Seeing as we’re currently moving house, it’s been a bit difficult to keep up to date with everything (and everyone). Still, here and there—mostly in between all the packing, unpacking, moving, trying to schedule life around the constant loadshedding, and struggling to establish a working internet connection—I’ve found some cool stuff to keep me sane.
Food
Making good, healthy meals and trying new recipes aren’t exactly on the top of my list of priorities when I’m in the process of moving house. I mean, everything I need is usually already in a taped-up box. Still, one must eat. And when I came across a recipe on the jam tin that I simply had to try… Well, let’s just say it was glorious!
The Rhodes Apricot Chicken Curry recipe was a huge success for the hungry people coming in and out of the house, because it was so flavorful and filling. I made some minor changes to the recipe, by using what I had in the pantry.Instead of halved apricots, I cubed a mango, and I served it with spaghetti and a green salad, instead of rice. The spices, however, didn’t get jazzed up (Seriously: DON’T MESS WITH THE SPICES!).
Best of all, I didn’t need to stand in front of the stove the entire time, and the leftovers were even better the next day!
You can see the recipe here.
If you want to give your taste buds an adventure of a lifetime, try out this recipe, and let me know what you think. I’m pretty sure it’ll become a household favorite.
TV Shows/Sport
There isn’t a lot of time to watch shows and movies at the moment, but that doesn’t mean I work in complete silence. During the day, I re-watch some of my favorites. This includes classic wrestling matches—preferably the ones featuring The Undertaker. And when I was surfing the channels the other day, I landed on a House Hunters International marathon, which felt…fitting. At night, however, when my muscles ache and I have nothing left to give, I get some pleasure out of catching up on my current obsessions.
While I’m Packing:
Current Must-Watch Obsessions:
Podcasts
I don’t know why, but I kinda love true crime documentaries and stuff about serial killers… For me, these crimes, and the perpetrators who commit the crimes, are puzzles that need to be solved. It’s the psychology behind it that keeps me intrigued, not the gore. Anywho, I’ve always been a huge fan of the True Crime All The Time podcast, but I usually tend to let some episodes accumulate before I binge-listen to them. Good thing, too, because I can only watch that much TV in a day.
If you love true crime, you should really listen to True Crime All The Time and True Crime All The Time Unsolved on Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcast jollies. Mike and Gibby give the facts, make some jokes (not about the victims, obviously), and cover some unexplored cases often. I promise, they’ll become your favorite true crime hosts in no time. 🙂
Books
Ha! I wish I had some time to really sit and read. Alas, I’m still stuck on last month’s reading goals. I’m, however, making progress…slowly. I do have a few current obsession books on my TBR list that I’m itching to get my hands on and read, though. And I hear they are all really awesome (which makes this move even more depressing. Ugh! NO READING TIME *cries*). Still, that doesn’t mean you can’t read them, right? So, here they are…
