Probably my most delayed post to date so I preface this entry with an apology. Although I don’t believe I have any avid readers that count on my entries to get them through the day, so I’m sure no one has been hurt by my complacency and laziness. So on a chilli Sunday morning in Capel, with David at work, the housework finished yesterday, too early for breakfast, Dumbo playing in the background, it now seems like the perfect time to dedicate to an update.
So we’ll start with Tuesday 14th, Valentine’s day, which was the first time Dave and I have officially celebrated the day, with us going to dinner and exchanging presents, it made the day so much more exiting. David and I went to CapelVale for their special valentine’s dinner, and had the prelude picnic (we thought we were pretty fancy as we were escorted to our private candle lit vine row where there was a picnic set up and each received a glass of sparkling). We then went inside for a five course shared tasting menu. It was beautiful but, true to the nature of a lovely winery, was a tad exxy so David definitely won himself some points by handing over HIS plastic at the end of the night hehe. Thanks David!
Work has been getting more and more hectic but I’m so happy with being able to manage my own caseload and being able to (using departmental guidelines of course) work the way that I like to work. Bit of a pain in the bum though, I’m yet to be paid for any of my Bunbury working days! For some annoying reason (and in typical payroll fashion) there has been an error and I haven’t yet been put on their payroll. So looking forward to an almighty pay this fortnight – yahoo!
Last weekend saw the (temporary) separation of David and Emily. I drove up on the Friday and spent Friday night with my beautiful girlfriends at Tradewinds for Pashley Rascoe’s birthday! Hehe. It was wonderful to see everyone and give/receive lots of well overdue cuddles. And of course, it was wonderful to wish the birthday girl a ‘happy birthday’ in person. In the morning I ventured out for a final grocery shop before heading off to Merredin for the weekend. I wanted to do something special for the gang so I bought lots of yummy breakfast goodies and planned to make little ham and egg brekkie shells. After a quick bite to eat and cup of coffee to fuel up for the drive, we headed north east and were Merredin bound. It was a lonnng drive but made easier being in good company and also eased by the excitement of the night ahead and seeing our friend’s little house! It was such a gorgeous house – we must’ve said ‘oh my god, I love it!’ and ‘its so big!’ that many times!! A night of fun, frivolity and fajitas lay ahead, and it was just so nice to have that uninterrupted time with my dearly loved friends. Sunday afternoon, back in Perth, gave me another catch up w a good friend. It was fantastic to see her and hear how well her training was going. She’s, very enviably, training for the goal of competing in the Busselton half iron man in 10 weeks! (Enviable that she has the fitness, motivation and dedication, not so envious because I know how many tireless hours have gone into it!).
I started the working week feeling uber out of sorts. Feeling absolutely exhausted and had no idea why – so it was a very slow start for this ole broad. But come Wednesday, I perked up and started to feel like myself again! Dave and I have logged a few running kms this week, and I’ve been feeling pretty good! I’ve added a few more recipes to my repertoire and met my February goal of 5 new recipes! This week I tried Teresa Cutter’s ‘10 minute lean and green chicken stroganoff’, I absolutely loved it but Dave found it a bit unsatisftying and advised me he found it better suited as an entrée than a main! The zucchini in it tasted soo yummy and it was such a filling bowl of yumbo. My other dish was from Gwenyth Paltrow’s cookbook (not only is she freakin beautiful, her recipe book is full of wholesome and nutritious recipes that she apparently does cook herself for her family – I’ll give her benefit of the doubt I guess), which was for Fried Rice w kale and spring onions. I made a big batch that will hopefully keep well and I can take for lunches during the week. It was a lady from work’s final day so I also tried a new desert recipe for her and made flourless chocolate cakes. I really liked them! It was made w almond meal and cocoa w oil rather than butter – and it was an absolutely amazingly simple recipe and uber healthy.
Saturday saw me kill time in town and have an appointment w a naturopath. I was very very surprised that given the health and environmentally conscious population in the South West (also colourfully referred to as ‘hippies’) there weren’t more naturopaths or homeopaths down here!! The one I booked into see was the only one down here that popped up when I did a google search. I guess its quite natural that, as I am relatively healthy and don’t have any real ailments as such, it was a fairly straight forward consultation. But I guess it was reassuring and lovely to be told that I’m on the right path and am so far living the healthiest and most wellness oriented life that I can be. Snaps for meeeeeee!
Well I best be off and get my Sunday going – I have a very unscripted, unplanned day ahead and need to go and find things to keep me entertained!
Love and cuddles,
Mle x
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