It's been a while....

Since I blogged last but that is because I've been super busy. Actually I've been on holiday for the past week and got to do a touristy thing in Sydney last Wednesday..... I completed the Skywalk challenge!

It's not really a challenge but I guess people who don't like heights would find it a challenge to look through the glass floor while you feel the wind in your hair. It was sooooo cool!
I've been up the tower twice before but only ever to the observation deck as the Skywalk wasn't open back then. The observation deck is pretty good, you get nice views of the harbour and surrounding suburbs of Sydney but the Skywalk is so much better. Rather than looking out through the glass you actually go another floor up and walk along the outside. It's not as scary as it sounds as you are harnesed and attached to a guide rail as well as there being a glass and metal wall to surround you outside. I felt perfectly safe and was more than happy to jump on the glass floor as we were told to. Only problem was I coulddn't jump to much as the harness kept rubbing the sunburn on my neck and caused be to have a huge horrible blister for a few days. But all in all the Skywalk is excellent and I'm now a member of the Skywalk club which entitles me to a free walk if I go with someone who is paying. This means that Mr M and I can go BOGOF! Excellent! Have to plan to do a night walk now.

Mr M's Neice was over for a few days so we took time off work. Monday was spent up at the Blue Mountains which is a lovely place. Tuesday we did the Bondi to Coogee walk, a nice coastal walk and we had lovely weather although my factor 30+ still didn't stop me getting sunburnt but it wasn't too bad. Wednesday we did the Skywalk and went to the Opera House in the evening to watch La Traviata which was a superb production. Thursday we walked around The Rocks and went to Susannah Place Museum which told us the story of The Rocks from early settlers to near enough present day.
Neice left Thursday afternoon so Friday we managed to go shopping and spent the weekend chilling before going back to work on Monday.

The Saturday before we had had a party in the house so it was nice to have a relaxing weekend. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the party, it was lovely to finally have friends around as we'd been talking about it for so long. It was a really good night and I think that everyone enjoyed themselves. Nobody went home feeling hungry which is a good sign and most people staggered out of the front door, yet another good sign! As well as doing the usual nuts and crisps for snacks I was also a little more creative and cooked Devilled Eggs which we a huge success as were the red capsicum Pin Wheels. The Jalepeno ones were just as good but being very spicy they were for a selective palate.

If anyone is interested ( I had a few people ask at the party) here are the recipes:

Devilled Eggs
12 Eggs
Mayonaise
Hot Mustard
Dash of Worcester Sauce
Dash of Milk
I haven't put the quanities as I myself didn't follow the recipe I had exactly and instead mixed to my own taste. I did only use one teaspoon of Mustard but if you like it hotter you could add more. Also with the Mayonaise it again depends on taste, I think I must have put about a table spoon in the mixture.
Method
Boil 12 eggs so that they are hard boiled. Shell and cut lengthways.
Scoop out yolks into a bowl and mash with a fork and mix with other ingredients.
Either spoon or use a piping bag to put yolk mixture back into egg halves.
Refrigerate and serve chilled.

Pin Wheels
6 Tortillas
1/2 tub of Sour Cream
1/2 tub of Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Small Brown Onion finely diced
2 Garic cloves crushed
Grated Chedder Cheese
Red Capsicum diced (pepper in UK) or any other filling of your choice.
Method
In a bowl mix together the Sour Cream, Philadelphia, Onion, Garlic and Capsicum.
Spoon mixture onto a Tortilla and spread using the back of the spoon.
Sprinkle grated Cheddar Cheese over mixture and roll the Tortilla.
Do the same for the rest of the Tortilla's. Then roll them up in Glad Wrap (Cling film) individually and place in fridge overnight.
Unwrap, cut into slices and serve.

Enjoy!