Burgers and cider

I had a lovely day today with my beautiful friend Miss P. She is truly a special lady.

I had every intention of pampering us both with a couple of pedi's but alas all the shops were shut the three locations we tried so we decided to head to West End watering hole Archive. We both had $10 burgers and a pear cider each. YUM.

This is me and Miss P - isn't she adorbs?!

On another note...I made pumpkin soup tonight. It was very gingery (an hommage to moi peut-etre?) and a tad bitey but I liked it, it was no passive soup that's for sure. It basically consisted of half a jap pumpkin, 1 1/2 onions, 3 crushed garlic cloves, a large knob of ginger, 500ml of chicken (or vege) stock and a handful of coriander. Seconds were had.

Oh and I also finished this book last night. I actually rather enjoyed it. It's a sort of documentative/narrative recount of observations of the city Sarah Turnbull learns to call home; gay paree. Trudes didn't like it so much and was put off by the sternness of the French husband but that didn't grate on me too much. I would actually recommend it to anyone thinking of taking up residence in this city flowing with life and love but stifled by rules and generations of pride.

I just received an email from Nan telling me to enjoy my Mac but not wear my fingers out.

Good night. I'm off to do some more 'surfin' of the net' as Nanny calls it. xx

Happy MacEaster

I had no idea when I woke up this morning that I would toddle off to the local "mall" and buy a brand spanking new MacBook Pro today.

It's given me a new lease on life in the immediate future (sad I know, but true). Already I'm super excited about the possibilities and connections my laptop gives me, it feels like Christmas!!! No wait, it's Easter??!?

Let me explain my hyperactivity. I haven't had a working personal computer for about two years, it kinda blew. So I splurged (not the smartest thing to do when you're heading OS, but isn't that the reason I bought it?!?) and am the happiest girl in the world tonight.

It has actually been a very happy day.

I woke up to this.

And then the Easter Bunny visited. (Isn't she the cutest?!?)

Had cake and coffe with some wonderful people. This was the view on the way down in the lift. I seriously love my hometown, it has so much blissful serenity to offer with that big blue sky and vast ocean.

and now I'm playing with this baby. I scored a good deal which makes her all the more sweeter.

I should also mention that many Hot Cross Buns (HCB's for the uninitiated) have been consumed today.

Tehehehe

This made me laugh very hard. Tres cheeky (pun intended).

It's from one of my favourite bloggers, Jess. She's completely inspiring, insanely intelligent and living a life I'm intensely jealous of.

A Straddie weekender

I was lucky enough to be invited to a friend's birthday for a weekend away at North Stradbroke. The lovely Jen has a family holiday home there that around 18 of us got to share. We laughed heartily, drank copiously, basked indulgently, relaxed lazily, bonded naturally, enjoyed blissfully, contemplated thoughtfully and celebrated happily. There was adult diapers made from toilet paper, nude bed jumping, no sleeping, surfing, puppy hugs, beautiful weather, stormy weather, neighbour harassing, connect four tournaments. Thanks for the invite C + L. Hope you had a wonderful 30th C! Remember age is just a state of mind. Thanks for letting me steal half your bed J! xx

A wise woman once said

"Break ups are like poker games, you never show your hand. If you do have to meet up with the person who dumped you, you should act like you got laid that morning."