So..

So I've just avoided playing squash with Emma coz I'm really lazy . Actually I, secretly going to do some Zumba once she leaves the house. The house which is in a current state of extreme mess is doing lovely things like supplying us with spiders n frogs that are good not good for heart attacks. I'm smack bang in the middle of wedding planning. Thank goodness for my little sister she's doing it all for me. S excited to get my invites out soon to you guys!!!!also started university which is currently restricting my already limited social life.its a lot of work involving a lot of births but it should be an amazing experience. Like today I got to special a very special little baby one on one and got lots of cuddles from a baby I discharged home. Gods miracles are so great!! Work on the house is going ok slow really but fdaves pretty busy one day hopefully I will actually put up some photos as promised but who knows when that will be ?
Miss u all

Xxx

Ohboy

Wow u would think over the last crazy two months I'd update my blog occasionally but no. Sorry avid blog followers ( there's soooooo many of you haha) but as many of you know I'm now engaged to my fave man David. He surprised me with a gorgeous ring and rendered me speechless after a dinner date out and a romantic (tho really worst) sunset watch. I'm so excited but a little bit stressed :) I had an amazing engagement party with millions of fairy lights and we got super spoilt but all the people we knew. I've now spread my wings And moved to good ol busselton which is suiting me fine. I live a min walk from the beach and with a crazy girl named Emma who makes me eat salad and good good :) I live four min away from my beloved and a hop and a skip from my lil sister . Life is grand. Some photos of the last few weeks to follow :) xxx

weighin in

still sitting on the same weight that ive been on for a couple of weeks. Which is great because i have been eating a lot of food seeing its almost christmas. The other day on my ward had the BIGGEST feast you could possibly imagine. It was very very good...mmmmm I'm thinking of it as I drink my  breakfast milkshake haha.

So what's new? I have just been rung up from work to politely ask me to stay home. yeah yesterday on my shift I sent three people home so the ward is NOT busy at all which is fine. I like days off :) But last night I stayed up till one am to finish off some wedding stuff coz I didn't wanna do it today and now I dont have that much to do.

WHOA rewind I can hear you say. No I'm not getting married its my good buddy Leesha who is. For some reason I have been landed the responsibility of organisig the play and doing the photo dvd. Not that I mind its something interesting to do but then you have to deal with the fall out of people who don't like it. So really they can just stick it if they have a problem haha. The poor bridesmaids are to busy as well....bit hard having a wedding right at the end of the year!!

So as I was trying to explain, changing jobs takes a lot of paperwork. For my two positions in Bunbury I have to do the same paperwork only twice. And I also have to apply to university as well so thats even more paperwork and it all has to be certified as well siiiiigh so I'm doing a road trip to officeworks as our printer/scanner/copier has karked it so nicely when I need it.

I love the end of the year. Its getting warmer. Which is nice coz the other day I though for a min I was going to be a lonely victim of our house falling down. Had some MASSIVE storms which I suffered through miserably (still terrified of storms when I'm bymyself) as mum and dad were in Busso.  But Christmas has now been forcast to be 36 and sunny so for excited for that. I'm going down to Busselton for two weeks next week Sunday UBER EXCITED!!

That's my boring life. No Dave has done nothing to our house (he's been super busy to). My neice Amari has finally learnt not to be to scared of me and had a good play session with her yesterday and very excited for cuddles from Jemimah on Friday when mad and tim come up to go to Cairns. sorry no photos computer is being ridiculous

xxx

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

catch up

So its been a crazy few weeks. Most recently my Opa died after a few years of going downhill. No matter how hard you prepare yourself, its always a shock when someone who has been there ALWAYS is just gone. Nevertheless we know where Opa is, and that place is much better than here. Thanking everyone for their love and support. Heres a few photos from when I worked at Fairhaven:

I also recently found out that I have received a job offer from Bunbury in a surgical ward, and also a student midwife position which is so mindblowing amazing and exciting and very freaky outish. This means I'm moving down to Busselton!!! The exciting this is moving out and moving into a house with my buddy Emma, but it means leaving behind a LOT of people and that is not exciting at all :( I dont really think I want to move  but the sacrifices we make for our boyfriends....seriously he owes me a Ftruck or something amazing. The other day we went out with the whole Broere family to celebrate victory over the Armadale council. I mostly hung out with my fave reading buddy Leisa...it was a lot of fun as you can tell from the photos:

Takes 50 photos to get a good one of me and Dave lol

And also had the most amazing day with an amazing bunch of ladies celebrating Leesha's Hen's Day out in the Swan Valley. Needless to say by the second winery we didnt need anymore wine. But it was a great day full of laughter and shrieks and squeals, a bogged bus and an extreme and bloody pub fight. So excited for Leesha's big day. Below is a photo I stole from Lalie :)

Just chilling at our Lunch stop

Kicking it girl style on the Hen's Bus

Ill keep ya updated on the moving city stories. Yesterday I received two wedding invites in the mail, making my wedding attendane up to 5 weddings this season....down on my eight weddings from last year aaaaaaaah. Last couple days had Maddi and Jemimah and Tim staying in our house. Despite the interrupted sleep it was great seeing them every day. I think Jemimah actually recognises her aunty now.     xxxx

A hungry Jemimah did not want to be played with....

all smiles as we visit oma and opa's new house

long time

ok so i have been pretty lazy in this department. blogging i mean. also in the life department. diet has gone kaput..but ONLY because I have been on two rotations of night shift which meant i didnt know what was up nor down breakfast nor dinner. So i just ate. or not ate. and slept or not slept. depends how u look at it. but i know i spent 36 hours being awake one day jsut to get back into routine. that was interesting.

anyway so just been working and attending job interviews. yes thats right i had a job interview this time last week at bunbury SJOG. was so excited. thanks to maddi and jemimah for getting me there (poor jemimah was not happy to be in the car) but it went really well and now im just waiting to hear back from them. and also trying to decide if i actualy want to move away from life up here. hmmm

fighting the bugs as well. yesterday was laid down by a horrific headache and a lowgrade temp. and last week was walking around with terrible stomach pains  but thats pretty much sorted now just in case you care. to make this post more interesting i made a lime white choc angel cheesecake saturday for sunday coffee. it didnt turn out perfect as i didnt have the right ingredients but hey, we nurses need to be creative in this global down turn and i applied this to my cooking haha. it tasted alright but heres a similar recipe:

Ingredients

• extra whipped cream
• grated rind and juice of 2 limes
• icing sugar
• 1 cup biscuit crumbs
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup passion fruit pulp
• 2 egg whites, beaten to soft peaks
• 3 teaspoons gelatine dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water
• 300ml cream, beaten
• 500g block PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 80g butter, melted

Method

• Combine biscuits, coconut and butter. Press into a buttered and lined 22cm spring form pan. Chill.
• Beat the PHILLY, sugar, and lime until smooth. Add the gelatine mixture and passionfruit. Fold in the whipped cream and beaten egg whites.
• Pour into prepared crust and refrigerate until set. Decorate with whipped cream and dust heavily with icing sugar

i just added lime juice and grind from two fresh limes to give it that summery tang. it was great!!

so lookin forward to seeing my man this weekend. im terrible at long distance. also hoping to get the iphone 5 one of these days if someoen doesnt convince me other wise to get the samsung. but oh well.

lifes gonna be busy what with weddings, hens nights, kitchen teas, babies, job decisions, life decisions. thankfully yesterday (pre headache pain) we got to stop and listen to an AMAZING sermon on Rev 1: 4 and 5.

GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU ALL


xxx

22

ive often heard that after twenty five your body goes down hill. needless to say i was a little surprised that the day after my birthday i started feeling seriously miserably and sicklike. A little to close to flu like symptoms for me, a nurse and a TERRIBLE PATIENT.
I hate being sick

On the other hand I had a WONDERFUL birthday the last weekend. The weather was beautiful and sunny and thirty degrees which is amazing coz all past experiences of birthdays have included some rain and chill factor. I also got wonderfully spoilt by my Biff and family and friends. We had a great dinner at Little Creatures which I enjoyed. It was cool catching up with my man again, I miss him a lot.

Hope to get some photos up soon.

xxx

orange

update
i have lost three kilos woooooooooooo!
back to my original waist size hopefully the rest of my  body cooperates haha. but to celebrate i went out and bought pastel orange jeans
so excited to wear em out im gonna glow!!
also full of energy coz my latest thing is to hit the gym when im bored. feeling a tad sore about it but full of life. Only i was there yesterday and after some painting with ladders and a violent soccer game on monday im covered in several bruises. to the point brett (?) the gym owner asked how did i get all of them on me hahaha.
Awkward.
This morning I woke up at 830am, swore and hit the freeway about 5min later look decidely rumpled and late for my study day. For the first time in my life I have turned off my alarm in my sleep. I blame my hyperactive brain which allowed me to fall asleep about 3am. I see this is as training for my night shifts starting tomorrow :p
alls well that ends well

xxx