Food Porn & A Very Important Hook

So I'm officially done being melodramatic and melancholy.

All thanks to:

1. The photo shoot being cancelled due to weather. Which means I might be able to snowboard tonight...or better yet- RELAX!

2. I made this last night! And I have big plans for adjustments to the recipe...rosemary & garlic? Why yes.

3. I had this for breakfast- oh ya- that's home & handmade bread with home & handmade peach jam- made by yours truly.

4. One very crazy, very lovely lady has decided that we're having a 'house-warming brunch'- for me at my new house Sunday. And there will be strata...made from my new favorite bread.

And of course, I saved the best for last.

5. I brought my good shampoo, good conditioner, and LOOFAH to my new address, proclaimed that he's 'stuck-because I brought my loofah!' and was ushered to the bathroom where he hung a hook- just for my loofah.

I'm home.

Tom's Bread and Scones

So I worked out Thursday and Friday. Really watched what I ate over the weekend...but not what I drank. I worked out last night and I'm up 6 pounds. Great. So instead of actually avoiding carbs, etc., I'm making this bread that the dearest neighbor Tom has perfected. Its amazing. Out of the oven or the next day...and I'll probably make some orange scones that N & C gave me the mix for from my favorite breakfast spot- Julian's in Providence. Counter productive? Maybe. Delicious? Absolutely.

Hands down best Bloody Mary's. Ever.

(and yes, the picture needed to be this big)

Being crazy is time consuming.

So its effin' cold out. So I hear. I'm in bed. And still warm. I'd like to continue my rant from last post and feel sorry for myself for the next few days. I have too many things to do in a short period of time- mostly things I want to do- but I get overwhelmed and end up not doing any of them. Its Monday morning- and my week is already full. I just want to get a move on this move- but more of that later.

Monday- Work and the Gym...again counting down to St Maarten.

Tuesday- Work, Spinning, and Dinner with the girls...I planned it, but I don't really have time.

Wednesday-Work, Gym, Photographing a band..that is building up my 'colorful' resume. I'm still in the process of figuring out how to be paid for being awesome and a 'Jane' of all trades...

Thursday- Work, Snowboarding...if we don't all die in this next blizzard...makes me hate my car more-but then I remember that I will get a new car (or new to me) next January.

Friday- Recover from snowboarding, gym, go see an allergist because I am so over having hives all the time, actually make a scarf that I'm getting paid for, and moveeee, dinner with S & N....wait I think I'm supposed to go to a concert...crap.

Saturday- Work...attempting to do all the things on my list that I didn't do on their allotted days, but going to some party instead.

Sunday- Repeat Saturday, minus the work part.

Back to the stress of the move. The thing is, is that its not actually stressful. Its rather leisurely actually. What it really is, is me getting in my own way. Sabotaging myself.

I'm moving in with a super great person who is truly lovely, and kind, and funny, and makes me want to do awesome things and be a better person. Yet, I've convinced myself that he doesn't really want me to live with him. That I'm putting him out. That I'm pushing too hard. I take his lackadaisical attitude towards me moving in as his avoidance of it. Ironically, its something I love about him- how relaxed he is- but its something I hate about him-because sometimes there's no sense of urgency-when there should be. I know that he cares about me, but I question whether he's ready for this all to happen.

Luckily, I can talk to him about it.

And tell him how I feel.

And I hopefully only come off as mildly crazy.

And he'll still love me.

And want me there.

With him.

And all my crazy.

This came up when I googled crazy. I like it. Found here.

Makes me wanna...

So this time of year makes me want to hunker down and hide under the covers to emerge for only two things: to bake ridiculously delicious (and not diet friendly) treats and to make stuff....but only after a week or so of doing nothing. Simply nothing. However, I do not have the metabolism to deal with delicious and inevitably buttery treats and not become a fatty...Nor to I have any self control. Instead, I'm on the try-to-figure-out-how-to-make-more-hours-in-the-day plan. *Side note: I love that I am writing this while digesting approximately 7 pounds of pasta. Any who, I have exactly 87 days before I go on a trip. To St. Maarten. Thus that was the last piece of pasta between now and then. Crap. Only if I didn't have a million and one things to do I guess. And by a' a million and one,' I mean go to work, attempt to sell things online that I make- or find, and be happy. Being happy is seriously getting in the way of my gym routine. The fact is I'm not going to the gym because I'm thinking and stressing about moving- and I haven't even started doing it....hmmm...I definitely don't know where I can start finding more time. OK, I'm done.

Well that was riveting- now wasn't it?

And here are some links, since you deserve after such good listening.

Check Ashley out- she's the bee's knees.

I'd really like this....one day.

I need to make one of these...

Here's my offical 2011 list...

Here are the things I'm pumped for in 2011...

1. Making new jewelry & listing etc.
2. Getting a new/ part-time job
3. Moving in with CTA
4. Blogging more
5. Taking more pictures
6. Paying off debt
7. Spending more time with Bacon Bit
8. Getting healthy
9. Learning to snowboard
10. Painting more
11. Creating more
12. Going to Bonnaroo
13. Going to St. Maarten

& having more fun!

And its only January. Here's to the best year yet!

2010 Close out...

December started out in St. Louis. Alone. For work. I ate at the bar every night. So I didn't have to get a booth for one. Super lonely. Amazing. But lonely. And cold. Still exciting.

Here's the run down, complete with commentary:

1. Blueberry Hill, rude bartender
2. Moonrise Hotel, A-MAZING- and the Eclipse Restaurant there is great too!
3. Kaldi's Coffee, good breakie- like Starbucks, but an old man laughed at me. Not nice.
4. Schlafly's- damn good beer and good company...minus the Dr. Seuss spoken word...
5. Rooster- OMG Best Breakie!
6. Crown Candy Kitchen- the Travel channel was right...mmmm...pastrami
7. Highlands Brewing- don't bother
8. The Pin- Up Bowl- classic bowling and a bar-great- but bring friends!

I went to City Museum and almost had a heart attack. No joke. I had to find a quite corner and have a moment because it was just so over whelming. It was by far the craziest and scariest thing I've EVER done. And I'm always crazy so I think that illustrates my point. If you ever have the chance, go. Seriously. Mind. Blowing.

St. Louis Arch

Back in CT, we find a happy dad..

a first timer that passed with flying colors...

and a Hooker blanket for a great big brother & soon-to-be-ex-landlord.

Sweet November...

it got colder and we still had fun...

cider making- the Pierce way...

deep fried pickles...and anything else that fits in the fryer...

crazy red-heads...

mashed potato beer...thanks Eli's

renovations...