I'm Back and I'm Married!

Hello bloggers!

Last time I wrote a blog post I was a week away from one of the biggest days of my life – my wedding. Excited, anxious, tired, happy, occasionally freaked out, plus a whole lot of other emotions. At that point I hadn’t yet had my kitchen tea or bachelorette party (and was starting to wonder just how close to the wedding my sister had planned them!), we still had to set up EVERYTHING at the wedding venue (which happened during one of the hottest days last year) and, of course, the big day itself was yet to arrive. And you know what?

IT. WAS. AMAZING!

All of it. I got blindfolded, tied up, and driven an hour away for my surprise kitchen tea, where friends and family were super generous and there was INCREDIBLE food, all made by my amazing best friend. My bachelorette party took place at a pole dancing class (so much fun!). And the wedding itself … wow. Wow! I really can’t remember ever being so happy!

I'll post more photos once I get all the official ones.

And then the honeymoon ;-) My awesome husband (I still love saying that!) had planned it all, and I didn’t know anything except that I had to pack malaria tablets. Hulala Lakeside Lodge, Nkambeni Tented Lodge by the Kruger National Park, and Winterton Country Lodge at the Rose Cottage in the Drakensberg. I loved it all!

So, tell me about your Christmas and new year :-)

(And here's a fun photo for you...)

T minus one week!

Eeeek! In just one week I will be married! So I'm officially checking out of the blogosphere until January (though I've been pretty much absent for the past several weeks, what with finishing up school and all our DIY wedding decor...).

If you've left a comment on my blog in the past few weeks and I haven't responded or visited your blog in return, I am really sorry, and I'd like to say

THANK YOU

to all of you for your support of my writing/publishing journey this year. It has been incredibly exciting to take my first steps in the publishing world, and it would not have been nearly as fantastic without you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

and 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And if you're still around on December 15th, I'd love it if you could check out the sixth day of the Twelve Books for Christmas on No Thoughts 2 Small, where my book will be featured and you could WIN a copy!

xx Hugs and wedding cupcakes for you all :-)

Bring it on, 2012!

This is the year I see my name in print! Ahem, digital print, at least. Which, as anyone owning a Kindle/[insert your e-reader name here] knows, is an awesome kind of print :-)

Creepy Hollow begins in March this year.

I'm also looking forward to Rachael Harrie's Fourth Writers' Platform-Building Campaign, which runs from February 6th to April 31st.

And, of course, the great Blogging from A to Z Challenge, which runs during the month of April.

And many other things to look forward to this year, I'm sure. For now, I leave you with a quote by Minnie Louise Haskins:

I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied, "Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way." So I went faithfully, finding the hand of God, and trod boldly into the dark night, and he led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.

Over and Out (For a Little While!)

For the next two weeks I shall be... 

... beach holidaying in Kei Mouth...

... and wineland holidaying in Stellenbosch.

I know, I know. Poor me, right? He he he :-)
In moments of boredom (which I hope are few and far between!) I'll be checking the blogosphere on my not-so-fabulous BlackBerry. But until mid-January...

Happy New Year, 

Everyone!