As I sip on my Earl Grey tea, I gaze about at the ceiling high mess that I am sitting in. I am amazed how many random items are stored away in the bedrooms, from board games to winter clothes, everything sure does add up.
I ponder "How did we get here?". Well it has been an adventurous first year of marriage which has seen jobs come and go, bodies malfunctioning, bedrooms soaked from summer storms and appliances calling it quits, the list goes on! Its funny how when one thing goes wrong it sort of starts a snowball affect, where everything that pretty much can go wrong, will and does go wrong. This is the time you need a holiday, positive thoughts and things to go smoothly. Which of course due to the large snowball that is building up speed and might down the mountain side causing holes in your wallet and sleepless nights, there is no opportunity for such upbuilding things!
Fortunately that snowball has to stop somewhere, that mountain is only so big! No matter what mess you are in once the avalanche subsides, you have got to take stock and see the big picture, pick yourself up and wipe off the snow and look up at the sun smiling down on you. Lucky for us, we are very happlily married and have learnt alot about each other over the past 9 months.
So today being the official day the carpet is finally being replaced, it can only be up from here!
Did anyone else have such a dramatic first year of marriage?
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
A Pukka Parcel
I finally got around to making another recipe for my cooking challenge and this one got smiles all round!
For those who aren't aware a while ago I decided to cook all the recipes from one of my many cook books (yes Julia&Julia style). So I picked Jamie Oliver's "Happy Days with the Naked Chef" for my first challenge.
Last night I decided to make 'My Old Man's Superb Chicken' page 185. It consists of sauteed mushroom, garlic & parsley stuffed into a chicken breast which is then wrapped in puff pastry and baked till cooked through and golden brown. Topped off with a cream, white wine & wholegrain mustard sauce. It was surprisingly quick and easy to put together, although it took longer than the given 35 mins to cook. I left it for over 45mins and it was still perfect (I freak out about under cooking chicken). The smells all along were mouth watering, I was just hoping the smell would be as good as the taste! And it was, the chicken was tender and moist, pastry crisp and the sauce was a perfect acidity balance for the palate. I will definately have to try this for a dinner party in the future (well once we move and I have a dining table again!).
Happy Cooking!
For those who aren't aware a while ago I decided to cook all the recipes from one of my many cook books (yes Julia&Julia style). So I picked Jamie Oliver's "Happy Days with the Naked Chef" for my first challenge.
Last night I decided to make 'My Old Man's Superb Chicken' page 185. It consists of sauteed mushroom, garlic & parsley stuffed into a chicken breast which is then wrapped in puff pastry and baked till cooked through and golden brown. Topped off with a cream, white wine & wholegrain mustard sauce. It was surprisingly quick and easy to put together, although it took longer than the given 35 mins to cook. I left it for over 45mins and it was still perfect (I freak out about under cooking chicken). The smells all along were mouth watering, I was just hoping the smell would be as good as the taste! And it was, the chicken was tender and moist, pastry crisp and the sauce was a perfect acidity balance for the palate. I will definately have to try this for a dinner party in the future (well once we move and I have a dining table again!).
Happy Cooking!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Love and marriage = Babies right?
Welcome to my first blog!
I have been married for over 8 months now to a fabulous husband and it has been a wonderful roller coaster ride of ups and downs and I wouldn't change it for anything. One thing I noticed straight away was the pressure to have children, this came from many well meaning neighbours, friends and family and it amazed me how quick it started. I just got married and I was already having to let people know it wasn't in our schedule for a while and why. I know many of you have experienced the same, so it made me wonder why everyone else is so keen to get others to start having families?
Another reason why I am discussing this is because I have been having an internal fight with myself! One side says, I want a baby now! The other sensible side says, wait, wait wait, you have time and besides you just got married and should be having fun with that, one thing at a time!
I understand it is a beautiful thing and is an expression of your love for one another, but on a personal level I really would like to wait a few years. Learn more about each other, spend time on my marriage first and then establish a safe and healthy environment to bring up children in. I know it is a very personal decision and everyone's circumstances are very different, but I know that's what I plan to do! Is that such a bad thing?
I've come to the conclusion its all a matter of hormones for me! The reason one side wants a baby now is because of the happy little pill I take to prevent such events, ironic huh! In August last year I could have sworn I was pregnant, all the symptoms plagued me, but nope all negative. Now its happening again, but I figured out that it definately is my pill, I changed from one to another and back again. Well that is a sigh of relief as I would really like to stick to my non-hormone influenced plan!
Has anyone else experienced the same?
I have been married for over 8 months now to a fabulous husband and it has been a wonderful roller coaster ride of ups and downs and I wouldn't change it for anything. One thing I noticed straight away was the pressure to have children, this came from many well meaning neighbours, friends and family and it amazed me how quick it started. I just got married and I was already having to let people know it wasn't in our schedule for a while and why. I know many of you have experienced the same, so it made me wonder why everyone else is so keen to get others to start having families?
Another reason why I am discussing this is because I have been having an internal fight with myself! One side says, I want a baby now! The other sensible side says, wait, wait wait, you have time and besides you just got married and should be having fun with that, one thing at a time!
I understand it is a beautiful thing and is an expression of your love for one another, but on a personal level I really would like to wait a few years. Learn more about each other, spend time on my marriage first and then establish a safe and healthy environment to bring up children in. I know it is a very personal decision and everyone's circumstances are very different, but I know that's what I plan to do! Is that such a bad thing?
I've come to the conclusion its all a matter of hormones for me! The reason one side wants a baby now is because of the happy little pill I take to prevent such events, ironic huh! In August last year I could have sworn I was pregnant, all the symptoms plagued me, but nope all negative. Now its happening again, but I figured out that it definately is my pill, I changed from one to another and back again. Well that is a sigh of relief as I would really like to stick to my non-hormone influenced plan!
Has anyone else experienced the same?
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