So after cleaning and tidying for hours and hours in the apt this afternoon I took a several-hours-long break to cook, eat, cook some more... (the first & last items there involved eating too, of course) About an hour ago I was suddenly inspired by the amiable & obliging Muffin Muse to make some sugar free (cus of the no-sugar diet prescribed by ( Read more... )

Oh, snow. :o)

Going back to school tmrw! Packing gets so much easier each semester. Fast and easy. Love it. It's ridiculous to think of how it took DAYS for the very first semester of college, geez (but of course it was absurdly involved for EVERY freshman girl- sort of an undying rule ( Read more... )

It was a New Agey day! My mom was so cute when she left for work today. She gave me her box of essential oils to play with (she’s BIG into them) & gave me one last book to read before returning to school. The oils were always delightful as always, but the book, oh the book... uhhh... it’s called Healing with the Angels. I read several chapters ( Read more... )

AHA!!! After waiting 10 years, I have finally finished The Amber Spyglass!!!!! I read The Golden Compass & The Subtle Knife around the time they came out (in the mid 90s, yeahh), waited & waited for years for the 3rd, then finally gave up as I got more involved with high school & college. Luckily my stepdad received the trilogy as a gift over ( Read more... )

So last night I forgot to mention it, but we had also had some carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Of course, my mom & I couldn't eat the cream cheese frosting because, uh, sugar is a rather chief ingredient in icing, & for different reasons the two of us are staying away from sugar. So after eating the carroty cakey element of the slice, I ( Read more... )

Although it initially sucked majorly when my doctor said I couldn't eat sugar for several months (& sucked to INFINITY in the detox/withdrawal phase) this has actually been a rather excellent excuse to experiment more with healthy alternatives in cooking. Granted, my parents have long since tried to obstruct me from my kitchen adventures, but now ( Read more... )

Somehow so far this year (all 1 1/2 weeks of it, yes :P) I've had a real knack for picking out the most intense, uncomfortable movies. "Fire" last week and "Dil Se" today. What have we learned from this experience, kids? Men should watch these to know what NOT to do; apparently disaster and destruction and death come about from men not having a ( Read more... )

Who cares? We already knew she wasn't necessarily a looker, but she's still fucking awesome ( Read more... )

Lisa & I just got accepted to the Mycenae dig this summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!