Sorry for the month long absence. But surely it makes the heart grow fonder, right?????
In the past month we've been getting settled into our little Korean life. The country has been buzzing with World Cup excitement but that's now died down since Saturday's game that has cast Korea out of the series. Our lovely island had an issue with the water dam that cause us to go without water for 2 days and caused me to realize how much I hate not being able to clean ANYTHING.
But now for some photographic evidence that we are have built a nice little nest.
Exhibit A: Our lovely kitchen stand. This is home to our microwave, our rice cooker, our no-name Magic Bullet and the piece de resistance - our little convection oven!
This puppy has changed our lives. I can bake things with actual whole grains - a rarity in Korea. And Neil can go back to his culinary masterpieces of chicken nuggets and rice, although now he's put a Korean twist on this classic; he bakes mini pork cutlets and rice.
Exhibit B: The fruits of our labour.
Because of our favorite new addition to our family, the convection oven, I am able to bake yummy loaves of whole wheat bread. Delicious. And I accompany my tasty bread with homemade almond butter made in my "not really a Magic Bullet" Magic Bullet. I think I'm a convert to homemade nut butters - I'll likely never go back.
Exhibit C: Living Entities
That's right - we have plants - 4 in total. I try to remember to water them. They are beautiful and the woman who sold them to me actually spoke a little English, so she could tell me how often to water them. Huzzah!
Exhibit D: Collection of Hot Sauce
Every time you order pizza in Korea you get side dishes - as you do in all restaurants here. The sides that come with pizza are hot sauce and sweet pickles. I have no idea why, because I have never seen anyone actually use any of these. Koreans seem to ignore them completely whenever we eat pizza with them.
We have taken to throwing out the pickles as soon as the pizza comes - I just get tempted to eat them when I look at them and then extremely disappointed when I taste them and remember that they are not dill pickles. But the hot sauce has made a nice home for itself in the top shelf of our fridge, waiting to be blended into one of Neil's rice and pork cutlet delights.
There you have it - a place that is starting to look like a home!
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