Spaghetti again?

Hi beautiful Natty!  I love you!  You are MY girl natty, and I love you with all of my heart.  I hope you are feeling good and healthy, and you are enjoying your place in this world.  Me, I had to cut the grass again to catch up with what was left to grow over Ramadan, and my feet hurt right now.  The spinning cable of the weed whacker sure kicks up a whole lot of plant and earth matter right up my nose, so I'm taken by a sniffle as I'm trying to work.  I think: cutting grass → nasal allergies → flooded sinus cavity → infected sinus cavity → an opportunity for the flu-type virus collective to take advantage of my weakened condition.  At least it's not the fasting month, and I am able to carry and ingest medicine as I work.

Yeah yeah I know, spaghetti again.  Spaghetti is a quick and easy fix for dinner after doing exhausting yard work.  Plus, I had a lot of sauce left over.  I was thinking that that sauce could be so much better, plus last night it gave me gas which means I didn't reheat it hot enough and I need to add coriander seeds.  Then this morning I went to buy produce for my mother, and they were selling "kampung" (village) eggplant.  So I bought that, then bought a can of tomato puree, recooked the sauce by adding the eggplant, coriander seeds and tomato puree with a bit of sugar, and it turned out so much better.  I have enough sauce for one more "spaghetti again" which is convenient because I have to keep cutting grass.  After that, I'm done with spaghetti for a while.  But I don't have enough spaghetti noodles...

Spaghetti again?

Hi Natty!  Aw don't you worry about a thing, my precious Princess.  Everything is going to work out just awesome for us inshaAllah.  You are such a beautiful girl.   I love you with all of my heart, and I will marry you inshaAllah.  OK?

Yeah, I had spaghetti for dinner.  I cut the grass in the evening, and spaghetti was the quickest and most filling solution.  Yeah, I made a lot of sauce the last time.  It just turned out that way, and I don't have room in my freezer.  I don't mind having spaghetti for days if the sauce were good.  It's not the best sauce I ever made, but it's good.  I still have a lot of sauce left though...

Hi Natty

Hi Honey!  Yes, I listened to your podcast.  I'm listening to your podcast, but you're not there.  😡  I just finished the sunset prayer, and watched the Jap kids video.  It's been a busy day.  I vacuum cleaned my mother's house in the morning, then cleaned out the reservoir in my bathroom, both after doing the usual cleaning up after the cats.  Lunch was ramen: I love ramen!  My ramen recipe has become so involved and time-consuming, but I can't have it any other way.  I only had time for a 5 minute nap before Mary Unknown7's session.  In the evening, I cut the grass.  The grass almost took over because of Ramadan, but I have more gumption to face it now I'm not fasting.  I guess I would have had more time to do things if I got to bed earlier, but I got caught up with computer work while watching "John Wick".  I got excited, suddenly 2 doors I thought were closed opened wide up again, then after putting in all that work I found that those doors were still closed even after though they were wide open.  Does that make sense?  I guess I would be more frustrated if I hadn't realized that my computer trail is very unique, by the Will of Allah.  So I didn't try too hard to win, only to adapt in the future.  "John Wick" is a great movie.  Some local kids killed my cat a couple of years ago when I let her out to find a mate.  But I didn't kill them.  I had to forgive them.

Selamat Hari Raya

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope all is well with you, and you are feeling good.  Ah, I didn't have to fast today!  Today is the Eid, one of the 2 Eids that Muslims celebrate, this being Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan.  I had to work of course, I don't get holidays.  I've been on my own all my life and had to work, so I don't have much of an emotional attachment to public holidays.  But when we marry inshaAllah, we will have to celebrate Ramadan and the Eid as a function of strengthening family.  Oh don't you worry about society Honey, I will be every much as isolated as you.  I have no friends.  It is family that we will focus on.  People usually prepare much festive food for the occasion.  My mother had a modest spread this year, so I ate some of that.  The Eid can be compared to Christmas, but the kids don't expect presents.  Instead, they expect cash.  Kids here used to go around from house to house, knocking on doors and yelling "Selamat Hari Raya!" and folks would give them cash.  Yeah, like Halloween.  Not this year though.  But you have to admit, cash is easier to deal with than buying presents right?  They can have presents on their birthdays.  That is a monumental enough task for me.

Qur'an 20200524

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

14.  And when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery.

15.  And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!"

16.  "What!  When we die and become dust and bones, shall we be raised up?"

17.  "And also our fathers of old?"

18.  Say, "Yes, and you shall then be humiliated."

Those ranged in ranks 37:14-18

Spaghetti again?

Hi Natty!  How are you?  I hope you are healthy and happy!  It's the last day of Ramadan today, so no more mandatory fasting for this year!  I get to drink coffee in the afternoon!  I'm so happy!  Simple pleasures.  I think I managed to step up this Ramadan, inshaAllah.  It sure has been a busy one this year.  The first half of the month was full of aches and pains, and the rest was Internet chaos, all within the frame of Covid-19.  I can't say that Covid-19 is a blessing, but other than that it was a great Ramadan.  Thank You, ya Allah.

The most memorable meals this month were the beef jerky, and the spaghetti!  Yeah I had spaghetti again, for the pre-dawn meal.  It's a beef and onion sauce, onion being the thickening agent.  The beef and eggplant was a better sauce, but this one is a success alhamdulillah.  For breaking fast this dinner, I'm having steamed rice, crunchy anchovies, a couple of sunny side up eggs, and "sambal tumis petai" (bitter beans in hot sauce).  Very traditional.  I would offer you some, but bitter beans is an acquired taste.

Floating earrings

Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today?  I hope you're not getting nervous about having to talk to me.  That's what marriage is, right?  Being together and talking to each other?  Don't you worry about a thing, my beautiful Princess.  Everything is going to work out nicely for us inshaAllah.  I get the feeling that after a while, you are the one who is going to be doing a lot of the talking.





Oh dear, I didn't notice those floating earrings until after the photo shoot was done.  Those earrings must have been set up for the old system head.