snippits

many things have been happening around here and as each small or monumental thing occurs, i think about how i could document it and blog about it. i've come to the conclusion that my blogs are going to be short, not necessarily deep or dramatic, and sometimes quite spastic. that's going to be my blogging strategy. if i'm not purposeful about keeping my blogging unstructured and carefree, i will never blog. i will write and write and write in my head but never write it down because it's just "not quite right". i've come to the conclusion that spastic blogging is better than no blogging and so here it comes: short, sweet, and spastic.

jonathan inspecting our receipt
at ikea's restaurant

our FREE wok!

first: our ikea adventure. for the past two fridays jonathan and i have traveled to ikea to make some wonderful purchases. we ooo-ed and aww-ed over the loads of cool stuff and bemoaned the fact that we couldn't buy everything. it was a great learning experience for both of us as we continue to read each other and learn how the other thinks and reacts. so, while we didn't get everything i could have ever wanted, i am very happy with what we did get! we got a little bit for each room, while trying not to get too attached to the place since we have to move very shortly. pictures of these things will be coming shortly as well as before and after pics of our current flat.

the mother load - round one.

second: doughnuts. i'm not a huge fan of doughnuts, but i do like the homemade ones from time to time. jonny happens to be a big fan of the sweet treats, so this saturday morning, i got up, scoured the internet for a good recipe, and tried my luck with my newest culinary experiment. they actually turned out quite well and the owners of the surf shop loved them even more than jonny and i did. pepe demanded that i bring him more - right then. i don't know if my pants could handle doughnuts every saturday morning, but the recipe i found made it into my cookbook, so i'm sure pepe will get more someday.

third: PLANTS! i am so very excited about my plants. i got a couple orchids at ikea as well as seeds for four different types of herbs (basil, coriander, peppermint, and oregano). while i was out and about at the supermarket, i couldn't help but see that there were some poppy seeds for sale. sooooo... i just HAD to buy some. so now, i have two egg cartons filled with dirt and seeds, just waiting for little bits of poppy goodness to pop out. as i was planting and watering and cleaning up my dirt mess, i realized that i feel very much like my little seeds - like i'm starting at ground zero. this new place is great. i love the people i'm getting to know and the atmosphere here is wonderful. but i still feel like i'm starting completely from scratch -  friends, language, town, culture, house, food, you name it. the cool thing is that i'm growing and will grow just like my little seeds. i'm just bound and determined to grow faster than they do. the race is ON!

my happy little plants basking in the sun