Qualititative Answer

Man, life has been busy lately. I really don't mind. A few weeks ago my health was an issue so I had to step back and rethink. I have now begun to keep a food journal and record what I eat. Not only that, but I have been cooking my own food from scratch. I have been following Ellie Krieger lately, her recipe book has been amazing. I really love it. It has also helped my health. I am feel a lot better lately, and I think watching what I eat has helped.
My life is busy, but that is no excuse to not eat right. I am going to be 24 in a couple of weeks. I am no longer a kid, a teenager or a young adult. I am a middle 20's adult now. I cannot eat just any random thing. I have been getting sick off of butter for awhile, milk has also been a problem for me. Low-fat Cheese and Low-fat or fat free yogurt is still alright, but who knows for how long. I hope forever, but I am keep track of how it makes my body feel. I am really enjoying cooking now. I always thought cooking was just something one had to do to get good food. No, I can enjoy making something that I will enjoy eating and Tom will enjoy as well. He has been supportive of all of the new food adventures I have been taking him on. I made Pumpkin muffins last week that called for silken tofu, (you can't even tell its in there) but he's been eating it all like a trooper. Love him. :)

Making desserts is my fav. Because I know that they are not going to destroy my entire day if I have dessert. I'm not a major sweet tooth, but I like no LOVE dark chocolate. I also LOVE bread, I'm French Canadian, we love our bread people. If it's whole grain heck yeah. I am staying away from white bread, which is not hard really cause I really don't care for white bread anyways.

BUT, enough about my eating troubles, my Friend Mary Judy (my dads g/f) niece is here from Texas. She was born and raised in Michigan for most of her life till her mum remarried and moved to Texas. Just a few weeks ago Mary's mum passed away from cancer. Very sad. Mary is I believe just slightly younger than me, so she had a good life with her mum. But she is here visiting for a week. I will get to see her tonight. We are going to see the new Johnny Depp movies (falls over) Public Enemies. *drools*

I cannot wait to see this movie. Yummy, Depp is soo sexy. LOL the man is 46!!! Wouldn't believe it would ya?

Hot Clothes Topics

WOW,

It has been awhile. . .

Not much has been going on in life however. . . *sips coffee*

I have been working all day and going home. BUT this week I started Pottery 2. YEAH!!! *Everyone claps*
I love getting my hands dirty like that, and molding things it's really cool. Molding things. . . I sound like a perv. . . *rolls eyes* Hehehehe. It's not like I'm making clay penis's or anything. NO!!, I am making Goblets. *Enter Harry Potter* "CEDRIC!!!!!"

"Calm down Harry. . . Cedric lives on in Twilight"
"What??"
*Rolls eyes*

Anyways. . . yes Pottery. Any suggestion on objects to create. . . not CLAY PENIS'S PLEASE. . .


My hair is getting longer, and it's soo blonde still. I love it. It's around my collar bone now. I will have to post some pictures.


I would like to then segway into something I love. . . Fashion. But I have a strange style. It's conservative with a little punky flavor added with a nerd vibe. . . WOW that's a mouthful.


Summer Essentials.

Chino Shorts.
MUST HAVE. I have never been a fan of showing leg. . . I've always considered my leg big/muscly. . . due to sports as a kid. But now, hell I wanna show them off.

I have Gap White Chino shorts. LOVE THEM. (Found at Goodwill brand new 3 bucks)

ALSO
MUST HAVE Bermuda shorts. I have J. Crew Blue and White stripe, and a green plaid Target brand. Bermuda's are great to dress up or down. Great with flats, sandles, anything. GET SOME

Cardigans
I love cardigans, I have like ten different ones. Some 3/4 length, I have black, blue, cream, gray, white, and print ones. They are great dressy or not. Go great with shorts, jeans, skirts hell UNDERWEAR!!! I love em. I am always cold. . . (genetic) and I love a good cardigan to warn off the chill.

Shoes

MOST IMPORTANTLY FLATS!!!

Love ballet flats. SOO CUTE again, dressy or not, they work GREAT with jeans. It gives the outfit a little POP. My favs are a pair of gold ballet flats from target 3 years ago. YES THREE YEARS AGO!! I love them sooo much. I recently got some red with little leaves on them from Old Navy, love them too, the little print gives a little flare to the outfit.

Sandle's

WELL, first off, please buy a good pair. I cannot stress this enough. If you buy cheap, you get what you pay for. I recommend Teva, and Chaco. I have both haha. I have had my Teva's for a good four five summers now, still in GREAT shape. I love them. I recently bought Chaco's, (try and buy them at either a sale, or end of the year. They are not cheap. . between 40-75 bucks) I bought them on-sale of course. I love them. BUT warning, they have a lot of arch-support. If you need arch-support GET THEM. If you don't really need it, I would go with the Teva's (Teva's are a lot cheaper, around 25 bucks) BUT, I love my Chaco's, I can walk in them forever. If you are not used to a lot of arch-support wear them for 3 hours or so, take them off, don't wear them for a day, then try them again for maybe 6 hours. Trust me, if you are not used to arch-support, Chaco's are a little hard to get used to. But after you do, you will wonder how you lived without them. Now, my Chaco's ALSO gave me blisters, it's because many Chaco's are leather, and I have the thong strap in the toe. Well I just used a band-aid and I was good. Your feet get used to them.


Scarves

OKAY, now scarves have become more popular in the last year or so. I have loved them WAY longer. . . (Oh I am the shiz-nit)
Get several pair. (trust me)
I have plaid, plain, flowers, leaves and so much more. I love scarves. It's like the cardigan it can dress up an outfit or dress it down, depending on the type of scarf you get. Also it keeps me warm


Jeans

I LOVE jeans. I have TONS of jeans. I LOVE American Eagle, Lucky, and Levi jeans. I have straight leg, wide leg, and boot cut. HAVE ALL THREE (trust me) all work well with the above mentioned. Wide leg are super cute with flats. Boot Cut flat or sandles. Straight flats are a must. OR boots. BUT, this is summer people, air out your feet. NOW, listen please. Jeans will only look good on you if they fit your BUTT!!!!! If you are sagging in the butt with jeans. DAMN think of resizing your jeans, it looks like your carrying a load of SOMETHING in your butt. Trust me :) If your butt doesn't look like it was sculpted my a master then get a new pair. And please PAY for your jeans. Honestly. If you want good jeans shell out the money. BUT, stick to sales when you can. I try not to buy ANY thing that is NOT on sale. . . So wait a little while till this best butt fitting jeans go on sale. OR, some stores do offer lay-away. Lucky jeans are VERY pricey. So be a smart shopper.


Shirts

Button Down/Billowy Tops

I like to wear a lot of button down/billowy tops. They look REALLY good with Straight jeans, flats and a cardigan.

T-Shirts

T-shirts are best with a wide leg or a boot cut pant/jean. If you have wide up top and wide down bellow you will look like the GoodYear blimp. CONTRAST. . . I love Henley shirts, and scoop neck tees. V necks are good too. It depend on your chest really. I have a small chest, and so in order to show more of a flattering line, scoop, and V necks are best for me. Now, ladies with a larger chest, you think that if you wear scoop or V neck that you will show TOO much. *DING* wear a tank top under your shirt. Or find a brand that doesn't go too low.

So, with some of these tips, you should be able to pull together something. I know I do.

Summer Lovin

I want them both. They are sooooooo cute

Return from the Dead

So,

I've been at livejournal for a while now. I am not as happy with it as I am with this blog site.

I've missed blogspot.


SO I'M BACK

SORTING HAT!!!

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

Happy New Year!!

Yoddles!!!

Alright everyone, I did it, I MANAGED TO READ OVER 52 BOOKS IN 2008. Here's the list

1: Autobiography of a Geisha
2: Running the Bulls
3: Lost Memoirs of Jane Austin
4: Atonement
5: A Farwell to Arms
6: The Giver
7: Life Class
8: Godshapped Hole
9: The Other Boelyn Girl
10: Darcy's Story
11: Truman
12: Art of Happiness
13: Jane Austen Book Club
14: Indiana Jones Raids of the Lost Arc
15: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
16: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusades
17: Indiana Jones and the Witch
18: Kerouac: A Life
19: Jane Austen Life
20: Hemingway Biography
21: Complete Short Stories: Hemingway
22: Deepening Fiction
23: Left Hand of Darkness
24: Emma
25: Lost In Austen
26: Sense and Sensibility
27: Nick Adams Stories
28: Napalm and Silly Puddy
29: Last of the Mohicans
30: Rez Road Follies
31: Lake Wobegon Days
32: Pride and Prejudice
33: Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
34: Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
35: Love is a Many Trousered Thing
36: Stop in the Name of Pants
37: Eclipse
38: God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian
39: Bird by Bird
40: Maggie, A Girl of the Streets
41: The Great Gatsby
42: Frankenstein
43: The Crying of Lot 49
44: In the Lake of the Woods
45: Peach Girl(Entire Series)
46: Twilight
47: Breaking Dawn
48: Tale of Beedle the Bard
49: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
50: Three Cups of Tea
51: Bridget Jones Diary
52: The Golden Compass


WOW, heh, I'm tired. This past year was amazing and exhausting. All and all, I moved out, adapted my baby boy, aka Hamlet, Became independent, grew up, became stable, forever going to school, made new friends, helped life time friends move to another life. Got new jobs, GOT A NEW PRESIDENT!!!! Living the American Dream, apart from being largely indept, thankfully I am not. *knocks on wood*

I have cried more, laughed more, hurt more, learned more, done more, created more, and lived more.

Thank you and goodbye 2008. 2009 rings in, and let it be a good one, we could all use some change.

In the Market

I am trying to look for a scarf with buttons on it. Just thought I would post a few pictures of some different ones that I was thinking about. Help me out if you can.





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Christmas Time

Merry Christmas Everyone,

It was a good year. I am extremely tired, but it is alright, because it has been all in good fun. Christmas Eve Tom and I just sat around playing Final Fantasy XII, and we each opened a few presents. I am not used to this, but I am beginning to like it. Tom was like a little kid on Christmas morning, which led us to getting up a half and hour earlier. It was fun though. Out first Christmas living together. Rather our third Christmas total. It was a lot of fun. Then we went over to Tom's parents house for the morning half, than over to my Mum's for the even part. Which was crazy and awesome at the same time.
Yesterday, (aka Friday) was at my Dad's place. Which was fun also. . .

The x-mas load was this:

Silver German wallet
Sushi kit
Laptop desk lap
Izzy Soda
Ernest Hemingway Finger Puppet
Anti-Establish-Mints
Jesus Shaves Mug
Harry A History (book)
I can has Cheezburger? (book)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Special Edition Book)
Picture Frame
Bike Helmet
Cook Class, with book, and apron
Billy Joel CD
CANDY LOTS OF IT
Socks
Plaid Vest
Plaid Button Down (AF)
Plaid Winter Peacoat (AE)
Dark Blue scarf (AF)
Whipper Blades
Gym Membership
Penguin Calendar

And a load of other things.

It's raining here in TC, well it will soon freeze and turn into to hell on ice. OMG, I am free from the coffee shop till Thursday YEAH!!!!! I get burnt out of that place too easily. LOL I can't wait to go back to sitting at my desk doing nothing LOL, well not nothing. I HAVE BIG PLANS

YES!!!!
I plan on getting back to writing. YES WORLD HERE I COME

Watch out for the next few installments of The Depth of Blood and Lust to appear, and for the Zack Winters Chronicles to appear. I really want to get them out. I have been having the need to RP again. . . ahhh old times pass. . .

But now, I am going to get back to watching Tom play FFXII and head to bed, I am really up late tonight, it's past 11!!!! OMFS!!!!