Weight for It!

See what I did there, segway into my topic post for today.

So this whole running thing started with the wedding, and I'm hoping it doesn't end with the wedding actually.

I've enjoyed it immensely, though I struggled keeping myself focused on running, and it became a chore starting the run, but when I got out there it got easier.

It was always easier to finish and push hard at the end, knowing I could finish and have a shower and feel good about myself.

I felt even better when I completed a big run, it felt like such a triumph.

Not only in my running and my ability to keep pushing and get through long distances now without stopping. I've seen a greater improvement in everyday activities.

Walking briskly up a hill or around the shops or having a busy day, I see the fitness improvement, as I remember back to when I would work up a sweet and start breathing heavy just by walking up the hill that I live on.

Being able to fit into clothes that 12 months ago I couldn't and more to that, I didn't think I would be fitting into it. The number on scale doesn't really fell like a great triumph, and I've been always thinking if I got down to 57 kgs then I be happy, that'd be my goal weight. But really I should have just been aiming to fit into my clothes again!! Its a better feeling then the number on the scale!!

Couldn't fit into this dress in January!!!

And that itself is great encouragement to keep on running. 

Two Courses and a Cake

Tonight we had a menu tasting for the wedding this Saturday.

Mum, sister A and good friend P came with me to the tasting for dinner.

Top: Grilled Lamb Fillet, Roast Beetroot and Rocket with Balsamic Dressing :: 

Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli with Tomato and Basil Sauce

Bottom: Salad of Rocket, Smoked Salmon, Asparagus and Prosciutto::

Tasting plate of Lemon Chicken w/ Roasted Capsicum, Prawns with Avocado and Tomato Salsa and Peppered Beef with Green Beans and Tomato Chutney

Top: Grilled Chicken Breast with Garlic Mushrooms, Spinach and a Fondue Sauce ::

Crispy Skin Pork Belly with Mash, Green Beans and a Vanilla Bean Apple Sauce

Bottom: Braised Lamb Shank (1) in Red Wine with Mashed Potato and Green Beans in Gremolata ::

Char Grilled Sirloin Steak, Green Beans and Bernaise Sauce

It was beautiful, I tasted a bit of everything and it was delicious, the ones I enjoyed the most were the Ravioli and the Sirloin, they were my main picks and then we also chose the Grilled Lamb Fillet for 2nd Entree and Grilled Chicken Breast for the 2nd main.

As there were four meals to chose from, I bought along three guests and we all tried a bit of each others dish. Lucky a brought along my big sis A, who polished off all four entrees as well as the main meals.

It was a fun, successful night and I enjoyed myself immensely, there happened to also be a freak rain storm happening outside as we were eating dinner. Camden Valley Inn is an old English style pub, and my Mum and Sis have both been over to England and kept saying how much they felt like they were back over there, including the weather!!

All in all, was a good night, great food and makes me feel more excited and more nervous about this coming Saturday... Ahhhh!!! Only 3 sleeps away, when did it get so close!!

Anyway, hope you Tuesday night was as awesome as mine!!!

Instagram It!

My first photo on Instgram!!

Did my own puzzle | Helped sis A do her puzzle

Panel I made during my year at Bui '09 | Two in the middle are from the gardens at my reception venue | Taken in my lounge room of the sunset |

Breaking Dawn Part II Big sis Kylie and E | Ticket to movie Gold Class style | Sis E with her ticket | Big sis A and I | The massive bowl of ice cream I had which was delicious! | Sis A and Cousin A |

Friday night christmas/family night | Happy Birthday Mia, Mia with her presents | Putting the christmas tree up since we can't do it this weekend |

Going for the run I kept telling myself to do | Making table centre pieces for wedding | Packing up my room with a lot of boxes | Printing out service orders for saturday so they dry | View from my window | Baby Mia at her birthday party, that was very hot but she had lots of fun!

My week according to instagram. 

I'm also new to Instagram so if you wanna find me I'm kt90ln!! Hope to see you on there!

Linking up with Tinagraydotme 

Knit Extravaganza

So this year was the year of knitting. I'd knitted for years before this one but never beyond the 'scarf' knitting.

I actually made a Lot of stuff, I took photos here they are!

Advent Time

Advent is the lead up to Christmas

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It is the four sundays prior to christmas day.

Each of the candles on the outside represent these days.

Then on christmas day you light the middle candle.

Representing Jesus birth into this world.

Tradition in our family is to put our christmas tree up on the first of advent and have a devotion as well.

This usually includes the family, mostly who ever can make it on that particular weekend.

But this year we put up our christmas tree up a week early.

Due to the fact that my wedding falls on the start of advent this year and was the only time we could be together to put the tree up.

It also happened to be my gorgeous nieces 1st birthday and we all got together and had a big feed and a  yummy ice-cream cake to celebrate.

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I hope your christmas is just as exciting as mine will be!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Reception

Met with my reception venue lady today.

Plans are slowly coming together!

This is really happening. 

And its working out so well! Everything just seems to be falling into place.

I'm wondering if this means on the day everything is going to be terrible!

But alas I do believe God is guiding this and he's allowing this to all fall into place and what will be will be and I am happy with that.

As long as on Saturday I get married and have lots of fantastic photos to have as reminders of my day than that will be great!

During my visit out at Camden Valley Inn (reception venue), I snuck out the back (well not really snuck as it is also a pub that serves lunches so there was people there) and took some photos of the garden, though the sprinkler was on so I didn't get as many as I'd like but heres one I grabbed before I left.

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Hope your Wednesday hump day is chugging along nicely, 10 days till d-day now!

Breaking Dawn Part II

I know what you are thinking, "Why on earth are you going to see that?!", well I'll tell you why.

Because I enjoyed the books.

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They aren't works of art, they aren't going to go down in history as a literary piece of art, and they aren't going to build statues in honour of it so that in years to come generations can remember the brilliance that was the Twilight books (at least I hope not).

I first read the books in 2007, just after Eclipse had been released. 

My high school friend introduced me to them, and at this point in time I was devouring books night after night, in my attempt not to have to do school work :)... actually :( bad me...

So I first read twilight in 2 days, the majority of it late on a school night, causing me to be really tired for school the next day, and the rest that day. Not wanting to do anything but finish it.

The books are good. When you are a teenage girl, very shy and hating being at school, I used books to escape, so that I could create these other worlds I could live in for a little while before I had to grow up and live in the real world, I was hanging on to the last threads of childhood I could and Twilight helped that.

I must admit, at first I was team Edward, just because I hated the idea that Jacob tried to ruin something that had started before he was on the scene. I think that's just rude, but now, now that they have t-shirts declaring Team Edward and Team Jacob. I am neither.

Is it just me or does something that starts out good suddenly becomes very lame when it is really popular? 

It seems to be the way (except Harry Potter, HP will always be amazing no matter how big it is).

But because this world is such a corny world I can't help but be embarrassed by the young girls who will faint if they see a twilight character. It freaks me out that someone is that devoted to someone or something, its kind of creepy.

Also, when you read the books you can put your own inflections onto the words and think of different ways to say lines to make them less corny, so it seems like it isn't so bad, but when you hear them on the big screen, you realise, "Nope that line was REALLY corny!"

Anyway, I am off to see Breaking Dawn Part II tonight with my sisters and cuz in Gold Class, have to treat ourselves one last time before I leave Sydney. And we did this for the first one and the last two HP movies hehe.

Hope you Tuesday was just lovely.

Linking up with Jess for 'I blog on Tuesday'