December - the unproductive month...

I don't know if anyone else feels the same way but it is sooooooooooo hard for me to concentrate on work in December. I feel like I should be winding up the year by relaxing at home and not having to deal with irritating clients. (I believe that to be a client you have to have some level of incompetence - which of course is the reason you'd come to me to cater for that small bit of incompetence. I know that many times I'm the client but I want to believe that I'm not a bad client who makes my incompetence that obvious :))
Anyway, I just can't seem to concentrate! I'm trying - believe me I am but I'm too excited!! I'd much rather be: 

Shopping!!! And yesterday I did just that. I stepped out at lunch time and went to buy a new bag and shoes - it helped A LOT!!!!!

Cooking :) I recently discovered the Food Network Channel and I'm hooked! So many great recipes and no time to try them out :-( Do I really need to be at work? The kitchen is so much more exciting!

Playing with my adorable little nephew! I miss him so much!!!!!!

But most importantly I'd love to be relaxing with my hubby. I LOVE his company (that's the way it's supposed to be right? :))

My point is I think December is an unproductive month and we need to get the whole month off :-D Who's with me?  But seeing as that will never happen I'm going to keep trying to stay focused on my work, and I'll try to be nice to the client who drives me up the wall (Lord, help me!)
Now I'm really looking forward to next week when we break off for Christmas. Thank God for a boss who feels the same way about December! He's not riding us as hard as he usually does :-)

7 blissful months!!!

Today is our 7 month anniversary!!!!!!! Time flies doesn't it? Feels like just the other day I was walking down the aisle to meet my husband to be.... such a magical moment :-) I thank God for leading us on this incredible journey. There is so much to be thankful for and so that's what I'm going to do.

I'm thankful for my amazing husband. He truly is the head of the home- I have no problem submitting to him because I know that he always listens to the Lord and is lead by him. I'm thankful that our friendship has continued to deepen and we're learning so many things about each other.

I'm thankful that marriage is fun!!!!!!!! I used to hear lots of people say that marriage is more of a duty but I'm having such a good time I feel like I was missing out!!!

I'm thankful for my in-laws - they've been so good to me. I have no in-law horror stories!!!!

I'm thankful for the Lord's provision. A wedding can really distort your savings and leave you kinda broke but the Lord provided for our wedding through our friends and family and has continued to provide for us these last 7 months - I don't take that for granted.

I'm thankful for my family that has been supportive (I don't think my husband has any in-law horror stories - lol!!)

I'm thankful that God is teaching me how to love my husband more each day, how to honour Him in my marriage and how to trust Him and keep Him at the centre of our lives. I don't know what I would do as a wife if I did not have that guidance.

And finally, in a world that is full of broken marriages, I'm thankful that each time I think of my husband I smile, that I just can't wait to see him at the end of the day and that we share an ever deepening love for each other.

Project wedding planning

I love weddings!!!! Everything about them gets me excited! The flowers, colour scheme, dresses, gown, decor, cake, vows, RINGS!!!!!!!, music - everything!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want to make them a apart of my life by becoming a wedding planner. So in order to prepare myself for the task I helped a few friends of mine with the decor for a wedding they were doing on Saturday. They were the ones behind all the planning and design ideas so I got to learn a lot from them. I had so much fun doing it and the room looked really good when we were done. These are some photos of the hall both during and after.

One of the entourage tables - loved the detail on the organza

The beginning of the centre piece set up

The chair tie backs

The final centre piece

Glasses with candles standing in yellow and green balls

The entourage table - beginning stages

The final table set up (green table)

Napkins with a twist and a glimpse of the table runner

The final table set up (gold table)

Chair tieback

A glimpse of the room with the dim lights

Finishing up the head table

The final head table

The cake (I thought it was a bit much but oh well)

The lights and flowers behind the head table

I enjoyed every bit of helping with the decorating and I learnt quite a lot too. Especially about where I can find good materials at a good price and who I can use to do what. In Uganda, weddings are no small affair but this wedding was a lot smaller than most with only 300 guests so it was a nice start to my learning experience. I'm so grateful to my friends for letting me join them. I can't wait to actually start planning weddings. Planning my wedding was easy coz I knew exactly what I wanted but I'm up for the challenge!!!!! And I'm really excited about it.

Christmas plans...

Christmas is here!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!! For the last 8 or so years I really haven’t been feeling very ‘Christmassy’ but this year I’m so excited!!!!! (I believe it has something to do with being newly married to my tall, dark and handsome farmer.) Anywho, I’m super excited. I’ve been sick at home for most of the week and I managed to put up our very first Christmas tree!!!!!!

I chose to use red and gold because I find it very hard to mix too many colours on a Christmas tree. I’ve never decorated a tree all by myself because my brother is the design genius in the family and he would do most of it while we just helped out. (Paul, I hope you’re proud) My husband loved how the tree turned out and I was super proud of myself  (there’s something about the light in your man’s eyes that just makes you feel like you just walked on the moon – anyone agree?)

Another reason why I’m so excited about Christmas is because hubby and I are going away to a quiet resort for two days over Christmas :-) We really need to get out of the city and have some alone time.  I’m also glad that I don’t have to worry about what we’re going to eat for Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, I love to cook but I’d really like to relax this time. For the last 8 years my paternal aunts, uncles and cousins would spend Christmas at my parents’ house. Just so you get the picture – I have 6 paternal uncles and 3 paternal aunts and they all come complete with spouses and not less than two children (maximum 4). It would be quite crazy at home trying to get things ready so this year will be a much needed breather for me – I’ll have a quiet, stress free Christmas :-) 

My sweet hubby is also getting me a wonderful gift for Christmas that I shall blog about when I receive :-) It’s something I’ve wanted and needed for a loooooooooooonnnnnnngggggggg time!!!!!! Love you sweetie!!!  (And no, I did not snoop around to find out what he was getting me – he gave himself away! teeheehee!)

I’m also going to try my hand at baking this year to complete the Christmas feeling so wish me luck!!!!!!!

I hope your Christmas plans are coming along well too.

Sick :-(

I'm not feeling too good - I'm catching a cold. My nose feels like it has a mind of its own and my head feels heavier than a bowling ball! But guess where I am - at WORK!!!!!!! Yup, crazy right? And what makes it worse is we had a really hectic weekend so I hardly rested (we seem to be having a lot of those these days :( My brother-in-law got married on Saturday so hubby and I were running up and down the whole day. (I will post photos later - though I did not get to take too many as I was running around like a headless chicken)We slept at around 2 am and had to get up to go to church then for lunch with my parents (they live about 45 minutes away). The hubs had to go to the farm to check on some things so we got home at 10:30pm - EXHAUSTED!!!!!! And the whole day yesterday I was feeling sick :-( I'm glad we got to hang out with my parents though. It was such fun.

Anywho, now I'm at work feeling so sick and wishing I could crawl into bed with a mug of ginger and lemon tea and watch tv. Growing up sucks!!!!!!! :(