Kung fu kitty

In training. Your days are numbered.

Evening photo shoot

B and I just came back from a long evening walk around Manly. We brought the DSLR and B took some really cool photos with long exposure time and no flash. I'm a bit blurry in some of the photos since I couldn't stand perfectly still for 40 seconds. But they still came out really well.

As you can see in the photos, I'm wearing a winter jacket and a beret. It gets quite cold here at night now. But it's still 25 degrees and sunny during the day, which makes it almost impossible to dress!

We also got some wedding planning done today - met with a celebrant and looked at wedding bands. Didn't end up making any decisions in either case but it still feels like we're moving forward. Which is always a good feeling. Now I'm going to fall asleep in front of the heater in the lounge room.  The apartment is freezing cold! Can't wait to get reverse air-conditioning.

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!