Updates

Here's a brief update of what we've been up to the past two weeks!

-Attended our friends Stevie and Ness' wedding on Friday the 17th (see photos below).  It was a beautiful and fun day.  The reception was held at an historic house built in the late 1600's- gorgeous! 

-We've been house hunting in Dublin.  We are considering merging Paul's office/storage and our apartment.  For what we are paying in rent for the two we could be paying a mortgage just as easily, and it's a buyer's market now!  We're looking around but still not sure what we'll do.

-Last Sunday was a beautiful day here, and a few friends and I rented bikes and cycled around the Phoenix Park, then went out for dinner.  It was a lovely afternoon/evening.

-Paul was also cycling in the Phoenix Park during the week.  He and a few of his friends are thinking about doing something called GaelForce West this summer.  It involves running, biking, rowing, climbing Croagh Patrick, then biking again.  All in one day!  

-I signed up for and got all of my course materials to do a Diploma in Wedding Planning by distance learning.  It's an area that I think I have strengths in, and who knows where it might take me.  If this course goes well, I am thinking of doing either an evening or distance course in Event Management also.

-This weekend we've been relaxing and catching up on things around the apartment.  We went out for dinner on Friday evening and rented a movie last night.  We had a couple of friends over for breakfast this morning (I even cooked black pudding- yuck!), and Paul has headed off with them to watch a race (the cars that he has raced the past couple of years).  I keep telling myself that I need to get my taxes done this weekend.  If you live abroad, you still have to file but get an automatic two month extension- therefore I'm procrastinating a bit!

-Only a bit less than 3 weeks until our honeymoon to Jamaica!  I can't wait!

The Wedding Party

The first dance- they started off on a slow song, but then it broke into little snippets of about 10-15 other songs like "The Chicken Dance", "Grease Megamix", "I Like Big Butts", and others.  They had it choreographed perfectly.  The best first dance I've ever seen!

Paul and me