New.

Tonight, I opened my blogger account to find out that my promise to write a blog post at least once a month has not been kept. Boo hoo. What a way to end 2011 and start 2012.

Do I feel like a failure? No, not really.

For one thing, I started a new blog: Ze Wifey Chronicles. No, this is not a replacement for this blog (TMIWU). Instead, ZWC chronicles the extremely senseless thoughts related to being a wife with no training in domestication whatsoever. TMIWU is dedicated to extremely senseless thoughts, period.

Also, I can honestly say that I grew up by leaps and bounds in 2011. I learned to do my own laundry. I wrote more than I ever wrote before. I learned to cook my meals. I got married.

As with last year, there will be no new year's resolutions this 2012. Instead, there will be a simple resolve to put 100% in whatever it is I am doing. If I'm going to take the trash out, I'm going to skip and sing my way to the garbage chute. If I'm going to wash the dishes, then by golly, it's going to be the most fun task ever. Really.

C is for Cookie, That's Good Enough For Me!

Today marks the third month since I have officially become a missus. After several weeks, I can finally say that I'm starting to be more comfortable in the kitchen.

Sure, my chopped onions, garlic, tomatoes (and everything that requires me using a knife) continue to be extremely unequal in size. However, I'm becoming more adventurous with my weekly meal plans. I'm now trying out dishes that need more than just oil to cook. :P

Today, I wanted to try out something near and dear to my heart... DESSERT! While other people opted to spend their Saturday night drinking and dancing... I attempted baking Chocolate Chip Cookies for the first time! Thankfully, they were pretty yummy!!!

Since our kitchen is still very incomplete, special mention definitely goes out to the hubby who mixed the batter for me with a wooden spoon!

The non-cook.

I've been married for almost two months now, and it's been amazingly great. My cooking, however, is not so great. Every time I step into the kitchen, I embark on a new chaotic adventure.

Thankfully, I've been blessed with a hubby who will eat anything I put on his plate. It's a good thing he made a promise to me before we got married: that he will eat anything I cook... as long as I eat it too.

The Waiting Place by Eileen Button

The Waiting Place is a series of short essays written from the point of view of the author (a mother, a columnist and a pastor's wife). In this book, Eileen gives us glimpses into various points of her rather complicated life.

To be honest, I was a little disappointed because I expected the book to be more about finding God in these "waiting places." However, once I got over that fact, I found myself appreciating the author's sharings, especially in the latter part of the book.

Overall, The Waiting Place is written in an intimate yet entertaining manner, making it a refreshing and light read.

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I received a complimentary copy of this book from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of BookSneeze, a book review bloggers program. Find out more at BookSneeze.com! :)

The Adventures of Tintin (and JV).

It's been exactly 17 days since JV and I tied the knot. Yesiree, this blogger is now a married woman.

Am I happy? Most definitely. Am I domesticated? Not quite.

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No, my name is not Tintin.