Lizzy

Friendship and flirtations

• Invited around for Beef Stir Fry dinner for two and having a lovely evening.  For me, where the attraction started
• Lizzy's 40 th birthday party - where I caused a great deal of mirth by mentioning my past varicocele
• Meeting at the park with Jem, the opportunist, and Mack, the demented ball demon
• Clontarf Beach outings – taking action shots of Jem and picnicking 
• Food with a surprise zing - always look out for the chili when Lizzy is around!
• Trying her risotto and couscous salad. Delicious they are
• Our mutual love of good ice cream, Appletiser and chocolate
• Finding parking wherever Lizzy goes! What a talent she has!
• My first dinner with  Lizzy and Kelly – with (unsuccessful attempts) to dispel my nurse fantasies
• Great movies at the cinema – The King’s Speech, True Grit, Black Swan and Hereafter
• Swigging tiser like alkis at the cinema!
• Lizzy in her gorgeous dress at Sanjay’s dinner party
• A dinner for two where I tried out my "secret peppercorn sauce" on steak - a great success!
• Desperately trying to “gear down” – but saying it anyway!
• Our first theatre show: Good Cop, Bad Cop with a nice curry dinner before
• My introduction to Gay Time – don’t worry, I haven’t turned yet!
• Mack and Jem playing happily together and Mack trying to hump Jem's head!
• Tennis – with some great rallies
• Sharing quotes that are special to us
• Thoughts, songs and videos emailed during Lizzy's extended “lunch hour” – what a multi-tasker she is!
• Driving to her driving test and our mutual delight when she passed
• Our picnic in Brennan park and some interesting disclosures on both sides!
• Iced Milo and Milo on ice cream – yum!
• Pig snouts for the boys
• Sharing experiences about our most difficult times – and being able to relate . Kindred spirits
• Introducing me to “The Body” – what a beautiful story
• Lots of witty and subtly flirtatious text messages – with some great "rallies"

Our relationship

• Our first scrabble battle 
• Our cooking class – especially my apron and the ectoplasm sauce!
• Shopping together for cooking class ingredients.  Thanks to Lizzy's expert "finding", it takes a quarter of the time I'd take
• Clothes shopping
• Geronimo !!!!  
• My "Love Pug" valentines card
• Giving Lizzy a journal with memory highlights written in it 
• Mack peeking from under the pillow
• Watching Black Adder and Black Books on DVD for some great laughs
• Breakfasts of croissants and luxury yoghurt
• Starting to read Lizzy's journals and discovering Michael Lunig
• Great DVD's we have seen together: Crazy Heart
• Good movies we've seen at the cinema:  Unknown, The Adjustment Bureau, The Fighter
• Visiting the Mardi Gras Fair
• Watching the musical: "The Jersey Boys"