Puzzle pieces

You can put a whole pumpkin in the oven!

Second week down and we have officially had progress.

Most exciting news is that we found a house!

It is a double story flat just around the corner from Angel Station, within 5 minutes to Fitness First AND Virgin Active (I think the latter one will become mine), 15 minutes walk to work, what can I say the location could not be better.

What I come home to, Nick is a good boy.

We will be living with an Australian couple who are the same age as Nick and I and they seem really nice.  Both the bedrooms have an ensuite and there is a spare room for visitors!  Another plus is that there is a massive paved back courtyard which will be the venue for many a BBQ in summer.

I just cannot wait to hang up my turkish water colour and buy some bedlinen...not to mention a big fluffy wool high GSM doonah to combat these freezing conditions.



mmm dead skin cells



Move in date will be Dec 10th, the place will need a good once over before we get settled so it is going to be a big weekend.

Wish I had the dyson.

 

As you can see I have been doing alot of baking.  It has become my weekend activity and I am really enjoying it but as you could imagine the consequences, a gym membership could not come soon enough.

 

I have become very good at peeling of a face mask in 1 piece



I got "the hump" (translation = the shits) with Nick when I made the carrot cake.  I spent a good few hours in the kitchen, grating carrots, mixing, sifting, beating....there were no beaters in the house so I had to do everything by hand which was exhausting in itself



I think I was dancing, not pretending to be in pump class



The mixture was too much for the tin and when it was in the oven it over flowed everywhere which meant all my greasing and flouring was of no use and it was well and truely stuck in there.  Nick being a foodie said you go sit down and ill fix it.  So I do, but when I return to the kitchen peeking through my fingers waiting for a vision shredded carrot and walnut covered walls I am presented with Nick, with my cake, spreading icing all over it.



First was the relief that the cake had come out in one piece.  Then the realisation that;

1. he was icing my cake (the best bit of he whole process)
2. he had not added the walnuts to the icing prior to spreading as the recipe stated




A boy can dream


3. he was icing the sides of the cake!



"wow, thanks...honey".  I couldn't hide my disappointment and he straight away understood that I was slightly shaken by the blatant assault on my work of art which I was so looking forward to impressing everyone at work with.



But it still tasted fantastic and I think the icing was so yummy everyone loved that if you got a corner piece you got three whole iced sides.  How can you stay mad at a man who greets you with garlic bread, roasted Mediterranean vegetable and walnut salad  and a glass of New Zealand Sav Blanc after a hard days work.

Last night work friends, Nick and I went out for a few games of pool at a bar called 1920 which has incredibly rude wallpaper and then went to a bug called The Gate to see colleague and friend Chris play a gig with his mate Paul.  Lots of fun, the boys did great and it was all up a great start to the weekend.



Tonight we are going into town where I am going to meet Nicks friends for the first time (I have a face mask on as we speak) and then tomorrow he is working at his friends pub for the day because his friend just had a little baby!

Which leaves me with no choice but to go shopping of course.  I need snow boots.

News flash, just got a call from my girl Tia back home, she and Nat are partying it up at my favourite club CQ, oh the memories!