I hate finishing books. If a book is well written and the characters well developed it feels like you have just had the carpet pulled out from beneath the feet and your new friends have disappeared. Sure you don't actually feature doing anything in the book but these marvellous new friends don't move forward and do new things. Sometimes it's not about the characters its more the whole history has ended.

Gaby didnt like the foil star I made.. he wanted to put the flower on the top.. Nut.

I also went and bought a Christmas tree:)

i finally finished the massive quilt. It was difficult to complete because the sewing through the large size took ages.Now i'm beginning a small knee quilt for Pam and Wade for Christmas. It's really nice, Gaby takes me to the quilting store and helps choose colours. I had a whole stack of materials I liked put out. But i had put some blue material out with some blacks. I couldnt tell the difference. Which makes me really question my eyes and colour sence.
I watched the new harry potter. i'm hooked on it. such a great series.

yes, I have a stack of pictures to put up. But to get them all from Gaby's computer is a hasstle... So I'll put up a couple from the other night that are still on the camera. I cooked a practice turkey from a Nigela Lawson recipe. Turned out pretty decently.
The other is of the tablecloth I just finished. It's for Christmas. Yay for Christmas.

Recently for the first time Gaby had three days off. It was completely last minute and it was due to the Muslim holiday. It was mandatory that all workers have it off. Adonis kindly bought us a night away at a hotel to thank us for taking care of him. The hotel was 3.5 hours away. Two hours past A.D. We had dinner in the Italian restaurant there.. which was called Zatoon and means olive in Arabic. Cannot say how different it is when you get to spend two days with your husband. It has been difficult only seeing him at night for a couple of hours after work. Six days a week of work is crazy.

Morning

I have to commend Kate on her magnificent picture of a pickle on Twitter. It has truely made my morning. Never have I laid eyes on such a tremendous pickle. Congratulations.

It's Friday morning. Normally by this time every other day i'm out doing housework. But. Due to it being Gaby's day off. I'm more or less just going to sit in bed until he wakes up.
When we go back to Melbourne... things I must do:
-Redo the vegetable patch.
I MISS THE GARDEN. THE FISH. ..WORMS...
-Clean out my cuboard so Gaby and I can both share it.
-Pull up the rest of the old carpet
-Help Gaby with the internet line
-Get a new car(maybe)
-Go camping down the great ocean rd.(im not sure how this will work. might have to bike it because of the car situation)
-Make some artwork.
-Finish the mural at the nursery.... if they want me to.
-find jobs... well. this is the most concerning bit at the moment. I'm hoping the nursery might have some work. Or that Gaby and I can clean together like mum and dad. sometime.. till we plan whats to come in the future. Who wants to be a responsible adult. No one.
Enjoy being unresponsible as long as you can youngins.

My parents arnt going to be the worst people to live with. Just some days i'm sure we are going to argue and they will be nagging about buying a house and the reality of marriage. Lets face it I would be happy living with parents of Gaby's or mind for the rest of my life. I guess we cant leave washing lying around.(can at my house) or leave the bed unmade or change the whole house around.. but i couldnt do that if we got a place anyway... at my house the garden is basically my own.. i can change and govern it how i like.
ooo i want to get a new gate near the garage so that way when I want to talk to sharon and show her the garden, I CAN actually open the thing properly.

ok i spent another 8 hours making koussa three days ago.

today i made rishta.. which is a soup... its so great tasting.. Gaby loves it. Adonis likes it so much he told Suzie. She makes it too. both of them had a bet about it containing celery.. Gaby said it should Adon said it shouldnt. Suzie confirmed it doesnt.

i'm looking forward to coming home and having a garden again. I dont know how its going to be living back at home again though... we are thinking of living with my parents for a while.. then working out what we want to do. It's hard having his parents in one state and mine in another.. but its better than being in another country altogether.
My car also sold today.. I'm sad to see it go. But it will be good to get a car for our family.. when we start one. It was getting old anyway.. can you tell. im sad its going....

Rishta

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2 medium onions, chopped
1-1/2 tsp dried basil
1 Tbs ground coriander seed
1 cup brown or green lentils, picked over and washed
1 Tbs bouillion powder (I like Vogue Veggie Base)
1 bay leaf
8 cups water
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 lb baby spinach or chopped spinach, fresh or frozen, or other greens such as chard
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup fusilli noodles
3 Squeezed Lemons

What have I learnt this year?

How to be a housewife -PART ONE

You would think this job is easy.
I've learnt to do the ironing.
I've learnt to vacume the floor every day or it gets filthy.
I've learnt to do the washing
I've learnt to cook with out machinary.
I've learnt to cook lebanese food.
I've learnt basic quilting.
I've learnt to live without real life friends.
I'm learning to be a wife.
I'm learning how to create art regardless of what is going on.
I've learnt I need to make things to stay sane.