Serendipity: February 2010

Friday, February 5, 2010

What we did last weekend....

Last weekend was a domestic madness at home... a good one in that sense :) I started off the morning with making vegetable stock from scratch. It was wholesome goodness I tell you. I made a whole pot of the stock, cooled it, then freeze them in small batches. I did not realized that vege stock is comparable to chicken or beef stock until now. You must try. All you need is garlic, onion, celery, carrots, tomatoes, parsley and some thyme. For optimum stock, bring it to boil for 1 hour, and not more than that.

We then started to paint our bedroom. This time round, it's gonna be white with Tiffany blue focus wall. Hence the light breezy feel. The environmental friendly nerd side of me insist on Mr Paint Man's Low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) & Low Odour paint.

Half way through painting, I left hubby to the task and made this for lunch with my vege stock of course. I must say it was yummy :P

I opened the 'container' cabinet and saw this. Oh well, I ain't perfect. I got distracted and start re-organizing. Lucky hubby got to paint the room on his own.

With a strike of Eureka, I have a sudden urge to bake almond cookies.

But instead, ended up drinking coke. Please note the little yellow sign behind in the kitchen says "Eat" but ironically, from certain angle it looks like "Fat". Is God trying to tell me something??

To make up to hubby for 'abandoning' him with the painting task, I made him salad with dried cranberries, tomatoes and papaya for snack. I experimented with new dressing for this sweet salad (whisked up Orange juice, lime juice, olive oil and some soya sauce). It turned out well.

With our new love for Fuji apples, this Ikea CHARM apple slicer is our new found BFF. Like its namesake, it works like a charm.

Since I am re-organizing, I also clean up my dining area.

Went back into the bedroom to continue painting the ceiling. Again, halfway thru, I 'left' to make Wild mushroom soup with cheese sticks for tea time. I need to feed my man.

We finally finished the painting job. I give all the credits to my dear husband. Turned on some music, lighted some candles and burn some essential oil. Our nest smelled good....

I tidy up the work space. This room still need some improvements. See that desk and shelf, I am proud to say, it was our own creation and also our first hack using Vika Amon top sometime ago to accommodate our needs.

And tend to my little lucky bamboo plant at the corner of the room. With the new year around the corner, I hope it brings us luck :)

Took a quick shower and we are off to have dinner with a group of friends at some good food 'chu char' place followed by 'yum char' session. It was a good productive weekend. I hope it will be even better this coming weekend... :D