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This was a very wonderful Mother's Day! I was served breakfast in bed, complete with bloody mary, and then presented with presents! My favourite perfume, a dozen roses, a camera bag (it got returned but it was still wonderful that they thought of that), plus homemade presents from Bailey and Eddie....
Happy Momcat Day from the Miao Brothers!! Pictured above: One of our kitties from China, and a relative of Ping (I forget how it works out - purrhaps Strawberry was his auntie?) You can tell from Strawberry's fur that she was an outdoor kitty for the most part. Another family took care of Strawberry...
Every Hallmark card screams (politely) Happy Mother's Day. And yet for all the happy folks on this day, the holiday, too, masks its melancholy secrets. There is the one that as much as we honor and praise our mothers, we prefer other's parenting advice. And then there is the secret desires covered...
Right, now if you have been reading my blog long enough, you would know that as it gets closer to my semester break, I would usually come up with a list of things that I wanna do during my holidays. Well I finally have it and here it is! In no particular order... Self-pampering: This semester has...
I probably would've been better off squeezing a lime into regular Bud Light.
Happy May Day/International Workers' Day from the Miao Brothers! On this day, the Miao Brothers celebrate their kitty ancestors who tirelessly fought for the eighteen-hour nap day so that kitties around the world may nap undisturbed from dawn until dusk, until dawn.
It really is an odd week here in South Africa. Monday was a public holiday because the 27 April Freedom Day fell on Sunday. Tomorrow is the 1 May Workers' Day holiday, and then Friday has been declared an extra public holiday because two holidays fell on the same day on 21 March (Good Friday and...
I've been kept busy with work and there hadn't been the opportunity to go travelling, however my partner had a week long business trip to Edinburgh lined up and was happy for me to tag along. I love this city, I have many happy memories of what I think is one of the most beautiful places in Europe....
I don't have time to really post now, but wanted to get a pic up of the macaroons. I decided to add a bit of matcha powder (thank you Auntie Mae!) to the batch and they were such a nice delicate flavor, and nice and green for Spring. My friend BD still prefers the plain coconut ones, but I am fond...
This is what kept me up thinking in bed last night until 1:30 am. I've decided that in my campaign to "reclaim holidays" for the good, we are going to celebrate May Day (May 1st) this year. I've been wanting to do something on this day for several years now, but it always sneaks up on me. Not this...
Tenerife is the largest of the Spanish ruled Canary islands and is of volcanic origin like the other islands. The island has an array of modern facilities to suit travellers including a waterpark, animal park, a theatre, 9 golf courses and high quality hotels. Tenerife has a dry and hot southern...
Today is Earth Day. This morning when I went to get my coffee at Coffee Bean, a reporter stopped me and asked me what I do to stay green. Here's what I said: - I shut off lights when I leave the room, but mainly because I can't afford not to. - I often take advantage of the public transportation...
... to escape the city. That's what I did this weekend. A friend of mine (V) and I hopped in my car and went to Colonial Williamsburg. It wasn't a spur of the moment trip, but I'm positive there *will* be many of those in our future :) My mom and her boyfriend - who are both retired - were...
It's 7:30 am and we have started cooking for tonight's Seder. I'm hoping our recipes will come out well, and they're a little different from everything I found online, so I'm recording them here. It's 9am the next day and I'm finishing this post :). We had a vegetarian passover with an unusual menu,...
I'm not sure if anyone on my friends list celebrates Passover,but if you do, happy Pesach. ============================================= Lots of strange dreams last night,very disjointed,but also kind of funny,one of them involved my parents and I on a little mini bus and all of a sudden we stopped...
Passover Flowers Shalom! It's Passover Time Again! Look through our fantastic collection of Passover offerings, fresh-cut flowers, and kosher gift baskets to find exciting Seder decorations for loved ones, top-notch gifts for friends & family and eye-catching decorations for your office space....
