It’s not that I have nothing to share.
I have plenty! Recipes, soaps, pictures, trips, what-nots…
It’s just that I can’t seem to find the time to put things together. Every time I sit down and get ready to talk about the latest, someone somewhere needs me. And when things finally die down, I forget what I wanted to share.
It’s a sign, a blinking led if you will.
I’m getting old.
I’m getting tired.
I’m in need of a vacation.
Bleck.
My bed is old. Well, specifically the mattress.
We bought it when I was pregnant with Eva and still living in Switzerland. It is a dense foam mattress from IKEA and was a step up from the one Nil was using. On hindsight, I should have settled for a spring mattress. They last way better and are much more firmer. These days, I can feel myself rolling in towards the center – a sign that it’s time to replace this.
I saw some pretty good ones from www.tranquilitymattress.com and wonder if I can get anything similar here for a decent price. While I can still sleep pretty okay on this, I have a strange feeling that if I continue using this, my back will start to go!!!!
What about you? What sort of mattress are you using?
When I’m having one of those crazy days, I whip up one-pot meals in the form of either fried rice or noodles and garnish them with some salad leaves or strips of egg omelette. Yes, I have become that un-adventurous and mayhaps even lazy when it comes to cooking. Ohhorror. I have taken to surfing my favourite cooking sites just to get an idea of what to prepare for lunch and dinner.
The shortlisted recipes include the following:
I seriously need to be inspired to cook. Funny how I have no issues being inspired to make soap. Hai.
Of lately, we have been going out to either run errands or get groceries. I rarely have a chance to take pictures of this town which I have called home for the last couple of months. Since Nil isn’t around for the next week or so (which means that I don’t have to worry about putting lunch on the table by 1230 noon every week day), I thought we could head out for a stroll around town, get some pictures, etc.
We got to a good start but unfortunately towards the end, I don’t know whether it was because it was cold (it was windy – 20 kmh – and temps were around 0-2°C), Noah started fussing so we cut out trip short and returned home by 11am. We’ll probably head out again with the camera tomorrow if the weather continues to be good. It’s Tuesday and that means market day!
I never posted about our apartment since we moved in last August. So for posterity sake, I decided to take a few pictures of the place. It would appear that we have “broken into” this place. It feels very much like a home with zero unpacked boxes lying around except those that are left that way intentionally. We took over/adopted furniture from Nil’s deceased grandmother and everyone, especially his dad, is glad to see it in use. “It’s such a pity to see it sitting in the garage. I’m sure Grandmama would want it to be in use.” I got a chance to have my own workspace and area. The next upgrade would be when we purchase a house – I want my own atelier or workshop!!!!
So without any delay, here are pictures of our 120 sqm (I think) ancient (yes, am not joking – it belongs to our landlord’s wife’s parents and they – our landlord – aren’t exactly young) apartment.
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…in the form of macarons (not to be confused with its coconut-version sister, the macaroon) from the local patisserie. It costs a bomb thought – about €4.50 for 100 gms (the equivalent of about six macarons). Not fab for my waistline but it’s a once-in-a-blue moon treat for the adults.
Hm, this blog has become a little bit picture-heavy of lately. I wonder if it’s good. Personally I like blogs that have a good balance between pictures and text. Craft, food or soap blogs with just text and nothing else but text bores the heck out of me mainly because I’d like to see what all the hype is about.
With Valentine’s Day looming just around the corner, I wonder if people have started planning or are in the middle of it OR they just can’t be bothered with it.
We don’t usually celebrate V-Day in this house – heck, I don’t even have my Christmas gift. We have been delaying on the gifting for a variety of reasons but mainly because we don’t need all those things. There is always something more important than buying wants.
This time though, I’m tempted to splurge on myself and buy some flowers. Why not? I reckon it’ll bring some cheer to the house as well. Maybe get Eva to choose from the florist, etc. In some countries, V-Day isn’t just for lovers but extend to include friends and family. I reckon this site – http://www.valentinesdayflowers.com/ – would give us both some ideas as to what will be nice.
Worse case scenario? Just buy whatever that’s available!
Since I made a blanket for Eva, I figured I had better make one for Noah as well. I didn’t want anything too complicated and since Eva is at my father-in-law’s place, I thought of whipping up something quick, simple yet cute to boot. No adding to my stash this time as I have enough of fabrics. (Nil is beginning to complain about how my fabric stash never goes down.) But first, I needed a design.
I remember coming across a couple of striped quilts and figured that it would be fun as well as easy to whip out. After hunting the Internet for some ideas, I took a look at my stash. Now, as usual, the hubby always ends up picking out colour schemes that are shocking to boot like super bright orange against dark blue. I was hoping for something a little less shocking, especially for a cute little bubs like Noah. So after some intense negotiation, I got what I wanted. (I learnt from experience not to cave – remember the last quilt I made?)
And here’s the result of a couple of hours cutting, pinning, sewing, ironing, more pinning, more sewing and more ironing! Now to put together a border and hunt around for a quilt batting & backing!
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