Eeek.
Less than 10 days, and I need to focus on my research paper.
Chapter I is in the making. Chapter II... oh my.
No scrabble, no blogging.
Focus.
Focus.

I have determined that Thursday is my one of my favorite days of the week.
I get to come home relatively early after class (and I haven't been busting my butt off working at my paper :( )
And...most of my lesson plans and reports are already done and submitted. So that just leaves me with research paper and readings.
OMG.
I gotto go get my research paper done!  I haven't quite finish chapter 1.

Have a good day!
Thursday is still good though!

Food is the anedote to stress.
I had a food-filled Friday, Saturday and so far, what I have of Sunday.

The chocolate fudge cake was so delectably moist and creamy and tooth-decay sweet. Heaven.
As I sink my teeth down the dark, creamy, moist and sweet cake, my heart almost miss a beat.
It felt like first love. Felt like first date.
Every bite was savory sweet. Every bite was a nice experience.

 

And I have already began Sunday with a bang!
Jasmine rice, tofu in a mushroom salty bean spicy sauce, a glass of wine.
Life is really good in the neighborhood!

 

 

And the lights weren't low.
It was a relaxing one, even though I was strung out on sugar and caffeine because of the dire need to mug for my research exams.

I needed Friday to be Friday, and I got my Friday.  I cooked up a big thing of chicken curry with saffron rice and ate and ate.
It was comfort food, even though I thought it was a tad too spicy and my ears felt stuffed and ready to burst as every sound was amplified.

It was, nonetheless, a good Friday evening. 

How was yours?

 

The quarter is about halfway done.  The slack that I have had is slowly catching up and biting me in my butt. :O

I will work hard for another few weeks and then, I promise, I will just spend a day in bed, stretching and yawning and in bed.
Everything is better in bed. I will sleep in bed, stretch in bed, yawn in bed, eat in bed, read in bed, e-mail in bed, play Scrabble in bed...
Ahhh.. paradise!

 

It is Saturday and what are U doing?
I am at my second glass of wine already, so what are you waiting for?
Open a bottle and drink away.

Have a good weekend!!

Yeap. I thought that my hand-washing habit, my Lysol-down everything will keep me away from the flu/the cold and the what nots.
Ugh-ugh...
I have something. I don't even know what it is. I have the sniffles, the heavy eyes, sore throat and the "I want to lay in bed" symptoms.
oh boy.. and there are so many to get done that I seriously don't have the time for it.
I just keep popping my vitamins to ante up my immune system, and hopefully, it will eventually fade away.
Argh....

 

By the way, I am selling dog bones for $1. Every $25 goes toward building a dog house for the hounds in the Ruston shelter.
The target is to build 4 dog houses for those poor dogs to keep warm during the cold winter.
Every single cent goes to the dogs... so... if you want a bone, give me a call.

It is nice and chilly, the sun is bright and shiny,

the kitchen smells of homemade biscuits and sausage,
the aroma of coffee wafting through the air.
And I am sitting at my favorite spot, eating my biscuit and sausage and jelly, and sipping some hot tea.
Life is good when there is food!

Enjoy your breakfast, savor every slice of life!

I did it.
After decades of trying, I finally like my oatmeal! Yeap.
I like it so much that I had 2 packs of those instant oatmeal today!
Yeah... let's lower our cholesterol!

I don't think so.
I had a conversation with a buddy way across the ocean and he thinks I am OCD.
But I am a little messy. That alone should disqualify me into the Club de la OCD, right?

However, that said, I bought myself a label maker this weekend and I am gonna label away.
I am going to rip the handwritten labels I have in my pantry and the china closet. And I have great plans for the fridge and freezer too.

It is amazing how many inspirations come about while I should be giving full attention to school and reading lots of speech/hearing journals.
I managed to clean the bathroom (the smell of bleach and lavender is wafting through the house) and the bedroom.
Yeah.. I have my cleaning spurts when I am a little stress. I guess, cleaning is a stress reliever. You just scrub and mop away: it is a no brainer! Put on that good music and just clean and clean. Sigh. It sure feels good and smells good and looks good!
In fact, my bedroom fan is on the agenda next.
Maybe it is even time to wash my pillows... ahhhh...

Now... on a totally different subject, or rather, a sub-subject, my latest crave and craze is tea with milk and sugar, and BUTTER COOKIES!
Those good ol' Danish Butter Cookies that come in the blue round tin. Yummy... so deliciously rich and creamy and buttery and good!
Oh man... how can you resist!?

Oh yeah... I am like 200 lbs now!
:) what the heck! I rather enjoy life than be a stick insect :)

Tonight's dinner was a little ad hoc. Maybe we can call it fusion (in the not traditional fusion kinda way).
The menu included:
Stuffed mushrooms with cilantro and cream cheese;
Chicken with tomato, simmered in curry-based gravy;
good ol' Chinese fried rice

It wasn't that bad. It all kinda blend well together.
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And now, I am gonna get back to all the research journals.
It is amazing how much there is to read and how much paper work there are to do.
Next week is going to be hectic. I better get my butt going this weekend or I won't be able to go to bed at 9 p.m.
Have a good weekend!

And it is October already!
Wonder where September went??

September has been a good month. And October has been pretty good so far.
I am loving school and I am always excited about the different things I get to do and learn.
It is busy, sometimes it drives me crazy. But there is nothing a good run or a good cup of tea can't fix.
I am already counting down. 6 more quarters to go and I shall be up on that stage.
 

Time is really slipping by fast.
For those of us who have lost something or someone precious, grab on to the memories, the letters, the cards, and the spirit.