Dinner tonight

Roasted caraway chicken with parsnip and blue cheese mash served with four episodes of mad men. Life's good.

Luna park

B and I spent a lovely day together today! We went to Luna park- I have never been there before but I definately haven't missed out. They should consult Liseberg.









They did have a really nice restaurant tho, with views over Sydney harbour and the opera house. We had a yummy tasting platter for lunch and and then went for a rollercoaster ride.




Afterwards we went for a stroll around kiribilli and dreamed about buying one of the massive houses around there. Maybe one day.




This is what I look like tonight. We're heading out for dinner at Bodega. Fingers crossed we get a table!

Finally friday

This week has been full on. Now I'm finally at home in front of the fireplace with a glass of red and a bunch of paper, ribbon and paper brads that will become our wedding invitations in the near future. Brett and I are supposed to be having a quiet dinner and movie night right now but he's stuck in traffic on parra road. What an exciting way to spend a Friday night!

So until he's stopped fighting bogans in traffic, it's just me, a glass of wine, Neal Young and the invitations. I can't really complain after all.

If anyone would ask Shirin what the perfect Thursday morning is like, she would say it's exactly like this.

If anyone would ask me what the perfect Thursday morning is like, I would say it's exactly like this.

Wedding planning

Brett and I finally pulled ourselves together and did some wedding planning today. At four pines with our iPhones over a glass of beer. How times change. But I feel like we're in control now. Now, meatballs, mash, gravy and lingonberry jam.

Cleaner wanted

I decided to do some serious cleaning of the apartment yesterday. I organised papers, threw out 20 kg of stuff and vacuumed up about 5 kg of cat hair. Shirin always gets very interested when I'm cleaning and is trying to help as much as she can by chasing the mop and growling at the vacuum cleaner.






When I was organising the wardrobe in the study she thought it was a great idea to sit in one if the drawers that I was about to fill with papers- and refuse to move. Very helpful.





I also folded more washing than I've ever folded before. How exciting. But at least the apartment is cleaner than it's ever been before. Now I'm going to wake up B, make some cappuccinos and drink them in the sunshine on the balcony.

Michelin class dinner

We had dinner at some friends place last night. It was absolutely amazing. Spatchcock for entree, eye fillet for main, chocolate fondant for dessert and cheese platter for second dessert. And matching wines for each course. They have really set the standard high now. But we can't have them over for a proper dinner until we have finished the renovations. It would be impossible to cook a four course dinner in our current kitchen.

I just woke up still feeling full. Had made plans to go diving today but the weather isn't that great and the surf is pretty big so it would probably be really crappy visibility. I'll have to check with diving master M who is supposed to take me out and see what she says. If diving gets cancelled I'm thinking Yum Cha at Manly Phoenix. Yum!

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. We're getting Foxtel. Finally!    

Wedding planning panic?

Yesterday I talked to my lovely friend C who is going to be one of my bridesmaids. I'm so happy she will come to the wedding and I'm so excited to see her. I don't see enough of my old friends (for obvious reasons) but it always amazes me that when I do see or talk to them, everything just seems so natural and not like we have been living in different places of the world for the last five years. I also realised how much I've missed C. Maybe I can talk her into moving to Sydney. A least for a couple of years.

Our wedding planning is moving quite slowly at the moment. We have some great ideas of what to do with the invitations and have a few other fun ideas for the reception. But nothing is locked in. Not even the celebrant. The only things that have been decided are my dress, the date and the venue. The other day I was talking to a girlfriend who is getting married in August and she has already planned everything - including accommodation for their honeymoon. It made me panic a little. But then I realised that B and I don't work that way. We don't plan things six months in advance. We usually book our holidays three days before we leave. I love being spontaneous like that.

But I realise that a wedding is a bit different to a holiday, so my plan is to have everything sorted at the end of May. We've even started looking into honeymoon options. At the moment we're thinking that Argentina could be a really cool place to go to. And maybe Brazil. After all, we did meet in South America.  

Abandon ship!!!

We've been out on Brett's parents boat outside the Goldcoast. Had an amazing day but we had big dramas last night. At about 5am the depth alarm went off. Both Brett and his dad rushed up to see what was going on and apparently the anchor had somehow tangled on itself, drifting us several hundred meters up the beach. And finally into it and onto a sandbar. For a while it seemed like the boat would tip over and we would have to abandon it. But somehow they managed to get it fixed! Too much excitement for too early in the morning. And today I'm even more tired than I was yesterday. Getting on a plane back home soon - if we can get on that is. Apparently the whole country decided today is a great day for flying. Looking forward to lying on the couch eating pizza and watching mad men. And sleep.