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News Flash: Its cold in London

22
Jan

Yes, I am going to be one of those people who blog about how absolutely freaking cold it is right now but at the same time I need to remind myself that I am in London, of course its bloody cold!

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I walked to the station on Monday morning and after arriving at the station (a good 15 minutes walk from the house) I honestly couldn’t feel my face.  And not because I was drunk or on drugs like most people who can’t feel their face are – it’s just because it was THAT cold.

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There was ice on the cars and all I wanted to do was take a picture and call it ‘Revenge of the Twilight Cars’ you know, because Sparkly Twilight Vampires and all that but that would have meant removing my hands from my gloves and that was just out of the question.

Besides the cold, things have been good.  Great even.  Life is incredibly busy at work and at home.  Jensen is learning (and quite possibly failing) math at school.  He just doesn’t seem to be getting the multiplication thing which isn’t really surprising because to date, I still use a calculator to calculate 3 x 6.  It really isn’t my strong suit either.

Jensen has also started doing dance class and is learning all different style of dance – I am hoping that it will give him some coordination because I have seen him trying to get down to some music before and trust me when I say that he gives the true definition to white men can’t dance.  Lets keep our fingers crossed on this one.

Oh, and did I mention I will be back in Cape Town in August for 3-4 weeks?  I can’t wait!

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Photo-A-Week Challenge – Week 2 – Pink

15
Jan

Pink

Pink

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Weekends and Date Nights

11
Jan

This weekend was awesome!  Mainly because it was my first ‘date’ night with the spouse in 14 months.  Yup, you read that right, 14 MONTHS.  Since moving over to London, leaving all 3 sets of Grandparents behind as well as all other family members and everyone we deemed responsible enough to look after Jensen when we weren’t present, we finally made the plunge and went out on a date.  Just the two of us.  Of course, it helped having Shannon over here again to look after our little sprite.

But, before we head into the tale of our date night, I need to mention that we found this amazing little ‘hole-in-the-wall’ in Wimbledon, it’s called Waffle-Jack’s and they sell *the* most amazing waffles I have had in a really REALLY long time.  Jensen and I both had toffee sauce, ice cream and mini marshmallows on ours while Shaun had a breakfast waffle which came with bacon and cheese.  He finished it, but just barely, while Jensen and I struggled to finish ours.  They also had amazing milkshakes, I had a peanut butter and chocolate milkshake, Shaun settled for a coffee shake and Jensen naturally went for the bubblegum shake as kids tend to do.  I would definitely go back again, their waffles were just that good!

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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Shake

After gorging ourselves on waffles and shakes, we headed home to enjoy our food coma’s and then Shaun and I went on our date night.  It was great.  We had some good food, some alcoholic beverages (as one does) and then we decided to head for some gelato which we ate in the rain because naturally, since we live in London, it started to rain as we were walking back to our car.  It was incredibly romantic if you are into that kind of thing 🙂

It’s definitely something Shaun and I need to do again – the going out without a child thing because it really does make a huge difference!

How was your weekend? 

 

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Photo-A-Week Challenge – Week 1 – Childhood Memory

8
Jan

Rooibos Tea

Rooibos Tea

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