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My attempt to study in bed was interrupted by a cuteness attack

Fitness?

Just got back from long run. I feel like I'm getting fitter than I've been in years. My goal is to be extremely fit for the ski season and to lose 3 -4 kilos before the wedding in September. So I'm going to keep jogging for 30-45 minutes every day. I've realised that I love food too much to change my diet dramatically so I'm hoping that jogging will be enough to achieve my goals.

Now I'm going to have a shower and spend the rest of the day studying and wedding planning. And listen to all the drunk people walking home from the pub later on tonight. Can't believe I have to study on a public holiday...

My lunch

Roasted sweet potato,leek and garlic soup.

I just got back from my usual jogging round and I'm not even tired. I'm usually dripping with sweat. That could only mean that I'm getting fit(er)!

I've also organised a surprise for Brett's birthday. I think he will really like it! Hehehehe..

Technology fail

I'm in bed just about to go to sleep. I've been spending the last hour trying to pay some bills but I'm not having much luck. Apparently my credit card has expired - and I haven't got a replacement card. Vodafone's bill paying service is down at the moment and I can't log into my online bank for some reason. I'm giving up. Shirin just arrived at the bed and wants to snuggle in under my armpit (yes we have a strange cat) so I guess I should just go to bed. Goodnight!

Climbing adventures

Brett, D and I went climbing today in the Blueys. It's always an adventure to go climbing with Brett. He has no fear and has 100% confidence in everything he does. Which I admire him for. But I'm not as confident as Brett when it comes to doing long, exposed lead climbs, so the climb we did today, Baby Carrots, (although not being very difficult) made me feel a little bit uncomfortable. Not unsafe. Just uncomfortable.

The climb started halfway down the wall, so we had to abseil down and belay from a tine, tiny ledge. Brett really enjoyed the climb, but neither D nor I were that impressed by the total exposure of a hanging belay climb 30 meters above the ground, so I don't think I'll be back anytime soon. I prefer to belay with both legs safely on the ground. But it was still an awesome day in the mountains and it was so nice to get out of the city and away from my desk for a while. Check out Brett's blog for some more pics from today.

My alskling is off on a work trip tomorrow so I'll be relying on Shirin for keeping the bed warm for the next week. Our apartment is freezing cold! 15 degrees. Maybe less. And we still haven't come to a conclusion about the car. I've been doing a lot of car research tonight. I must have looked at every Forester and X-trail in Sydney (on the web) and emailed Brett the ones I think we should look at. Brett claims he would like to get a Forester but he still seems negative about the ones that I suggest we get. And very positive about the X-trails. It makes me suspicious.  

Forester or Xtrail

The search for the perfect car has begun! It's between an X-trail or a Forester. My vote is for the Forester and Brett thinks he wants an X-trail. He doesn't like the non colour-coded bumper of the Foresters. I don't particularly like Nissans. We'll have to wait and see who wins...

Tired

I haven't blogged for 4 days. This week has been soo hectic. I'm too tired to come up with anything to write about right now. Just thought I'd let you know that I'm still alive. Going to snuggle up in front of the fireplace with a glass of red now. Hopefully I'll have something more exciting to write about tomorrow. Just wish it would stop raining...

Can I please have a fittgratäng?

A Swedish supermarket chain, ICA, published this ad for what they thought was a fish gratin in a newspaper the other day. Although they forgot to proofread it before publishing and mistakenly put in a spoof picture of a "fittgratäng" instead of a picture of the real product (The Swedish word for fish gratin is fiskgratäng). For those of you who don't speak Swedish and hence don't know the meaning of "fittgratäng", I suggest you have a close look at the picture below.

Hahahha! The poor person responsible for putting the ad together got the picture from the web without realising it was a spoof. Too funny.

I had the girls and Jompa over for some afternoon tea today. A perfect way to spend a rainy Saturday!

I made turkey, brie & cranberry, salmon & cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches, salmon rolls, cupcakes and my mum's nut meringue cake. It was so nice to catch up with my friends and just gossip all afternoon!    

ML stayed for a while longer than the others and we rented a movie - The imaginanarium of Dr Parnassus. The one in which Heath Ledger died halfway through filming. It was a seriously weird movie. And although we spent the whole day eating we bought some cheeses and cold cut meats for dinner and basically had another tea party!

Roast beef, turkey, salami, brie and fetta.

  

When I woke up this morning I was sleeping on this much bed space. 30 cm.



Shirin was sleeping beside me.









Strategically controlling 80% of the bed.

Maybe I should add that when I fell asleep I was in the middle of the bed. Somehow during the night she has managed to push me to the side - probably trying to push me off the bed. She did that to the Uts graduate bear as well. Pushed him off the chest of drawers because she thinks it's her territory. Poor bear.






We have been thinking of buying a king size bed after we finish renovating, but I don't really see the point when the cat only lets me sleep on 20% of the bed anyway. Mongrel.