Massive Wardrobe Cleanout

Every once in a while, I purge a bunch of clothes from my wardrobe. This weekend was once of those occasions. It took a fair bit of ironing, photo taking, description writing and uploading: but I now have 16 items listed on Ebay for sale.

I've made them all 5 day auctions, so, fingers crossed that come Saturday, I'll be slightly wealthier and my wardrobe will be rid of some old stuff.

LONG Weekend

So, Jeremy and I decided to take a 4 day long weekend. Partying began on Friday night at Grand Master Flash - fun set, not the best he's ever played, but we still had a good time. Was good to catch up with Dannielle and Sarah, and we saw Liam and Caspar there too. Saturday morning, we drove to Yallingup Caravan Park and set up camp. Sunday, was spent in Busselton. The beach there is incredibly calm and cool.

That night, we got fish and chips for dinner from Squid Lips in Dunsborough, then ate them on the beach at Yallingup. Monday, we drove to Duckstein Brewery where we had a couple of beers and a German lunch of bratwursts, pork chops, sauerkraut and potato.

Heading back to Yallingup, after lunch - we stopped over at Smiths Beach for a quick dip.

That night, we were booked into Caves House - I ate the best barramundi and Jeremy got a really nice steak. And today (Australia Day) we drove back to Perth. Along the way, we stopped in Busselton and ate brekkie on the beach. Saw this couch contraption set up - was rather amusing.

Hooray for long weekends and WA's beautiful South West.

Phuong and Jeremy's Cooking Adventures

Last weekend, Mum came over to teach Jeremy and I how to cook 'pho'. Pho is a traditional Vietnamese noodle soup and J and I just can't get enough. We buy it practically once a week, from our local Vietnamese restaurant - so we decided to learn to cook it, the Mumma Do way, once and for all.

The result was amazing! Thin slices of beef, the perfect stock, combination of coriander, bean sprouts, lettuce and hoisin sauce. Nom nom nom!

We were really pleased with ourselves and very appreciative of Mum's time in showing us :) Next up - we're going to try Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup. Stay tuned.

Cry Baby!

Happy days as Leon was welcomed into our world. Quyen and Greg are both proud parents and Quyen was a brave Mum, giving birth to our newest family member.

He is just so so so tiny right now. And every time I see him, he's sleeping peacefully. His eyes and nose looks just like Quyen's and he has heaps of black hair and is just overall CUTE! Am I biased? Maybe a little.

Happy 2nd Day Birthday Leon. You're alright, with me.

Gym Goal

So, some people might think this is weird, but I use my calendar and diary religiously to track my life. One of the records I kept this year, was every gym class I did. The crosses mark the days that I gymmed and I wrote down what class I did too. Came to a total of 186 classes this year. Which isn't really fantastic, cause it kind of equates to one class every 2nd day, which (according to Jeremy) means I only exercised 30 minutes each day. (However, in my defence, I was on holiday for a month this year).

Anyway, I'm going to aim for 250 this year. Yep TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY. Might not be too hard if I do a couple of double classes each week. Can I do it? Stay tuned.

New Year, New Couch

Headed to the Ikea sale with Jeremy in tow, and came home with this baby! Not technically - we actually had to wait a day for it to be delivered, then there was the assembly. But now its all done and I love love love it. Always wanted a corner couch - and this one is so big, it feels like a bed.

Would like to find a massive wall sticker to put up behind it though. The blue wall is just too bare. Still prowling Etsy, looking for the perfect one. Will be sure to post again once its installed!

New Years Eve = Origin

We decided to head to Origin again this year, for new years eve. Its a concert held about 2 suburbs away from us and there were a few acts we were keen to check out. Saw a bit of Roots Manuva, Dilated Peoples (were amazing) and Redman & Methodman from Wu Tang Clan. My favourite, however, was Ugly Duckling!

Managed to get to the second row and had a fun dance.

Was good to catch up with some of Jeremy's oldest friends.

Around 2am, we headed home. The blue moon was out - which Jeremy explained, isn't actually a blue coloured moon, its actually just the 2nd time a full moon has come out this month (I think..)

Happy new Years! Bring on 2010 :) We're travelling to Europe in September... so its likely to be a year of scrimping and saving.