Chinese New Year 2009

The year of the Ox.

Jeremy and I met up with his sister Kaia and her husband Ady and his Mum and Step Dad. We didn't get to see very much as it was snowing and freezing cold, but the girls had a great time. Here are some of the pics.

Cape Town Trip

Back in August my very good friend Anne-Marie called me from Cape Town to let me know she would be flying me out for a Birthday treat. Never one to pass up on a free trip I jumped at the chance.
The Country was lovely and I had a brilliant time there, so much so that I am planning a return trip, this time with Jeremy at the beginning of 2010.
Take a look ot these pics taken with Anne-Marie's Sony Cyber Shot camera (Father Christmas...you know I want one now!)

My Lovely Hostess

The Cape of Good Hope

Various Other Pics

And now the highlight for me!

Let it snow, let it snow

My word is it Christmas again already? No.......it is Easter, and you know that poor bunny is pissed right. This is the time for new life, daffodils and spring chickens. the grass is greener and new life is cracking through the soil. No, this is Easter. THIS!!!

Of course I am excited and the first thing I did was hop out of bed, but on my clothes and grab Murphy. The cat has never seen snow and of course she was transfixed by it.

Today we are going to Dean and Lee's for a lovely roast and Easter fun. I will update with pics once I have them...trying to photograph snow this afternoon was impossible.

Movies Movies Movies!!!

Well you all know how much Jeremy and I love to watch movies!

We watch them and watch them till we all have square eyes.

You also know how opinionated we are about movies, and freely share our thoughts, sometimes to the point of argument. Since it is awards season in Hollywood I thought I would share with you some of the badly written reviews I write on my blog. Luckily I have avoided completely crap films this year.

Click on the title to read the review.

Ratatouille
Atonement
Once
Zodiac
Michael Clayton
The Namesake
The Savages
Eastern Promises
Jindabyne
Away From Her
American Gangster
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Charlie Wilson's War
La Vie En Rose
Gone, Baby Gone

Most of these films are vying for OSCAR attention. Still have to write up reviews for "No Country for Old Men", "Juno" and a few others.

Crimbo in London

Well I have officially had my first ever Christmas dinner with me being host and cook.

Anne-Marie had a stay over in London on her from from Cape Town to Antigua so I decided to have a Christmas dinner in her honour. Dean and Lee came over for the celebrations and boy did we ever laugh. We laughed till it hurt, and ate till we burst.

On the menu we had the following:

Turkey
String Bean Casserole
Cassava Pie
Sweetcorn Stuffing
Roasted Potatoes
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Parsnips
Carrot and Turnip Mash

And of course gravy by the ladle full.

The Cassava Pie went down a treat, so looks like I will be making it every year!

We continued the Bermuda tradition of watching "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (cartoon) and drank a fair bit of wine. You can see what a good time we had, justcheck out the pics.

Sitges. Our place in the sun

As you may or may not know, we just recently got back from out vacation in the little lovely town of Sitges. Located just south of Barcelona, this town is everything Bermuda is, and so much more. Would love all the politicians in Bermy to visit this town, they would then see how it should be done...those damn fools.

Enough of that though, here are some lovely pics of Sitges:

Some fantastic news from home,

That you can read all about here