Another Driving Milestone

Drove from Hanam to home yesterday!

Hubs drove from home to Gwangju, then Gwangju to Hanam earlier but he keeps saying he was sleepy on the second drive. We managed to take a nap after lunch but I got to drive the whole trip home out on a fly. I was trying to open the trunk and arrange our stuff that they thought I already assumed the role of driver for the trip home. It helped that my SIL was there. haha!

Hubs kept saying that we can switch on one of the rest areas after he does the bathroom stuff. So I waited patiently at the rest area but at the last minute, I ended up driving again since the car beside us parked so close that he can only get in after I drive the car out of the parking space. Then there were other cars following behind so it was pretty tricky to still switch drivers.

The starting part was quite a challenge as I there was a lot of traffic so I had to do a lot of stops and go for a while. Add the unfamiliar route but after we got to the "go straight" part, it was not that bad. It was a bit tiring still, but fun.

Skillet Pizza for d Holidays err..Coming Days

We tried making a quick pizza on the stove using my first cast iron skillet recently and my son is finally eating homemade pizza again.

It's his own style of toppings though...onion and cheese and nothing more. I try to squeeze in a bit of minced garlic if I can. We have this like once or twice a week especially when it's just us for dinner. So since I got my whole wheat flour delivery this week, I got into making dough mode. My oven is partly broken so I cannot bake a decent loaf for almost a few weeks now so I make pizza dough instead. I really like playing around with dough. Its like I never had enough playdough when I was younger so I am just enjoying it now. It used to intimidate me before but now..I'm on a roll when I'm in the mood.



And since the pizza sauce being sold in the local nearest mart is pretty small and pricey...I insisted on going back to making one from scratch again. It's all trial and error though. I only got oregano and basil for herbs so not sure about the consistency of the taste. I also try to add onion powder and garlic with olive oil plus pink salt and pepper now.


The 7 pieces of thin crust I made tonight will only last for like two meals. P eats at least 2 rounds and one for me. Let's see.

I still got a few doughs planned up my sleeve...the burrito wraps. I know I can buy tortilla at the store for a pretty price but I think I can save a bit if I make my own plus it's not gonna be all white flour. I can make a mixed one with more fiber tucked in it. Then I'll also freeze it so it will be handy when I have the fillings already.

Oh..I also tried my third attempt at gluten meat today..using room temp water instead of the hot water initially found in the recipe I got. It was way softer. I will have to marinade it soon as I wasn't able to do it today. A friend has inspired me to look more into it earlier today.

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Mom Diaries (Teen Years)

We were killing time at the park yesterday and I saw a couple of families with young kids. A thought came to my mind and I asked my son.

Me: Do you have any plans of getting married someday?
Son: Yes, of course.
Me (surprised with the immediate reply): Really? Why?
Son: I like kids. I want also want to know does it feel to raise kids just like how you are doing now.
Me: Wow. What an interesting answer.

Then I started chuckling, itchy throat started and so is my coughing. I had to reach for a sip of water but it went haywire and choked to the point of almost not being able to breathe.

Oh boy. I had better be careful about asking my son questions nowadays. It's always quite amusing to pick his brain and hear what his thoughts are during this phase of his teenage years, 14 at that.