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in sickness and in health...


Man oh man! Kevin and I are still sick. What a way to get used to being married huh? After saying our traditional vows we're already having to deal with sickness! He got better, and I got worse...Around 6 am this morning I woke up drenched in sweat and had a fever! Thankfully I took some Tylenol and felt a lot better...still felt kinda gross because my normal bed had turned into a water bed within the span of a few hours!

Poor Kev is still working on his 15 page paper and I'm just trying to fill the time with recovering and looking forward to moving out of my mom's later this week. But since we've been back on Saturday we've been ordering out and I was like "Okay, enough is enough! I gotta cook for my man!" (And if you know me...you know I'm not very good at cooking...the most I can do is to fry eggs and spam and Vienna sausage and anything and everything Filipino) In all honesty, this is probably the most intimidating part of marriage for me (I'm sure there are harder things to deal with but I don't know what they are yet lol) ! I have never grown up cooking anything. As a single mom, my mom would bring us home a lot of fast food and a lot of microwavable foods. Later on my grandma moved in, and it was a lot of fried fish and noodles lol It also doesn't help that as a wife, I need to take care of my husband and make sure he eats healthy! I can't blame my background for my lack of skill. I gotta learn and make mistakes along the way! Surprisingly, I've been excited looking at recipes. In the past I asked some of my sisters at the church what to make as a beginner cook, and Bethany told me that casseroles are easy and can be used as leftovers. So I decided to make a casserole, and was happy that my cousin Lourdes "Baon" gave me a Campbell's cookbook for Christmas! 

Here is my handsome and sick husband eating his Cheesy Chicken and Rice casserole (note his multiple books stacked up next to him because he's still working on his paper)! Lol! I hope he enjoyed it. He said he did, but he's so kind and sensitive to me that he's probably really biased! I'd make the grossest thing ever and he would probably still love it :) 

Well, I'm barely a few days married but as a Christian woman I hope to become like the virtuous Proverbs 31 woman...God will help me :)

"She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar. She rises also while it is still night and gives food to her household and portions to her maidens."-Proverbs 31: 14-15





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  1. FernMarch 15, 2012 at 5:23 PM

    Oh no, sorry to hear that you both haven't been feeling well... I'll keep your health in my prayers. Fevers are not fun. :( But CONGRATULATIONS on your first casserole dish - it sounds delicious!! How do YOU think it tasted? Cooking is a really enjoyable and rewarding hobby so I'm excited for you hehe.

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    1. Leigh AnnMarch 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM

      Hi Fern! Thanks for your prayers :) They are much appreciated! Do you have a blog? Don't see one! And yah it tasted good, of course I want to improve and be the best wife and cook in the world lol! I see from your photos you like to bake a lot!!! I don't have much of a sweet tooth but when I have kids I'll want to bake more for sure ;)

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  2. LittleGooseMarch 23, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    YEAH!!!!!! the casserole was DA BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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