This weekend has seen London experience some of its finest sunshine this year. We celebrated by spending some quality time with our mate Jaimee for her birthday on Friday. We enjoyed a fine meal at The Skylon restaurant as we watched the sunset on Friday night and continued celebrating on Saturday night at The White House, a funky club in a Clapham.

After two wonderful nights out we enjoyed a tasty Sunday morning breakfast down by the river closer to home with our good mates, John and Kirstin, before heading off to visit Gerrod’s parents in the afternoon.

Nothing too exciting or blogworthy but definitely a great relaxing weekend.

Isn’t amazing how the dynamic of a family relationship can change over time? It’s no secret that as a child I didn’t get along too well with my mother, always at logger heads due to a variety of reasons.

History and its wounds take time to heal. And heal they have. I am so happy with our relationship as adults. The last 10 years have seen our relationship progress from being cordial to a deep, satisfying friendship.

I’ve just spent the last two weeks with my mumma and I have to say I’ve had the best time. I am immensely proud of her and all that she has accomplished in the last few years. A true inspiration.

Omg! This is awesome.

It’s my turn. After managing to avoid a tag from Ben, I couldn’t escape Lou Lou!

* Each player must post these rules to begin the meme.
* Each player starts with eight random facts or habits about themselves.
* People who get tagged must blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
* Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Ok, here goes…

1. I have never had a pet.

2. I went through a phase of getting my hair permed when I was in early high school. I always was very cool ;)

3. I used to have a recurring dream that I was trying to walk in sand but could never get anywhere.

4. I love watching What Not to Wear.

5. I never stop complaining about not getting a good night’s sleep. Whether it’s taking ages to get to sleep, waking up a lot, lack of deep sleep, or waking early, you name it I whinge about it. Sorry everyone. One day I’ll learn how to do it (or just stop complaining!)!

6. I would love everyone to consider cutting down their meat consumption, even by adopting a vegetarian diet one day a week.

7. I think I need a lot more ‘alone time’ than the average person.

8. I’m sure this isn’t hard to believe, but I have always been a very serious person. My grade 1 report card said ‘Michelle will have worry lines by the time she is in grade 2′.

I tag (but no pressure!!) some of our blogless readers: Ang, Superyam, Dad, Mum, Leisa and The Perrens.

Just leave them as comments on our website!