Private Dance Lessons

Hahaha..... this came across our laps today and babe and I are quite keen so we bought vouchers...
http://www.ourdeal.com.au/deal/arthur-murray-dance-school-private-group-social-dance-lessons/refer/377640

Here we come... sashaying away!!!!!!

Daddy's speech...

So Dad's asked me again and again to write his speech for him. This is the only thing he has been most excited about throughout all the plans... so I finally obliged last night... This is what I have for him:

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen

I am the Father of the bride tonight and on behalf of my wife and I, I would like to welcome you all here today to celebrate the marriage of our daughter Y to S.

I would like to thank S’s parents, T & M, his brother’s family, as well as all our relatives and friends, some of whom have travelled far to be here tonight.

Thank you all for coming, it’s very much appreciated.

This is the point where I am supposed to say a few embarrassing things about Y when she was younger but she wrote my speech so she did not put anything down for me to share with you tonight. What I will say is this, Y has made us very proud. All parents want their children to have a good education and give themselves a good start in life and Y has taken control of that from a very young age. I always tell people that it was really easy to raise my kids. I never had to worry about them and before you know it they are all grown up.

To S, Every Father hopes his daughter will find a reliable, sensible, and responsible partner and as much as you try not to interfere in their lives, you always hope your children will make the right choices in life. Y chose S.

I have found that S has grown on me over the years that they have been dating. I have seen this boy grow to become the man he is today and become worthy of my little girl. I hope that he closely matches my own values as a provider, a partner and a father because today I hand over responsibility for our daughter to him. However, I know Y has made an excellent choice, she has had 9 years to decide that and I welcome S to the Family.

29 years ago, I married my wife in this very same month and I have this advice to give Y and S. Keep your eyes wide open before the wedding, half shut afterwards.

Now for a toast, it is written: “when children find true love, parents find true joy”. Here's to your joy and ours, from this day forward.

Dress arrived!!!

OMG I casually called the shop today to enquire about my dress and it is here! Fantabulous! I can't wait to go pick it up and try it on again! how can I survive till Sat?

Our new home

So the new doors got delivered yesterday and we are choosing the paint for the outside of the house. I've lived there a full week by now.

It's starting to glow a little... mainly because my future father in law has been painting the hallway white. a little bit each day. When I come home, I always go around the place to see what has been done. I feel terrible that we are not helping out though and I wish we could do more and be more responsible about it.

But my fiance is not a handyman. I have to live with that. I cannot expect him to be who he isn't. My brother is selfish and spoiled and so I cannot rely on him either. I will have to help FFIL if I really want things to be done.

Anyways, I have fully unpacked my own room by now and I can see where things sort of belong. I am also liking the closer distance between the new place and the city than my old place. Which I certainly would not admit to anyone else, cause I was such an advocate of the trains and my previous suburb before, and also because, I didn't (at one point in time) see the point of hauling my life out of my little apartment which I took so much pains to make my home.

Now it is our home... not just mine. I have to be less liberal with the peonies decals and the blingy decorations. He's allowed me flowers and paintings... but I will steer away from the Ballerinas and princesses too I think. I bought the day bed without consulting him though and whilst I love it... it's got two massive love hearts wrought into the iron and I am not sure what he thinks of it yet... I guess we'll find out soon enough :P

New month new beginnings

We've moved! And we've got a joint account now! Things are so different for me; starting to think like this is really happening! We are a couple! Mind you there were fights and tears and lots of short tantrums from my end. But in the time of winter when people are sluggish and falling sick, we’ve been blessed enough to have so much to keep us busy and motivated. We have also discussed and decided to use my wedding dowry to renovate the house. Which means I don’t have to slum it out! Yippeee!!!!

New Bathroom and a kitchen that I will design myself, new doors, new floors and a new coat of paint inside and outside and that is all my moolah gone but one handsome place to live in after we’re married! How exciting! I wonder if people usually do put all their savings into the marriage plans what with the reception, the honeymoon, the new home... we are cash poor now...but so rich in blessings.

I can’t wait till July when all the major renos should be finished and then I can just unpack things from their boxes and really start making the place feel like a home.