Birthday Bash - Left, Right and Centre

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This week has been a birthday week. First my dad turned 60 and we had a low key dinner to celebrate. My father is very unassuming so nothing extravagant suited him just fine. Then my niece turned one a couple of days later. Had a mini celebration again with lots of food, cake and more cake! Yum! On the weekend, we have 3 more birthday parties to go to plus a baby shower.

Celebration of life! The best celebrations by far.

We Survived The 7 Year Itch

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My hubby and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary yesterday. We survived the seven year itch! Last night, we had a family dinner to celebrate - restaurant was chosen by my dear son so it was our usual jaunt, a local Vietnamese restaurant. Enjoyed dinner - it's like comfort food. Crispy chicken egg noodle soup, coconut juice and some porkchops and rice. We went to bed happy.

Today, we took our son to pre-school and then headed off to Manly. It was a glorious day - for lack of a better word. The sun was out in full force, the skies were blue - the day was just perfect. The seas were rolling, people were out and about and my hubby was in a foul mood because he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I could almost see his temper escalating! First we missed the turn off. Then what followed was a litany of an annoyed man who couldn't get out of his cranky mood. It was almost amusing but I dared not say anything or let out a giggle. He eventually snapped out of his mood once we walked it off a bit and eventually made our way to the restaurant.

Restaurant in question is Garfish. I do not know exactly where I heard of this place (could be anyone at this point) but I'm glad I knew of this place. What ensued was one of the best meals I've had in a while. Hubby ordered fresh oysters for entree (YUM - I looked on enviously but eventually caved in and ate 2). For mains he had the salt and pepper squid with a side of chips. I had the wood roasted whole baby snapper served with sauteed kipfler potatoes, pumpkin, portobello mushrooms and olives with truffle butter. OH EM GEE! The snapper was cooked to perfection. Each mouthful melted in my mouth and the side complimented it beautifully! The snapper was so delicious! I've had snapper before and was disappointed at the lack of taste but this totally made up from the abysmal experience! Hubby and I want to go back and take our son to experience the culinary delights this little place had to offer.

After our meal, we headed off to Ben and Jerry's for dessert. I have been waiting for this moment! When we got there, I tasted tested three ice cream flavours before I made my choice. After much deliberation I decided on Chocolate Therapy and New York Super Fudge Chunk! I was in chocolate heaven! Hubby had the Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz. That was awesome too!!! The chocolate chunks are huge and every spoonful was heaped with just a luscious sweetness. This is coming from someone who has been deprived of sweets because I am suppose to be watching my sugar levels. OH EM GEE! I loved that little naughty dessert.

Overall, I rate the day a 20 out of 10! Even though hubby had his cranky episode, the great day that followed once he got over it was awesome! Date days are always so much fun. I love it!

Sweet Cupcake Child

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My son and I decided to bake cupcakes today. We've been stuck at home so much this week (recuperating from a bad case of the cold) that I am getting bored. So we made cupcakes.

Guess what he ate the most of? The icing from the bowl and the left over sprinkles.

He ate one cupcake and so did I. The rest is sitting on the kitchen bench top. Hopefully, hubby will eat some. Knowing him though, he might pass. He's not big on sweets.

Oh wells. Maybe if we are still in our self imposed house arrest, we could sell it. Instead of a lemonade stand, we'll have a cupcake stand.

Anyone want cupcakes?!

Sleepy Head

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Slept in today. I haven't had one in a while. It was nice to just sleep, sleep, sleep. Although, I did wake up from a bad left leg cramp. How bad? Well, first I started whimpering because it hurt. I whimpered loud enough that my hubby woke up to ask what was wrong. I managed to utter that I had a cramp and he started to massage it. The pain intensified and I started to say "OW" quite loudly. When saying "OW" just didn't stop it, I started to cry unabashedly. Eventually, hubby massaged it out and funnily enough we both just went back to sleep without much drama.

Then the phone downstairs rang, answering machine picked up, no message and for some weird reason I thought the answering machine was broken because all I could hear was the word "message" over and over again. Like it was a broken record. In hindsight, I think I was half asleep and it was actually my son's breathing that I could hear. He managed to sneak into our bed. Somewhere between my thoughts debating whether it was really our answering machine broken or just my son breathing, I fell asleep again.

Finally, I woke up wedged in between my son and my hubby. Glanced at the clock and it was 10am. WOOHOO! But my left leg muscles felt like I ran a marathon and did tae kwan do all the same time. It was sore!

But I was so happy I had a sleep in! The rest of the day was spent recuperating some more from this terrible cold we got. I have not stayed home so much. However, need to focus on getting ourselves the healthiest we can be for the arrival of lil' bean. So I happily stay home.

Does chocolate make colds go away? I hope so! I have eaten 5 chocolate eggs today! Oops. Burp.

Still Sick

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Don't feel like blogging much. Still sick. Cough. Cough. Splutter. Splutter. Ack.

And to add to that, I just digested an unpalatable idea. Makes me nauseous just thinking about it. Ack.

Ack.
Ack.
Ack.

CRAP!