when life gives you lemons...

make cake! for my dad's birthday today.. (age will be withheld) i made a triple-layer lemon cake with lemon curd between the layers and a lemon-cream cheese frosting. it was hard work, but it turned out so well! my dad really loved it which meant a lot to me!


i absolutely love baking. it really gets my mind off the stresses in my life. i find that when i'm stressed out, my cakes turn out better because i concentrate everything into baking.

boa noite.

no more please.

Sometimes, when I go to news sites, I feel so disappointed.  With that preface, I would like to say that I am so sick of hearing the Miss California and Perez Hilton ordeal over and over again.  Here is a good link to how I feel: http://tinyurl.com/d2phdt.  Let it go.  Please!

Although I may not agree with someone on their beliefs, it is not a justification for an attack against that person.  She was just saying what was true for her.  I think this kind of behavior creates an environment where people become afraid of speaking out for what they stand for.  And that to me, is sad.  

eek...

Ahh!!  What the hell is the point of backing up your data if you cannot get it off again?!  FML.  

I absolutely cannot wait until I can a computer without problems.. is that even possible?!

RANT!

slightly bigger.

So, as I went on a shoe shopping frenzy this weekend, I have come to realize that my right foot is slightly bigger than the left. Yikes. Well wider or bigger or something. So, naturally, I have to find shoes that fit my smaller foot so they do not fall out.

But it is safe to say that I am not the only one. Over 60% of the population have different sized feet. However, I am a part of the some 20% of people who have a right foot that is larger. Ha!

why the hell is the room spinning? medicine.

so, after waking up and not feeling my best, i knew the day was not going in the right direction. seeing as how i came out of my afternoon class to find inches and inches of snow. and no end in sight for the falling snow.

after trekking through the snow and contemplating whether or not to skip my classes for the evening... i find out my lab is canceled! but only classes after 4:40 were canceled.. and my other class was at 4:05. so since i had not skipped any classes this semester.. i was determined to go. and i go. only to find out that my professor canceled. anyways, to cut the whining down to a minimum, it takes me quite a while to get home after waiting for the bus. but not without witnessing a huge city bus stuck in the snow and hearing about another city bus fish tailing and hitting one of those bus stop shelters. you gotta love minnesota.


anyways, i get home. and now the sickness really decides to set in. my one snow day, and i slept through the whole thing. i get up from my nap just to take some nyquil. but i had slept so much, i was in this weird little haze from the nyquil for what seemed like hours. are we sure that nyquil should be over the counter?

anyways.. long story short: i love nyquil. always have.. always will.

ciao.

faith.

"There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" -- because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a mighty jump from the rational over to the unknowable, and I don't care how diligently scholars of every religion will try to sit you down with their stacks of books and prove to you through scripture that their faith is indeed rational; it isn't. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be -- by definition-- faith. Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark."
-Elizabeth Gilbert from Eat, Pray, Love

25 things.

this is something i picked up off facebook.. but i thought i would post it on my blog instead. it was actually some what fun thinking of 25 random things about myself.

1. i like to eat ketchup with my eggs. i also like to eat ketchup with my french toast. people think it is disgusting.. but i love it.
2. i have little to no patience. or.. i usually build everything up until it explodes with a bad temper and all the rudeness of the world... real healthy.
3. if i were given the opportunity.. i would steal aaden from jon and kate plus eight. he is absolutely adorable!
4. one of the things on my bucket list is to skydive. people always tell me it's dangerous. well duh.. you're jumping out of a plane. but i feel like, if you're gonna go, go out in style.
5. i have a terrible habit of bouncing my leg up and down... my mom hits my leg every time she catches me. still hasn't broken the habit. i just can't sit still.
6. if i'm not eating, i am thinking about what i can or am going to eat.
7. i want to get a tattoo within the next year.. on my ribs. real bad.
8. after four years of college, i am still not sure what i want to do with my life. i know what i don't want to do. i am okay with it.
9. i am a carnivore. i don't think i could ever live without meat! after a few days without meat, i feel weak. along with that, it is rare you'll see me order just a salad for a meal.. blah!
10. i tend to get lost in momentary obsessions.
11. if i had the opportunity to do ANYTHING i wanted, i would be a journalist and photographer for national geographic. in other words, i just want to see the world.
12. i try to be a better person.. and fail quite often.
13. i am the world's slowest knitter. my mom taught me.. and i was so excited bc i wanted to knit mittens.. yeah, it is harder than it looks.
14. writing is maybe something i was born to do. i love it with all my heart. minus lab reports.
15. if i am hungry, i am crabby as hell. eating plays too big of a role in my moods.
16. i am easily charmed and swept off my feet.
17. i clean when i have something to avoid. for the past years in college, it is usually to avoid homework.
18. i procrastinate like none other. it is really a disease.
19. i started reading harry potter in seventh grade, i still love it. at age 22, will be seeing the next movie! and i am so glad many people in my life have to come love it as well.
20. i think i'm shy when you meet me, but then you can't get me to shut up.
21. i love doing sudokus in the mn daily. and when i can't finish them, i feel like i failed at life for the day.
22. if i could have any car, i would want an audi r8. it is my background on my comp. that car makes me.. ahh!
23. i would never smoke because my dad used to smoke. but he recently quit.. and that is the happiest thing that has happened to me in a long time.
24. i am slightly allergic to watermelon, but i can probably eat half a watermelon on my own. i suffer for it.. but it's sooo good.
25. i have never broken a bone. i dislocated something when i was a wee little one.. but i don't remember it.

dewa mata.

and one month later...

so i am a bit behind on the whole making new year's resolutions.  but one month later is better then twelve.  and this year, i tried to make my resolutions.. more realistic?  when i was thinking about resolutions, i thought of something i learned in my leadership minor.  that it is about the process.  now, it is a bit weird to link leadership to resolutions, but hey.. i applying my academics to my everyday life.  resolutions don't mean a thing if you don't go through the process!  far fetched?  maybe...

Resolution #1:  Do pilates at least three times a week.  Reasonable right?  Nothing hard core.. attainable.  

my mat.. unused and rolled up in my bedroom.  good start.

Resolution #2:  Write more, write often, write everything.  Creative writing last semester really put the spark back into writing.  After writing a million lab reports, I forgot how much fun writing really is.  So, this entails journaling, blogging, and just jotting down everything that goes through my head.  

the current journals/writing.

i'll add the rest later... now off to a night of enriching my life with the knowledge of plant anatomy!

buona sera!

i'll take it.

question: how do you know if you are a true minnesotan?

answer: when you can't help but get excited reading the forecast and finding out there is a 30F degree day coming up. also, when you walk out of your apartment in to below zero temperature weather with no wind, and you feel quite warm.

in the winter, especially in the dark and gloom of winter, i love sunny days. like this morning, although the temperature might have been bitterly cold, the sun was shining at full capacity. even now, the skies are blue splashed with your occasional cloud.

i think after 22 years of living in this state, i have finally become used to the cold. i mean, you go outside, and yes it is cold.. but it's winter.. in minnesota. duh it's cold. what i am trying to say is that i am not so shocked nowadays, when i walk outside, and it is cold.

oh! and the first 30F degree day in what seems like forever, will feel like an early birthday present from mother nature herself. possibly, you might see the occasional extreme minnesotan with shorts on! so with a predicted high of 33F degrees for tomorrow, put down your heavy, thick winter coats for the day, and enjoy the warmth!

aloha!

the radishes have sprouted!

so in the last few weeks, i have obtained some seeds to plant!  so last.. err.. friday night??  i planted them, and i have been caring for them ever since.  yesterday, i noticed my radishes have begun to sprout!  so i thought i would document the lives of my plants on my blog!  well that's not the only thing, but radishes first.  

week 1: radishes

i also planted peas, tomatoes, and cilantro.  those three have been showing no signs of life as of yet.  but it hasn't even been a week yet, so i still have faith!  they all have to sit on my windows to get sun during the day, but with this beautiful minnesota weather, terribly cold drafts have been escaping into our apartment.  so i move them away from the windows at night.  i really do want them to grow strong and healthy!

week 1: cilantro and tomatoes

what a thrilling entry to the blog!  i hope you will follow the life of my plants with the same enthusiasm i have caring for them!  

adios!