Well, well; what a weekend it has been – hope you’re all happy this Monday morning people. There is some possible good news to come this way very soon so stay tuned. I will say that it’s not a set wedding date (as I assume this will be what you’ll all jump to) BUT I will say that this news is probably as momentous and brilliant as that!

Now onto my Sunday; I went and caught up with one of the girls I had previously worked with. We had a lovely time eating a delicious Tapas style lunch and finished off with a steaming hot cup of coffee then did a little walking/shopping/talking.

Yesterday Mr A’s uncle arrived from Queensland (he’s here for the next 4 or 5 days) and I thought I would create a delicious but quick meal for their family; so I got to Mr A’s place at about 4ish (PM) and let the creations commenced; I made 2 mains – a chicken curry (which had to have potatoes in it as the last time I made a curry Mr A was all sad that it didn’t have4 potatoes in it) served with fresh parata’s as well as rice (so people have some choice) and a seafood mee goreng (so quick and easy; fried Indonesian style egg noodles). I then quickly wilted spinach & Choy Sum (Chinese veggie) in a pan with some oil, fried onion and sliced garlic and popped in a little fresh chilli (*hhmm; I love the fresh flavours this has when I serve it with a squeeze of lime; but as I didn’t have any last night we had to go withoutL*).

I even made an entrée – can you believe it? I was totally in the zone! I made some little fritters with a dipping sauce made of palm sugar, crushed garlic, with chilli and a bit of tamarind paste).

Well as you can imagine the uncle loved it – and Mr A sat there enthralled that I had managed to cook all of this within such a short space of time! The meal was a huge success with everyone helping themselves to seconds; we all helped clean up and then chilled for a bit. I got up from watching TV about ½ an hour later and got started on a delicious Arabic date and semolina dessert with delicious rose water syrup (thankfully I had already made that earlier and it had been sitting in a bowl cooling down.

I got given a wonderful compliment from Mr A’s uncle at the end of the night that was actually given to Mr A that he later told me about;

Uncle: when she cooks does she always cook like this?

(*note: I will happily cook for Mr A and the family about twice weekly and always make sure I’ve cooked enough for Mr A and his folks to have seconds + leftovers for lunch the following day*)

Mr A: Pretty much; I think she made a little more than usual because you were coming

Uncle: And she makes dessert too?

Mr A: Yeah – she likes cooking; sometimes we’ll make something together though…

Uncle: Does she clean up after?

Mr A: Yeah – she’ll wash the pots and pans while everything is either simmering or in the oven; she doesn’t really use the dishwasher.

Uncle: Congratulations son; you’ve done well!

Hehehe – I don’t know if you’re going to want to slap me across the head for moving the feminist movement back about 50 years but I was literally actually rather happy by this comment… Mr A told me that he was stoked that by it also saying that he was more than happy with his future ‘wifey’…

What can I say; in some ways I’m a traditionalist… I guess when its in you; its in you…