" - Winnie the Pooh
Laundry, Pillows and food
This laundry thing will take some getting used to. I woke up today to rainy skies and gasped when I realized I had left our clothes on the line the night before. Alas, they are obviously not dry and I fear they won't dry today, either. Not a good day for laundry, either. Looks like I will learn to appreciate early mornings and sunny days FAR more.
When we got our futon, we also picked up a couple of pillows. A little aside here - when we stayed in the hotel in Nagasaki, we noticed that the pillows appeared to be stuffed with pebbles. At first, we weren't sure this was going to be a good night, but after waking up the next day with nary a crick, we decided we liked this new idea. Thus, when we went to get our pillows, we weren't suprised to see some with pebbles. There were others that were stuffed with little plastic rolls and a couple of foam ones. We went with the pebbles. Surprisingly comfortable!
We've also managed to cook dinner a couple of times in our apartment. The first was some pre-prepared pork chunks from the store, some asparagus and rice. This is only a challenge when you consider that we have only plates, bowls, glasses, chopsticks, a rice cooker and stove in the apartment - no pots, no pans, no silverware, no cooking utensils. The rice, obviously, went in the rice cooker. We used 4c of our 10kg bag (which cost 2600¥, I might add) and that was WAY too much for our little family. I think we'll go with 2c next time. When the rice was done, we put the asparagus on top of it and steamed it a touch - came out beatifully. The pork, Chrys heated on a plate on the stove. Voila! A meal!
The second, we tried dumplings and snow peas. Figuring that I now knew how to steam, I would use the rice cooker and we'd be fine. Well, I failed to really monitor the amount of water that Chrys poured in and we ended up with boiled dumplings and snow peas instead of steamed. Ah well, better luck next time.
We've also discovered that you can eat just about anything with chopsticks. This is the only utensil we've bought so far. (Though I did splurge and get some cute Cinderella kiddie chopsticks - shorter than normal - for Roo.) Some of the more interesting things we've managed were yogurt and cereal. Everything else, was pretty self explanatory and could be torn up and eaten as normal.
As soon as the little one wakes, we'll be off to see what's on the menu for tonight!
When we got our futon, we also picked up a couple of pillows. A little aside here - when we stayed in the hotel in Nagasaki, we noticed that the pillows appeared to be stuffed with pebbles. At first, we weren't sure this was going to be a good night, but after waking up the next day with nary a crick, we decided we liked this new idea. Thus, when we went to get our pillows, we weren't suprised to see some with pebbles. There were others that were stuffed with little plastic rolls and a couple of foam ones. We went with the pebbles. Surprisingly comfortable!
We've also managed to cook dinner a couple of times in our apartment. The first was some pre-prepared pork chunks from the store, some asparagus and rice. This is only a challenge when you consider that we have only plates, bowls, glasses, chopsticks, a rice cooker and stove in the apartment - no pots, no pans, no silverware, no cooking utensils. The rice, obviously, went in the rice cooker. We used 4c of our 10kg bag (which cost 2600¥, I might add) and that was WAY too much for our little family. I think we'll go with 2c next time. When the rice was done, we put the asparagus on top of it and steamed it a touch - came out beatifully. The pork, Chrys heated on a plate on the stove. Voila! A meal!
The second, we tried dumplings and snow peas. Figuring that I now knew how to steam, I would use the rice cooker and we'd be fine. Well, I failed to really monitor the amount of water that Chrys poured in and we ended up with boiled dumplings and snow peas instead of steamed. Ah well, better luck next time.
We've also discovered that you can eat just about anything with chopsticks. This is the only utensil we've bought so far. (Though I did splurge and get some cute Cinderella kiddie chopsticks - shorter than normal - for Roo.) Some of the more interesting things we've managed were yogurt and cereal. Everything else, was pretty self explanatory and could be torn up and eaten as normal.
As soon as the little one wakes, we'll be off to see what's on the menu for tonight!
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