I’m Crazily Belted Up! March 24, 2010
Posted by The Giddy Tiger in : The Fairer Sex , comments closed
Lately I have been adding some pizzazz to my wardrobe…at least that’s what I’d like to think. Jazzing up my existing outfits with belts have definitely given them a new lease of life. Love the color contrast, the different materials and (sometimes) the cocked eyebrow wearing a belt brings. 
Plus…buying belts is certainly cheaper than getting a new dress, don’t you agree?
My homemade bread story March 19, 2010
Posted by The Giddy Tiger in : Drooling & Cooking , comments closedLast weekend, I took my breadmaker out of storage after a three-year hiatus. My attempt at baking a loaf of wholemeal bread turned out slightly short of disastrous, because although the bread was “cuttable”, it was barely edible because it was so HARD and dry!
Hannah seemed to love it though, so that was good.
But I was determined to rectify my error, and tried baking another loaf the following night, this time I used lukewarm water and omitted the salt.
Unfortunately, to my dismay, when I eagerly checked on the breadmaker the following morning (I left it to bake overnight), I realized that the mixture had not moved at all! No rising was performed, no kneading was performed, and we definitely did NOT get a loaf of bread this time! 
I thought I had somehow fixed the apparatus wrongly, so I tried again. But then I discovered that when the breadmaker’s function showed KNEAD, the kneading arms of the breadmaker were just not moving! In addition, the breadmaker did NOT heat up at all. That was definitely NOT a good sign.
SIGH…I don’t know what’s wrong with it now. It’s probably going back into storage today.
Guess I shall have to visit the bakery today to BUY a loaf of bread after all!
Memorable taste of the US March 5, 2010
Posted by The Giddy Tiger in : Drooling & Cooking , comments closed
It only takes a moment to remind you of an experience. And sometimes it takes a meal to bring back sweet memories.
It’s not exactly like the phố we had in the US, but it is a branch of one of the restaurants we used to frequent while we were there. And while the menu might be slightly different, the taste is vaguely familiar.
It felt good. And comfortable.
And my Ethan boy even said, “Wow…just like in the US!”
Why I need a new Washer March 3, 2010
Posted by The Giddy Tiger in : Close to Heart & Home , comments closed
My current washer, though it does its job well washing my laundry, has been going floozy these few weeks.
- When it goes into the spin cycle, it will attempt to spin and then emit a signal telling me the clothes in the tub are uneven. So I would then have to rearrange the clothes and let it continue the cycle. This hardly happened before, as the washer was able to sort of fill up with some water so the clothes are more or less balanced out. No human intervention needed.
- Sometimes after rearranging the clothes in the tub, the washer kinda resets itself and increases the time taken to complete washing. Say for example, it shows 9 minutes to completion when it warns me it’s uneven. As soon as I rearrange the clothes and close the cover of the washer, the timer shows 31 minutes!!!!
- Most of the time, in order to make it complete its spin cycle without resetting, I have had to manually hold down the washer, just so it doesn’t spin too much out of control.
- My washer has also begun to inch its way across my dry area. I can’t tell you how many times I have had to push it back to its original position.
- My washer is getting noisier by the day.
- …oh and I also need a dryer, I think….with a dryer, I don’t need to spend time hanging the clothes, I save space by getting rid of my additional clothes-drying rack and with some dryers, I can also automatically press the clothes (read: no ironing needed!)
Anyone has any experience with a washer and dryer in one? Is that better than a separate dryer? Because of space constraints, I would prefer the former, but I would love some honest opinions.
Little Miracles
Our Journey of Love
