In the spirit of spring...

and cleaning and organising... we are making good progress with all the Ikea putting-together and thus are finally after too many months able to un-pack things properly and re-gain some sense of order!!! With this brings the un-earthing of some pictures from the way back when machine.

This picture was taken on a trip I took with Danielle and Darrell to Quebec City to visit her parents. We endulged in the delights of 'la tire' which is none but hot maple syrup poured over snow and then wrapped around a popcicle stick. It is delicious and my mouth is watering just thinking about it. See there, today I don't feel like such a bad Canadian as I usually do!

Yummy 'tire' check out the vintage hair!!!

Today's delicious dish is an appetiser consiting of a tiny portion of my favorite bean dip! Darrell, my friend featured in the picture above introduced me to the evils of bean dip many years ago... Lucky my personal chef is good at re-creating it! Especially in this more calorie reduced format!

Buenisimo!!!

Let me show you the world in my eyes...

The grey and cold northerly winds have continued to blanket the city... on the plus side it does make for some pretty pictures... even if they are only from my cameraphone!

The grey stormy clouds at the beach

The big big freshly painted boat (from the window of the gym at the front)

A few small dingys at the harbor

And... the delicious dish of the day!

The rest of the day consisted in an epic journey to Ikea... the place where all relationships are put through the ultimate test... buying small accessories for your house is one thing but a full on wardrobe and other large objects buying mission is something entirely different... we made it thorugh the selection process with a few spats but by the time we had to push the impossibly heavy cart around the isles to collect the loot.. that's when physical and mental exhaustion set in. However the goods were delivered this afternoon and now we have the ultimate relationship test part two... putting all the evil goods together!!!!!

I swear I should stuff the luxury concierge service and offer an escort/security/councelling service to oversee such trips to ikea... I swear it's a genious idea!!! Anyone interested?

As I try and claw my way out

from under my duvet at a desperate attempt to join the world of the living... I feel that there are few chances of sucess. Not that I have not been working today... no no the big blue nipple with a handly key board is keeping me fed with an on going stream of digital sustinence. (yea my laptop is a blue Toshiba). I fear surgical removal may be required... I'll keep hoping that it isn't... but as we speak I have made it to the sofa now but duvet still on hand... however cycling to the gym with these high winds wrapped in my duvet may prove a bit more difficult... nothing is impossible my mum says... what am i saying? that's a lie my mother is so pragmatic she would never say that... she would say something more along the lines of... be happy with what is possible. that's more like it! Duvet and sofa it is then!!! woo woo!

Lunch today was suuuuuper yummy but as it was soup it's not realy photo-worthy... as soups can not be served in fancy shapes.

I've not yet discussed or even admitted it here on my blog yet but if you have noticed I have updated my "Read These" links... they needed some spring cleaning and I needed to bring myself one step closer to admitting that I have a terrible and ugly addiction to reading internet celebrity gossip sites... it's fierce. I think I must read one of the sites that updates regularly over 10 times daily... I'm soon going to have to re-title this blog to 'celebrity gossip re-hab'. Then come up with some content that distracts people from reading these sites... hang on I'll be right back after I click over and see if they've got the first pics of Angelina arriving at the American embassy with her newly adopted baby boy.... But if I've removed your link and you have since re-joined the blogging world do let me know and i will put you back up!

House hunting is the new black for both miss Andrea and mr Danny... they've picked up on the trend started in Toronto by Seestor and Brian and are too now also looking to co-habitate and co-mortgagate. Which got me to thinking... I can think but of two females within my network of friends whom are not the primary income providers in their partnerships... All the rest of them bring home more bacon or significantly moreso than their partners. This is nothing but an observation not a big social commentary or a salute to feminism... I think alpha females are simply friends with other alpha females... nothing more. Just wait... tomorrow one of them will write to me and tell me they are leaving their current partner and running off to marry a rich old man... that would de-bunk my theory completely!!!

Note to self

Do not foreget your towel and then swim outside pool just as the weather turns from tropical to FREEZING! You may also want to remember to eat breakfast before going to the gym in the morning as mid- work out you will almost blackout... then when trying to ride bike home in great wind with no energy... not such a good idea either.

So that's how my day started... good one no?

Lunch however was a different story... here is today's beautiful creation from my personal chef

Fresh tomatoes were so lovely! And if you don't know my personal chef... yes, everything always has to be served in a 'shape'... because it is!

Keeping up with the picture theme... Jo jo bought me this fab lip gloss for my birthday... I was initaly horrified as I am NOT a pink person but the Barbie special edition Mac Collection is really nice!

Well aren't I a clever girl

I've made it yet another year. 31 it is then... time is ticking over a little too quickly if you ask me. I feell like it just puts a massive spotlight on all I have not yet done! I remember when I was young I used to long to be older... I had this vision you see... that being an adult meant that I could eat an entire box of chocolates in one sitting if I pleased... however I didn't seem to get much further than that thought...

I had a lovely birthday and Fredu arranged a beautiful chocolate cake for me... it was certainly sorprendentemente crojuente!!! It's my new catch phrase... it was also the message on the cake. We had a nice night out and celebrated St. Paddies and St. Sarah's birthday at this new little pub on calle Ample. Great music and a good laugh.

The other day I was walking by my bike which is parked outside near my house and there was a little post-it note stuck on the saddle. I read...

How cute... my bike is getting solicited!!! Better it than me!!!

The other day Fredu made a most delicious and opulent dish... I've vowed to start taking pictures of them all... this one features angel wings for his angelita... it was well yummy of course!