Favorite Recipe Easter Edition

Pear Salad

* 1/2 cup walnut halves
* 5 to 6 cups arugula, cleaned and dried
* 1 Bosc or Anjou pear, thinly sliced
* 1 lemon
* 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 8 ounces Gorgonzola (get a piece that will crumble easily for you) or blue cheese crumbles

Directions

Toast nuts in small pan over medium heat until fragrant. Cool.

Combine arugula and pear in a salad bowl, add nuts then dress the salad with lemon juice and olive oil, salt and pepper. Top salad with lots of blue cheese crumbles.

How he loves...

“Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5)

Feeling much better today.

I wanted to share with you my all time favorite song. It is great when done by my church band too!

Pregnancy test day

Scared and excited...
Dreaded and awaited...

Is this the day that I can step off of the roller coaster and breathe?
I had two good follicles this month. Yipee- does that mean twins?
Can I finally trash the pills, shots, books, & compounds?
Thinking of ways to break the good news to my husband...
What if it is multiples?  Couples with IF often have multiples, right?
Hmmm... Addison Sarah Emily or Addison Eva Mae...
Imagining the look on my mom's face when I tell her.
Posting an ALL CAPS status on facebook stating that it is finally my turn!
Imagining what it will be like to hold in my arms what I have known is my destiny since I was a little girl.

2 minutes up~ Time to check the stick...

Negative...

Punch me in the stomach, it would hurt less. Crushed hopes, dreams, with no clear end in sight. Praying for everything in me to hold it together for the next 8 hours to counsel other people when I want to crawl in bed and never come out myself.
Praying for God's will to be done, but wanting my own. 
I don't want to do it again, but I will.

Lather/Rinse/Repeat times 16 and counting....


Maybe next month...

India Part II : Clothes

A few times while I was in India, I wore the traditional garmets.  The first two pix were taken outside of the church where my parents were married.  We attended a service and took communion at that church.
The third picture was taken after John and I treated our family to lunch at Mainland China. It was our farewell lunch with the family, because we left that night. 
In the above pix I am wearing selwar kameez .  You can see the variations of it in the 3rd picture. My mom (far left) and I are wearing it with leggings.  It is traditionally wore with a lose fitting pant and a long scarf like my cousin (sage green).  My cousin (sage green) & Aunt (gold) both have tops that go past their knees, where my moms and I are above the knee.  I thought that wearing long pants and a long top in the heat would be uncomfortable and hot, however the nature of the material was breathable.

These pictures were taken before and during my cousin's wedding.  I am wearing a Sari, which is a long piece of ornate cloth (mine is silk) wrapped in a specific way over a blouse (choli) and a long underskirt.  For those who are not used to it, it is a little uncomfortable and hard to wear.  It is gorgeous, though.  I had a fear that I would accidentally step on the bottom and unravel the whole thing down to my undergarments. Truth is, the way it is wrapped is tight and would not just fall off or unravel easily.  Women who are used to wearing a sari, can wear it comfortably doing almost anything.  I have seen women landscaping at a resort in a sari. Some women in the army have a sari uniform. 
There are various ways to wrap a sari, usually based upon the local style or culture.  I believe below is the style of wrap I wore:
Dravidian – sari drapes worn in Tamil Nadu; many feature a pinkosu, or pleated rosette, at the waist.I am going to the Taste Of India Festival tomorrow.  Can't wait to experience a little bit of India again!

God bless you all!