here we go, a great meeting and just like old times

ahhhhh here we go again..... running around like crazy people finding last minute solutions to last minute problems.... but it turns out, I kinda like it ......

a meeting with a like-minded person, and a positive outlook..... makes all the difference in the world

10pm building skate ramps and eating take out pizza...... reminds me of the good old days of extreme weekends, where life was a bit simpler and had a whole lot of fun in it.... need to remember that

better, chocolate and lovely words

turns out that getting bad news is a lot better than waiting for bad news

sometimes all that will do is chocolate, and today that came in the form of leftover chocolate crackle cakes

my husband posted some lovely words on facebook that made me feel all warm and fuzzy

tweet tweet tweet, paper stacking and lovely evening alone

a busy, crazy day ended with a quiet moment at home listening to the birds tweet tweet tweeting

stacking piles of paper and getting things unjumbled gives me a feeling of calm and contentment

a lovely zen evening alone, with a simple dinner, a glass of wine and a book

chocolate crackles, yum yum campanile and sleeeeeeep

I've said it before and I'll say it again.... the french can make pretty much anything taste more delicious than you could imagine..... and the chocolate crackle cakes a perfect example of this...

after a long and kinda boring days driving, I pull up to the Campanile hotel in St Malo, and sit straight down to a super delicious dinner.... who knew a chain hotel could have such a good restaurant ( a bottle of perrier, steak haché with potato blinis, chorizo, chevre and a green salad, then dark chocolate mousse with a white chocolate ganache for €13.50 !!!)

a hotel bed looks soooo much better if you've been driving for 7 hours and you're about to fall into it

running again, picnic at the lake and catching up with friends

early morning run around the lake makes me very happy indeed and leaves me buzzing all day (and with slightly aching calves !)

once Jeff has finished work, we pack up a picnic full of yummy leftovers, head to the lake and celebrate our easter weekend in style. We haven't had a whole lot of time together, but doing stuff like this makes the time we do have even more special

what was supposed to be a cruisy early night turned into a pretty late one, but that was ok because we got to catch up with some great friends and I finally got to hang out with one of our good friends' girlfriends, who I had heard so much about but never actually met !

a brand I love, Napoli dinner and being tucked in

so there is this new (ish) brand called South West, based of course in the SW, and I freaking love it.... super cute tees and vest tops and emits a real feeling of pride for those who live in this awesome town called Hossegor :)

Jeff and I had dinner at the Napoli tonight..... it was busy, we were hungry and we had a tonne of laughs.... and perhaps a little too much rosé...

my husband really looks after me...... if he ever feels like catching up with the boys, then he insists on taking me home and tucking me into bed before he heads back out again..... might sound silly to some, but I love it

new appliances, salsa and good times at La Paloumere

phew.... after a few days realising that life without a fridge is actually pretty hard work, we now have a new fridge AND a food processor !!!

ha ha so the new food processor meant that I could throw a whole load of ingredients in, give it a whizz and have some delicious salsa to go with our aperitif

does every girl have some sort of guilty pleasure in pulling off a domestic goddess day ? laundry done, new fridge in, apartment clean, dinner cooked and work finished..... ahhhh time to relax have a super fun dinner with Claire & Jeffo