Happy Valentine's Day! Having been married for over 12 years, Valentine's Day is not something we celebrate hugely although my philosophy is to embrace it enough as another opportunity to tell Steve he's a good egg! And he ventured out this morning whilst I was at barre class to pick up a red rose and card...apparently planned and not a last minute thing.
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So our Valentine's weekend has consisted of a great mixed grill expertly executed by Steve on the trusty Weber on Friday night, a day out in the CBD shopping on Saturday with lunch at Spice Temple and fried chicken for dinner with cups of tea as Steve is participating in Febfast and today has been grocery shopping and hanging around in the apartment. There's a roast chicken in the Weber and and a chilli con carne in the slow cooker for dinner next week. Domesticity at its best!
In terms of other things that have gone on; we had a lovely Friday night dinner with Jon and Shern and plotted a plan for the gents' 40ths in July. We are excited about what lies ahead...watch this space!
Another lovely catch up was with Tim and Rachel at the lovely local Fitzroy Town Hall Hotel which really is like an extension of our apartment for us. It never ceases to tickle me that two of our oldest friends from home are here in Melbourne with us! Funny how life can turn out....
  |   And on the subject of wonderful Melbourne friends, Ling, Noah, Bunty and Stef came round one Sunday afternoon for a feed. |
They're such fun and always so appreciative of being fed. Perfect food guests. Bunty takes a wee while to warm up but once she's up and running she loves to hang out with Uncle Steve.
 Our feast consisted of some beautiful grilled fish with a roasted tomato and herb sauce, roast lamb all pink and blushing, broccoli salad, toasted pearl cous cous, chicken wings and some beef skewers. We're lucky to have great butchers and fishmongers and a greengrocers close by that makes grocery shopping a pleasure. |  |
And then there was Mexican night at Nat's. Bear in mind Steve is Febfasting and I think this one was a bit of a challenge with Corona, tequila, margarita sorbet all flowing.
    We had pinatas and sombreros, hand made tortillas and moustaches...we could have been in Mexico! |     |
And of course, happy Chinese new year! Steve and I did not celebrate. Actually we rarely do. But we caught the tail end of some decorations this weekend and had yum cha at Spice Temple. The little boy in the picture is Luke, my cousin Jo's baby and he's a baby no more and such a happy chappy. Such a cute picture for Chinese new year.
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And it was Webbley's 30th! Little cousin has grown up. Can you spot him as a weedy but cute little boy?
Webbley's lovely girlfriend Sophi spent his actual birthday with him and then organised a surprise dinner in Manchester with the other cousins and some friends. What an amazing looking cake.
Happy birthday little bro!
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And the usual update on Miss. Amelia. She loves playing with her dolls. She gets my mum and dad to play "Mummies and Daddies" with her. She went to see Peppa Pig at the theatre and her verdict was she preferred "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" which she saw well over a year ago when she visited us in Melbourne!
And the biggest news is her other godparents, Charlotte and Ben had a little girl, Olivia. She has been part of Cha Cha's pregnancy and often told us on the phone that the baby was coming after Christmas. Finally she met baby Olivia and is one proud big godsister!
And the biggest news is her other godparents, Charlotte and Ben had a little girl, Olivia. She has been part of Cha Cha's pregnancy and often told us on the phone that the baby was coming after Christmas. Finally she met baby Olivia and is one proud big godsister!
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