Tails’ Blography

So after showing you pics of my making flapjacks, its only fair I show you the results

Dont you just hate it when you run out of time/energy/steam to blog about stuff that’s happened. And then by the time you’ve got around to blogging about it, it seems like unimportant news. Well I do, but nontheless I shall blog anyway!

For my mom’s birthday last week, aside from treating her to a sushi dinner, we took a trip to Fairview to do some cheese and wine tasting. Earlier in the week I phoned through and upgraded our vouchers from the regular tasting to the Beryl Back Tasting Room (R60pp) which was well worth the money!

Beryl Back Tasting Room

Inside the glass room, we were served our tray of 7 cheeses, and we were each given a menu with our selection of tasting wines inside. We were also served some homemade bread and a selection of three olive oils to eat during our tasting. Our wine guide poured us each a tasting glass of wine, starting with the whites, and then proceeded to explain how it was made, what made the wine special and what we were to try and taste. It was quite complicated so I wont go into it here, but it was very interesting. He then left us to enjoy the wine with our cheese that was paired with that wine. This went on for the next 2 and a half hours until all the wines were tasted (8 of them) and all the cheese was finished.

Our cheese platter

Chees….er, Cheers!

Patrick, our Wine Guide

While we were there, our guide came up to our table and informed us that the girl pacing around outside on her cellphone had just been proposed to, and when her and her fiance came inside could we please all applaud. This made me smile as it brought all the memories back from my engagement…ah the warm fuzzies!

After our tasting, my sister bought some wine she had enjoyed and my mom bought us each some cheese (I loved the Crottin cheese!). We then went off to look at the grounds, poke our fingers at the Koi to nibble on, and then made our way to the restaurant for a quick cuppa before they closed (and I, after craving this for weeks, finally sated myself with Baked Cheesecake…yum!).

This artwork is made of random items made from iron (coat hook, pitchfork, etc)

Koi nibbling…

By that time, it was nearly 5pm and closing time, so we watched the goats in their Goat Tower (pics below) and then made the long (ok, not that long) trip home.

The Goat Tower (yes, they sleep in there!)

Nomnomnom

Goat

Today was my dad’s birthday and what a stunningly beautiful day it was!! The sun was out, as it was yesterday, only today there was no wind and it was just gorgeous!

Mom and dad came out to dinner with me last night to sushi (a whole ‘nother post!) and today was spent working and relaxing.

Dad’s gift from me is still a secret (never know if he’s reading haha) since it’s a little late, but no doubt he’ll love it! So on that note, happy birthday, dad!!! I love you lots!

(sorry its a short blog, but I’m uber tired from last night’s dinner – I’m off to sleep! I’ll fix the overlapping image tomorrow!)

Today is muh birfday!!! I’m officially 26 years old! *big smile*

I’ve been so blessed today, its not even 9am and I’ve been wished via sms and Facebook already by so many people! Its great! As you can guess, I’m one of these people who get all silly when its my birthday and I love it!

I’ve been so spoilt by my boyfriend, who already bought me The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition, as on Saturday he treated me to a Egg & Sausage McMuffin Meal which I was craving, and then he took me to pick out a new pot for my Delicious Monster (also known as a swiss cheese plant) who was getting far too big for his tiny pot haha. I’m so pleased with it! I’ll take pics soon and upload, I promise, since it also crosses off one of my 101 in 1001 items.

Tonight I’m celebrating at a sushi place that serves all-you-can-eat sushi…with no limitations! All for R120! At most all-you-can-eat places, they say “no nigiri, no sashimi, no salmon roses, no handrolls, no no no” but here, anything goes! Last time I went, my first plate tallied up to R145 hehe and in total I ate R465 worth of sushi (yes, I eat a lot!). Deeeeevine! I’m looking forward to enjoying dinner with my friends and family and I hope Daleen and her hubby (who are in CT for a few days!) will enjoy it too!

So, check out the new poll and ‘vote’, and please forgive my self indulgence today…I only get like this once a year! Hehe!

Mom with Monty and Light on the evening of the Carriage Ride

It’s my mom’s birthday today! Happy birthday, mom!! Love you lots and lots!! May your day be as special as you are and may the year ahead be better than ever before!