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"
