Goodbye Miss Harrison

So this is probably going to be my last blog before the big day! I will try do one before we go on our Honeymoon to Thailand, maybe put some pictures on if I have any I can nick off people off facebook or something!

Today I had my roots done and a light trim and then I have been doing other various bits and bobs including ordering some Thai bahts and giving Alfie a bath. I did some of my waxing last night, got the most painful section over with first and shall do thee old legs this evening, how exciting......!

We have the wedding rehearsal in an hour which should be interesting and maybe it will actually sink in as people keep asking me if I am nervous and I don't feel very nervous, is this normal?!

Anyway, bye for now and when I return I should be Mrs Gleave.... unless Pete does a runner on me!!!!! In which case I have may have difficulty doing my blog from jail since I will be in there for GBH or murder!! haha!!

I have returned.....!!

Well I am back after my many adventures around Greece and the Lake District! I would like to announce that hopefully around this time next year I will be a married woman, yes that is right I am engaged to my darling Pete! He popped the question when we went for a walk in the lakes up a hill overlooking Conniston Lake, all very romantic. The ring is too big though, apparently I have very small fingers and it is taking 2 weeks to get the right sized one! Abit gutted that I am engaged and noone can tell at the moment, or maybe they can from the big grin on my face... Its all wedding crazy now, we are going to the first church on tuesday and the other cant see us until september. Not sure which one we will get married at, I suppose the one that will do it haha! My cousin is my chief bridesmaid and also my wedding planner, she has been busy planning whilst I have been away, sometimes having a really organised, bossy cousin is a godsend! I haven't told her i'm home now, i'm still sat in bed and don't want to be dragged out quite yet...

I also have some rather sad news, poor murphy is getting castrated on wednesday, dont worry I have checked Alfie still has his bits upon my return as my dad kept joking he was going to get him done whilst we were away. So anyway, wish Murphy good luck, poor guy.

The good news is my headaches have gone, they continued for abit whilst in the lakes but I kept getting travel sickness so that may have contributed. The lakes was fun, Petes parents have a house there, its in the middle of nowhere surrounded by sheep. Once Alfie noticed this he wanted to chase after them all the time so had to be put on a lead all the time when outside. Alfie enjoyed the walks, at one point he thought it was funny to run away and make me chase after him up a hill which resulted in me nearly dying and Pete chasing him for about half a mile (the trouble is with Alfie, if he steps behind a leaf you cannot see him because he's so small!) Alfie also enjoyed the fact he was allowed in all the pubs (even though he's underage), we also went on a motor boat which was good although Alfie did not think so. It was really sunny the first day (when Pete proposed) and was quite rainy/grey the other 4 days but we still managed to do lots of things. Including play alot of scrabble, I won every game, oh no wait I didn't , Pete kicked my arse everytime. Here are some pictures from on the motorboat

Greece was also good, however we stayed on Petes dads sailing boat with Petes mum and dad, Petes sister and her friend, abit crowded. Plus I hate camping and this was like camping in a caravan on water, thats also an oven. Therefore although I enjoyed the holiday I did not so much enjoy the living arrangements. Luckily we got the front cabin which is abit bigger (I use the term big loosely), has its own bathroom and a fan. I hate sweating esp salty sweat as mine is because of my cf (we lose more salt in our sweat), I sweated constantly for a week, there was nowhere to go to cool down, it was warmer in the cabins than on deck. We had to use communal showers and toilets some of the time which where like saunas and I do not think were too good for my chest nor my hygiene (you start to sweat again before you have even dried yourself). I did my physio every morning like a good girl and towards the end was coughing up alot of sputum and my chest started to feel abit tight. The hot weather did mean I barley coughed though, as soon as I got off the plane in England I started coughing again, amazing ey?

Anyway accommodation aside and sweating aside we did do some good stuff. We swam in the sea off the side of the boat, hired cars, went to swimming pools, ate lots of nice food, saw amazing views, got to travel around to different places in the boat, I also got to read 3 books which was good because I dont seem to read that much anymore. I'm not complaining but the heat and lack of comfortable surroundings made it difficult and I was glad to be coming home towards the end. Heres some pics

Pete and I in the pool
Pete driving the boat
Nice picture in the sunset
Me doing what I do best, eating!!
In the sea, we found a mysterious shallow bit to stand on!

There were Italians everywhere, I was the palest person on the island. Why do I not tan? my arms and chest have browned a little, my legs are still transparent, I even bought some posh pitz buin tan intensifier suncream but it did not help! Anyway glad to be home, to see my little Alfie and to not sweat! haha! Anyway lots to do today, got to unpack, go shopping etc xx