It feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before.

I had wanted to make this post on June 1st, but it was my friend Ben's birthday, and I'd spent the whole day with him. :) June 1st is the anniversary of me adopting this big fluff-ball.
This picture is a little blurry, but I liked his face. These are from when I got him shaved back in July last year. Mr. T is the biggest purr-monster ever. Not only can you hear it from anywhere in the apartment, but he purrs for no reason beyond you looking at him. He seems to just love being alive. I can't even imagine my life without him now. I love you, Mr. T. <3

Song of the day: "Accidental Death" by Rilo Kiley.

Tonight...

Easy over egg with greek yogurt, and sundried tomato pesto, cooked bell pepper, cous cous cooked with craisins, golden raisins, and cinnamon.


Green grapes, pan-toasted bread, spring greens and spinach, mozarella, craisins, fried egg and rice cooked with kidney beans, onion, and potato cooked in basil and butter.

Tofu, shiitake mushrooms, scallions, and garlic soaked in soy sauce and lightly cooked over white rice.


Homemade tapioca pudding, served warm with pistachios. So good.

Song of the day, "Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins

Stormy weather moving in.

I really need to start taking photos again. I miss it. I don't know what's been stopping me.

So, since I've been packing and going to move out, whether I end up staying in Flagstaff longer and put my things in storage, or whether I go to North Carolina, or somewhere else across the country, it's been helping me to evaluate just how much I own. I have quite a bit that is still for the store, but, since sales have slowed to a halt, and since it's expensive to keep all of it during a move, I'm going to have to go through everything and figure out what is worth it to bring, and what will simply have to go to Goodwill. I'm really trying to now go through my things and whittle down even further what I want as my own. I've always wanted a very simple, uncluttered life. Somehow over the years I've made impulse purchases and accumulated knickknacks, etc. I've been really inspired by my goals to get my belongings down as much as possible. I have more clothing than I wear, although this is partially due to the fact that I have shirts I still love, but that are too big on me now that I have lost weight. I plan on turning these into new things, at some point. For the most part, I'm probably going to make my wardrobe more cohesive. It's interesting to see where my interests lie. When I was very young, being as simple as possible was very appealing to me, but then somewhere around high school into my sophomore year of college, I became interested in fashion and became quite materialistic, and spent money on far more clothing than I could possibly begin to wear. I've since gotten my closet down exponentially, but I still feel I have a ways to go. I'd rather have go-to pieces that I wear over and over, than more options than I can handle. This is also reflected in the types of blogs I've been reading over the years, and which have made their way into my blog-list on the sidebar. I used to follow many fashion blogs, full of frilly, pretty things. Though nice to look at, they weren't practical. I've updated it again, with blogs I'm enjoying. I find I prefer things with food, or simple, pretty lives, or nature. I want my life to revolve more around food.

 
Via: rawveganchild.
I'm a vegetarian, and I really enjoy it. I would really like more of my diet to be raw-food related. I'll still cook things and eat eggs and the like, but I've been eating fresh salads every day now and it's so wonderful. More fresh things where I don't have to do anything but cut it up and make a nice dressing or something for it seems so peaceful and healthy. Taken from one of my favorite blogs: Whole Larder Love. I really want to start canning things and living more seasonally.
This yard seems so beautiful and secluded. I'd love summer mornings sitting and eating breakfast here. I want more greenery in my life.

This room is so cool. I love that door all by itself, hovering in the wall that way. I also really like the big, open windows. I want my future home to have big windows, to flood everything in warm light.

I like this blog: Waterandwool. It's refreshing and down to earth. I like the simple life she leads, revolving around food, preparing for new seasons, knitting and her dogs. She doesn't have a super fancy camera, and some of her pictures are even blurry, but I think that's part of why I like reading it.

Song of the day: "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls.

So you wanna be a hero, kid...

Goodness. I've been M.I.A.

I graduated! Woo, party.

Well, sorta. I still have my internship class to take in the fall. I'm on the hunt for a job, all across the country. So far, no real response back. Boo. I'm hopeful I'll get something.

I'm really enjoying Cheat Sheet, a show on the Science channel. It's really cool. It is the same as "Did you know...?" on Yahoo! Same announcer, same graphics. I like things science, especially in that format.

Some things I'm diggin' today:

These were taken from: Maybe Vintage. It is a pretty sweet blog I've just revisited. It has all kinds of things.
Taken from That Home Above.

Taken from: Tim Barber.

Taken from: Simply Breakfast.

Song is One Last Hope by Danny DeVito.

Just the yellow bits.

Check out these cool liquid drop photos taken by Corrie White.

And while we're on the subject of uber bright colors, I dyed my hair again.

Ain't no sunshine...

Cooked lentils, peas, green bell pepper, corn, beans, and rice, raddichio, greens and spinach, sliced tomatoes with olive oil and s&p, potato wedges cooked with basil and sage, renaissance grain bread with artichoke garlic cheese spread and sliced avocado.


Spinach stems, cranberry orange sauce, homemade egg rolls with cabbage, carrots and bell pepper and sweet chili sauce.

Homemade chickpea soup with carrots, onion and potato.

A day late, but that's because my friend Theo came over yesterday and I never got around to be able to post it. I'm so happy these first 8 weeks are over! All my titles come from song lyrics. Maybe I should go back to writing them at the bottom.

So...

Song of the day- Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers

Let's get into physical!

Happy March! Spring is sorta starting, but snow keeps happening at random. I want to ride my bike again! My first 8 week classes are drawing to a close, then after break I only have a few classes, my 17 day backpacking trip, and I graduate on May 12th! So weird. I feel like I've been in school for so long. I'll be moving out to North Carolina with my mother, and start looking for work/internships. Really, I don't get my fancy piece of paper saying I'm done until after I've completed my internship. Still, though, it's pretty exciting. I haven't been taking pictures at all, which is sorta depressing. I'm still keeping track of things for Tuesday Eats posts. Breakfast has taken root as my main dish of the day, and I make it rather luscious and take my time to eat it. Other than that, though, my camera stays dormant on my desk. I hope I get the motivation to start snapping things again. Alright, enough babble, onto fun things!

New blogs I've found recently, or revisited:

Junkaholique
Beautiful photographs. I really like the aesthetic, and it follows the life of a married couple who run a jewelry line.

Sweet Sugar Bean
Just found it, but the recipes looks delicious so far.

Honey and Jam
Absolutely stunning food photography. The entire blog embodies things I find beautiful in terms of cooking. Don't read it on an empty stomach. It's full of baked goods.

Simply Breakfast
Like the tagline of the blog says: The art of breakfast. Lovely photos.

Melina Photos
Beautiful food.

House of Humble
Pretty photographs from the life of those across the big ol' ocean. It's interesting to see the normalities of someone else's life somewhere so far away.

A Restless Transplant
Life on the road.

Desserts For Breakfast
Super pretty photos of food.

Books I'd like:
Home Made.

Description:
How do you make cheese from pantry staples? Or create an oven smoker from scratch in just two minutes? Or make ice cream without a machine? In Home Made, Yvette van Boven shows you how, complete with an irreverent voice, step-by-step photos and illustrations, and a gorgeous photo alongside every recipe. While her recipes are rooted in a natural, from-scratch cooking philosophy, van Boven is never preachy (she doesn’t use the word “organic”); she believes that this way of cooking is fun and that the dishes simply taste better. Chapters include Preserving Vegetables, Pre-Dinner Drinks, Chocolate and Cookies, After a Night Out, Ice-Cream-You-Scream, Don’t Forget the Dog!, and more. Each chapter starts with a basic dish that you can make yourself, but usually don’t because you think it’s too complicated (think again!), and includes variations—basic bread becomes focaccia with olives and rosemary, or red cherry and thyme bread. This book will inspire you to make every dish at home.

Down To Earth.

Description:
'I was pulled into simple living before I knew what it was. It crept up on me using the smallest of steps and didn't reveal its true beauty and real power until I was totally hooked. I was searching for a way to live well while spending very little money. What I found was a way of life that also gave me independence, opportunity and freedom.'

Rhonda Hetzel gently encourages readers to find the pleasure and meaning in a simpler life, sharing all the practical information she has gathered on her own journey. Whether you want to learn how to grow tomatoes, bake bread, make your own soap and preserve fruit, or just be inspired to slow down and live more sustainably, Down to Earth will be your guide.

"The World From Above (A Terra Magica Book)" by Hanns Reich

It has beautiful photos of exactly what the title states.

I really wish I had a roomy, pretty pantry like this:



I love this room.