The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
Katy and I had some people over for drinks and nibbles. We had work friends, school friends and neighbours over for a little afternoon informal get together that included 2.5l of homemade mulled wine, 1.5l of mulled apple juice, Katy’s homemade mincemeat pies and tons of cheese, veg and dips. All totaled, we were 18 adults and 12 kids. Impressive for our flat.
Jeminie was over for the weekend. I think she could learn to live in Switzerland, considering that she pretty much said “this is heaven” at every meal :) She liked the Swiss wine, the charcuterie, the raclette (omg did she love the raclette!) and the chasse. I think we have a convert.
We’re celebrating Bean’s birthday and having an early Christmas meal while Nana’s here. We had turkey, ham, stuffed guinea fowl legs, braised red cabbage, brussels, spaetzli, roasted potatoes and gravy.
It’s Sunday. I’m cooking a Ben birthday / mom early Christmas feast and listening to the music of my teen years:
“She Sells Sanctuary” ̵ The Cult
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance” ̵ Tom Petty
“Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” ̵ Green Day
“Losing My Religion” ̵ R.E.M
“Sweet Emotion” – Aerosmith
“Under Pressure” ̵ Queen/David Bowie
“Black Hole Sun” ̵ Soundgarden
“Highway To Hell” ̵ AC/DC
“Run Like Hell” ̵ Pink Floyd
“Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” ̵ The Police
“Kashmir” ̵ Led Zeppelin
“We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions” ̵ Queen
“No Rain” ̵ Blind Melon
“You Shook Me All Night Long” ̵ AC/DC
“Money” ̵ Pink Floyd
“Young Americans” ̵ David Bowie
Bean just ran his first 2.5k race! He’s now celebrating with a raclette and a cup of tea.
Jennifer, Katy and Nana, finishing their 5k run with Bean cheering on.
On my way home last night, I did a silly thing and forgot my keys at the office. No big deal.
Today, as we dropped off the car to get its two-year service, Katy left her house keys with the car keys. No big deal.
After taking the bus/train back home, we realised that neither of us had keys to get into the house. Oops.
My sensible plan to work from home today got locked out. So Katy and I had a impromptu date day.
So the kiddies in our building went around the flats tonight. If you consider that the building has 3 sections of 5 floors, with roughly 4 flats per floor, that’s a fairly dense hunting ground for sweeties.
The Swiss, bless their little cotton socks, are only really starting to get into the spirit of Halloween. Must be the influence of all the bloody foreigners :) They see nothing wrong with giving out loose sweets from a big bag, an open packet of tic-tacs or a box of ricola cough lozenges. It’s the thought that counts, but it makes my inner north-american cringe.
Bean wanted a pumpkin carved into a cat. We got a picture off the internet that Katy freehanded. It got a lot of love from the crowd.
The oldies are flying back to the UK and we’re back to the usual daily routine (but not late, for a change )
Katy ran her second official 10K run this weekend, the Lausanne marathon:
She did her personal best, improving on her London time. Yaaaaay!
After that, we all went to the Olympic museum. We’d tried to go on Friday, but the timing didn’t work out so we managed to get it done today.
We finished the day by having a celebratory Keriche and burger at the Brasseurs.
Good meal. Tired now :)
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/musee_olympique_oct_2016/
