Open mic night at four pines

B and I had dinner at four pines last night. I really like that place - nice ambiance and good beer! On Tuesdays they have an open mic night where local talents can rock up and perform.



Last night this 16 year old little guy was playing guitar and singing and he was really great! A bit too inspired by Jack Johnson maybe, but he's got everything going for him. And he's only 16!! I hate young people with a talent. They make me feel old.

John Blund - where are you?

B left at 4 to go to work. Between 4-5 shirin decided to sleep on my chest while purring extremely loudly straigt into my ear, which made it impossible for me to go back to sleep. Now my eyes are hurting because I'm so tired but I'm wide awake and just can't go back to sleep... So annoyed. Not a very nice way to start the day.

Bodega

On the ferry to the city and to dinner at Bodega with some friends. B is busy with his iPhone so I have to entertain myself. And what better way to do so than to blog? I'm really excited about having dinner at bodega since everybody's talking about how good their food is. But I might have too high expectations though. Not good. Although I'm starving so anything would taste good right now... Now we're almost in circular quay so I guess it's time to stop writing.

And I'm sorry about the total pointlessness of this post but it was the best I could do right now.

Saturday 7.53

It's early Saturday morning and I'm at a cafe having coffee since our espresso machine is still on repair somewhere in Castle Hill...
I thought it would be nice to be out and about before everyone else this morning, but I have clearly misunderstood what time other people wake up. Manly is already packed! But it still feels good to be up this early. Now I've got the whole day to do stuff!

3 things I have done today that have been extremely frustrating

1. Spent 45 minutes resetting the router, pulling out cables and swearing over the Internet not working only to realise I had turned off the wireless switch on the laptop
2. Walked to Coles to get groceries only to realise I had left my wallet at home
3. Walked 5 minutes to get a backpack from the car only to realise I didn't bring the car key

What is wrong with me? Maybe I need a holiday.

Jogging mania

I have become totally obsessed about exercising and eating healthily. My goal is to jog at least three times a week and also do some other exercising like playing tennis or rock climbing. I'm thinking of joining a tennis club to find someone to play with once a week. And LMC is about to move into a new apartment with a pool and gym in the building and we have a master plan of how to get back into shape. I've also stopped eating cream, creme fraiche, sugar and trying to cut down on carbohydrates.

My worst enemy at this stage is alcohol and all the binge drinking, which is impossible to avoid when you live in Australia -  and in the same city as ML :). Somehow there always seem to be a bottle of wine involved when the two of us hang out. But I guess you have to live a little as well. Surely exercising 3 times a week, eating minimal amounts of fat, sugar and carbohydrates will make up for having a few drinks every now and then. Besides, they say that red wine is good for your heart.

Yes I realise I'm trying to justify my actions. Reduce my cognitive dissonance. But since I'm aware of what I'm doing I don't really see a problem with it.

Dreaming away

I don't have very much to blog about today. Got home about an hour ago and had dinner. Now I'm wishing the house would clean itself and googling renovation ideas. I've come to the point where I'm not excited about living in our apartment just because it's huge and we have awesome balconies. I want it to be done up. I want a massive kick-ass kitchen with a built in espresso machine. I want a spa bath. A large dining table. Large French doors to the balconies. A king size bed. And absolutely no junk. Anywhere. I'm going to be like a nazi and will probably only allow Scandinavian interior design stuff to enter the front door once this place is done up.

 But now - time to stop dreaming and start cleaning!

Lake Glenbawn

Had a very long snooze on the couch last night and didn't wake up until this morning. I'm extremely tired still so I think I must be "jetlagged" from the time change. I have been trying to get a grip of behavioural finance today but it's so difficult that I think even Einstein would have struggled. So now I have decided to let my brain rest for the remainder of this Easter Sunday and eat chocolate eggs and blog about our camping trip instead.

I picked LMC up from the city about 3 pm on Friday afternoon and then went to pick up PB in St Leonards. Since we left so late there wasn't any traffic at all and we had a great time in the car. Somehow the power source in the car stopped working, which meant I couldn't use the GPS or my mobile charger so we had to find our way the old fashioned way.

This is our campsite. We look like really serious campers, don't we? But not as serious as everyone else. We were probably the only people who didn't bring our own toilet. Another bizarre thing was that everyone, except us, drove to the bathrooms - even if they camped 50 meters away. And everyone, except us, were obese. Do you see the connection??

    LMC was supercute in her dress and beanie! So cute that PB, ML and I had to copy her style and bought very similar beanies at country target in Scone. And also because it was freezing cold at night.

PB and N bought a new car. A volvo with 7 seats! 

We had sparkling wine and played Jenga and Kubb. Everyone stared at us.

We left quite early on Sunday to visit some of the wineries in the Upper Hunter and found a really nice place to have lunch amongst the vines. 

For our next trip it will probably be to cold to go camping so we're thinking of renting a house in the Blueys. Can't wait. Just hope B can make it next time!

Back home

Back home after the longest drive ever. But luckily I had the best travel buddy ever- LMC! She's great for entertainment/gossip and made the drive really enjoyable. Will tell you more about our trip after I've had dinner and possibly a snooze and cuddle with Shirin on the couch. Shirin spent Easter at the Marrickville mansion with her favourite uncles. But I think both of us are very happy to be back home right now!

Easter camping

Sorry I've been slack updating lately. We're out camping in lake glenbawn in the upper hunter. There's no reception at the campsite so will tell you more when I get home on Sunday. Right now we're in bogan central, Scone, getting groceries. Happy Easter!