I love lentils, especially lentil soup, a very traditional recipe from the part of Colombia I come from. So, once in a while I prepare the lentil soup here and fortunately Patrice likes it too :-) But somehow I felt I had to master the darn recipe and make it taste like my mom’s own; I went to looking for it online, found one that seemed just like hers and last night I left the lentils in water and cooked them this morning… The result? Good (I guess), but not as good as it has been when I cook them “a la Beatriz”. From now on, I’ll just follow my instinct and do what my auntie tells me: Don’t follow recipes, just do what your heart and your smell tell you.
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I cannot complain about my weekend. Had a great time last night chez Jacques; we saw the photos from the vacation he and my MIL had in New Jersey and NYC. He’s a teacher, so each picture came with a story written under and after taking a look at the album we had to pass a little test. We scored 100% and received a prize: One really cool watercolor of Brodway st. along with a book of the Quebec slang for me… he he he! After the photos, we played games, eat some chips, had some drinks, and talked :smile: Came back home around midnight and slept late today.

It’s been chilly and cloudy outside, so we stayed in, organized the house, washed clothes and cuddled. I also put summer clothes away and the fall/winter clothes in the closet to wear them now. Everything changes with the seasons; each one of them requires certain home rituals that I seem to enjoy since I didn’t have these changes in Colombia. It’s nice… There’s still a lot of cleaning to do, but that’ll wait until tomorrow.

So, how was YOUR weekend? :wave:

It’s gorgeous outside, a little bit chilly but lots of sunshine and blue skies. I love autumn :smile: I woke up late and all I’ve done today is talking with Patrice about life, about us. Sometimes that is necessary to make relationships even better… Ours grows everyday. I’m so in love with my hubby, his sensibility, his thoughtfulness, his generosity, his support.

We’re going out this evening to visit a friend, look at the pictures of my MIL’s New Jersey vacation, have a cup of coffee and enjoy. Patrice is taking a shower and I’m next. The rest of the weekend will be dedicated to my hubby; I’ll be back on Monday.

And before I go, little game I found at Simply Stinny is next.
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Long week of work, the meeting with the consul last night (I’ll write more about it later, but it was GREAT!). We finished work today around 3 p.m. and without learning anything from last week’s indigestion episode, we went for take-out at St-Hubert; I just made sure NOT to eat the salad, but the chicken sandwich with Swiss cheese was yunmy!

So, we get home at 4 and something and I get ready for the weekend. A little bit upset with my poor husband for reasons I won’t discuss here (in Spanish we say that you do your own laundry at home) and was getting to start really moody when the telephone rang, I was in the bathroom, Patrice answered and told me: “Weren’t you suppossed to go to Elisa‘s tonight?”. I went “Shoot! that’s right… the PartyLite meeting!!”. Let me tell you, she saved the night; the minute I knew I could go out and think about different things I started smiling. Good thing that I hadn’t put my PJs on and I was there 10 minutes after she called.
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