Cook and Brew.

I love weekends because it means quality bonding time with the family.  It’s the time that we can just plain laze and bum around at home or go somewhere else, dine, go malling or visit loved ones.  But one thing I dread about Sundays is the task of menu planning for the week and listing down grocery supplies.  It’s a lot more difficult actually than deciphering what baby gift to a friend’s child.  I’m really having a hard time thinking what to feed my family perhaps because my cooking skills and knowledge are limited.  It’s a blessing that Yayie’s with us and cooks for us once in a while especially if I crave for native veggie dishes.  On a brighter note, the husband’s try to make it easier for me too by giving out suggestions or what his taste buds crave to eat.

I’ve always wondered how does a gold taste.  I’ve long known that this precious metal is actually edible and is usually used to garnish cakes and chocolates but I still haven’t got the chance to taste.  I wonder which type of gold these edible ones are made of or how do they come up with it.  It’s impossible that confectioners and bakers Buy Gold Krugerrands then sort of “grate” them to powderize or pound them to minute pieces. Or do they use some sort of a Lead Free Solder to put pieces together when assembling them into cake layers or something? Well, I’m sure there’s a special process for that.  Got to check Mr. Google for that.

Believe it or not, from December until  now, I haven’t coped up with my Google Reader feeds.  It all started with me getting sick thus I’ve been offline for many days, the hectic sched of the holidays and throw in some laziness.  So now I still have about more than a thousand unread feeds to purge.  And guess what, I really feel bad for not being able to read sooner the post about Shopwise’s promo called the Sunrise Sale.  They greeted early shoppers between 6-9AM with a 50% off sale on seafood and meat.  That’s a whopping 50% discount and I would have really dashed to the grocery if I’ve known about this promo.  Well, that’s a lesson for me.  Before I miss any to-die-for sale events, I’d better start reading my feeds and be updated.  I’ve been searching for nice spa deals as I’ve really been yearning for a pampering treat.  It’s been a while since I last had one so it would be nice to see spa cover, jacuzzis, massage bed and breathe in relaxing spa aromas one of these days.

We haven’t finalized our weekend plans yet but it seems that we’re bound to go to the hospital tomorrow.  A friend just messaged and informed that her husband is admitted in the hospital right now and is due for an operation tomorrow.  She mentioned the hospital they’re in as well as the room number but she failed to include the cause so we’re in deep wonder right now as we await her follow up text.  Hope it’s nothing serious.  I’m sure it doesn’t involve opiate detox because this friend is a “clean” guy and is always in the pink of health.  All the more that I wonder what caused his confinement and scheduled operation.