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I went to see Amanda last night! :-D
I seriously haven't seen her since my wedding.
(And - I just realized now - I forgot to bring her the little baggy of thanks-for-being-my-MoH goodies last night. Dammit...)
But. I got to see her house. Which is lovely. :-) It's the house she grew up in, and she's totally re-done it, painting all the rooms and re-staining the living room floor in a dark red stain (it's gorgeous) and everything. She's got heaps of plants already, and wants more - A good house-warming present, that, I suspect... :-)
I got to meet her dog - Rupert the Very Big Terrier, who's a dear - and we made a yummy dinner. Coucous w/ green pepper, garlic, ginger, mushrooms, fresh basil and broccoli, plus a salad of greens, small tomatoes, lentil sprouts and alfalfa sprouts w/ a roasted garlic dressing. There were also a collection of cheeses and cheese and bean dips w/ bread and crackers. And rum. Cranberry juice w/ rum. Now that is a yummy, yummy beverage. :-)
Which reminds me, I need to hit up the LCBO.
It also reminds me why vegetarian cooking (which, ironically, I got her into) is so cool. You actually have to *think* to do it. Which is awesome. It felt like a work-out when you haven't done it in a while -- a bit tricky to get back into, but it feels good to do it. :-)
I kinda miss it.
I don't miss the not-eating-meat part (which is odd, perhaps, given the whole vegetarian aspect of vegetarian cooking), but I miss the thinking part. I miss engaging my brain in meal preparation.
As much as I love being able to pick up, say, a pre-cooked chicken and a stir-fry-in-a-bag from the grocery store and say "Dinner!", it's also really fantastic to be able to look in the fridge and (A) see *produce* (stupid Chron's!)[1], and (B) have to come up with a creative way of putting it together so that it's both palatable and protein-y (no, really - I am definitely a protein junky).
I may start trying to do one non-meat dinner per week, just to give me that opportunity. :-)
also: I saw New Zealand Jade - that is Green Stone or Pounamu - for the first time.
As you can see, it's totally gorgeous. It's got, like, blue lights inside it or something. It's totally magnificent. Amanda's rock has got something going on energetically with it. It's pretty awesome. :-)
I totally want some.
I will have to go to the Crystal Dawn.
Or, better: I will have to go to New Zealand. :-)
Anyway. We talked about magic and romance and cooking and work and general Stuff and Things, and it was so, *so* good.
And here I was, thinking I'd lost her forever.
SO GLAD I WAS WRONG!!! :-D
Anyway, so that was my awesome evening of awesomeness. :-) What a wonderful Tuesday night. :-)
On a totally unrelated note: There's a radio station called Aboriginal Voices and, I gotta say, it's really nice to listen to pop music that talks about the Earth not only as holy, but as 'She'. Woohoo! :-D
Back to pounding out the last of my word-count.
[EDIT: 48,433! :-D Go me! :-D]
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)
[1] On my fucking gods, I miss produce! I miss having avocados and fresh tomatoes and *lettuce* and all the stuff my husband can't eat and which goes bad if I only get it for myself. I *miss* that stuff.
I seriously haven't seen her since my wedding.
(And - I just realized now - I forgot to bring her the little baggy of thanks-for-being-my-MoH goodies last night. Dammit...)
But. I got to see her house. Which is lovely. :-) It's the house she grew up in, and she's totally re-done it, painting all the rooms and re-staining the living room floor in a dark red stain (it's gorgeous) and everything. She's got heaps of plants already, and wants more - A good house-warming present, that, I suspect... :-)
I got to meet her dog - Rupert the Very Big Terrier, who's a dear - and we made a yummy dinner. Coucous w/ green pepper, garlic, ginger, mushrooms, fresh basil and broccoli, plus a salad of greens, small tomatoes, lentil sprouts and alfalfa sprouts w/ a roasted garlic dressing. There were also a collection of cheeses and cheese and bean dips w/ bread and crackers. And rum. Cranberry juice w/ rum. Now that is a yummy, yummy beverage. :-)
Which reminds me, I need to hit up the LCBO.
It also reminds me why vegetarian cooking (which, ironically, I got her into) is so cool. You actually have to *think* to do it. Which is awesome. It felt like a work-out when you haven't done it in a while -- a bit tricky to get back into, but it feels good to do it. :-)
I kinda miss it.
I don't miss the not-eating-meat part (which is odd, perhaps, given the whole vegetarian aspect of vegetarian cooking), but I miss the thinking part. I miss engaging my brain in meal preparation.
As much as I love being able to pick up, say, a pre-cooked chicken and a stir-fry-in-a-bag from the grocery store and say "Dinner!", it's also really fantastic to be able to look in the fridge and (A) see *produce* (stupid Chron's!)[1], and (B) have to come up with a creative way of putting it together so that it's both palatable and protein-y (no, really - I am definitely a protein junky).
I may start trying to do one non-meat dinner per week, just to give me that opportunity. :-)
also: I saw New Zealand Jade - that is Green Stone or Pounamu - for the first time.
As you can see, it's totally gorgeous. It's got, like, blue lights inside it or something. It's totally magnificent. Amanda's rock has got something going on energetically with it. It's pretty awesome. :-)
I totally want some.
I will have to go to the Crystal Dawn.
Or, better: I will have to go to New Zealand. :-)
Anyway. We talked about magic and romance and cooking and work and general Stuff and Things, and it was so, *so* good.
And here I was, thinking I'd lost her forever.
SO GLAD I WAS WRONG!!! :-D
Anyway, so that was my awesome evening of awesomeness. :-) What a wonderful Tuesday night. :-)
On a totally unrelated note: There's a radio station called Aboriginal Voices and, I gotta say, it's really nice to listen to pop music that talks about the Earth not only as holy, but as 'She'. Woohoo! :-D
Back to pounding out the last of my word-count.
[EDIT: 48,433! :-D Go me! :-D]
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)
[1] On my fucking gods, I miss produce! I miss having avocados and fresh tomatoes and *lettuce* and all the stuff my husband can't eat and which goes bad if I only get it for myself. I *miss* that stuff.
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