I was in bed ready to just go to sleep and pretend that I didnt turn 50 today but then I really wanted to have a record of this momentous occassion!
I have many comments to make and I have thought long and hard about what I might say about this turn of events but I will leave it for later when I have been 50 for a day or two but lets face it what I will have to say will not really differ from what I feel right now!
But I will say this – I am happy!
I’m not going to admit to a belated happy Xmas or even a belated merry Xmas I am just going to wish you all a very happy – magnificent even – Boxing Day.
I was pretty busy yesterday cooking stuffing, lighting the webber, stuffing the turkey, carving the ham, opening presents, opening champagne, cooking the turkey, playing with the kids, hugging the wife, eating, drinking, playing some more and generally being merry with my very beautiful family. It was a wonderful day. We were joined by Jack (Elise’s boyfriend) in the evening and had a lovely evening.
I did manage to send out Xmas wishes via my 4 face book pages (really I need to have four???) and over twitter so I felt like I covered as much as I could on the day.
A lot has changed in my life over the last 6 months – changed for good – in fact changed for all of us here under the Mercurio house hold roof (a new one too as we moved again in November) so having a solid Xmas day together just the five of us was really important. Erin’s boyfriend Jordy popped over for an hour of present exchanging in the morning and probably some lip locking (see what I mean about change?) For the rest of the day the five of us had a really special day just sharing time and space with each other.
So we had a lovely Xmas together, we all just embraced it and held on to it as we all know not where or what each of us will be doing next year because change is in the air.
Merry Boxing Day!
xo
So starting from today I have been married to my wonderful wife Andrea for 25 years! Yes I count myself very lucky – lucky to have met her, lucky to have married her, lucky to have forged the relationship I have with her, lucky to have made three beautiful daughters with her and lucky to know we will be continuing on with our lifes journey together well into the future.
I take nothing for granted, we have had our ups and downs, our highs and lows, our good days and our bad days but over all life with Andrea is blessed. She is a wonderful friend, lover, confidant, mother and soul mate.
We have already stepped into the next 25 years and so far so good!
Thank you sweetheart – I love you.
Not the final yet but getting very close!!!
these are some labels in concept form for my condiment range.
Via Liz
Campers got a break from the barbie yesterday when they were treated to a home-cooked meal courtesy of Dancing with the Stars judge Paul Mercurio.
The Strictly Ballroom star was in town filming his Channel 7 cooking show, Mercurio’s Menu, which focuses on regional cuisine.
Read the rest and see the pic at the Geelong Advertiser.
Liza sent along this gallery for the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture finalists. You may recognize a couple familiar faces in the subjects!
PEOPLE still ask Paul Mercurio about Strictly Ballroom, the hugely successful 1992 Baz Luhrmann film that made the suave former Sydney Dance Company star a household name.
But these days it’s food rather than acting or dancing that’s dominating his life.
His interest in food stretches back to his time as a 16-year-old head chef at a Red Rooster restaurant. “Basically I was the young bloke who gets paid $1.40 an hour to cook and clean everything. I worked hard and when I was 17 I’d earned enough money to buy my own motorbike.”
…read the rest and see a great picture at The Australian
