Is she ill?

Out shopping today and Tia saw broccoli and had to have it.. she even couldnt resist trying to eat some of it raw?!
She usually will have it when we order chinese.. as both hubby and I detest broccoli (we call them 'trees'). Altho my mother-in-law once made a awesome creamy cheese broccoli and cauliflower bake-ish thing.. and i loved it.. however i havent liked cauliflower or broccoli since then..
ive never ever cooked broccoli before! I even manage to get stir-fry frozen veg mixes (altho rarely buy them) without broccoli...
guess i'll have a shot at cooking broccoli and make some belchamel sauce (mines really cheesey and i was bought up on it being used as a macaroni n cheese sauce etc..) from memory (watching cooking shows) broccolli is usually 'blanched', which is put into boiling water for a bit and then into cold water? Wish me luck...

Underbelly

Living in Victoria, where the court cases are still being heard or yet to be heard and judged has meant that Underbelly the tv series does not air in Victoria.. every other state just not here.
And yet i know alot of people who have already seen the whole series, due to the leaks, piracy and so forth..
In truth i couldnt be bothered to even watch it..
i have no interest in it at all..
not even that its considered breaching court orders for it to be screened (mostly in public venues) makes it the slightest more interesting... to me at least.. yet to victorians who can't watch it each week.. theyve gone out of their way to purchase the season and watch it.. lend it around.. watch it via web, download it via torrents and so forth..
But what has me wondering, if why ban it on tv, when the books are ok? What's the point? that to read the book for free you would have to borrow it from the library or the alternative to actually buy it..

Earth Hour

@ 8-9pm i believe we were all meant to turn off our lights.. however i only just got reminded then..
however its a bit late now! (10pm)
I must admit i was going to snob it anyways, i mean at this time all we have on is the 1 kitchen light (a energy saving one) and we do pay extra to apparently receive 20% green power (not that it could be proven)
Did you remember?
If anything i'd rather have killed our tiny money eating/energy eating hot water system that heats the tank up each time we turn on any hot water tap. And if anything little hot water systems should be banned!!!!! And no i don't think we could switch it to 'off peak' seeing as a family of 3 (almost 4) can't live on the amount of hot water in a tank that fits inside a freaking kitchen cabinet! Just add it to the list of reasons of WHY we'd LOVE to get OUT of this flat IF we could find a better place! Ho-hum

Wrinkles?

Look at this face! No wrinkles huh! Its due to her amazing wrinkle cream apparently.
I'll start at the beginning of the story.
We had just watched Dr phil and oprah was starting and on the ads they had a commercial for garniers ultra Lift spf 15 cream. And Tia goes "Oh no Mummy! Ive got wrinkles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" *runs off and comes back a few seconds later* "Look mum. All my wrinkles have gone away!"
this happens again so i went to see what she was playing with in the bathroom.. turns out that Liquid hand soap on a bit of toilet paper rubbed into the cheeks does the job.... err.. LOL

Baby Names For A Baby Boy

Cartoon from here

The Sex of our bub is still NOT confirmed. 50/50 chance yeah?! ROFL! I liked the cartoon tho!

Im just going with what the main majority of people are thinking it is including hubby & the old poll.

Heres the one ive liked for a few weeks:

Atlas \a-tlas, at-las\ is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "to carry". Atlas was a mythical Titan who bore the weight of the world on his shoulders, so the name bears connotations of great strength.
*I am ignoring the fact of the name used in the game Bioshock*

and a few days:

Magnus \mag-nus\ is pronounced MAG-ness. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "great". A royal name in Norway and Denmark; also a saint's name. The name was introduced from Scandinavia to Scotland.

Hubby insisting on:

Leo \leo\ is pronounced LEE-oh. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "lion".

Leonard \le(o)-na-rd\ is pronounced LEN-ard. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "lion strength".

Interesting and may grow on me (from video games):
Auron \a(u)-ron\ is a variant of Aaron. Aaron is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "mountain of strength" (i like it pronounced OR-ren.)

Altair \a-ltair, al-tair\ is pronounced al-TARE. It is of Arabic origin, and its meaning is "bird". Also possibly of Latin origin. The name of the brighteststar in the constellation Aquila.

Vincent \v(i)-nce-nt, vin-cent is pronounced VIN-sent. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "prevailing". From Vincentius. The name ultimately derives from the Latin verb "vincere", meaning "to conquer".

Cid \cid\ is of Spanish and Arabic origin, and its meaning is "lord". El Cid was a heroic Spanish knight of the 11th century whose story is told in numerous medieval epics.

Cloud

(he would be the guy u first see in the clip)
well i searched, clouds name meaning.. ROFL.. and didnt get far as u can imagine. All i found was that the japanese name Jun means cloud. I still have not finished Final Fantasy VII released in 1997 and im praying my old ps1 save thats 7yrs old hasnt been corrupted in that time.. (im not far off finshing it ) Amazing how a few more pixels can make someone much more sexier.. altho with the storyline of the game it didnt need to be amazing. I have heard that it is being re-done?!

Link is a short form of Lincoln which means Lake colony. Link is the hero from All the Zelda games 1st released in 1987. Recent titles are Zelda, The legend of Zelda: the twilight princess on the wii and Zelda: The phantom hourglass on DS. (which hubby plays)

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Combos i like are: Leo Magnus Atlas. Atlas leonard Cloud, leonard auron vincent. leo Atlas link

Tia our girl was going to be named Theophania Isabella Anstacia by her crazy parents... however many people were concerned that it might take her much longer to be able to write her name, lol.. I had a email pen-pal in finland when i was in my teens her name was Tia, and i remember how much i luved her name.. thinking it was exotic.... ROFL! So it was decided almost 5 years ago now (come may) that we named her Tia Theophania ;)
With the above combos i doubt we would call our possible son LAM, ALC, LAL or LAV.. lol

Hope your easter was great!

However you may or may not celebrate it. Just hope you had a great time and stayed safe! ;)

bummed for fresh pasta fettucini ideas

Ive taken a liking to fresh pasta, the only downside i find is that it comes in a huge amount and i need to make a few meals of it b4 its no longer any good. i think fresh pasta somewhat is of better quality than the dried stuff, i quite like it..

i made a beef strognoff-ish dish. beef, onions, mushrooms, pepper and evaporated milk. that was yum with the pasta thrown in.. but yeah its been awhile since ive done anything italian noodle like. Any ideas?