Today’s a busy day: The boss is back from India with loads of gifts, and stories to share. So it’s no more aimless faffing on google for me! But I found this quote, made it look pretty and am now sharing it with you; in the hopes that your Monday is filled with good ideas. And if it is, why not share them.

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Ok so after much deliberation I decided that maybe I should try and have at least 1 Resolution for this year. Up until now I’ve been pretty clueless as to what that resolution could be, and whether I can keep it going for a whole year. But then, scrolling through one of my favourite blogs I found these.

Aren’t they too cute for words? And they look so simple to do.

So I figured, seeing as though I’m what we like to call a “creative” soul, surely I can put that talent to use in the kitchen? And it’ll definitely be something that I’ll keep up … cos you know, a girl’s gotta eat every now and then.

Ok … so I resolve to make something deliciously creative and scrumptiously gorgeous every Sunday. Whether it’s Shortbread cookies with a twist, or Fois Gras drizzled in a Guniper Berry reduction sprinkled with a humble dash of Saffron - I will cook. And I will cook well. Or at least I’ll try really really hard to cook well.

Generally I do enjoy cooking. You know, dinner and stuff. I like to be a bit adventurous too, by making up the recipes as I go. It’s just the whole rigmarole of deciding what to cook that gets to me. And while that’s where the creativity is meant to come in, I just don’t have the time during the evenings to put together some gourmet dish. Or attempt a gourmet dish for that matter. Hence the reason for the Sunday cook-a-thon. I think it’ll be fun. And now I’m going to rake through the internet to find my top 3 favourite cookey websites from which I will steal recipes for the next 12 months.

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My tummy is excited.

Pics courtesy of emmajanenation.com

Well hello there!

Welcome back from the break – and my my my, what a wonderful break it has been.

It’s the first day back at work today – things are pretty quiet and slow, which suits me just fine. It gives me time to get a few things in order.

*            I need to get used to the fact that it’s no longer -15 degrees outside

*            I also need to get used to the fact that it’s 30 degrees outside and you can catch a tan just by walking to your car

*            I haven’t even given my New Year’s Resolutions any thought at all. Really need to write that list, stick it up on the fridge, and ignore it for the next 358 days

 *            I need to document the wonderful winter holiday I just had. I tried to blog a bit while we were stuck between buses, or waiting for planes, trams, trains and taxis to arrive, but in the end I just got the moer in because, well, I’m all thumbs when it comes to the touch screen on my iPod touch. So while what I was writing made perfect sense in my head, in print, it looked like … well, French actually. So I’ll try again … and I’ll try do it in a week so that it doesn’t come in dribs and drabs.

*            It’s time to get wedding-crazeeeeeee. I need to pop off to the stationary store, purchase all their A1 paper, cover my study walls in it and get doodling, scrap booking, crafting, sketching, planning, plotting, organizing and dreaming … I’ve let it sit in the back of my head since October last year, but now I “resolve” (if I must resolve to do anything for the New Year) to get going on what will hopefully be the biggest party I’ll ever throw! YAY. I’m so excited for me.

*            Lunch ... I need to go make it. I’m so happy to be back to eating fresh foods and lots of meat again. While France was magical; a baguette a day, coupled with red wine bottles, cubes of cheese and other delightfully unhealthy, deliciously tasting stuff that I don’t know how to pronounce may have taken its toll on my insides. And my outsides! But hey, who expects to eat tartiflette (gorgonzola cheese type of potato bake – OMG!!!)  on a pizza and get away with it. But I guess that’s why they call it a holiday, right?

Ok I’m off to eat my salad. Nom nom.

More to come later.

Enjoy your week lovely peeps.

I’m hoping lots of exciting things will happen here in 2011!

 Because it’s my last day at work today I thought I’d be totally classless and put some random, but rather amusing things up, for people to have a giggle at.

My best is the Leo one - it's totally lame, but so is my attempt at being productive today!

How clever, and thoughtful, is my friend the photographer.

He sent me this AWESOME link which will help me make these beautiful shoes that I raved about a while back.

I’m so excited I could just wee a rainbow!

Thanks Dyltog 

Et Voila!

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After I posted the image below of the MTN Jazz Festival poster, it reminded me about all those Jazz Posters my dad used to have hanging up in his office while we were growing up. Well no, that's a lie. It didn't. But that's only because it looks nothing like one of those jazz posters I remember from my youth.

Jupiter Drawing Room really could have done a better job on this poster, me thinks. There’s so much colour and life and vibrancy in Jazz and this should definitely be portrayed in their promotional artwork?! I understand having to keep with the yellow corporate MTN colour palette – but there was definitely a missed opportunity here. (Listen to me sounding all ad-guru-like. Ha, why the heck not!)

Pity, because look how great these all are:

Anyone like Jazz?

Oooh I do, I do!

So maybe you’ll pop on down to Hazelmere Dam this Boxing Day for the 6^th annual Jazz Festival hosted by MTN?

It’s gonna be cool, it’s gonna be groovy … and it’s gonna be full of really cool, groovy musicians and music lovers alike.

I’m so wishing I was going to it. There’ll be plenty of Afro Jazz, Afro Pop and Smooth Jazz. And there’s just something about jazz that makes you come alive. It’s a genre of music that doesn’t need words to speak to your soul. It moves your entire body and is such a powerful force - in a happy, hallelujah praise the inventors of the cello kinda way.

What a nice way to wind down after the mad rush of Christmas, while still keeping yourself festive for the New Year Bash on the near horizon.