fuchsia fragments: christmas

Merry Christmas from SG to SYD!

12/27/2016 02:50:00 pm

Christmas is freaking amazing in JULY!

7/26/2015 04:55:00 pm

An exhausting Saturday...

I had a cake due for delivery at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning and my eBay package did not arrive in time. I was freaking out cause I really needed Dora figurines and no where sold them - apparently it isn't so popular anymore. I tried DJs, Myer, HobbyCo, the ABC shop, Kmart, Target AND Coles. No Luck. It was already late evening and thank goodness for Toys r Us and the girl on the phone who put the last FOUR... FOUR... little figurines on hold for me. Saved my cake.

And so it was an early morning start to get there at 9 AM when they opened to get these figurines, then had to race home to finish cake, box and deliver. And pack my roaster, turkey, duck and chicken (turducken!) and tupperware to get to Crows Nest.

So turns out all the timing worked out perfectly. Delivered cake, got Shannon and got to the Wongs' by around 11:30 which left us about 45 minutes to stuff the bird inside a bird inside a bird. What an experience. And no, I am in no hurry to repeat in anytime soon. But the end result: BEST TURDUCKEN EVER.

Lots of giggles and laughs along the way...

"I have never touched a bird this way before"

"Massaging a chook is totally the way I imaged my Saturday..."

I don't think we actually did so much - coffee run halfway through cooking, basting every hour, catching up on Masterchef, making mulled cider, mulled wine and tomato salad (literally.. tomatoes). And amazing paprika potatoes and sweet potato chips (too many on the tray, turned out soggy) but the potatoes were AMAZEBALLS. And made pumpkin pie and Joyce's giraffe swiss roll for dessert. yummmmmmm.

We cut back on the junk food this time (just 4 packets of chips ... lol) and the mulled wine was so good. Wish I could have had more if I wasn't driving.

We managed to fit 14 people, 2 dogs and a baby into the terrace... huge effort and watch 3 movies!!! Although we did skip through Into the Woods. Funniest thing ever though cause we skipped 5 minutes and NO IDEA what was happening. Weirdest movie ever... so not a Disney movie for kids. Mad Max: Fury Road was another weird one... it was literally a road fighting movie... with a guy playing the guitar the whole time??? And we also watched Pitch Perfect.

Anyways I think by the end everyone was so tired that it was like.. okay... what's next. Home!!! Please! It's a great drive in the early hours of the morning and although there was still more traffic than expected, it was give or take 35 minutes home including a drop off around Glebe. So glad to hit the pillow.

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Timed to perfection

12/24/2014 09:51:00 pm

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The last stretch

12/24/2014 09:08:00 am

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Wow, 4 more sleeps

12/21/2014 09:26:00 am

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Christmas Parties!!!

12/07/2014 09:31:00 pm

Ahh... and here we were worried that we wouldn't make it onto the boat (by boat, i mean a massive ship that was subbed the "Starship Enterprise" for the rest of the night) on Wednesday evening for our work Christmas Party. I was so excited not only did we get to leave on time (4 p.m. is when the coaches departed our office) but we had an ABSOLUTE BLAST. Seeing the storm on the water was amazing although it did dampen much of the three level ship. It was a shame that we couldn't spend some more time with one of the two live bands on the rooftop level because it was stunning. We spent probably about a half hour up there after grabbing some toilet paper to wipe down the wet seats. That's when I managed to get this lovely night time shot of the bridge.

And so we spent much of the rest (if not most) of the evening mingling with the sales people and everyone else. One of the AEs were clearly trying to suck up by taking this awesome photo of my colleagues and I ;)

Yes we did have a pretty well organised after-party at Bungalow 8 where the real hard stuff (GnTs) came out. Surprisingly I managed to stick around until midnight and by that time, my feet were dead tired and my voice was so raspy that I definitely needed to go home and get some shut eye if I had any hope of functioning normally the next day.

I think I did alright. At least I did not have bloodshot eyes or embarrassed myself hahaha. Unlike some who partied ALL night. No one on Level 9 i don't think... good start!

And of course, I had my friends over for some christmas dinner last night. Doing it all yourself is actually really tiring so I think I would love to do what Velda & Nob did this year (and where I went to today) where everyone brings something. I was in charge of dessert of course so it was pavlova with mixed berries and one of the gingerbread houses which was DEMOLISHED but sooo good. I think half the fun is taking it apart! Winner!!! There was so much food and I didn't think we would finish it all but we did pretty good. Tons of sashimi, prawns, beef, chicken wings, skewers, steaks, salads, fruit and nibbles... and cider, beer and wine (duh!!). I didn't see it in them since some of them are such tiny things but I reckon that outeat yesterday's crowd by miles. Yes, there were a few more guys but still!!!

I literally had to take a powernap after the late lunch. I think we had 22 Jump St on which was pretty hilarious. So it was a very relaxing afternoon. A few rounds of taboo and some game that Velda made up. A few youtube videos (Victoria's Secret Fashion Show) and all around an easy day. Ate more of the leftovers for dinner and feeling so good. Oscar and Mac (the dogs) snoozed and played with us. They are soooo well behaved. Wish Maxxie or Nessie were as good and sociable. Would totally have bought them.

And the drive home was a breeze... it makes me want to drive to work. One day...