Shobie's Blog: January 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

St Trinians with a twist!

Holly was thrilled with herself yesterday. Hannah took her and her best friend Megan into town to buy their outfits for next Saturday's party where the theme is 'famous film/tv stars'. Hannah gave them 45 mins on their own and in that time they managed to buy their entire outfits, including heels that neither Hannah nor I would ever have allowed them...you cant blame them for maximising such an opportunity! Since I wont see Holly before the party as she's getting ready at Megans she's modelled her 'posh' St Trinian's outfit just for my benefit...

St Trinian's Outfit

Hannah, Holly and Holly's very high heels!

Go Federer Go!

How happy was I today that Federer beat Andy Murray in the Aussie Open final to take yet another grandslam title! Sorry Andy I know your turn is coming but not just yet! What a great match, Roger is just so slick, cool calm and collected and swiftly made mincemeat out of Murray in 3 straight sets although the tense tie-break for the third made it a far more exciting victory.

Shirt change in 2nd set!

That cold bike ride yesterday...

Yes it was cold, freezing in fact but luckily I went yesterday and not today as Ian took his Harley for a spin today and managed to encounter hail, rain, sleet and then snow all in the space of about 25 minutes!

About to set off

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Too cold for me...

It was such a lovely sunny day today so I decided to take my bike for a spin as I haven't ridden it in ages and was beginning to wonder whether the battery might be flat! It wasnt, so off I went. Never have I been soooooooo cold. My fingers hurt so much I could hardly squeeze the clutch and the last half an hour coming home was absolute torture. I'm definitely only ever going to be a fair weather rider.....roll on spring!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

A Lovely Thursday

What better way to start a Thursday than to meet up with some good friends and share some happy news over a cup of coffee and slice of lemon curd shortbread (recipe from The Hummingbird Bakery cookbook - of which i'm a huge fan). Then onto another friend's for lunch; thank you Sasha for the delicious pesto pasta salad and divine chocolate! How decadent today turned out to be. Such a treat.

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This Evening's Sunset

What is it they say? Red sky at night, shepherd's delight! I just love this tree; apparently its a Canadian pine tree and very few remain in Jersey so I count myself lucky to be able to gaze at this from my garden. It provides an ever-changing silouette depending on the weather and seasons...