Archive for October, 2008

If there’s one thing I never understood about my husband (hmmm…still feels a little weird calling him that), it is his odd eating preferences. Or, mostly his dislikes. Seafood, tomatoes, mushrooms, feta cheese, etc….and STRAWBERRIES!??!

*GASP!*

I’m the strawberry girl, after all! My birth announcements were strawberries that said ‘its strawberry season and we picked a sweet one’.

awwwwwww…..how cute is that?

They’ve always been my #1 favorite food, and to find out recently that he’s “not too fond of strawberries” was a major shock to my system and everything I’ve ever believed. God really led me to marry this man??

But learning his eating habits, I’ve realized how fortunate I was growing up.

My grandpa and dad would take us fishing and we’d clean and fry up that day’s catch. Catching a fish with caviar (not the fancy expensive type, mind you, this was pond fish) was a special treat and my brother and I would fight over the little yellow egg packets. My grandparents were all farmers and gardeners so fresh veggies and fruits were what we ate on a daily basis. We prepped for the winters by canning and freezing the summer’s produce.

At the time, I thought it was such a pain to have to pick the corn, shuck the corn, clean the corn, cook the corn, can the corn, freeze the corn….now I miss that.

My mom always did such a great job of fixing meals with a wide variety of ingredients and flavors, giving us a varied, well developed flavor palate. Plus, if I didn’t eat my food, my brother would scarf it down and there was no peanut butter and jelly sandwich waiting for me instead.

Back to my original point….my seafood disliking husband. This has been an ongoing struggle for me since we’ve lived in the same city and I’ve been cooking for us. We are blessed to live in one of the best places to get fresh seafood in the world. Even so, we don’t frequent many seafood restaurants, except on special occasions or when friends/family come to town.

I make this sacrifice in hopes that some day he’ll realize he loves seafood. I leave my sushi eating to going out with friends. Besides, I can find some decent seafood in restaurants where he can have his chicken and beef. It’s not always so easy the other way around.

I’ve been limited on what I cook for dinners. No tomato based products either (this is equally as difficult….i LOVE my parents’ garden grow cherry tomatoes, those things are like candy to me).

Well yesterday I didn’t feel like having chicken again. Didn’t want to walk to the grocery store in the rain. But I did have some frozen Tilapia I’d picked up at Trader Joe’s awhile back. I’d mostly intended to save it for when we’re not able to eat dinner together, then I’d make it for myself.

Should I make fish? This was my dilemma for awhile and when he called me, I tiptoed around how to tell him I was thinking of making fish for dinner.

“I’m wondering if you…”
“What if I make, um…”

Oh for goodness sakes, he’s your husband, he can eat it or make his own food!

“Is it okay if I make fish for dinner tonight?”

“Yeah hun, that sounds good.”

What a sweetheart I love him.

I made fish. It was delicious. And he even said he liked it.

There’s a bright glimmer of hope even in the darkest places….

I’ve been meaning to blog everyday since we’ve returned from our honeymoon, but obviously, have failed to do so. I have too much to blog about, but I’m torn between what I want to blog about. And torn between where I want my blog to go. What started solely as a running blog became a random update site on my new experiences living halfway across the country from friends and family. And frankly, I think my mom is the only family member who even reads it! Thanks mom, love ya.

So I’m looking to do something different with this blog.

Maybe change the name. Definitely change the look at some point. Blog more frequently for sure. Maybe focus on blogging about more varied, intimate details of my daily life.

I read A LOT of blogs out there, so I have a tremendous amount of inspiration (which also shows me where i’m seriously lacking in having an interesting blog).

I keep up on my friends’ blogs, wedding blogs, design blogs, photography, travel, culinary, spiritual, financial…..it’s funny how my blogrolls have grown as my life has changed. I read only a couple running blogs now and have started reading more food and finance blogs as an attempt to be a good wife and set up a budget for our family.

But I’m first and foremost drawn to the wedding and design blogs b/c I consider that a form of research for work.

Yes, if I didn’t officially previously mention it, I quit my 9-5 job at an ad agency to pursue my passion of having my own customized stationery design business. So I’m not sure if that’s where I’ll take this blog right now, or start a new one specifically for that, but I’m thinking all these things through while I get back into the groove of blogging about my new married life.

stay tuned….