a child tradition

honestly im not really a huge supporter of today's holiday and was not even going to post today but then i remembered the valentines sent out by paul and julia child i learned about while reading my life in france and saw it here the other day and decided to share their valentines day tradition

“Valentine cards had become a tradition of ours, born of the fact that we could never get ourselves organized in time to send out Christmas cards.” - Julia Child, My Life in France.

quote of the week

i spend 23 hours a day wondering whether we're wrong for each other,
wondering whether we've got the energy to make it through everything that we seem to get into...
whether the baggage we both bring would sink a small ship.
but in the 24th hour, i realize i've been thinking about her for 23 hours and i come back to...
there's something about her i can't get away from.
something about her that makes me want to love her.
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my weekend

this weekend while i was home was jampacked with lots of great moments, celebrating chinese new year, getting to see my lovebugs, making red velvet cupcakes, buying my toms, being able to see my best friend and venting about everything and then listening to her vent to me, and texts at 9:30 at night to make oh baby bars. overall it was pretty successful and cant wait for it to happen again soon.








to be quite honest the cupcakes didnt taste like i wanted them too, i dont think there was enough cocoa powder and although i used quite a bit of food dye it still wasnt enough to make them the red that i expected. the cream cheese frosting on the other hand was to die for and i dream about eating it everynight now. any suggestions for a better red velvet recipe are welcome.

quote of the week

anticipating

there are only a few things getting me through today and tomorrow when i go home:

- reruns of iron chef america and chopped on hulu
- ina garten who id like to be when i grow up
- making these friday
- getting my toms on saturday

and most importantly seeing these people:



until them im doing reading responses for classes, writing about how lead paint is a political issue and practically ice skating to classes. hope its warmer wherever all of you are :)

february goals, long winded

first things first, i never really do new years resolutions because i never commit to them for more then a week or two at most. however i think if you start things in the middle of the week instead of the first day of the week you'll be more likely to continue that habit or change in your life. example im horrible at remembering to take my medicine/vitamins however i always try but it never works, and then one day i just started taking them everyday mostly because i hate having a cold for 3 weeks but it helps to start the day after most people would and setting an alarm on your phone to take them helps to.

so a few things i want to do this year:
01. take my vitamins everyday
02. read one nonschool book a month
03. get all my readings done for classes before the class starts
04. bake bake bake
05. start the couch to 5k program so i can bake and still stay in shape
06. try to make jam

in reference to number 4 and my total ocd, type a dorky personality i printed out a calendar and started filling in things i wanted to bake each month. so for june and the summer months i'll be focusing on jam, and fruit desserts because i also want to start cooking and baking more seasonally and locally once may hits it will be a whole lot easier because i'll be home.

for february:
01. wear skirts and dresses more
02. perhaps go to virginia to visit my best friend
03. bake red velvet cupcakes and remake the oh baby bars
04. reread my life in france
05. make/send valentines for my penpals anyone want one?
06. try eating different foods, i eat pasta the majority of the week and decided i need to mix it up a bit. any suggestions are welcome :)

quote of the week

There are two kinds of love…in the safe kind you look for someone who’s exactly like you. It’s what most folks settle for. But then there’s the other kind of love. Everyone’s born with a ragged edge, and some folks crave that piece that’s a perfect fit. You’ll search for it forever, if you have to. And if you’re lucky enough to find it, it looks so right, you start to tear at your own seams, thinking, maybe I could look just as perfect. But then, of course, when you try to get close to their other half, you don’t fit anymore. That kind of love…you come out of it a different person than you were when you started.
— Jodi Picoult

(found here)

tomorrow im going to be posting my february bucket list stay tuned and have a relaxing sunday.