In the past few years I have taken to collecting fridge magnets.

They make nice little souvenirs of all the lovely places I have been lucky enough to visit since meeting Geoff.

They take up no room in my house and are easy to carry home.

I have already got a Les Gets one from the summer,so today I bought myself two winter ones.

I was amazed at the price of these fridge magnets, almost 10 Euro, so maybe the most expensive ones I have ever bought.

Worth the money though as they will bring me hours of pleasure.

Now I wonder where the next fridge magnet will come from 🙂

Thierry always gives me nice girlie skis.

Today he had sorted me out one pink ski and one purple ski, to match my jacket so I thought.

But I was wrong, he told me they are especially for Blondes, Pink for left …purple for right.

Maybe he wont get the litre bottle of Jameson whiskey I bought over for him 🙂

You wont miss me on the slopes at Les Gets.

Just hope I can remember how to ski now I look like a skier.

flight leaves Stansted at midday tomorrow.

Keep a look out for photos

Thanks to a recipe I was given by my friend Caity .

This years Christmas Nut Roast was a huge success and even though I say so myself the best I have ever tasted.

It had the most perfect texture with just the right amount of nuts seeds and mushrooms.

My Homemade Cranberry sauce was ok but nothing special and a bit tart for my liking, so I will be trying another recipe this year 🙂

The Turkey and Trimmings was the best I have ever cooked and well enjoyed by everyone.

The Failure was Homemade Ginger fudge.

I so wanted to make this as a surprise for Geoff but after 3 attempts and badly burning a saucepan, I gave up trying. 🙁

I have a sugar thermometer so I expected it to be easy but I think I was not patient enough.

My baby is 18 today 🙂

So I am taking  both my boys and Geoff out for lunch 🙂

After seeing the New Year in with friends down in London.

We drove back to Cambridge so we could do our New Years day swim in the Cam.

The water was about 2 deg but that did not stop at least 20 people turning up for a swim.

We then warmed ourselves round the fire with hot mulled wine and some of my Raspberry Gin.

A great start to 2010.

Some people don’t like surprises but I have to admit that I do like them.

Although the surprise I had on Christmas day did almost give me a heart attack .

I had many fantastic gifts and felt emotional anyway, as I am always touched by how thoughtful and kind people can be.

Then I was given an unexpected gift and was told this was my real gift.

I could not have even began to imagine what it was and as I opened it I was squealing and crying in amazement, even writing this is bringing tears to my eyes.

My gift ….. a 13 inch Mac book 🙂

I am home now and it connected to the internet instantly

Skype is so sharp and clear

Daily mugshot works

It has a whole 7 hour battery life

Basically it just works and I know everyone will sigh with relieve when they hear BBC IPlayer streams perfect.

Thank you is not enough but I hope Geoff knows how very grateful I am for this wonderful gift.

He even picked the perfect purple case for it 🙂

As well as new walking gloves I was lucky enough to get some new ski gloves from my boys 🙂

My new gloves match my great new ski Jacket that I got from Geoff.

So when I go skiing in 3 weeks time I will really look the part 🙂

All I need now is good snow and weather conditions in Les Gets.