P/s: Dad's surgery is tomorrow. So I'll sign off for this week...enjoy your weekend friends!
Thursday
Happy Thursday - this week's eye drawings
Wednesday
Workspace Wednesday - cute stuff my sister bought me
Happy Wednesday friends! My sister just cam back from South Korea and bought me some cute stuff! Yep. I love My Melody. :) And yes, this grown woman only wears cute socks. *LOL*
Tuesday
Keeping meals simple
These days I'm all about keeping meals simple to minimise time spent in the kitchen doing prep work, the actual cooking and cleanup.
Since I'm in it for the long haul, I want to make it easier on myself so that I don't suffer from burnout.
The upside of spending the last 2 years trying out recipes is that I actually have developed some competencies in food prep and now rely more on my taste buds than actual step-by-step recipes. Right now I'm down to 45 minutes if I do 2 dishes and 60 minutes if I do 3 dishes (served with steamed white rice) with cleaning up done in between so that lunch service is about 90 minutes total.
And I have all my trusty friends to help out too - regular oven, steam oven, rice cooker and air-fryer.:)
This was the other day's lunch - air-fryer fish fillet and stir-fried mixed veggies.
What about you? How long do you spend on a home-cooked meal?
Monday
Make Stuff Monday - upcycled decorated bag
Can you tell that I've been having fun mixing up my own stash with happy mail bits? *winks*
It allows you to stretch your creativity and play with "new" colour combos.
And despite using my stash diligently and not buying anything new (papercrafting supplies), I still have years of stash left. Can you relate? *LOL*
Wednesday
Wednesday's decorated envelope
Happy Wednesday friends! Instead of a card to go with your gift, why not try a handwritten note/letter....and decorate the envelope instead? *winks*
Still having fun mixing up my happy mail bits and my own stash. Isn't this puffy girl sticker cute? :)
Tuesday
A family layout and life update
Hello friends! Just wanted to share a family layout on a recent outing with the folks and nephew #1 to celebrate my birthday. And give you a little life update.
Nephew #1 has been serving his National Service (mandatory for all Singaporean males) since January so my parenting duties have been limited to weekends when he gets to come home.
Just when I've gotten into a comfortable home routine of feeding/caring for my family and getting my own work done, life threw a curveball.
Dad had a heart attack on March 2 and had 2 stents and a balloon to clear the blockage in one artery. His angiogram also showed a blockage in another artery and he's scheduled for another stenting procedure on 31 March.
Mum is so stressed out that she lost a ton of weight and can't sleep at night. Meanwhile, stubborn dad still wants to eat unhealthy food despite his near-death experience...and has to be reminded everyday to take his medication.
This is my creative outlet so I'll still be sharing my creations but please forgive me if I take a while to return blog comments.
Monday
Make Stuff Monday - an upcycled decorated box
And finishing with some gold mist to tie everything together. :)
Happy week ahead friends!
Thursday
A decorated vertical envelope
Yes friends, I'm on a roll this week just upcycling the bits from my recent happy mail, adding my own spin on it with additional pieces from my own stash...
And really stretching my own limits when it comes to mixing patterns on patterns.*winks*
Hope you have been having an awesome week so far!
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