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We officially kick-started Christmas season by celebrating our own Thanksgiving dinner.

Yesterday was the first Sunday of the Advent season and we had the tree up. Decoration is not done yet though we are I am halfway there.

Someone has been reading up on alli reviews in preparation for the Christmas celebrations lined up. I told her, maybe there is no real need to do that. How? she asks. I say “Take everything else in moderation”.

That is what I have been telling myself too. Heh.

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We had a simple Thanksgiving dinner today.

Baked macaroni and pan-fried steak with mushroom gravy.

The baked mac (and any other pasta) and steak are both common sights on our kitchen table but these are rarely found together in our meals. Together, these two make a wonderful meal.

I also made the mushroom gravy from scratch and yes, it passed the standards of the kids. Yipee!

Yes, that is something to be thankful for, being able to prepare meals that my children enjoy.

Happy Friday! 🙂

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With these big supermarkets otherwise known as “hypermarket” opening at almost every available space, it is no wonder that small businesses are losing their usual customers.

Where we are staying, a big hypermarket from a big company of malls just opened up. We decided to check it out one time and although we found the usual stuff being sold in their other outlets, it is still a bit reassuring for some that such an outlet exists within a few minutes from where we live. With school children, one does not know when there is an emergency urgency to get something for school to be used the next day.

On the other hand, I feel that the small businesses in the vicinity of this big store, meaning a few minutes ride and drive, are threatened. Good if these have business insurance to back them up in times of need.

I hope these smaller businesses won’t fold up like how I see happening in the rural areas.

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Hubby asked me why I haven’t started started the backyard garden since I pulled all the vegetable plants when the rains “ruined’ these. By ruined I mean the bitter gourd yield turned orange, the lemongrass wilted, the basil leaves got eaten by aphids and so on.

The seed packets are waiting. The not-soil pack is waiting for me too and I hope it has not expired (if there is such a thing) yet. The lovely colored pots are dusty already. And I can’t find my work gloves.

Excuses, excuses.

Oh wait, I started planting something yesterday, a pandan plant. I hope it will stay alive since I am not sure if it will thrive. If it lives, then we can have pandan rice everyday and pandan jelly and chicken wrapped in pandan leaves. Woot!

I used coffee grounds in the soil by the way, it is good for the soul soil.

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There is something special about chocolate and strawberries (and cherries too)  together that seem perfect.

I am not sure exactly what happened here but the strawberries in this huge bowl of sweet and sinful chocolate mousse  seem to have vanished.

No, the strawberries and cherries didn’t plunge down into that abyss in the big bowl.

I Googled “chocolate + strawberries” and I got close to 4 million results. Wow.

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