i made starbucks coffee this morning for breakfast. have you heard of this amazing invention called a thermos? you should get one. it keeps your breakfast coffee hot when it's 2pm in the afternoon and you're hankering for another cuppa.
it's pouring rain. the boys were delighted to put on their raincoats and run around. i liked watching their joy and the beads of water coming off their {MEC} raincoats that we bought before we came here. a wise investment as far as i'm concerned.
i had cheesy scrambled eggs with a leftover biscuit from yesterday for lunch. and a cup of coffee.
i lay down with jude for his nap and watched him suck is fingers until slowly he drifted off into sleep and his fingers fell out of his mouth. is there anything more wonderful than watching your child sleep?
i took this picture of noah while running in the rain and all i see is baby noah. i love it.
i'm waiting for my butter to come to room temperature and then i'm making these. be jealous. or make 'em. whatever.
tonight jamie and i are going on our first date night since moving to kampala. i'm excited. maybe i'll tell you tomorrow what we ended up doing. {rule #1 of living in africa. always hold your plans loosely.}
plans are in the works for a swing set to be made for the boys. again, holding this loosely. maybe by the end of this month there will be some sort of play structure in the backyard for the boys!
i'm exercising almost every day. we got a stationary bike and i'm using it! i think i'm in a place where exercise is just a part of my life. i enjoy it. i need it and i want it in my life. so i do it. it makes me happy and a little bit proud of myself.
our house girl {elizabeth - she is awesome} is looking into the availability and prices of a turkey and ... pumpkins! now apparently they don't have orange pumpkins here. they only come in yellow/green so we'll see. i may have to experiment a bit but i'm hoping to be able to serve pumpkin pie come next monday {canadian thanksgiving}.
have i told you how much i love october? no? well. i love it. it makes me sad to be missing the change of the colours of all the leaves in ontario. the crisp fall weather that requires cute hats and pretty scarves and stylish boots and goes well with steaming mugs of hot chocolate and apple picking and baking, baking, baking. so i'm getting some of this and i miss it, but i'm not homesick. instead, i'm embracing the goodness of living in africa. life is pretty awesome and i'm choosing to open my eyes wide to the beauty and splashes of glory in the everyday.
this is me. on the first saturday in october. 2011.
how's your saturday?
V, in South Africa, we had little green/yellow pumpkins called gem squash. Its very similar. You CAN get normal pumpkin for cooking but it looks like a long flat white banana (and its bigger) but the inside is the same. Its good. The gem squash is really nice if you carve out the pips, put some seasoning inside and roast them in their skins. Add some melty cheese before taking them out and its DELISH. Love ya girl. You're positivity is inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI've heard- mix pumpkin with butternut squash, and you'll be pretty happy with your pie here.
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