Merry Christmas, a couple of days late, but what the heck!!

Happy Jesus' Birthday, Merry Christmas.

Christmas once again, how fast they swing by. I should back track a little, and fill you all in on a few details of events past. The work lunchtime Christmas party was held on the 21st. The Valiant crew took up most of one entire Tram, three Restaurant Trams ran at the same time. Food was great, expertly cooked on board, alcohol flowed and a damn fine time was had by all, it's just a shame they only had Johnny Walker Whiskey and Slate Bourbon, Alas, Jameson triple distilled Irish Whiskey was not there. Lucky for me there was some at home for later...

The next few days were spent dealing with furniture for Chanel 7 and the worlds media at the Aust Open. The plan was to knock off around mid day on Christmas eve, but alas due to someones bungling, we Valiant workers didn't get to finish until 4.30pm, then I had an after hours job at 6pm, yay, the overtime.

Christmas day, pigged out on smoked salmon, bacon and eggs for breakfast, Chili Prawn Pasta for me and a Super Prawn Cocktail for my Lovely at lunch time, and for dinner, Salmon Steaks, Japanese style vegies with a Soy Ginger reduction that I worked out how to make after having it on the Tram Resturant. During the day I had made a Fruity Cobbler and a good portion of this was devoured with custard as our evening desert. Fat and Full. And to make sure we had plenty of treats, I also made another Lemon and Lime Cheese Cake. Boxing Day rolls around and I have a 6.30am delivery job at Melbourne Central in the city and a 9am pick up at the Myer Music Bowl. My Lovely comes along to offer her support and give a helping hand. First job goes in like a dream, job done in 30 minutes. A small amount of loitering and then we rock up early for the bump out at MMB. Easy, finished by 8.50am. And the best thing is it's Triple Time. 12 hours pay for less than an hour of actual work. Definitely a favorite thing. Home for more smoked salmon, aka Gravlax, a few BBQ'd prawns for lunch, then a whole Snapper stuffed with lemon and Chinese vegies, wrapped in foil and BBQ'd, served with BBQ'd marinated Peach and Nectarine slices. Reheated Fruity Cobbler drowned in custard for desert.

And finally here we are at Monday, today. Nothing happening today, no plans, no commitments. Up at em and starting the day with the Works Omelets. Then I turn our home grown plums into 8 jars of plum jam. This activity takes up most of the morning. For lunch, more prawns are cooked on the BBQ. Garlic, Basil and Cracked Pepper for my Lovely and Japanese Soy, Hot Chili and Sweet Chili Prawns for me. Oh yum, these were divine. Later on after a beer or two and a splash of Jamesons Irish Whiskey. Dinner was Chicken Breast Strips with Mango Salsa on Lettuce and Crutons... Fuck yeah.. And to finish it all off I'm about to have some French Vanila Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce. Food, food and more food, lazy days and getting fat. That's what the Christmas break is all about, and oh yeah... Happy birthday baby Jesus.