"Who wants more melted cheese?"

Starting to feel much better which is a good thing because we are off to London to see my Dad for his 60th. So fingers crossed I can shift the last of the germs over the next two days and be fit & healthy for the madness that is London.

I did manage to drag myself out on Saturday night, we went over to see Annso and Arnaud for a very French evening indeed. We had "Raclette" which is basically melted cheese with cold cuts, potatos and boiled eggs. Its the kind of thing you eat in a log cabin after a day of skiing, there was no skiing but it was snowing that night so it felt right.

I dare you to name me a meal that

is NOT improved by melted cheese!!

Managed to do a good amount of cooking in the kitchen today but I am having issues with images and grids. So i'll post a load of images tomorrow once I get it sorted, but trust me it was a gooood day to be a stomach. :)

Gimme Gimme Gimme!!!

Anybody want to buy my kidney? I give you give price!

Boo!

It's 8am in the morning and I am at home feeling sorry for myself because I have the flu. :(

Been fighting something off since Sunday but it seems to have got it's claws into me last night. I woke up rather early (about 5am) with a pounding head and a snotty nose. Could not really get back to sleep after that, so I'm sitting here with some tea going though my own bod weight in tissue from nose blowing.

This is made even worse by the fact my wife is on a two day work thing, so she wont be home tonight. Booooo! But I'm a big boy now, so I'm going t have lots of fluids and overdose on vitamin C.

The only upside is I can now get to all those unanswered emails in my inbox. I never seem to have time at work or I forget because I'm busy building. Every cloud has a silver lining i guess.

Poor little guy looks how I feel.

Supa-dupa updatings!

Didn't really get the chance to blog over the weekend, so here is a super big update of what we have been up to.

Saturday started late because me and the wife drank a little toooooo much Friday night. It was a great night, just me and Fee having a nice meal with no TV and no interruptions. However, we did manage to polish off a few bottles so we were a little 'groggy' the next day. We were supposed to go to a friends house warming but we were really not in the frame of mind for more drinking and partying. So we decided to hang out with our buddy Carl who invited us over for take-out and a movie.

We watched 28 Weeks Later, if you saw the first one

then you don't need to see this one!

In cooking news I made a Chocolate and Pear tart for the first time and it came out great. We had a bag load of Pears that were going to waste unless we did something with them soon, so I found a recipe online and gave it a go.

This is the preparation condensed into a grid of pictures.

*InDesign grid by Fiorella Lee Groves*

Mmmm, fresh out of the oven but it has to cool fully before eating....D'oh!

Just add a little Creme fresh a dash of Cinnamon and your good to go.

We have been enjoying that little treat over the past two nights, got another desert planned but I'll keep that under my hat for now so stay tuned.

So on Sunday we woke up at a decent time, had breakfast and cleaned around the apartment a little. Normally I am the first to get the Mop out but I was not really in the mod for it that day, but we did what needed to be done so we could then head off the the main event of the weekend.....Little Chloe's 2nd Birthday. :)

Here's the girl of the moment, very excited about the cake.....or as it tuned out, blowing out the candles, which was soooo much fun she did twice.

She got a lot of gifts, mainly 'Hello Kitty' based.....

...but Like all kids, the wrapping turned out to be much more fun!

Awwwwww! Happy Birthday Chloe! :)

We had a great and noisy time with the kids eating cake and playing. But it wouldn't be an A-list party without some A-list guests now would it?

Little Luca rocking the bed head look.

Super cute Helena.....can those cheeks be anymore Rosy?!

Henrik the whirlwind....every pic of this kid is a blur, very rear

to catch him in focus.

Once home we had dinner followed by more Pear tart and started to watch Dexter Season 3 on DVD which was a birthday gift from by friend Matthew. Fee was rather happy about it also, but she is not liking the 'one episode a night' rule that's for sure.

So its Dexter at dinner for the next couple of weeks...Yay!

Well now its Monday and I am really a little off colour, I think I can feel a cold coming which is not great timing wise. So its soup, Dexter and an early night for me.

See you tomorrow!

Slow news day.

Just a quick update today.

Me and the wife had a nice night in last night but we drank a little to much and are feeling a little tired now. So no big party's for us tonight, instead we are popping over to Carl's place for a movie and a take out, and at this point that sounds great!

I did have some fun in the kitchen today but you will have to wait for pictures and info on that little experiment. :)

Good weekend!!

Just a quick update today.

Me and the wife had a nice night in last night but we drank a little to much and are feeling a little