Mk Fun & Travels

Fruit & Flowers

2009-02-13T18:27:00.002+10:00

Well it's Friday night and it's wet and I am at home.... Feeling like I should be eating a soup or a stew or a pot roast... Throw another log on the fire perhaps....? Just a week ago I was whinging about the heat!

Today I did something that I would have thought I would have done many times by now. But I ordered grocery items online and had them home delivered. And I am very happy with the result.

The store that I used was vegeout.com.au and the reason I went with them is that they are a local supplied in my neighborhood, that the prices seemed to be competitive / same to my usual grocery store supplies and finally the fact that they deliver for free (min $30 spend). So far I am very impressed with the quality and quantity of my order. I also got a little present, a bunch of white roses from them, which I thought was a nice touch for Valentines day!! Just so very convenient though!!

Also, in (un)related news, my anniversary flowers have well and truelly opened up and are looking and smelling very beautiful, I have brought them home from work so that I can enjoy them this weekend....

Valeversary Dinner at Wilson's

2009-02-12T22:35:00.000+10:00

Andrew & I went out for a dinner to celebrate - kind of like (but not) a valentines and anniversary dinner.

I wanted to have some nice seafood, so that cut down the number of places that we had to chose from. In the end the location I chose was a restaurant at Portside. I just want to say that I LOVE what they have done with Portside - but the area around it really needs some work! I am sure that this will come with time.... So to Wilsons Boathouse Seafood Restaurant we went ....

Overall I think that it was a good choice - I enjoyed the night out and I think that this is a place that I would like to return to with family and friends. I particularly would like to to just go one day to the Oyster and Caviar Bar... accompanied by a few champers... Sounds like a GREAT Sunday afternoon!!!

Anyhow... Will try to provide some of my experiences:

Service
Bizarre. The woman (girl?) who attended to us was nice enough, although did not have a great command of the english language - think simple country girl - dumped in the city. The comment about the oyster shooters was hilarious when she tried to describe the Exotic coconut shooters with the desciptive of "brown stuff". GOLD!

Food
Abosolutely Brilliant. It's been a while since I had such lovely seafood.... FRESH! Just yum yum yum and more yum! The dessert menu left a bit to be desired though - we skipped out on that.

This is a complimentary Scallop dish that we were given - which was a scallop on top of a salsa with proscuitto. YUM!

For entree we shared some shooters - which had the old favourate Bloody Mary, as well a Coriander (coconut milk curry-like) flavour and a french lemonade (sour mix and french champagne).

For mains we decided on platters. Mine was all cold - King Neptune’s Platter - which included sand crab, Fraser Island prawns, Balmain bugs, shucked oyster (they weren't shucked), smoked salmon (to die for).

Andrew got the hot & cold variation which included less of the cold stuff and also had salt & pepper calamari, beer batter whiting and prawn cutlets.

Ambience
The "romantic" corner we were placed in was a bit drafty and dull.... Not very romantic at... But on reflection, I don't know if this is a restaurant that is romantic .. So we would have been better placed where we had a view of the comings and goings... In the thick(er) of things.

So overall maybe a 3.5 outa 5 meal...

Anniversary...

2009-02-10T14:46:00.002+10:00

Today Andrew and I celebrate our 7 year anniversary.

It's been a little while between receiving flowers so I was very surprised to be asked up to the security desk to pick up something today at work.

Yay!

Mr Mechanic ??

2009-02-07T16:35:00.000+10:00

Andrew spent most of the weekend get greasy under a 60 series landcruiser. Helping out a German Backpacker (4WD trekker??) to get his truck in a condition to let loose on the open road and explore the wilderness that is Australia...

It was with great relief on Sunday afternoon that they were finally finished... I hope that it all goes well for Tim!!

Jess and the judy's

2009-01-31T20:11:00.001+10:00

Bride wars to the max

2009-01-19T17:04:00.001+10:00

Today I went to see the bride wars movie at southbank. It was in the big cinema.

A visitor at work

2008-12-17T08:41:00.002+10:00

A very fast moving bush tukey got lost and tried to peck it's way into our office.....

Man it had a death wish to get in like I had to get out of work... Bring on the christmas holidays....

Stuffed puppies

2008-12-07T10:42:00.002+10:00

We took the furkids to Scarborough for a bit on a run on the low tide mud flats.... Met up with some friends who were puppy sitting....

As you can see the doggy beach excursion wiped them out.... Knackered!

Hurry home before the storm...

2008-12-04T16:26:00.002+10:00

After the local "mega-storms", I took the opportunity to get the FLUCK out of dodge and try and beat the storm home.... FAIL!!!

So did everyone else by the looks of it.... I love being stuck in traffic with a severe thunderstorm CHARGING around me....

Yeah GREAT idea....

Dog park fun

2008-10-26T10:17:00.002+10:00

This is Jess - having a break from the rigors of a hard core session at the dog park... Luck she came back for more frisbee action soon after this shot was taken.

Cruisy kids

2008-10-20T19:48:00.002+10:00

Went for a drive to drop off some papers and test Andrew newly installed engine (don't ask)... the furkids came - this is a photo of them patiently waiting in the car while we bought dinner (noodles).

Sundaze BBQ

2008-10-19T20:48:00.008+10:00

Today we had a couple of little visitors (well 2 big ones and one little) to share the sunny skies (and cool breezes) with us.

We were delighted to have Yvonne,Sean and the BABY visit us from the (far) south-side for a BBQ lunch. Even better -after lunch the girls went and had a "spot" of shopping..... It was baby's first girly shop (seeing as we had already looked at TVs with the boys and ate KFC at Carindale the day before).

Purchases included a DUMMY (only for the plane), a baby carrier (think babybjorn and I shouted Caitlin a baby hair brush and comb seeing as her parent let her leave the house with bed hair!!! The indignities!!!

Meanwhile the boys were doing welding, grinding and other grease monkey types of work back at home in the garage.

I think a happy SUN-DAY had by all!

BBQ lunch included Kangaroo Steak, of which I purchased the non marinated version for the first time and REALLY enjoyed it. This will be going on the shopping list again!

In other news, I have managed to feed an addiction, of late, to TV. Have been watching a number of series including Kylie XY, Gossip Girl, and the latest is Reaper ( thanks Dibbz).

Oh yeah and I have spent some time trying to find something to jazz up this blog... After much searching this is the template I settled on. Hope ya like it!!! It was really hard to find something funky yet not over the top, and I was so over the previous set-up... Hopefully this one works ok.... Good Oh! Back to work tomorrow - JOY! At least I have this Friday off for a wedding and THEN Andrew goes to Fraser so I have the house to myself (with the pets of course....) The only bummer will be that I have to do some STUDY! Jacarandas are blooming and exams are looming - is that how the saying goes? I lurve a jacaranda.... Up there with the frangipani (live - not stuck on the rear window of your car).... ciao-4-now.

Swifty

2008-10-19T11:38:00.002+10:00

Had to share this SWIFT moment, visiting Pillow Talk at Windsor I came out to see 3 swifts in a ROW (ok maybe not the most uncommon occurance - but it entertained me....) !!

50 dorra

2008-10-18T21:09:00.003+10:00

After pondering the prospect of more freezer space, visiting a few outlets, and then eagerly awaiting the "cost price plus 3%" sale at a local retravision; I came to the conclusion that I don't want to spend upwards of $500 on additional freezer real-estate.

An idle browse through the weekend shopper came up with the goods - a dude in the next suburb with a 120 litre freezer on the market.

Bargained him down from $75 to $50 and I was the proud owner of a NEW (to me) freezer! Just hope it continues to work......

mmm ... Ribs!

2008-10-14T21:18:00.003+10:00

Today we went down to Sean & Yvonne's to celebrate Caitlin's 30 days on planet earth...

We ate yummo pork ribs - and look at those delicious sides (my contributions) of garden salad, mint & parsley baby pots and coleslaw (and asparagus - yummo!!).

Delicious!!!

Grill'd

2008-10-11T14:53:00.003+10:00

Today we went to grill'd cos we were hungry and I wanted something different. I thought it was ok. But maybe a rip off, for 2 burgers, fried and a drink = thirty something dollars.

Chippies....

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Study day

2008-10-10T12:45:00.002+10:00

While frantically utlising adrenalin to finish an assignment - this is what the animals were up to... cat-dog-couch-lurve....

Work lunch

2008-10-08T12:35:00.001+10:00

Dog pond

2008-10-05T12:45:00.002+10:00

Today we bought one of those clam shell things for the puppies.

We were not sure how we would go - considering neither were fond of baths etc. But i think we found success when we found jess laying down in it....

Here is jess chilling out - staring at Bella in the graden actually!

Too much milk

2008-10-04T19:58:00.003+10:00

We went down to the new parent's house and took dinner with us - which was very convenient... Andrew got some beef ribs from the local butcher and I complemented with corn on the cob, coleslaw, garden salad and a hot potato salad... A regular southern style feast!

Of course I got to give my favourite niece a cuddle or too. Despite the fact that she was a cranky little hungry girl....

Cranky Cat

2008-10-04T16:50:00.002+10:00

This is Bella. If looks could kill :-) This is my first official blog from my new phone - woo hoo!!

Newness

2008-10-04T16:40:00.001+10:00

Oh and I got a new phone - the cheapest prepay phone that the three shop had. I am a bit impressed with it though.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/k530i

One of the features is the ability to "blog" on the go.... hence there additional picture blogs to follow VERY shortly.....

I am slack....

2008-10-04T12:48:00.004+10:00

I don't deserve a blog - too slack... maybe I will try and make an effort.

I should be writing an essay on management - due too soon, but instead I am stuffing around on my pc - YAY!!

Well I am an aunt.... Caitlin has very recently found her LUNGS! Rar!!

G'day Princess!!

Astro is now 6 months old - and has become a man - one could say!!

And last but not least Jess-ka is a wonderful role-model / older-fur-sister ...

Oh ... and I almost forgot WE (yes I am dragging Andrew out of the country) are going to Japan next March! YAY!!!

I got a new camera!

2008-06-26T22:18:00.002+10:00

Yeh like the title says, I got a new camera - been eye-ing em up for a while so it wasn't really an impulse picture....

So it's back to the tried and tested Canon Ixus Family an 80 IS to be exact - Cameras are cheaps as chips these days!

All the better to photograph you with!!

What else is news?

2008-05-31T19:00:00.003+10:00

Long time (again) no blogg... I am really cranky at the moment, haven't been feeling very well... In other news, an assignment due tomorrow, a brother's wedding, the prospect of becoming an aunt in September, exams, a puppy adoption, and more study.

Could life get any better? So what else is news?

ummm nothing much, same shit different day!