North of the Stupid Line

The missus and I are celebrating our first wedding anniversary today – yes, already! I look on the past year, and marvel at just how quickly it has whizzed past.

Memories

Today is an opportunity to reflect on what a truly a magical day for both of us and our families. We got married at St Paul’s Church, Newbridge, followed by a wedding reception and evening reception at the Maes Manor Hotel in Blackwood. You can see the post I made just after the wedding here.

To see more pictures, go here and here.

A year gone by

Since getting hitched, we have been busy bees. After jetting off to Kenya on honeymoon, we returned to the UK and I resumed my training contract at RAD / South West London Law Centres while Rachel started her MSc in Deaf Studies at Bristol University. In January, I began a secondment at Hugh James Solicitors for five months.

In May, I qualified as a solicitor and was admitted to the roll on 1 June. The missus and I attended, together with my mum, an Admissions Ceremony on 23 July. I continue to work at RAD as a Solicitor and Legal Services Supervisor.

Rachel has more or less finished her assignments for her MSc, and now has to do her dissertation. Speaking of which, I have to do my dissertation for my LLM Law of Employment Relations by December.

We jetted off to Gran Canaria for a week in March, and we are very much looking forward to Christmas this year in Tenerife, with the in-laws.

Wonder what the next year will bring!

It’s that time of year again, so HAPPY NEW YEAR! to everybody. Hope you all enjoyed your New Year celebrations.

Here are my New Year’s Resolutions:

• 1) Buy my first car;
• 2) Get fit;
• 3) Cut down on binge drinking (see my earlier post);
• 4) Get a new job; and
• 5) Write better blog entries.

Here’s to 2007 – let’s make it a good year!

Happy Thanksgiving to all you Yanks out there! Hope you have a good one.

As of 19 August 2006, I became a married man to Rachel Johnson, who is now of course, Rachel Wilks! Rachel was absolutely stunning in her wedding dress – I was over the moon! We had a brilliant day – everything went smoothly and it was very emotional for the two of us.

We are currently waiting for the official photos, and will let you know when we have them. In the meantime, you can check some out at my Flickr account. Here are a few.