2012 Memories
- Meeting in Kiribili pub (I forgot to pay for the drinks, talking for ages, driving her home.)
- Breakfast in Waverton and taking Dani home to meet Mack.
- Our first big date, going to a fancy restaurant for scollops. Apple cider exploding. Holding her when we shared an umbrella.
- Going roller-blading and holding hands for first time, then going to cinema to watch Prometheus and eating at Nando's.
- Friday night dancing steps
- Govindas (Marigold Hotel) - and holding hands.
- My first time at Cremorne Orpheum to watch The Sapphires.
- Our first kiss after watching Alien and Aliens. She laughed!
- Sending flowers to her work day after. "Hope your day is as radiant as your smile."
- Sydney Olympic park to watch The Footie. (end Jun)
- 2 Creeks Hike - then Mexican restaurant. (end June)
- Dee Why while Dani house sitting Natalie's house (Jul)
- Writing Dani a letter.
- Chorus Line
- To Natalie and Andrew for lamb dinner and having so much in common with Zac.
- Whale watching (Aug)
- Walks around Sydney along coast (fortifications & nude swim, Middle Head)
- Ice skating at UTS (Aug)
- Evening with Brendan
- Blue Mountains weekend away (key in the dark, two hikes, Italian restaurant, Leura) (Aug)
- Her letter to me before South Africa.
- Texts while I was in South Africa plus Skype chat.
- Dani's 40th - picnic at the park in Kirribilli.
- Zac's birthday dinner - meeting her mum and dad.
- Fancy dress in Blue Mountains for Dani's 40th - and walking.
- Frisbee in the park
- Radical Reels (Nov)
- Matthias Klum for my birthday. (Dec)
- Getting Xmas presents for her family (mum & dad a book, chocolates for Andrew & Natalie, helicopter for Zac, toy for Sally)
- Her wonderful Xmas gift of a slow cooker.
- Our roadtrip (Farm, birds, Waterfall Way, Cathedral Rock, Koala place, Dubbo, NY eve, Mudgee)
2013 memories
- Dragon boat racing
- Flowers "Just because" She Facebooked it.
- Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad
- Getting me into Walking Dead
- University student art exhibit (Mar)
- Showing me old photos (Cambridge)
- Hunter Valley (Mar)
- Ocean Festival (Mar)
- To Shelly Beach for snorkelling.
- Port Stephens (Apr)
- Shopping for DVD.
- Shopping for clothes.
- Into the city for Chinese - wrong park!
- Sailing on the harbour (Apr)
- Kayaking Clontarf to Manly and trying out Honu (Apr)
- Sirius Cove with Mack (Apr)
- To pub in Mosman with friends for birthday.
- Banff Mountain Festival (May)
- To friends for dinner (chef) (Jun)
Rituals
- Doing my little dance before bed
- Evening texts
- Paddling on Saturday mornings
- Phoning after paddling to decide what we'd do
- A big hug when we greeted
- Greeting her at her door to her apartment
- Macedamian nuts on her table and the crusher
- Driving her to station in morning (before work)
- Watching her get dressed (always up first)
- Showering together
- Thai take-away
- Washing up by rinsing and leaving.
- Mocha and newspaper in bed on a Saturday morning
- Saturday markets (Paddy, Kirribilli)
- Couch surfing (reclining), watching TV, hand on leg
- Finding parking outside her house (often difficult)
- Mocha - mutual love
- Listening to work updates (Mark) and giving support.
- Listening to paddling politics.
Things I loved about her
- Holding hands in movies
- Hand on leg in movie, car
- Love of all things French
- Sporty and her sporty clothes
- Love of Science fiction, disaster and apocolyptic movies
- I'll have to do my happy, happy, joy, joy booty shaking victory dance!
- Her lovely bottom
- Sportiness and sporty clothes
- Her wonder for wildlife, especially whales, dolphins, penguins
- Love for paddling (her meditation)
- Her belief in girl power
- Sentimentality (still had everything in her cupboard, including her soft toys)
- All her medals and necklaces
- Pride in her car - scared to park in roofed parking
- Her lovely smelling hair
- Her love of hugs
- Playing with Sally.
- The way spoke about friend's babies.
- How amazing she looked when dressed up.
- Unexpectedly stabbing my mouth with her tongue when kissing
- The thoughts that went into her gifts (to me, Xmas presents for the family)
- Fear of creepy children and clowns (in movies)
Expressions
- G-lishious
- G-Force, Delilah
- Oooh, La lah!
- Woo hoo!!
- Giddy Up
- Ending texts with "hugs"
- "You're so funny" (with my navigation)
- How was your day?
- Mmmmmm.
Cinema
- The Marigold Hotel
- The Saphires
- Radical Reels
- Banff Mountain festival
- Contiki
- Les Miserables
- Ocean Festival
- Life of Pi
- Samsara
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Argo
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Prometheus
- Skyfall
- The Great Gatsby
- Beasts of the Southern Wilds (director was there!!)
- The Hobbit
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
DVD's
- Breaking Bad (S 1- 4)
- Funny Face
- Game of Thrones (S1 - 3)
- Jack Reacher
- Limitless
- Looper
- Pretty Woman
- Ruby Spark
- Searching for Sugarman
- Second World
- The Apartment
- Vertigo
- Welcome
- 21 Jump Street
- Drive
- Hall Pass
- Hunger Games
- Man on a Ledge
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- This Means War
- The Five Year Engagement
- The Hunger Games
- The Separation (Iranian)
Restaurants
- Fancy restaurant (Scollops)
- Thai restaurant (hers)
- Nandos (Chatswood, Neutral Bay)
- Mexican (Two Creeks)
- Italian (Blue Mountains, both trips)
- Chinese (Blue Mountains)
- Pizza (Blue Mountains)
- Hunter Valley (desserts)
- Hunter Valley (pizza)
- Nepalese
- Spanish Tapas
- Radio Cairo (then to 80's party)
- Into the city for Chinese - wrong park!
- Thai (Neutral Bay)
- Thai (Waverton)
- French (Anniversary)
Cooking
- Tiramisu
- Belgian Waffles
- Her delicious Irish stew from her deep bowls.
- Lamb we made for Xmas
- Roast beef with garlic pushed in.
- Cooking for her (steak, Ossu Buccu, dinner party with Sue and Alex, spag bol)
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