love defined

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an
earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides
you have to make a decision. You have to work out
whether your roots have become so entwined together
that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness,
it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises
of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any
of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what
is left over when being in love has burned away,
and this is both an art and a fortunate accident."
-St. Augustine (the movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin)

quote from here

♫

went a lil crazy with this line
from kiss by prince.

just a lil.

how was your wkend?

i spent saturday making preparations to
spoil the most important lady in my world,
and then succeeding in doing so on sunday.

twas a hit! anyway...everyday can be
mother's day esp when u have a great one.

til tmr

boobtube

in years past it used to be that
i rarely ever watched tv.

that hasn't really changed but
there are a couple shows (new and old)
that have my attention.

i've been a law and order addict
(SVU being my fav)
from birth or soon after anyway.
i judge seasons when watching
reruns based on olivia benson's
haircut.

other shows i picked up more
recently like House which has
hooked me mainly by the medical
details. very interesting just how
many ways your body can fail you.

and then there's my 'pleasedontgetcancelled'
show, united states of tara on showtime.
this series just speaks to the abnormal
psychology obsessed part of me.
i recall actually wishing for DID
(formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder)
when i was about 10; a by product of
reading my mom's psych books i'm sure.
life must have not been interesting
enough for me then.

thankfully some wishes dont come true.

vday and so forth

yum....


a trio of yummies.

this vday my mr. treated my mom,
sister and of course, me, to a
fabulous cappuccino cheesecake.

that cake tastes like all sorts of
wonderful.

we were early lovebirds this year,
as we had our wkend getaway the
wkend before, and ate at one of
my fav restaurants on the fri night.
so saturday was very chillaxed.




rubber for bones

montage was a nice show,
production wasn't as big as i thought
it would have been and the
juggler was having an off night
but all together was quite nice.

bookophila

i have been a bookophile
since birth pretty much.
my mom read to me while
i was baking in the oven
and i pretty much read
everything i could get my
hands on.

i've read the bible (twice),
skipping numbers the
second time. i read all my
mom's psychology books,
which sparked my interest
in abnormal psychology,
my dad's law, politics, history
theology books. everything
and anything.

today i was on amazon and
seeking out some of my childhood
favourites; books i read 10+ times.
Enid Blyton was a fav when i was
younger and i'm quite happy
with the collection i've amassed,
hopefully my own kids will love
reading as much as i did.



the magic faraway series was one
of my favourites growing up.



as for mary poppins, i couldn't
put a figure to the amount of
times i've read these books.

still one of my favourite hobbies,
except now i read ayn rand,
john grisham, tom clancy and
various foreign novels in english.

ciao

i ♥ food

i loooove food. three xtra Os don't
even justify it. i also like to watch
food oriented shows.

Top Chef


now in season 5, this show is
one of my favourites. i like the
competition aspect and the structure
of the show as well. each episode with
the exception of the finale starts with
a quickfire challenge where the chefs
are tested on their speed and ability
to come up with a dish appropriate to
whatever theme the producers decided.
now... it would probably take me 15 out
of the 30 minutes just to think of something
to cook.
the second challenge is often a group one,
which is where you usually see heads butt
as the chefs have different cooking
backgrounds and of course different
personalities so it makes for interesting tv.
its a fun show and i like to see what
they come up with.

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations


i love this show. anthony bourdain travels
around the world and experiences the culture
and food of whichever country he's in.
its the culture part i like about this show,
i feel like the show depicts a true representation
of each country, even when he did his
jamaica episode i found it to be somewhat
well rounded. the uptown jamaica is always
left out of commercials and travel shows,
i suppose its not nearly as interesting for tourists
but the lack of depiction is the reason why
i have been asked if jamaicans all live in shacks
or even worse... trees. so it would have been
nice to see that but there's only so much
producers can fit into an hour after all.
exotic country, food and bourdain's
offhandish attitude makes for a good show.

andrew zimmern on bizarre foods
(also on the travel channel) does the travel
and food bit as well but minus the culture
and i dont really want to watch him eat
bull's testicles or suck the brain out of a
suckling pig's skull. not my thing... at all.

lastly Iron Chef America


now this is just straight cooking.
a challenger chef selects one of the
iron chefs to cook against and they
have one hour to cook a minimum of
5 dishes, all incorporating a secret
ingredient. i learned recently that
both sides are given a list of 3-5
possible ingredients beforehand
so the challenge isnt as difficult
as it seems watching the show.
i like that the judges panel is a little
mixed and varies though 2 of the 3 judges
are always pro food critics.

perhaps my calling should have been
along the lines of food critic

the wkend :)

need i say more?

yet another day spent
at work with no work to do,
at least its friday or
noworktomorrowday.

glorious

my friend smurfette asked
me the other day after
looking over my blog what
exactly was the point of it...
most of the really good blogs
have some main theme,
its all about cupcakes,
travels, family, knitting etc
and i suppose mine doesnt
really have a focus but as the
title says its a little of my
everything.

so forgive my all over the placeness.

our group is doing a bbq on sunday
with a recipe concocted by yours truly
and will be prepared by the group chef
who i occasionally call perv in humour
but this week he's known as
chocolate rain!
(watch the vid, he's identical)

enjoy the wkend!

skies

there was a hurricane riiiiiiiight beside us


blurry but it was such a nice night


damn those power cables

the sky is one of my fav things to
look at, no matter what the weather
is like or the time of day.

always gorgeous.

sunset

this was taken on my way up to Blue Mountain peak

the image of the sun setting or rising
is one of my favourite things to look at

mother nature is the original artist

Foodie Anonymous

a lil something I did on my down time

today is a rather overcast day,
very rainy, I can hear my bed calling
me to come and wrap up under the
comfort and just sail off into dreamland,
with the sound of the raindrops on the roof.

....

back to reality.
with roughly 3 hours left in the work day,
maybe more depending on the time
that my Mr. takes to get thru the traffic.
I just had lunch and I'm already thinking
about dinner... so wrong. I should def
join a Food Anonymous the way I love to eat
and the portions at that!

I found this really nice recipe online and
I've been thinking about making this one
weekend when the weather is nice and
cool.



I would substitute the scallops, mussels and fish,
for lobster instead...maybe a little fish,
though I am not a huge consumer of fish
(except in sushi...and a nice fried parrot fish with festivals on the beach ☺ )

I would also add some scotch bonnet peppers,
and use fire roasted tomatoes instead and
use less butter and more olive oil.

Pair this with some garlic breadsticks
and it should be preeeeeetty good.

Random me fact:

Food is another of my ♥ loves, I am a HUGE foodie!

.love.

i swear i fall in love everyday.

not with people though,
some experiences i've had made
me very wary of people.

today the love i refer to is for furniture.
those things we put in our houses to
make it feel like a home on the inside.
Interior decorating could be my second
calling yet.


I just love these pieces.
I have a deep love for nature,
(everything except roaches)
and these things in my home will
really give me that lil warm feeling
you should have when you walk through
the door.


I found all of these at west elm,
just in case anyone was curious.



my bonsai tree would look
great in one of these.

the furniture bug is biting me hard,
as I'm still finalizing a design for my closet.
something I must complete soon as my
never ending love for handbags has
run me out of space.

Random 'me' fact:

i love red nail polish