Wow - how time flies when you are having fun!
The last week has been very busy, going up to Sydney to visit with my family for my Mum's birthday - it was a big one this year - 60! If you ask her, she doesn't feel like she is that age (not old, age), and I can understand how she feels. I am turning 29 this Friday, and honestly, I don't feel any older than about 22. Mentally and emotionally I know I have grown up, I can remember being very immature at that age, but physically I don't feel any different.
This week I have a lot of things happening, apart from being in Sydney over the last weekend, I have a family dinner tonight with J's side of the family, comedy night out tomorrow night with friends, my birthday dinner on Friday, surprisingly enough the weekend is very quiet (can anyone say recovery?!), but then next week is full as well with comedy nights happening, a meet up of friends for drinks and dinner, and various other random regular stuff happening.
I guess being more positive and putting myself out there has started to help boost not only my level of activity, but also the amount of people around me, which is really nice.
One of the nice things about getting older, it means that you start to realise when you are growing as a person and in this last year or so, I have tried (not always succeeded) to push myself out of my comfort zone, and grow as an individual. So I am going to enjoy a drink on my birthday, and I am looking forward to celebrating growing older, but never too much "growing up".
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Favourite drinks
I must preface this by saying, I don't drink a lot. But what I like I drink on occasion. Today's choice of tipple was a Whiskey Sour. I bought the whiskey (Jameson regular if you must know), in honour of St Patrick and his chasing of snakes. Dad and I shared a couple of drinks on the day, and I thought I would have one tonight whilst playing around on the internet.
Now, in my humble opinion, you should drink what you enjoy, and only while you enjoy it. It has been a motto I have lived by, and it has served me well. If I feel like drinking a red fizzy non alcoholic beverage over an alcoholic one then so be it. It is no fun to be hungover after a few beverages, and as such these days I am what is also known as a "two pot screamer". Or a cadbury.
So in order to make my current favourite drink you require:
*1 shot whiskey
*1/2 shot sugar syrup (check online for SUPER easy syrup making instructions)
*2/3 shot lime/lemon juice ( I currently have a nice mix of lemon and lime juice which works well because I enjoy drinks a little less sweet these days)
150ml soda water
Super simple construction, place whiskey, sugar syrup and lime/lemon juice in glass or shaker. Muddle or shake and pour into glass. Add soda water. If the ingredients are already cold you don't require ice, otherwise you might want to add a couple of ice cubes. Enjoy while cold.
Now the husband has walked in asking if I am blogging. Sprung. I said I am writing about how much of a booze hound I am and he chortled and said I am not - see friends and fellow internet people, really I imbibe very little. But what I have, as I said, I enjoy. What about you my fellow internetians? (please excuse me, the "cadbury's" has caught up with me!)
Now, in my humble opinion, you should drink what you enjoy, and only while you enjoy it. It has been a motto I have lived by, and it has served me well. If I feel like drinking a red fizzy non alcoholic beverage over an alcoholic one then so be it. It is no fun to be hungover after a few beverages, and as such these days I am what is also known as a "two pot screamer". Or a cadbury.
So in order to make my current favourite drink you require:
*1 shot whiskey
*1/2 shot sugar syrup (check online for SUPER easy syrup making instructions)
*2/3 shot lime/lemon juice ( I currently have a nice mix of lemon and lime juice which works well because I enjoy drinks a little less sweet these days)
150ml soda water
Super simple construction, place whiskey, sugar syrup and lime/lemon juice in glass or shaker. Muddle or shake and pour into glass. Add soda water. If the ingredients are already cold you don't require ice, otherwise you might want to add a couple of ice cubes. Enjoy while cold.
Now the husband has walked in asking if I am blogging. Sprung. I said I am writing about how much of a booze hound I am and he chortled and said I am not - see friends and fellow internet people, really I imbibe very little. But what I have, as I said, I enjoy. What about you my fellow internetians? (please excuse me, the "cadbury's" has caught up with me!)
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Vegetarianism
For those of you who don't know, and those that may well do, I am a vegetarian. I have been for the better part of about 12 years. I didn't go that way because of ethical reasons (though I applaud those who do), but because I simply do not like the taste. Never have really. I come from a family who at every dinner time would eat meat. Sausages, rissoles, steak, corned beef, pork, chicken, mince in spaghetti, chilli, etc. I realise that it may seem like we were wealthy - far from it, but it was the way that my mum was brought up, and those were the foods she likes to eat. As I grew up, I realised I didn't want to eat that way, so I slowly stopped eating red meat, and by the time I was 18, I was fully vegetarian.
Now I realise you have to replace your protein with something, so I eat a lot of legumes, and I still consume dairy. However, having someone ask me if I eat chicken or fish every time we go out with people we don't know very well gets very frustrating. What part of VEGETARIAN do you not understand? But no, that sentence doesn't come flying out of me, my answer is "No I do not eat those foods, and no it isn't because I am being all moral and ethical etc, it is because I don't like the taste". You can see how many times I have been asked the question, by my automatic answer. I appreciate that people are being polite, or curious about your choice in food, but next time someone asks you a question that you would commonly get, such as "Why aren't you married?" to someone who is in a defacto relationship, or a woman over 35 "why haven't you had children?", think about how someone like me feels, when you ask them that. There are plenty of other topics of conversation related to my choice in food stuffs, which could be asked instead.
Personal questions like these make people frustrated that they have to justify themselves over and over again. Be kind, ask something unusual, topical or just interesting. I will thank you for not stating the obvious! Oh and - why do you eat meat?
Have a good Thursday all :)
Now I realise you have to replace your protein with something, so I eat a lot of legumes, and I still consume dairy. However, having someone ask me if I eat chicken or fish every time we go out with people we don't know very well gets very frustrating. What part of VEGETARIAN do you not understand? But no, that sentence doesn't come flying out of me, my answer is "No I do not eat those foods, and no it isn't because I am being all moral and ethical etc, it is because I don't like the taste". You can see how many times I have been asked the question, by my automatic answer. I appreciate that people are being polite, or curious about your choice in food, but next time someone asks you a question that you would commonly get, such as "Why aren't you married?" to someone who is in a defacto relationship, or a woman over 35 "why haven't you had children?", think about how someone like me feels, when you ask them that. There are plenty of other topics of conversation related to my choice in food stuffs, which could be asked instead.
Personal questions like these make people frustrated that they have to justify themselves over and over again. Be kind, ask something unusual, topical or just interesting. I will thank you for not stating the obvious! Oh and - why do you eat meat?
Have a good Thursday all :)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Mmm Sunlight
So, it turns out that I, like most people who prefer computers to the outside world, have an aversion to the sun, and require more vitamin D. I don't mean to imply that those who enjoy computers are all vitamin D deficient, but that I am quite pale, and dislike going outside too often, or into direct sunlight. And no, light from the computer monitor doesn't count. So yesterday after reviewing blood tests, the doctor told me to go outside, in the middle of the day (with sunscreen on, of course), and get some sunlight. Otherwise my only other option would be to take supplements, and those I have heard, don't play nice.
The problem is, I work in the middle of town, with the nearest green area about 6 blocks away. Too far away to go to for a half hour lunch break. So what to do. My desk is next to the window, but it has to be direct sunlight. The up shot of getting some more sunlight is more energy, less lethargy and it will help prevent my bones from becoming brittle (vitamin D helps calcium retention and absorption) and getting osteoporosis in older age (bet you didn't know that little fact, and if you did you are just a smarty pants!).
On a side note, are vampires vitamin D deficient, if not how do they stop their bones from becoming brittle and broken? Or do they get their vitamin D from their less than willing donors.
I guess there is nothing for it, I guess I must get outside for a walk. On the upside, maybe I won't glow in the dark from now on.
The problem is, I work in the middle of town, with the nearest green area about 6 blocks away. Too far away to go to for a half hour lunch break. So what to do. My desk is next to the window, but it has to be direct sunlight. The up shot of getting some more sunlight is more energy, less lethargy and it will help prevent my bones from becoming brittle (vitamin D helps calcium retention and absorption) and getting osteoporosis in older age (bet you didn't know that little fact, and if you did you are just a smarty pants!).
On a side note, are vampires vitamin D deficient, if not how do they stop their bones from becoming brittle and broken? Or do they get their vitamin D from their less than willing donors.
I guess there is nothing for it, I guess I must get outside for a walk. On the upside, maybe I won't glow in the dark from now on.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Turn the heat back up!
Melbourne, you have out done yourself. It is Winter already, and we have apparently had one of the wettest Summers on record. It is absolutely crazy when you think about it. Does this have something to do with global warming, is it a natural cycle of the weather patterns, does the hole in the ozone layer play a part, or are we just all doomed (cue thunder and lightning)?
I am actually wearing a scarf to work. And while I love wearing scarves, it is just a little too early in the year just yet.
So while I was lying in bed this morning thinking about which scarf I was going to wear, and whether I would need to wrap myself up in the blanket to go outside, I was debating the merits of an international holiday later in the year. I think it would be awesome! (time to convince hubby) I have some time up my sleeve from work, and obviously would have more by the time the holiday rolled around, and really I want to go somewhere it is a little warmer! New York is somewhere I really want to get back to, and I have been rolling the idea around in my head that I could spend 2 weeks in the US, wandering, meandering, generally dawdling, enjoying the warmth, may even make my way through to Mexico or South America ( I know, it's cold down there then), depending on time and funds, and who wants to come with me.
In order to enact my plan, and without a wealthy benefactor, I think I may need to get a second job. Maybe a bartender. This has two benefits - 1. Money. 2. Meet new people. Which is the whole point of this blog anyway!
Either way, I want (and will get!) my warmth back!
I am actually wearing a scarf to work. And while I love wearing scarves, it is just a little too early in the year just yet.
So while I was lying in bed this morning thinking about which scarf I was going to wear, and whether I would need to wrap myself up in the blanket to go outside, I was debating the merits of an international holiday later in the year. I think it would be awesome! (time to convince hubby) I have some time up my sleeve from work, and obviously would have more by the time the holiday rolled around, and really I want to go somewhere it is a little warmer! New York is somewhere I really want to get back to, and I have been rolling the idea around in my head that I could spend 2 weeks in the US, wandering, meandering, generally dawdling, enjoying the warmth, may even make my way through to Mexico or South America ( I know, it's cold down there then), depending on time and funds, and who wants to come with me.
In order to enact my plan, and without a wealthy benefactor, I think I may need to get a second job. Maybe a bartender. This has two benefits - 1. Money. 2. Meet new people. Which is the whole point of this blog anyway!
Either way, I want (and will get!) my warmth back!
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