Sorry....

I know, I know! Its been a while since I blogged but I have been busy...and sick.....and busy while being sick so you'll have to cut me some slack. January is always crazy for us at LEGO so its been hard to find the time to sit down and blog, but I promise to get back on track with this. 

So lets get what little news there is out of the way and we can start a fresh!

Finally got round to getting some Global knives in the January sales. They are sooooo good and if you like to cook these a well worth the extra cost.... plus you feel a bit like a Ninja using them.

As I said before, I got sick the first week back at work which was not good timing. Fee nursed me back to health with some amazing home made chicken soup.

As well as looking after me while I was sick she helped me out big time with some presentation stuff for work. So to say thanks I whipped up some tasty Sushi and Tempura veg for her..... using the new knives of course.

As it's Winter I have been growing a 'gnarly fisherman beard' to keep my face warm. 

As I was growing hair one of our friends decided he wanted less, so Fee gave him a good buzz!

I also got to see MASTODON live in Arhus last night which was amazing..... almost everyone had a beard!!

The great big Xmas post...

Hello people of the internet! How have you been? I hope you had and are having a nice Xmas vacation. Its been rather nice here in DK for the Groves household. Relaxing, eating, drinking and just having a nice time...... and it all began with Brunch!

We popped out on the 23th for Brunch with our friend Christine before she headed off to see her family. We went to a cute local place and had this nice but very filling plate of goodness.

After Brunch we headed off to get our Xmas tree. Fee was very excited and had lots of fun decorating it AND the rest of the apartment.

On the night of the 24th we were invited over to spend the evening with our German friends Sven, Lizzy and their cute little girl Amelie. Just like the Danes the Germans do their gift giving on the 24th (Crazy people!) so we got to winess and take part in some fun german Xmas traditions.

Amelie very much liked the tree and spent a lot of time with Fee pointing and naming all the things that were on the tree.

She could see herself in the decorations.... this resulted in hours of fun.

Sven cooked up some home made schnitzel with potato salad. 

It was very good!

It was a great night but we made sure not to over do it as we needed to be up early for our Xmas morning gift giving and dinner preparations as the Germans and one Romanian were joining us for dinner that night.

 I got a whole box of Bow ties from the in laws which was nice. 

So i'm excited to wear those in the new year.

Fee got me a super, super nice new leather bag for work.

Fee made the table look great for Xmas dinner by hand making some decorations.

I didn't take many photos on the day as we were busy cooking and having fun, but I did get a good shot of my home made mince pie snails. :)

Well, i'm off to relax in front of the open fire. 

MERRY XMAS!

Good food for a job well done!

Been a busy week here for Mr & Mrs Groves. Fee's company is moving to a fancy new HQ and I had a big presentation at work to prep for. When we are busy at work the household chores takes a back seat, so today we hit the apartment and gave a it a good tidy up! Even got round to sorting out the new internet line..... so it was a productive day!

As a pat on the back to both of us I made something nice for dinner..........

Mushroom & Chicken Risotto

Our friend Christine brought us some nice risotto rice back from Italy, so this was a nice chance to give it a try. Turned out pretty tasty.

I even made some 'Pesto Snails'

I lied.....

Ok, so in my last post I said nothing had been happening while Fee was away and there was not much to show you..... well that was a bit of a lie. Sorry I fibbed to you but I had to insure Fee did not find out what I was up too. Why all the lie's you ask? because I had got this little gift for her.......

That is a Roland digital Piano and its pretty sweet right? Fee donated her previous Piano to her old school when we left the UK and I have been planning to get a new one for her for some time now.

  

There was lots of planning involved and sneaking off to see Pianos over the past few months and a few friends had to get involved with the lie but it all came together in the end. There was an issue with getting the Piano delivered..... basically they couldn't. So in the end I had to hire a rather large car to go pick it up in Arhus and rope my pal Adrian into helping me get it up into the appartment.

 Not huge I know but this is the biggest thing I have ever driven to date.... it was like driving a boat! Haha

Fee was rather surprised when she arrived home to find it sitting there waiting for her, and I have to say its been nice hearing her play again. Having music drift through the apartment is rather nice and makes me smile. She was a little rusty at first but it all seems to be coming back to her rather fast. So maybe a Danish tour will be in order soon... :)

 I got to play a little while Fee was away, but Bass can get rather boring when you are on your own..... really miss playing in a band.

Oh, in cooking news I tried something new in the never ending quest to improve my cheesecake. I attempted a....... wait for it........ 'PEANUT BUTTER' cheesecake and it was rather good. It was a thank you for some of the guys at work for helping out on my project for a few days.

 It's much more 'gooey' than your standard cheesecake but that's Peanut butter for you.
Roof of your mouth goodness.

...... I also made sure to make a mini one for Fee.

Summer House Vacation.... Pt5

On our final day at the summer house we decided...... to give it a good clean! Exciting stuff right?! but seeing as it was loaned to us by our friends family we wanted to leave it how we found it and leave a little thank you present.

After our hard day of cleaning we relaxed in style with a bottle of MOET and some of the great meat we picked up in Skagen.

Thats just how we roll.

Red wine beef and Mediterranean lamb getting the flame grilled treatment.

The meat was amazing.....end of story.

We ate, we drank, we sang..... well not really but we did eat and drink a lot.

I did some scribble writing with the moon.

Fee was in charge of desert so while she was in the kitchen I sneaked around to spy on her through the window. I was there for a full 5min without her seeing me, it wasn't until I took a photo with the flash on that she noticed. She was rather shocked.

Goodbye summer house, we had lots of fun and we hope to be back some day soon.

Itchy fingers, chicken pie, boxing and the rapture...

My oh my!, what a weekend this has been.

We had a long weekend here in DK as Friday was 'big prayer day', sadly Fee had to pop into work so I made use of the the quite time here to tidy up the flat and cook up a storm in the kitchen.

Dinner that night was home made chicken & sweet corn pie with garlic roasted wedges.

So nice, will have to do this again.

As well as a tasty dinner I was once again called upon to whip up a Cheesecake, this time I did the full size version of the Oreo cookie cake I did the other week. We had been invited over to Christine's for dinner and we were in charge of bringing desert.

Mmmmm more Cheesecake.... this one was mighty good and I ate far too much of it.

I was worried we may not get to eat it seeing as 'The Rapture' was meant to be hitting this Saturday. However I figured all the best Metal bands would be in Hell anyway so I would be OK if things did happen. \m/

As I waited for Fee & the rapture I had a little drink.

"Cheers!"

My fingers are rather itchy now, I have to be careful not to scratch at them.

The Tattoo on my arm is healing well and I promise to get a pic up soon.

So it seemed the end of the world had been put off for a while and we decided it was safe to go out and see Christine. We were not the only guests for dinner that night as Sven; Lizze and little Amelie were also on the guest list.

"Look Amelie, his going to Hell when the rapture comes."

"You is going to helllll"

We even had a little visiter from next door in the form of a cute little French Bull-dog puppy. The little thing got so excited it peed a little, cute but messy. It also turns out Amelie likes animals.... but only from a safe distance while in somebody's arms.

Both parties safely separated.... for now!

We had a great night with yummy food and lots of Cheese cake and great friends, but the main event was the boxing match beetween my cousin George Groves and his bitter rival James Degale.

'St George Groves'

I'm glad I was nice to him when he was a little boy.

Degale was cocky, rude and smug all though out the lead up to this fight. George kept his cool and came out the bigger man for it.

However, no amount of smugness saved Degale from losing to George (for the SECOND time I might add) on points. George used his head and out boxed Degale who was thrown off his game. It was a tough fight indeed and me & Fee almost passed out a few times, I also think we gave the people next door a heart attack when George won because we screamed SOOOO LOUD!!!

Bruised, bloody but over the moon.

Well done mate, we are all VERY proud of you.

Not one but TWO cheese cakes!

I have a pack of OREO cookies, I know! I'll make a cheese cake with them.

Have to separate the filling and the biscuit first.

Hmmmm, why not made two different types of Cheese Cake! Seems rude not too.

One bowl of Vanilla and one bowl of OREO.

HURRY UP AND COOK!

Just on the counter, chillin' out.

Vanilla with a biscuit base and a creamy cherry jam topping.

OREO base and filling with a chocolate swirl on top.

My next post will be direct from the gym where I will be burning off the 1000,000 calories i'm about to eat......... or more

likely

i'll blog from the Liposuction clinic.

-Posted while on the move

Tarifa pt2

Our second day in Tarifa was a relaxed one, the morning was a little wet so we got up late had some breakfast and watched a movie..... but then the sun came out and we went for a walk.

The photo spam continues....

Tarifa is full of cute little streets.

I am enjoying myself, honest. I just look rather 'annoyed' when my face is relaxed.

This one goes out to Sam! ;)

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We later met up with Winnie and had some tasty Tapas, food turned out to be a large focal point to our trip!

We meet a Donkey and a Cow on our little walks, sadly we had no treats to give him.

One night we cooked for Winnie and Ray (her flat mate)..... I don't like being 'papped' while i'm creating in the kitchen.

She was all smiles at first, but 10 seconds after cutting that Onion she was crying like a baby.