So far things are going well with my resolutions for 2010. I am praying. Religiously. Ha! I also went to yoga this morning. After two months of no yoga, I have lost so much flexibility.
I haven't had any chocolate.... well that's not strictly true, I made some chocolate truffles for a dinner I am giving this evening and I just HAD to try one to make sure they were good. You see it was just a chef's obligation, I won't actually be eating any tonight. Absolutely honest.
On this theme I am also expanding my culinary repertoire with a few new dishes tonight. Will share recipes and pics tomorrow. So all in all I am quite satisfied with my commitment to a new 2o10, noting it has only been 5 days.
Mr. T and I are also busily arranging the next phase of our life. We are doing this with or without baby news this year. We are going to start (God willing) building our house this year. Deep breath. This is not our actual house, but a small house that will later function as a guest house/Mr.T's music studio, once we can afford to build our planned home. But nevertheless it's very exciting. It means we can live on our land, out in the beautiful Moroccan countryside, which is where we feel most at peace. We are building the house out of rammed earth, which is a fantastic material that is environmentally-friendly (as opposed to concrete, which has a massive carbon footprint) and keeps the house warm in winter and cool in summer. We are going to install water re-cycling, solar panels and are looking into reed-beds for sanitation. I can't wait to start planting my organic garden and getting to breathe in that fresh country air on a daily basis.
Though until all that happens there is a lot to do and so I will keep a photo diary of how it all progresses. In the meantime I am sharing some of the plans, sketches and models we have been playing around with. Hope you like them!
The concept floor plan. The office will flip to the back of the house with extra room for storage and the outdoor dining table will come to the front.
Here is the floor plan in clay. We decided to make a model so we can really see how everything works and flows.
Here is Mr. T on the sofa. With the open plan kitchen in the back.
And here he is again at his desk.
My little sketch of how the outside might look.
May 2010 look like a finished house!
