Friday night, I did not do much and decided to chill out at home. I lit up every single candle in the house, took a super long bath, watched Sex & the City movie and sipped a glass of Pelee Island's Pinot Noir. I stayed up late till 12am (something I have not done for a long time... back in the days when I was a single gal, I often stayed up past midnight, going out for drinks and dancing with girlfriends. However, once I hit the big 30, I then realized that I need my beauty sleep at night in order to look good during the day!).
Saturday, I did grocery shopping in the morning while the house cleaner was lending me a generous helping hand with house cleaning. When she left, I did two full loads of laundry. Laundry is Joe's department but since he was away, I guess it was time for me to step up to the plate. While the laundry was in the washer, I made myself a big pot of Starbucks' coffee and finished the saturday's newspaper from the front page to back page. By the time I finished the newspaper, I felt that I had become more knowledgeable.
The only highlight of the day was that I took my pooch, Bee, to the day-spa. For the longest time, I have been on the quest of finding my little pooch the perfect day spa. I requested for a standard shih zhu cut every time, strangely enough, Bee looked more like a rat than a dog after the grooming session every time. It comes to a point that I actually feel sorry for her. So, I was talking to a friend at the beginning of the week about my quest for the perfect groomer, and she had referred me to her dog's groomer. I took Bee to her new groomer, Samantha, and I must say that I was so amazed when I picked up Bee as she looks like a Shih Zhu for the first time in her life! :-)
Saturday night... I did not feel like cooking. Back in my single gal's days.... I hated cooking just for one. What's the point of cooking just for one when there is no one to compliment or criticize your culinary skills? I had a samosa and a cup of camoille tea with honey (I had a bit of a scratchy throat... let's keep the fingers crossed that it is not yet another cold....) and watched the first season of Private Practice while the whole house was being lit up by Partylite Candles!!!! :-) I stayed up till 11:30pm and decided to call it a night.
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Sunday... I woke up at 9am and was really excited that Joe was coming home today YAY! I went to LOEB and grabbed a few stuff and started cooking up a storm in the kitchen. First, I made lemon pound cake using my new toy, Kitchen Aid Professional Standmixer. When it comes to baking, I am really fuzzy, and I like to make everything from scratch. That's why I bought the KitchenAid Stand Mixer.
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The second recipe I attempted was Turkey Dumpling with Cranberry Soy Sauce. I got the recipe from The Daily Struggles of the Domestic Un-Goddess. It is not a complicated recipe but it is time consuming.
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The third recipe I tried was "It's Only Brocc 'n Bowl" from LooneySpoons.
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By the time the soup was done, Joe was home! He had the chicken dumpling as snack and he liked it! I guess home-made food is much better than camp food.
As for dinner, I made Spanish rice and a beef stir fry "The Way We Stir" from LooneySpoons.
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I did cook up a storm this afternoon and I kept going, and by the time eveything was done, I realized I had cook way too much for two people. Well, good thing is I won't need to cook for monday night!
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Maybe your kitchen aid and my kitchen aid mixer can meet up for a play date sometime ;)
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