Wrinkles!

Would you want to live forever?

Writer's block

Hence no blogging for ages! I think I'll try to get into the habit again though.

In good news
* Got a payrise at work this month and now have an acceptable salary. Yay!
* The church is booked for the wedding. The brilliant Nicholas Vesey will be presiding
* We're still attending St Augustine's and still enjoying it (!!!!!!)
* I have a week off work next week to recharge which will be loverly
* Grandpa is 91 today and says he's going to try to hang on to see the wedding, so that's good

In not so good news
*Ben is looking for a job
* I can't solve this puzzle, help me!

I keep meaning to blog on some stuff I've been reading about marriage but it keeps coming out as a rant. I will keep trying, and meanwhile here's what I've been reading

The reception is booked!

Today I booked the reception venue for our wedding - 1 September 2007 is the date and this is the place. it's the hotel I was a waitress at during my gap year and they do pretty weddings - I used to help set them up so it will be a novelty to be a guest!

As far as the other plans are going, we've yet to book a church, have made another rough guest list after losing the original one, and have considered timetable for the day, entertainment and top table nightmares amongst other things. Only 101 things left to do! It's all fun but Ben is absolutely right.

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives Season 1 DVD box set entered our house with new lodger/my bestfriend/bridesmaid to be and we've been hooked since the first episode! I forgot how addictive television can be. After living in a television free zone for nine months it's kinda nice to catch up on what my office have been talking about for months, and I was very impressed with the quality of the programme.

Can't wait til next month's pay day so we can maybe get Series 2!

Jodi Picoult

I can't decide if I like her or not! See here for a list of books.

So far I've read The Pact, My Sister's Keeper, Salem Falls and Plain Truth. Each of them has been a gripping read, but they all have exactly the same elements - an out of the ordinary questionable crime commited, a client who has a big impact on the lawyer, a love interest for the lawyer, an overbearing parent, each culminates in a big trial where you don't know the truth til the very last minute, and there's quite often a twist right at the end.

So better writing than Dan Brown, but not an awful lot more imagination when it comes to plots! Nevertheless, her ever growing list of titles shall stay on my to read list as backups.