Hello, my name is Nelda and I can't cook!

Well it has been agreed before that I am not the best person to be cooking dinner for anyone but me because there is a poisoning possibility at the end of the meal... Especially if that is something I haven't made before!!

So today I made something called "sautējums" (have no idea how to translate it).

Just cabbage, potatoes, carrots, peas, single cream and some bay leaves, a table spoon of flour mixed with cold water and some round black peppers. Easy Peazy!

Cabbage first (makes the house smell like fart...) then carrots and then potatoes and peas (I put potatoes and carrots the other way around).

And then I got distracted like I usually do and all my "sautējums" burned in blue flames...

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After I took out all the good "sautējums" into another saucepan and finished cooking it. A little un-salty, probably because I forgot to put some salt in it. Fried some bacon with it since I can't really lay my hands on any smoked pork ribs!

MMMMMM... not as good as my mommy's but she's got like 30 or more years experience in making it!

Any way - have been there and done that... like 3 times, so I know a bullet proof method how to revive my only pot form it's clinical death: boil some rhubarb in it!

What shall I cook for tomorrow?!

Bright and Sparkly

Happy New Year!

The event in it's own right was a nice little thing! Old school mates, friends and neighbors...

I have to say I messed it up with some dodgy New Year congrats messages to one of my friends. Even now, when I have sobered up (and it took me a lot of time to get there) my new message didn't really make my friend send a thanks back. Oh well... what's done, is done.

The now-empty Rock Edition bottle in it's all leather and spike glory is put on a shelf as a token of the most amazing New Year so far.

I spent it in a party but sticking together with my friend. This is the 3rd one we have spent together.

And we both agreed to my random realization, that this is going to be our decade. Where we (fresh twenty year olds) will grow and blossom, work hard of our asses, find a place in the world for our selves, establish families and enjoy life or the most of it as we try not to turn thirty! We have loads to look forward to!

I feel optimistic. The enormous black cloud that was pissin rain on me for the past few months have kinda lighten up and I'm so excited.

Make your things to look forward this year list!

Mine is quite thrilling and scary but really amazing in the same time:

* Hard work to get my dissertation done and any other uni project (at least I have a vision now!)

* Graduating!

* Getting £3000 grant. Well I still have to apply but when I do, I sure hope they will give it to me since I still am a migrant worker...

* UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS GOIGNT TO BE MY NEXT MOVE!!!

This was the part I was getting at since the beginning. So scary, uni graduated and then what. I can study, I can work and can do ANYTHING! I am considering looking for a masters program in print-making someplace where post-grad studies are for free! How cool is that?! Maybe just have a responsibility free summer and live on my parents income again for a few months?!

Anyway... I am looking forward for all those things no matter what I chose to take as my future course!

Big hug in the New Year!!!