearing them - if not they’ll be hitting the Mooseheads dancefloor sometime in the not too distant future ;)

Note to self - when booking waxings, also organise a pedicure. Feet are gross!

Okay. Need to wind down and start settling for bed - a long drive tomorrow!

So, I had thought that my sister was having some sort of hen’s night/more like a bridal shower/girly afternoon with champagne this Saturday, and that that was what I was tavelling up to Newcastle for… however apparently she’s not any more… I’m sure I’ll find out more down the track, but I’m too tired to talk to anyone on the phone right now, so it can wait for tomorrow. It means I’ll probably hit Clint’s Australia Day BBQ / Hottest 100 party sometime through the day, instead!

What do I know about this wedding? I thought I had shoes and no dress up until Jan 5th. But now I have a dress and no shoes (I can’t wear silver shoes with a black dress… some people say I could, not that I’ve tried it on yet though hmm). So I’ll hopefullly find some new heels in the next month. It’s on Feb 23. It’s Jan 22 today. A month.

We have flowers, Mum tells me. Excellent :)

It’s in the Cathedral. If that roof collapses on the day, you should possibly look at me (and my darling Rish) to blame. ;)