What I love about Dessert

The greatest/worst part about moving to another country is getting to try all the AMAZING foods there are.  Being that we live in such an international area, there is just about any food imaginable within reaching distance.  The Camden markets have stalls with so many things to choose from!  Falafels, savoury crepes, mexican food, lots of meat I don't eat.  But because I have a super sweet tooth, what do I go for???  The DESSERTS!

 I remember when I was younger and I was first learning how the spelling difference between dessert and desert and my dad always said "Dessert is spelled with 2 "s's" because you always want seconds!"  Never before in my life have I known this to be true until now!  My sweet tooth has kicked up into overdrive and oh boy do I just want to eat every dessert possible!  The little grocery store down the street has everything from cream puffs, to eclairs, sticky toffee pudding, to chocolate swiss rolls, to chocolate mousse cake, magnum bars...  The list is ENDLESS!  Every time I hit the grocery store, one of those little desserts tempts me over and over again until I cave under the pressure!  My newest favourite thing here are nutella crepes!  Easy to make right in your own home or easy to buy when out at the markets.  The yumminess of the crepe drenched in butter with a super thing layer of nutella topped with a light coat of sugar leaves me drooling for more!  Biscuits everywhere!  These funny ones called Digestives that in no way leave your tummy feeling better than when you first ate one.  Instead, they leave you craving for more!  Seriously!  Too many DESSERTS!

The first few bites of dessert are the most mouth-watering bites!  The ones to come after allow to really taste the different flavours and such.  Before you know it?  It's gone!  Just like that!  This amazing YUMMINESS gone!  And for a spilt second, it leaves you wondering if you really could have seconds or not?

The good news is, I am on a budget - both in $ and in calorie!  We have the most AMAZING park right our or front door that I can run in!  The next step will be training for a marathon?  Perhaps if I can actually find one that is NOT on a Sunday as they all seem to be here.  Maybe my tummy would feel a bit better if I stopped stuffing my face full of this yummy goodness!

So, seriously!  If you ever journey over here, be prepared to taste the wonderfulness of the DESSERTS!  But, be prepared to take a nice long run the next day so that you don't feel as bad when you indulge the very next evening!

Seriously???  Seriously!

My New Favourite Phrase...

We have a phrase that we use in the house quite often.  We started using this phrase back in April when we had to pack up all of our belongings that we wanted to have with us in London and stuck them in the small recording studio at Shoreline in Morro Bay and Bon Voyage, see you in London, hopefully towards the end of June.  Many things we packed up that week.  Including things like pots and pans, a very nice knife set, mixing bowls, spatulas, DVDs, art supplies, cutting boards, board games, warm jackets, shoes, bath towels... and the list could go on for quite awhile.  We had an idea that there was the slight possibility that the house we would move into would actually come furnished and although we weren't quite sure what kind of furnishings might be included, we thought better to ship it over than to have to re-purchase.  And since we didn't have much room in luggage we were actually taking with us, we were unable to fill those bags with those types of odds and ends.  Clothes and such were a bit more necessary:)  What I personally didn't take into account for where those in-between weeks, including the last few days living in Cayucos as well as those first 2 months living here!  Since we said goodbye to those belongings, our new favourite phrase has been "It's on the crate!"  Oh, maybe we should buy some mixing bowls... Nope, they're on the crate.  Oh, perhaps I could use a nice silicon spatula.  No, it's on the crate!  Or, how about a new board game.  Maybe not that one because I think I might have that one on the crate.  It is seriously one of the funniest things EVER!  Because you can almost be guaranteed that there is a thought about needing something or wish I had this or that that the phrase that will follow it will be "It's on the crate!"

The crate should soon be arriving, Lord willing before our first Bible study on the 30th.  It is really going to be like Christmas!  Unwrapping all those boxes and musical instruments!  Oh what fun!  Then this phrase will be long gone forgotten in the memories of this household.  Oh the days when we used to use these 3 pans to make meals for everyone!  How we would have to quickly clean our pots and pan out after use so the next person could make their dinner or scramble their eggs in the morning.  What funny memories!  I am very grateful that the Lord provided this crate in order that we wouldn't have to buy all new things once we got here especially seeing that we had them already and stuff can get expensive and all add up!  I will seriously jump for joy once I see those 10 boxes of ours crammed into the reception rooms along with everyone else's boxes!  Seriously what a day that will be!  But, for now, it's ALL on the crate!

Seriously?  Seriously!!!