... Mondayitis anyone?

Today I am tired. Recently I have been pushing myself extra hard. It is not long till we fly out on our BIG ADVENTURE and so I have been working extra hours trying to save as much money as I can. That plus our short mission to Bali and it being a Monday makes me tired. I wish I had something exciting to share but I am just tired. I did take steps to cut back for the rest of this week though. Hopefully get my sleeping pattern back on track.

Josh flies back out to work today. He has been sick for the last few days so has spent the time off recovering and sleeping. When he goes back to work he is going to resign. Thats right the time has come it is only 4 weeks until we leave so it is time to let his employers know. It is a bit scary to quit our jobs and go into the unknown. Scary and Exciting all at the same time.

Tired but still good.

Love Karen and Josh

... with a Adventure Hangover

Well technically not a real hangover but more of that later.

Today we are back in town after our quick trip to Bali for a few days. In hindsight we probably should of relaxed a little more but because it was such a short trip we took the opportunity to do as much as we could. Highlights include my first ever bungee jump, wakeboarding and cruising around the country side on 4 wheelers. I had a great time but it was definately hard to come home. More on our adventures later when I put up some photos.

Which brings me to our hangover. Yesterday I laid in bed while Josh had a shower knowing that I should get up and get ready as we had a flight to catch but stubbornly not wanting to. I felt like we were coming home to our old life and not to our new life. It is only 41 days until we fly out and so I know that I should hardly be complaining about coming back to work for 5 weeks but it is hard. It is hard to be ready to go and for your heart to feel as if it has gone on before you knowing that the time isn't yet. When I got home late last night I text messaged one of my friends and it was lovely to get a reply that she understood how I felt. I guess it is always nice to know that what you are feeling is justifiable and acceptable.

So we are both back at work and well if not a bit tired:)

Love Karen and Josh xo

... Before Bali

Hello all! Firstly no we haven't fallen off the edge of the earth nor has anything exciting or different or noteworthy taken part hence the reason for the lack of blogs recently. Joshua and I are deep in saving doing nothing mode which is super exciting... not at all.

On Saturday Joshua and I along with my great Big Brother fly out to Bali for a few days. Days which include my 27th (!) birthday. I am not a fan of birthdays... at all. Don't get me wrong I quite enjoy an excuse to spoil the ones I love but my birthday is a completely different story. I guess it is because a few years some significant band news was recieved by myself and my family very close to my birthday two years in a row. So now I am very happy for my birthday to go unnoticed. My big brother is paying for me to go to Bali (did I mention he is my favourite big brother?) and it is just want I want to do on my birthday. I have also decided that I am going bungee jumping on my birthday which is my birthday present to me. Now I am actually not that big of a fan of heights. I don't want to say I am afraid but I just don't like them. But I am a believer not to let your afraid of control you therefore it is a mission for my birthday. Plus it is on my Thirty before Thirty list.

It has been super cold in town. This morning it was 3 degrees!! For a sunny little coastal town that is crazy! It freaked me out a little bit. Here I am about to move to somewhere that SNOWS and I am hating the cold! But then I woke up this morning and thought "it is not too bad today." It was actually freezing as in I could see my breathe but it wasn't too bad. Plus I rationalized with myself that it would be just as cold if we were going to the UK instead.

Joshua gets home tonight:) and because I don't work tonight I am going to surprise him. It is great not having to work every night. I am not as tired. My sleep pattern is reasonable and I have been able to start going back to the gym (bring on my jeans.) Work has been good to me but it is nice to be doing something different.

I think that is all for now. I guess I will see you all on the other side of Bali. I am going to enjoy warmth and cocktails by the pool.

Much love,

Karen and Joshua xo

... with only Fifty Six days to go

So we aren't counting down or anything but it is 56 days until we fly out. A few things have changed since I last wrote. I was offered a job temping in an office until I leave. The pay rate was too good to pass up so I have cut back my hours at the bar. I feel really happy with my decision. I love working behind the bar don't get me wrong but it has been nice to use my brain and do something different. It has also been amazing to be able to spend time with Joshua when he is home. We went out to dinner twice when he was home something that is normally unheard of. I also went to bed at a reasonable time:) It was great. I have been a bit tired with the change from working nights to day but I think that once I get used to the difference it will be great.

Joshua and I are going to Bali for my birthday next time he is home. My amazing big brother paid for me to go as my present. We are only going for a few days but I am really looking forward to it. Will be nice to have 5 whole days off in a row.

Thats all for now. Exciting times to come.

Love,

Karen and Josh xoxo

...Hating Fly Out Days

As most of you already know Joshua works away. Normally I am pretty good about it. It is just a part of our lives after all. And most the time I am even thankful for it because it has given us some amazing opportunities. However on fly out days... I hate that he works away. Fly out days are the worse. I know it is silly but part of me wants to cry every time he flies out. I miss him so much while he is away. Today Joshua sent me a msg that said that there was only 4 more fly out days till we fly out on our adventure. Only FOUR MORE. Thats so exciting.

Looking forward to our BIG FLY OUT DAY:)

Love,

Joshua and Karen xo

...The Talented Women

I know some AH MAZING women. Strong confident women who are talented and sincere.

Yesterday a very very talented Peta Kingdon took photos of me. I was a little nervous in the beginning but honestly it was a lovely experience. I left the shoot feeling beautiful and confident. Not to mention the photos turned out great she is truly ridiculously talented. I will post some of the photos when she finishes editing them and also put a link to her website.

Today I got to meet a friend of mines new daughter girl Ryleigh. She is cute and completely adorable. While I have no intention of having children in the foresee able future I couldn't help loving the little nugget a little bit. I know Loz and Andrew are going to be terrific parents.

And later on today a friend of mind emailed me and offered to clean up, organise and generally beautify my blog. In the shortest time ever she managed to make it look amazing. She also writes a blog and it is one of my favourites to follow. She has a honest and sincere personality that I really really admire and appreciate. I wished that we had been closer when we had the opportunity when we were younger. I think of all my old school friends she is someone who as we have gotten older we have grown more similar. As I follow her on both Facebook and through her blog I find that I admire and respect her more and more and I can see a lot of similarities between the women we have grown to become as adults. You should definately follow her blog at www.thestockporthotel.blogspot.com

Thats all for now I just wanted to share the love:)

Love,

Karen and Josh xo

...tick tock

Joshua and I are officially in to the count down phase of our adventure. It is 80 days until we fly out on our biggest adventure yet. And while it is exciting it is also frustrating. We are both working full on and saving our little butts off. We have both picked up second jobs with different motivation. Joshua has worked out on the mines for a long time and hasn't worked in retail for over 4 years. So last time he was home he started work in the Bottle shop. He did really well... it was very hard to not sexually harass my employee:) I have picked up work in my friends business as well. This is just one day a week. It is hard because work is so full on by the end of the week I am exhausted. But it is not forever and I have a feeling that it will go quickly. Or at least that is what I tell myself on Monday mornings when I have to go to work and would prefer to stay in bed. So we are officially counting down.

Eighty more sleeps,

Love Karen and Josh xo