24/99

Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done with your score.


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii*
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain...
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris*
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France*
20. Slept on an overnight train*
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon*
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice*
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise*
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person*
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied*
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person*
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David*
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant*
44. Visited Africa*
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person*
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris*
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55.been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China*
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial*
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square*
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person*
80. Published a book*
81. Visited the Vatican*
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem*
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Dress-love.

I spent about 4 hours in my wedding dress today. I had a manequin too so I got to look at it properly from all angles... funny thing, i planned to see if I could put a bustle on it, but in the 4 hours i was wearing the thing I forgot all about it... wonder what I was doing?

Here is a teeny tiny teaser for you... only 501 days to go untill you can see it for real.

Bridesmaids

Went bridesmaid dress- looking today..

was interesting..

we have a favourite but I dont think Im going to let on yet.

Jo and Amber are two of my three bridesmaids and they are so short that all the 3/4 length dresses look full length on them :)

Amber and Jo liked this dress, but its not very bridesmaid-ey. maybe if the top was higher and the hem longer ;)

These dresses were very peasant-ey and they made Amber and Jo's top half look chunkier.

This only came in a small size (6) so Amber couldnt try it... its nice.

Ive got some hot bridesmaids :)

Wallace Bishop 2.

My blog about wallace bishop before wasn't meant to discourage anyone from buying from there ( I didnt even know anyone read my blog). I have just gotten an email from someone from Wallace Bishop and they have been very nice... I really like everything that wallace bishop sells, if my blog aimed to communicate anything to people wishing to purchase something from there it was just that they should do their research first. Research is something that should be done wherever you shop. After christmas I will be shopping for my wedding ring again and will be looking at all shops- including/especially Wallace Bishop. Ive been there before and theyve been very helpful.

I really didnt expect anyone to read the previous post :)

Organised.

Im a very organised person. So organised that one year and 5 months before our wedding, I have my dress, veil, headband, earrings, necklace, bracelet and corset. We are having a long engagement though, so I prepared all these things because they are the only things I was able to plan! So now for the next bit of my premature planning... Garters. I honestly can't decide which one I should get... its pretty much between two right now.

There is this one, which is beautiful... I love how its not so lacy, and a bit more modern. pearls match my theme too. I am only going to have one garter, as Im not doing the garter toss. I might keep my garter around a photoframe or something after the wedding, and this would look really good. I like the tradition of garters and what they mean. Since their meaning is applicable to me I am happy to wear one, not as a reception tradition, but as a symbol.
And then there is this one-

Its very nice too, I think what I like about this one is that it seems more sturdy than the one above, and also I like the little key. I may try and find a key charm on ebay and I could buy the top one, but diy a key onto it :)

Another wedding issue- im falling less and less in love with the idea of a reception. I wont be able to get away with not having one, but ill keep the fantasy alive for awhile longer :)

Wallace Bishop.

Yesterday Andrew and I went looking for our wedding rings. We were at Wallace Bishop at Victoria Point and the lady that helped us (if you can call it that) was pretty horrible. We went in and were looking etc, and we tried some on. At Wallace Bishop they only have 9 ct male AND female rings. My engagement ring is an 18 ct gold one and so I asked her "will it damage my engagement ring if its a harder gold?" she told me no. I thought that was a bit strange. Id heard Wallace Bishop was having a sale 'buy one get one free'. So I asked how much both of the rings would be and she said "$456.00". She didnt even mention the sale and how it would affect the price. It should have only been the price of Andrews ring- $340.
I was planning on buying one from there, but now I will never go there again. We went to Prouds afterwards and asked the same question about the gold and she told us that 9 ct will damage an 18ct gold engagement ring.
So, we've decided to go looking at diamonds international in the after christmas sales.
I wanted to do that anyway!

The best day the world has seen (at least) this year.

The 5 th of November 2008 will go down, atleast in my blog as the best day the world has seen all year. Possibly the best day in 8 years. Hopefully I will be buying shoes from the American ebay within the decade :) My mother and I enjoyed his acceptance speech. The most eloquent and well written presidential speech Ive heard come out of America in 8 years.

Election

Im Australian, some would ask why the American presidential election concerns me at all. However, Im smart enough to realise that whatever affects countries such as England, New Zealand and America affects Australia too, especially America- since unfortunatly it is considered the 'leader' despite its horrific debt and crap health system. Demonstrated in the current economic crisis I am yet to experience personally, but I hear is pretty serious. Therefore, I can only hope and pray that the republicans dont get in again!

Gosh, I will be praying so hard!

Change of government is always good, as we ourselves learnt just last year- with the election of Kevin Rudd- what a relief! So, change is always good... particularly in governments in which the president has been prove a liar, was a failure at every business he ever ran before becoming the president, and then commenced to destroy the biggest business in the world and also who may or may not have caused the events of 11th September 2001.

This a conspiracy theory I believe due to the research Ive done and listened to... it seems impossible to believe that the planes did that much damage etc... research for yourselves, start here if you want.

Anyway, since no one else reads this anyway and it is like my diary.. i can say what I want!

In my opinion George Bush has proven his stupidity in his, what, 8 years?

4 years ago, around this time I was expecting the Americans to have learnt their lesson, particularly on the wrongs of creating an excuse to start (no not a war) a bombardment on a particular country. Back then I was thinking, 'they'd have to know better by now'. I was disapointed. It made me think that Americans care little for what is 'right' according to the bible and common sense. Killing innocent men, women and children is wrong on all levels. It is more wrong than giving pregnant teenagers the choice to murder their unborn children. ultimately it is up to them whether they murder them in real life at the hand of a doctor or in their hearts when they wish that they could have been able to... its biblically considered murder either way.

Basically I will be terrified if the republicans get in. Another 4 years of killing and conspiracies and trying to be God.