Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Fall: That's Better.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Boston: That's Better.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Bucket Lists: That's Better.
First of all, I've been reading the book Eat, Pray, Love and when she mentioned figuring out what the three things that are most important to me in life are, I decided to do the same... to go on a similar journey of self-discovery and try and figure out who I am and what I want. Here are my three, all of which were fairly easy to decide upon:
1. Joy.
2. Family.
3. Accomplishment.
Now, to take that even further, I needed to figure out what they each mean and how to apply them to my life to make any sort of difference or impact. Family is obviously family, but I need to figure out what brings me joy and what things I want to accomplish in life so I feel like I haven't wasted my time for nothing.
So here begins a list of thing that I want to do in life that I think might bring me joy and accomplishment:
1. Learn another language. French or Italian, or maybe both.
2. Maybe go to law or medical school. Or both. Why not be awesome?
3. Go skydiving
4. Sail
5. Go Fly Fishing
6. Go deep sea fishing
7. Visit Auschwitz
8. Decorate my perfect house.
9. Go back to Africa and help out another orphanage.
10. Live international for as long as I want.
11. Write a movie script
12. Help someone get through the loss of their mother to cancer.
13. Eat Indian food in India.
14. Golf par on an entire course.
15. Get acupuncture
16. Make someone else wait for ME to respond for once.
And since most of these require money, and quite a bit of it, I've also decided to become rich, in case you were wondering. :) See you in India...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Hero: That's Better.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Multifunctional Art Part 3: That's Better.
Spring Style: That's Better.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Multifunctional Art Part 2: That's Better.
Multifunctional Art: That's Better.
Monday, April 26, 2010
My Girls: That's Better.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Spinach Tart: That's Better.
Crustless Mushroom Spinach Tart
2 T seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 c chopped onion
2 T EVOO
10 oz frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 cup milk
1 cup egg substitute (I used about 3 egg whites and 4 eggs instead)
salt and pepper
1 1/4 c shredded Mexican cheese blend
1/3 c grated parmesan cheese
1. Coat a 9-in pie plate with cooking spray Sprinkle bottom and sides with crumbs; shake out the excess. Set plate aside.
2. Saute mushrooms and onion in oil until all liquid has evaporated (~10 min). Remove from heat; stir in spinach.
3. In a bowl, combine the milk, egg, salt and pepper. Stir in the spinach mixture, 1 cup Mexican cheese blend and Parmesan cheese. our into prepared pie plate. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Sprinkle remaining Mexican cheese blend around edge of tart. Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing.
4. ENJOY this AMAZING dish!!
Friday, April 2, 2010
Claire Morgan Art: That's Better.
I love art and whole-heartedly enjoy galleries and appreciating the talent it takes to develop such unique pieces. I've recently discovered this artist, who has been constructing these amazing 'kinetic' sculptures out of organic materials such as fruit, flowers and feathers. I love the geometric simplicity.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
The Tiny Piney: That's Better.
Boston University: That's Better.
I did it! I got into my #1 school!!! Boston University has made their decision, and YES, they want me to be among those in the MPH (Public Health) c/o 2012! I will be moving out of UT at the end of May, with a brief stay-over in AL for my best friend's wedding and then Louisville to visit my sister and her beautiful family, then on to Boston! I really am so blessed to have been accepted to one of the Top 20 MPH programs in the nation (BU is #13). I was turned down from a school that was 3 rankings behind BU and was beginning to get very nervous. And then, on top of that, I found out in the funniest way which definitely did not expect! Here's what happened...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Knot Gardens: That's Better.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Birthday Surprises: That's Better.
Circus Dress: That's Better.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Vision: That's Better.
Bluebirds: That's Better.
Description
There's a bluebird in my heart thatwants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
-Charles Bukowski