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.... Pt4

As we were up North we went to one of Europe's biggest Aquariums. It was rebuilt after a massive fire some years ago and seemed like it was well worth a visit. TO THE CAR!

I'm sure fee was driving at this point!

She be a fine vessel!

This is apparently called........ a fish!

Mr Eel flashing us his genitals.

The main viewing tank was pretty amazing.

This, ladies and gentlemen is called a 'Sun fish', or as we say in Danish 'Klump fisk' I call it 'natures cruelest mistake'

It's a big, odd looking fish. Me and Fee were fascinated by the 'fish that should not be'

A cool wooden Whale for the kids to play on.

Whale love!

Fee "Oh my god! is it dead?"

Me "No, but it probably wishes it was"

This is what baby crabs look like....ewwwww!

"I've beeeeen kissed by a Rose on a grave!"

Drop me a line if you get my bad joke. :P

RWAAAAR!.... WHY U NO BUY ME?

"Pedestrians are worth and extra 10 points!"

This weekend has been rather good if not a little hectic as we have been testing my new driving skills. We celebrated on Friday with a super nice meal and a glass or two of 'fizz'.

We went on a little road trip Saturday just to give the new car a long test drive and to make sure I don't forget all the stuff I have learnt over the past few months. Even went to see some friends we have not seen in a while which was nice.

The driving has been going well, just need to keep practicing and gaining more confidence. I still need to use all my brain faculties when driving through a busy town but I guess I will become more relaxed over time. Poor Fee is not used to me being in the driving seat (of a brand new car!) and gets a little 'frightened' from time to time. :P

There she be!

We have called her 'Peggy'

This is my 'must not run over pedestrians' concentration face.

I PASSED!

Yesterday I passed my driving test AND we picked up our new car! We are planing a little road trip for Saturday so i'll get some pics up soon. :)

I plan to be doing some gnarly stunts like this soon.

"So does come it with wheels?"

NEWS FLASH: WE HAVE A NEW CAR!

We have traded in our plucky Peugeot 206 for a brand new...... wait for it...... Peugeot 206 +.

Ok, not a dramatic change I know but it was time for an upgrade and Pedro (thats what we called our car, he had one of those tow bars so it kind of look like a 'tail') was starting to show his age. Instead of throwing loads of cash into repairs we traded up for a brand new model, and with Fee using her great bargaining skill's we got a decent deal.

If all goes to plan we can pick HER up tomorrow or Friday. Watch this space for photos (still trying to convince Fee to let me shoot some photos of her on the bonnet in her bikini) and plans for a Denmark road trip. :)

Goodbye Pedro, thank you for all the good times and hard work.

You will be missed. (sniff!)

This is the new upgraded model, just imagine in it BLACK!

Vroooom!

Hey hey people!

Sorry it's been a little silent on the blog front but I have been VERY busy of late. Work has been super busy and I had a Danish test to get my head round so i've not really had the time or energy to blog.

However I bring good news, I passed my Driving Theory test today! Thats the written part with all the rules of the road and what you should and should not do in a car. It was a stressful day as I get super nervous with any test and this was no exception! I didn't even eat lunch I was so nervous. :/

So i'm glad thats over, now its all systems go for the practical test, no date set yet but it wont be too far away...... so stay off the roads!

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Weight off my shoulders...

Wow, feels like its been forever since I did a proper post here. Life has been keeping me super busy of late and if the truth be told I have been rather stressed. Just had a lot going on at the same time but i'm doing ok now and there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

So what have I been up to you ask?:

Learning to drive: I had my last theori lesson last week and I have my test on the 3rd Feb. So the rest of this week will be spent cramming for the test. I'm feeling ok about it, just need to make sure I brush up on those 'grey' areas that I'm not 100% sure about. I also had a 3 hour 'sliding' lesson. This is when you drive on a wet track and practise how to get out of tail slides and other scary situations. It was actually a lot of fun, I felt like a stunt driver for the day! :)

This was where we were stunt driving, you can see the wet section up on the right.

This was my car for the day, poor thing was really pushed hard that day.

Learning Danish: I had a speaking test a few days ago, it was stressing me out big time. I have a lot of anxity when it comes to tests and class room situations, it come from being a Dyslexic kid. I was always worried about looking stupid and getting stuff wrong, so even to this day I get all worked up when a test is approching. But the good news is I PASSED! :)

This has nothing to do with speaking Danish.... but I prefer this kind of Danish.

Work: Had a big dead-line at work this week so there was a lot of stress getting ready for that. I had a big model review to get ready for, thats when I build my new set 'brick by brick' with a team of other designers so we can insure it is up to LEGO quality..... and I have to do this all from MEMORY. Thats ok if your building a set with 100+ bricks, my latest set has over 1500 elements. :/ It went well in the end so it now feels like a load has been lifted off my shoulders.

Just a very small fraction of my home work.