Food

 

Hello nymph!  Natty, you look absolutely gorgeous.  And that hair... how many hours did they take to do your hair?  It looks surreal.  You are so beautiful, my Natty.  I love you with all of my heart.

I have a lot of yard work to do, so I think I will be getting my dinner from that new food court that just opened at the crossroads.  It's local cuisine, so that's what I'll be eating for dinner everyday for the next few days.  It will save me time and energy from having to cook.

The nap

 Yes Honey, I love the rain.  I don't want to be overwhelmed by it, but I prefer the rain over the hot sun.  I suppose if I were in Seattle or Portland, I wouldn't enjoy the rain that much.  But in this weather, it's nap time.

It didn't rain here today.  I did manage to squeeze in a nap before the midday prayer, but I had to sleep on a chair because it's too hot to sleep on the ground.  I don't sleep a lot as it is, just about 4 to 5 hours a day including naps.  It's not possible to sleep for long on a chair, but the "one snore" rule seems to work quite well.  All I need is one snore's worth of sleep, and I can get back to work.  But it only works for naps.

Whoops!

 Hi Natty!  How are you, my love?  What's going on?  What's for dinner?  I'm having leftover home fries and lentil fritters.  The home fries crisp up quite nicely in the oven.  Want some?  I think you would like lentil fritters.  I'm not certain, but I would call it "mountain climber food".

I prefer to use the stream at free-shoutcast.com over the karaoke stream, so that people can karaoke while Mary keeps streaming.  Make sense?  On March 10, the free-shoutcast.com stream was turned off, so I switched to the karaoke stream.  I forgot to switch it back when the free-shoutcast.com stream came back on.  Whoops!  Mary has been using the karaoke stream for 5 days!  So when I switched it back today, folks came around wondering what happened.  Sorry about that!  That was my bad.  So let me make this as clear as possible: the first stream is the free-shoutcast.com stream.  The karaoke stream is the backup stream.  If neither stream worked, then please stay tuned to this blog for a replacement stream.

We love flexi hair!  Mary says it has so much more bouncity-bounce than mesh hair!

Ah... miso

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  Are you still at your tropical paradise?  Please show us what you're eating!  It's Sunday here today.  It's busy all day as usual.  I did some shopping in the evening, then I made a batch of cat food and my dinner.  I made chicken chow mein with a miso base for my dinner.  That last batch of miso that I made was so good.  That was over a month ago I think, and I still have some left over.  It's so smooth, and it finally picked a tiny bit of mold after over a month.  The crazy thing about soybeans is that mold makes it taste better!  You have to scrape off the mold first though.  The miso makes the fried noodles extra thick and rich.  I did have to add some MSG though, I can't seem to get away from that stuff.  No, I didn't eat the whole wok.  You want some?

Mango sauce

 Yes Honey, I'm smiling!  I'm smiling!  Look at me, can't you see that I'm smiling?!!!

That extra toothpaste can't be too bad for you.  Makes you cleaner!  I ate too much today.  I usually have a modest lunch, like a bowl of ramen.  But today I cooked a pot of rice to go with spicy eggplant and fried eggs, and I ate the whole lot.  I don't know why I cooked so much.  I made a big dinner, too.  I turned a whole kilo of potatoes into home fries to go with my chicken tenders.  I didn't eat the whole lot this time, I got stuffed quickly.  I can turn the home fries into curry pup stuffing, no problem.  And I gave some of the chicken tenders to the cats.  Yeah, they ate high on the hog tonight!  Well, chicken tenders.  Lookie doesn't fight for her snacks anymore, so I threw Lily's and Adolf's share to the far reaches of the house while I gave Lookie her piece.  But Adolf Kitler came scrambling back still chewing his piece of chicken, that he had to spit it out so he could steal Lookie's snack.  No big deal, she just ate the rest of Adolf's chicken.  Adolf, don't be a Nazi!

Harumanis mangoes are pretty tasty.  I happened to have a few early fruit, so I thought I would experiment with them.  My sweet mango pickle was a failure.  It turned into moonshine, so I had to chuck the whole lot away.  Today I made a spicy mango sauce.  I remember back in Tempe, there was this hot sauce store on Mill Avenue that had a great spicy mango sauce, so I thought I would try to make something like that.  I kept it simple, just mangoes, rehydrated chillies, and some sugar.  It was OK, it wasn't a failure, but it's not as great as my bitter bean hot sauce.  It didn't really go with the fries, but it went better with the chicken tenders.

Comedy

 Natty, that looks wonderful!  Oh, a tropical paradise!  How glamorous and luxurious!  Oh, the life of a fabulous supermodel!  It's tropical over here, but I'm not at the beach.  There are tropical beaches nearby, but I have work to do here.  It's Friday here today.  I swept the house and porch, did the best I can, considering what a slob I am.  It looks OK, but it's windy today so all the junk will come back.

I made ramen for lunch today.  I love ramen!  I made a fish and seaweed broth today, and it was successful.  I'm so set in my ramen technique, that Adolf Kitler perches on the stove top and meditates at me while I eat.  I suppose I could share my ramen routine, but you know how people are.  They will try to thank me by killing me or something, so instead I chose something from YouTube that people could follow.  They use pork here, but you folks can just use beef, chicken or lamb bones it should turn out quite well.  I don't need it.  I have my own routine.

Google sent me a movie clip of "Final Girls" today, and I thought I saw your brother in that.  Yes, it was him all right.  He's not a comedic actor, is he?  He's probably too serious for comedy.  I'm not offering any advice, he should know his own business.  I don't laugh much anymore, I gotten too serious perhaps.  When's the last time I really laughed?  Oh, it was at this guy who talked to the cops like a cop!

Black and white

 

Yes Honey, 7 is my number.  It's the number of the lone wolf, and the wolf seeks a mate.  I don't believe in luck, though.  I believe in God.

The usual stream wasn't working today, so I had to switch to the backup stream.  I hope you folks know to do that when the situation arises.  I expect this to be an ongoing problem for now, so if both streams don't work please check this blog for a new stream address.

Mary makes a great looking man, right?  A man who looks great in a mini skirt with garter belt, suspenders and stockings.  Yet still look masculine.  No such thing!  Maybe.  She even has that Clint Eastwood squint going!  Today's snapshots are really sexy, and I'm quite pleased with them.  I had a hard time getting her chin to stop colliding with that high collar, but I did my best.