Black

Hi Natty!  How are you?  Living in a Natty world?  Yeah, the world is pretty Natty.  And my Natty is so pretty.  I hope you are feeling healthy and happy, my darling.  It's been a rather busy day for me.  I took my Dad to the hospital for his checkup, early in the morning.  That took a few hours, but at least I didn't have to cook lunch.  The restaurants are finally open after the long lockdown, so I had takeout rice for lunch.  I did some burning in the evening, mostly a lot of coconuts in a closed furnace.  I finished off the spaghetti sauce for dinner, plus the rest of the eggplant I had in the cooler.  It's pretty simple: just fry up the cut eggplant until soft, stir in the leftover spaghetti sauce, then add and mix in the noodles when the sauce is hot enough.  It's the end of spaghetti for a while.  Spaghetti is fast eating though, which makes it convenient.  Time saved is also labor saved in many cases.  Don't you agree?



Mary Unknown7 has been wearing black for 3 days this week already.  This outfit has flowers!

Shoutcast station

Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today?  I hope all is well with you, and you are enjoying yourself.  It's been a busy Monday for me.  I was out and about in the morning running errands, in the evening I went around the yard with a machete killing young trees.  Don't worry Honey, there's plenty more where that came from.  What are you having for dinner?  It's smart to plan for meals Natty, in fact it's a reason to live.  I had mushroom cheeseburgers for dinner.  The cats are always excited about my cooking.  I have 3 female and one male cat.  The females would risk their lives to get a taste of my food, but Bro the male cat is uninterested in snacks.  While the girls are squabbling and bouncing off the walls for a lick of pan grease, Bro just grooms himself and yawns away.  It's not that he doesn't like snacks.  But if it takes any amount of work, then the snack isn't worth it.  You go, Bro!



Mary Unknown7 sings everyday from 10 pm to midnight PST at Fireside Karaoke in Second Life.  If any of you folks want to hear her karaoke but don't have Second Life, you can tap into the stream.  It's a Shoutcast mp3 stream, and the address is http://server2.luschaudio.com:9208  Just make sure you have Internet, then open the address in your media player.  Remember, she only sings on the stream from 10 pm to midnight PST!

Taxes time

Hi Natty!  I hope you are feeling well today.  I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart, and that everything is going to work out just great for us inshaAllah.  So don't you worry about a thing, OK?

It's been a busy day for me, because Sunday is always a busy day.  But it's not Ramadan, so I'm not as worn out.  It rained in the evening, so I didn't have to do any yard work.  Instead, I made myself a big dinner.  Nothing fancy, just all the fries and chicken nuggets that were in the freezer.  I will be buying more tomorrow inshaAllah.  After this, I will be doing wardrobe with Mary Unknown7.  Then I have to fill in my tax forms.  Since I own a business, my taxes times is the month of June.  Anyway, I have to get to it.  I love you!

From Allah is our origin, and to Allah is our return

Natty, my condolences on your Nan.  It seems that you were available to be there with her, and from the gesture of her left hand it seems she really appreciated it.  I love you.

Metal blade

Hi Natty!  What's up?  I hope you are doing and feeling well.  I just got done finishing up the grass cutting, so I'm tired.  I used the metal blade today to cut what a plastic cable can't cut, like young trees and such.  Oh my God, the place is overgrown.  It's mostly because I don't have the strength to remove the adult trees that give spawn to the millions of baby trees on the ground: I need a team to do that for me.  In the meanwhile, I have to do the labor myself.  But today is the last of it for a while, alhamdulillah.  I had to lift that spinning blade above my head many times.  Ugh.  Then sweat took over my eyes, and I couldn't see anything with the protective goggles on.  I got it done though, now I want to sleep.  But I also want to work, doing work that I enjoy doing for a change.  I guess I'll nap until the night prayer, then get back on the computer.  At least I didn't have to cook.  My mother had some "lontong" left over, so I ate that.  Thanks, Mom!

Lontong

Hi Natty!  How are you feeling?  I hope you are keeping a cool head and heart.  Please be patient, my love.  I love you so very much.  It's past sunset here, and it's raining right now.  I did manage to get the grass cut, over at that very thick area behind my grandfather's old house.  I am praying to build a house for my wife there someday inshaAllah.  There's a lot of yard work to do, and the vegetation is so strong.  I don't want to just spray the area with poison, because the girl I love loves green.  Anyway I got the task done before the rain came down, but I still have a small section to do with the metal blade.  And it will all grow back.  My Mother gave me some of her "lontong" for dinner.  It's basically a stew where the broth is based on coconut milk and turmeric. Very tasty.  Thanks, Mom!

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...