Friends of Mine

So I've become one of those people that fell off the blogosphere. But I'm back. And I'm staying here.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks and things were just too hard to keep up with. I didn't even get to any of my 87 loads of laundry, let alone a blog entry. I'm working three days a week (how oh how do you full-time working mums do it?) and between that, kinder runs and then school holidays and making the family calendar work with not one but two nurses (AKA shift workers) in the family, life is chaotic. We're finding our way though and I feel myself finding a new normal. One where the house stays a little messier than usual and dinner is whatever there is time to make.

You know what though, I miss blogging. It's only been two weeks (almost) and I have missed having a creative outlet in which to unwind. Writing, to me, is a nice thing to do. I don't have time to edit and think about what or how I write so you get it as it flows from my mind but that works for me. It seemed to work for others too as to my surprise people were reading. If you are doing that again now, thank you for sticking by me. Now that I know I miss it, I'm going to keep this regular from now on.

Do I have much to write about today? Well, there are a few things but it's 11:51pm and time is of the essence. Jeremy is on day four of six in a row and I'm pretty sure he'd be a up for a catch up chat when I get of the mac. We're like passing ships these days and of course I miss him :( I almost cried for him last night knowing he had to get up at 6am for an early start (after not getting home from the hospital until 11pm last night). Poor thing :(

So, with little time, I'll leave you with a few pics taken when I went out for a girls' brunch yesterday morning. We tried a new cafe called Friends of Mine in Richmond. It was a non-baby-shower for a lovely friend who didn't want a true shower. So, no gifts, no games, no (ok, not much) baby talk and just some close girlfriends chatting over a yummy breakfast.

This place was so good that I have to spread the word. Truly worth the wait to get in! Thankfully I'd heard this would be the case and arrived half an hour before our party of nine so that I could reserve a table (and that's not nearly as selfless as it sounds - Mums, does half an hour ALONE with the newspaper sound like anything difficult?!?!). So, while I wish they did take bookings (kind of annoying but I get it), the time was well used and appreciated.

No time for a full review so I'll just say this. They get it.. their formula (whatever that might be) works. Amazing food, pleasant & nice but yet not over the top service (just as I like it), unbelievable presentation, little touches that just add to the whole experience, reasonable prices. To me, it had a real feeling of being that little bit special but still so real. A lot of cafes I go to try for that but it doesn't work (truthfully, they try too hard). Go for yourself and you'll know what I mean!