December 2011
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2011: Year in Books
Not as many as I would have liked, so setting the bar much higher for 2012 - I already have a whole bookcase + Kindle full. So, if you’re interested or looking for some new books to pick up, look at the stars for my suggestions.
+Cleopatra, Stacy Shiff [5 stars]
+The Widow’s Story, Joyce Carol Oates [4 stars]
+The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern [5 stars]
+Eating Animals, Jonathan...
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No big deal, but...
Just booked a last-minute, round-trip flight to see Best Friend in L.A. over MLK Weekend for $350. ROUNDTRIP.
Best part? It was FREE, because I had to cancel my flight to New Orleans last year so I still had a $400 credit to use.
You guys? Your good luck wishes & karma are very powerful. The woman on the phone who booked me said this is one of the best rates she’s seen all year &...
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“Negative thoughts create all the chaos in our lives. And of all the negative...”
– Daily Kabbalah Tune-Up
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2011
Breaking it all down.
January
+Tangoed with that salty bitch Jillian Michaels
+Visited Best Friend for the first time in L.A.
February
+It snowed. A lot. Boyfriend shoveled quite a bit.
+Discovered the best windshield wipers of all time [this was very exciting, okay?]
+The TODAY Show Tumblr reblogged me.
+I had a true-blue Valentine for the first time.
+I left one job…
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Update: You guys are the best edition.
The interview went well - felt like I connected with HR as well as the editor, so here’s hoping. I should know in a few weeks.
Meanwhile, as soon as I stepped back out into Boston [holy freezing wind!], I saw not only 7 good luck texts [five of which were Tumblr girls…you guys really do make the best friends], but also all of the nice notes you guys wrote me. I felt all the good...
I just finished Mad Men.
Onto FNL.
True Story: Went to bed at 8:30 pm, wide awake at...
Hmm. What to do?
Also, my Netflix suggestions.
So I can stay in the club.
-Magical Fantasies Based on Children’s Books [really, this is where we’re starting?]
-Critically-Acclaimed Imaginative Family Features […oh.]
-Documentaries [better!]
-Dark Romantic Dramas [no happy endings here]
-Feel-Good Comedies Featuring a Strong Female lead [Feminism!]
whiskeybentandhellbound asked: Tag, you’re it! Here are the rules: Each tagged person must post ten things about themselves. You have to choose and tag ten people. Go to their blogs and tell them you tagged them.
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this week in food.
Monday - Pasta salad from the store.
Tuesday - Pasta e Fagioli [anyone have a good recipe they want to share? I’m currently searching.]
Wednesday -Leftovers
Thursday -Lemon chicken & dijon-braised brussel sprouts
Friday - Pasta with Sausage, Basil, & Mustard
[P.S. Pasta, anyone?]
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“When I was 25, I was in my third job in as many years […] I was frustrated at...”
– This. So much. (source)
This is my life right now. Trying out new things, taking big gambles, hoping to find my place. It’s hard to keep believing it will happen, but I’m trying.
Of course Phaedra knows.
Phaedra: Girl, you got your sexy back quick. Don't have you no Irish Twins.
Cynthia: What?
Phaedra: Irish Twins. Two babies born within nine months of each other.
Kim: I just had a dream about that the other day about that and I was trying to think of what it's called. Siamese twins...weird twins...I couldn't think of it.
Phaedra: (Confident nod) Irish Twins.
Merry Christmas to me.
A migraine & good old puking session. My doctor’s appointment cannot come soon enough.
[Sorry for the TMI, peeps.]
glassbaby
champagnetoasts:
Lee Rhodes created glassybaby in 1998 as she was battling lung cancer and, while undergoing grueling surgeries and bouts of chemotherapy, found hope and healing in the color, light, and love of these beautiful vessels.
glassbaby are useful in many ways. But their real use is lifting bad moods and lonliness. Their warm and colored light flickers like we do in everyday life....
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via madeline-jane)
And we just saw a mouse.
Hmm. Tips/tricks?
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i got a kindle!!!
Just exchanged gifts with Boyfriend & he bought me a Kindle Touch! Tumblrs, teach me everything you know.
[He also got me that mini mac & cheese necklace that was floating around here, & the J. Crew Factory elephant bangle. The boy knows what’s up, guys. He’s also good at reading this here blog.]
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Post Office Plays Santa To Needy Children -... →
Well, this made me tear up quite a bit this morning.
see ya there, kel.
No lie, my mom & I just got off the phone where we discussed this idea - that maybe it’s time to look outside the box in terms of where we want to live, so that we can actually get jobs. so…see ya soon, Iowa City.
whatyousaybabyk:
Meet me in Iowa?
No. 1 starting-over community: Iowa City, Iowa Population: 150,000 This city is home to the University of Iowa, which helps...
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food recap.
Cobb Salad Sandwich - Delicious. I used sourdough bread instead of ciabatta & grilled the bread in the bacon grease. HIGHLY recommended.
Drunken Sausage & Pasta - Also good, but a little bland. Definitely use hot sausage & red pepper flakes, as well as a hearty beer - Bud Light isn’t gonna cut it [we used Sam Adams Boston Lager]. It’s missing something, I just...
So ready to see the Broncos' winning streak end...
All Pata, all the time.
And now, A Christmas Power Hour
momentswerebeautiful:
southern-cinderella-mc:
http://www.xmaspowerhour.com/
You are welcome.
Tomorrow night.
Oh yes. Power hours are underrated.
Anonymous asked: 2 questions 1) Please tell me you went to BC and you will officially be my fav tumblah.(it will be all over if your run passes the waterworks museum, I think you'll be the coolest of the cool) 2) Have you ever been to legacy place and if you have can you suggest a good place to eat there?
brownstonesanddirtroads asked: did you survive hell night?
