Early Riser?

I am not a morning person. As much as I love the idea of getting up with the sun, my brain hasn’t yet convinced my body to put this idea into action. Rather, I push the snooze button every 5 minutes until it gets to the point where, any longer, I would be running late for work.

Unfortunately for me, Mr B. is not a morning person either (who ever said opposites attract, anyway?), which means both of us struggle to find the motivation to make the other our morning hot drink when all we want to do is sleep ::sigh::

This morning was different as Bardoe had an early bus to catch to go to a conference out of town, so we were both up 2 hours before usual (though not without difficulty).

That is how I came to be awake and ready at 7am when the most unusual thing happened – I had all this spare time on my hands before I had to be out the door. What to do? Well I made a hot breakfast (normally a weekend treat) and then straightened my hair. Voila les resultats!

Skirt re-make

 

I have had this brown velvet skirt for quite a while, but rarely wear it as it is just a little too long to be ¾ and too short to be full-length (being tall I often get this).

So I cut the lining off another old skirt and attached it to the inside, then folded the hem of the brown skirt up beneath and attached it to the lining, creating a bubble hem (WAY easy!) 

Still not quite satisfied, I hitched up the front of the skirt a-la-Victorian, and was quite pleased with how it turned out!

 I turned it inside out to take a photo of the bubble hem, then discovered it works even better inside-out (good thing I sewed the lining on wrong-side to wrong-side so no seams are visable). GENIUS? I think so.

Healthy Noodle Soup

After accidentally purchasing Chinese medicinal vegetables instead of black fungus from our local Asian Supermarket (I was in the mood for an experimental recipe, okay?!),  the Udon noodle soup I made for lunch yesterday still turned out super delicious! 

Not to mention it was truly healthy. Steamed chicken is a wonder that rarely appears in my cookbooks but I must try it more often as it retains the chicken's flavour and oh-so-moist.

I really treasure the lunchtimes I can spend with Bardoe, as we live close enough we can both walk to work it is so nice spending our lunches together at home.

Cinnamon Scrolls

 Days from baked to demolished…2 days.

There’s just nothing quite like them.