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Holiday Preparations
In between the usual washing and list-writing of things that can't be done until the last minute, I got a little side-tracked. I know ... that's not at all like me ... MUCH! :0) Do you remember I showed you my holiday supplies last post?
Well, I decided that I REALLY wanted to make a pretty cover for my sketch book ... one that included a tie to keep it shut so I can slip things into the pages and not have them fall out every time I pick it up ... in theory! So ... I raided my stash of fave fabrics ... yep ... more Aviary being used!! And put together a strip-pieced cover. Hmmm ... OK ... pretty, but it just needs a little SOMETHING. So instead of packing my bag or tidying the house so the house sitter doesn't think the place has been burgled before they even get here, I was playing with appliqué designs. I had FUN! :0) And I was pretty pleased with the result ...
Ta Da! Look at those gorgeous Aviary fabrics. I'll be very sad when I eventually run out of them in my stash ... good thing that won't be for a while, cos I stocked up! :0) And open up the sketch book ...
... ready to sketch and play! :0) I had a wee bit of trouble convincing the sketch book that it really DID want to fit into the cover ... a slight miscalculation that didn't take the wadding into account ... but I've taken note of that, cos I'm thinking of including this in a combination pattern later in the year. Oh dear! Add another thing to that "To Do" list!! :0)
Now, when I'm not sketching or lazing around in the coastal sunshine during our two-week beach break, I'm hoping to get some stitching done to catch up with my "Gardener's Journal" blocks. So today I cut, measured, traced, attached stabiliser ...
... and I'm ready to do some serious stitching over the next two weeks!! We'll be tripping around a bit, doing some sight-seeing, catching up with family and even having dinner with a fellow-designer (who could it be?!?! Tee! Hee! Hee!) but honestly ... I really DO intend to do some stitching ... I've promised Chookyblue! :0)
Of course ... side-tracking myself with the sketch book cover kind of ate into my day of packing and holiday preparations, so as soon as I post this ... I'm off to pack a port ... or two ... oh and my sewing bag ... and my books ... and ...! :0) I'll still be keeping up with my emails while we're away, though I may not get to answer them as quickly as usual, so if you usually email me your OPAM finishes, that's still fine and don't forget to update your sidebar finishes lists in case Peg and I come blog-hopping before you get to email us. Which reminds me ... I must go and add my sketch book cover to MY list to set a good example! :0) WOW! Just had a look at my list and July has seen me finish more than double the number of projects I recorded for the last two months - YAY! About time I got my mojo working! :0)
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Happy Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year or Sincia a new year celebration for the Indonesians, who started on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zheng Yuè) penaggalan Indonesians, known as Guo Nian (read: Kuo Nian). This celebration ends with Cap Go Meh on the date to fifteen (at the time of the full moon).
On that day the people of the excited Tionghoa and usually when you meet relatives and friends always say "Gong Xi, Gong Xi (read: Kong Si - Si Kong), which means saying" Congratulations - Congratulations! ". But this speech was developed become "Gong Xi Fa Cai" (read: Kong Si Fa Cai) which means "Good fortune hopefully cheaper," Xin Nien Kuai Lok (read: Khuai Lok Sin Nien) which means "Happy New Year"
In Indonesia, during 1965-1998, the celebration of Lunar New Year is celebrated banned in public. Presidential Instruction No. 14 of 1967, the New Order regime under President Suharto, prohibits all things Indonesians, including Lunar New Year.
Sino communities in Indonesia to regain the freedom to celebrate Lunar New Year in 2000 when President Abdurrahman Wahid revoked Presidential Instruction No. 14/1967. President Megawati Sukarnoputri and then followed up by issuing a Presidential Decree No. 19/2002 dated 9 April 2002 which inaugurated the Lunar New Year a national holiday. As of 2003, the official Lunar New Year as one of national holiday.
GONG XI FA CAI, Xin Nien Kuai LOK!
Happy Lunar New Year 2561 - February 14, 2010
Rusdy Gunawan
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Holiday Cooking Preparations - How To Make It Less Stressful
Most of us anticipate the holidays with mixed emotions. Though it is a wonderful time to share with friends and family, it is also a period where life is highly charged as we are driven to distraction by the endless preparations and anxiety over gift shopping. There are so many events to attend, dinners to prepare, and unlimited shopping trips to cater for all those last minute eventualities. During such a frenetic time it is difficult to keep a cool, calm approach even for the most organised. In the interests of your sanity, it might be a good idea to read through some of the advice offered below. You may find it gives you a different approach to your festive preparations and allows you more time to actually enjoy the holiday.
The first essential piece of advice is to adopt an uncomplicated attitude to all of your holiday preparations. That is to say, all you preparations for parties, dinners, events planned or unplanned should be carried out with the least cost to you either in actual expense, time and stress. In essence your motto should be 'simplicity'.
Keeping in mind the principles of simplicity, apply these to whatever tasks you have to fulfill. By sticking to one task at a time will ensure that you not have many semi completed projects on the go at the same time, and thus running the risk of completing none of them. Make a list of everything you need to achieve, and allocate a specific period of time for each task, whether it is gift shopping, gift wrapping, cooking or cleaning. When each job is completed it can be deleted from your list and in that way you can avoid things being forgotten.
Shopping is one activity that is very time consuming and most of us tend to spend more time making countless trips to and from shopping centres than is really necessary. Whatever you are shopping for whether it is food or gifts it makes sense to take some time before you make your journey to list the items that you want to buy. If this is done in advance you are more likely to make better choices and could possible be more economical as you are then less likely to overspend on last minute purchases.
Grocery shopping for the holidays is a mammoth event. But once you have returned home the groceries need to be stored, and refrigerated. Make this chore easier by ensuring there is space available in your kitchen, pantry and refrigerator before you have started your shopping. It is obviously important that everything is well chilled and stored appropriately, therefore, a contingency plan should be made for those items that will not fit in your storage areas or refrigerator.
Expect the unexpected. It is an unwritten law that something somewhere will not go according to plan during the holiday season, especially when preparing food for your guests. Disaster may strike whilst you are preparing an intricate recipe and you may find that you don't have enough to go around! The solution to this is to be prepared to have a quick and easy, tried and trusted recipe in mind to save the day.
Your day will be thrown into chaos if you find that the meat or poultry you are planning to cook for the holiday dinner is not properly defrosted. You may have already estimated a length of time for cooking, but it is a good idea to have an extra hour leeway so that if the meat has not properly thawed out or needs a longer cooking time then you will be thoroughly prepared and no one will be disappointed.
Finally, once you have finished using a pot or utensil try to make sure you wash it and put it away. Keep your surfaces clear and you will be rewarded at the end of your meal when you have less to do and the task of cleaning up has been halved!
By following the above advice you will find that at least you will be in a more relaxed frame of mind to enjoy all that the holiday has to offer.
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