midweek update

Kia Ora everyone.

I forgot to mention that Saturday marked Dave and my being together for 9 months - hmmm, that's not very good England is it? haha. We went to Mission Bay which is this side of the Harbour and got fish and chips and Movenpick Swizerlandish icecream. yumooliyay.
Got a few job interviews hooked up to increase da cashola flowamola: market research, social detox, ywca hostel and admin. See what happens...
Drove my car on the motorway and didn't get lost today - very proud of myself.
I had Dave's parents for dinner last night...I made a red kidney bean dip garnished with lime and red onion and lightly fried cut up tortilla to make chips to dip into it. For the main I made a bed of mashed pumpkin with roast garlic squished through it, marinated tofu with sesame seeds garnished with a strip of seaweed/nori sheet and a broccoli and mushroom side. Dessert was fillo pastry folded over and over topped with mascarpone, icing sugar, vanilla essence and wild berries on the top. It was all pretty yummy. I was so proud of myself - never cooked for anyone's parents before!
About to go to Nudge's birthday dinner (friend of Dave's) at a Japanese restraunt.
Before I go...
A few things that make Auckland different from Melbourne:
1. The window-washers on the street aren't junkies
2. Most driveways go either up or down quite steeply - even in the city
3. The milkbar is called "the dairy"
4. "Dairies" sell bunches of flowers
5. Guaranteed never to get run over by a tram
6. Skinny milk is called "trim milk"
7. Share-houses are called flats even if they're a house because people are "flatting" in them which means sharing a house.

That's all I can think of for now....

I know I told you a bit about Jodie but don't think I've told you about my other friends:
Aletia: creative, works in the film industry as a clapper-loader
Suzie: Aletia's housemate - jewellery designer studying and working doing jewellery
Wendy: got couple of kids, into bargain hunting, used to be into dance and choreography before kids, creative
Rose: works in fashion retail. Is into baking at the moment - a lot.

Dibedubadubadat's all folks.....

Sore Feet City Leaf

Oh what a feeling - Sunday evening. I've had a really cruisy weekend. I drove my car to Spotlight yesterday to get the red pom poms I need for the red party I'm going to next weekend - now I just have to sew them onto my red top. I'm used to my car but totally not used to the motorways and general spirals of the road system here. I mean if I got lost in Melbourne on a grid system them I know I'm screwed on the swirling roads weaving around hills all curvy and upside down compared to the map in my head here!
I caned myself at the gym yesterday and am totallly paying for it today. Got home after gym yesterday and made a big brekky. Caught up with a few people last night and watched a totally bizarre movie that I kinda liked and can't remember the name of. It's on DVD and the cover is pale blue with red writing and it's about these Asian high school kids....
Today I woke up and had brekky and read til I fell asleep again and got up at 9. We then went and delivered "City Leaf" fliers to 500 houses locally which took the best part of 2 and a half hours. Dave's quit his drain digging yuko job and is doing landscaping working for himself so we're trying to single-handedly/double-handedly blitz Auckland with fliers I made. Got home and Dave made us a yummy Spanish omellette before we went on the grocery mission.
Then, read my book for another coupla hours and then got inspired to cook up a storm. I baked choc chip muffins and then for dinner we had a new creation of mine:
marinated tofu with sesame seeds served on a bed of mashed pumpkin with roast garlic through it and a broccoli and mushroom side with satay sauce. YUM.
So, full-bellied and whole hearted and warm and generally good all round, I say goodnight and hope to hear from you all soon.