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Blog Challenge: Day 7

Day 7:
Five pet peeves

Sometimes I get really annoyed by little things that keep happening or just super annoyed in general by anything.  I will admit that I am uptight at times but it will be because of one of these five things:

1.) When people leave less than a serving in a food or juice container.  You couldn't finish it or throw the rest of it away? It's ok, I like doing this for you!

2.) Country music. I hate it and when I hear it literally ruins my day. Unless it's Garth Brooks, I freaking love Garth Brooks.

3.) People who pull out right in front of me and then turn exactly 1/4 of a mile with no one behind me. I hate you, die.

4.) Being late.  Either people being late or making me late.  Boo.

5.) People who try to one up your story.  That did not happen, stop, you're lying and everyone knows it.  AND interrupt your story to tell their garbage....

And just to add because this also irritates me, people who swear in front of children.  I. Hate. That! Stop being a shitty role model for your child.

Blog Challenge: Day five

I apologize for not posting yesterday. I skipped it because the topic was depressing and it was my birthday so yeah...

My birthday was a great success.  I went to the German bar in Albany and drank The Boot (with some help from a few people or I would have died) with some of my friends.  Also one of the girls I work with made me a nutella cake which was amazing!

Look for day six later on when I have a moment!

Blog Challenge: day 6

Day six:
30 interesting facts about yourself

1.) I am in every sense a Leo
2.) My favorite color is dark pink
3.) If something is covered in glitter, I want it.
4.) I love Killer whales...they are so boss and my favorite animal ever.
5.) I am legitimately addicted to Red Bull and Pinterest.
6.) I hate cereal.
7.) I am a die hard Boston Red Sox and Celtics fan.
8.) I have met Jim Gaffigan (a comedian).
9.) I am a really slow reader.
10.) I love thunderstorms.
11.) I am an Alpha Chi Omega.
12.) I am also a member of the History national honor society, Phi Alpha Theta.
13.) I am a great parallel parker though I failed it on my drivers test, twice.
14.) I read German better than I can speak it.
15.) I could eat sushi every day.
16.) I have girl crushes on Lana del Rey and Lady Gaga.
16.) Will Ferrell movies are my favorite.
17.) I loathe Miley Cyrus.
18.) I majored in History and minored in Women and Gender Studies at the State University of New York at Oneonta.
19.) "California love" by 2pac is my favorite rap song ever even though I really dislike rap.
20.) I'm obsessed with cleaning out my ears.
21.) I love playing games (cards or board).
22.) I am very outspoken.
23.) I'm an excellent dancer.
24.) I enjoy classical music and Opera.
25.) I like acting.
26.) I love babies but don't want any of my own, though they'd be so rad.
27.) I am awful at math.
28.) My motto: "Fake it till you make it."
29.) I have eight tattoos.
30.) I hate talking on the phone.

Blog challenge: Day 4

Day 4:
Bullet your whole day

10 am: woke up

10:10 am: shower and get ready for the day

11 am: leave for the Otesaga hotel for Brunch with my mother

12:05 pm: arrive at the Otesaga

12:15 pm: eat the most delicious food (smoked salmon, seafood newburgh with rice, shrimp cocktail, mimosas, Belgium waffles, a zillion salads, an omelet bar, etc) possibly ever out on the veranda

2 pm: leave for Oneonta

2:30 pm: arrive at the mall where I bought three pairs of earrings, a ring, a shirt for my birthday that was on sale for $5 and Two Door Cinema Club's first CD, Tourist History (fantastic by the way)

5 pm: Grocery shopping

6pm: arrive home and read the magazines I have received during the week.

7pm: start reading the Bible, and by bible, I mean the September issue of Vogue (there will be a post about all of my fall favorites in the next week!!).  This will indefinitely take all night to do.  I have to savor every page while eating my "dinner" of an European roll, brie and blackberry jelly.

8:30 pm: put in Breakfast at Tiffany's and drifted into dreams...5am comes too quickly

Blog challenge:Day 3

Day 3:
A book I love

While I posted about my favorite book last week there are still others that I love.

One that sticks out more than others is the Five people you meet in Heaven by Mich Albom.  I had to read it before freshman orientation. 

If I can remember correctly it is about this guy who dies and he meets five various people who have all been affected by this person in one way or another whether he knows them or not.

I love this book because it made me think about how we are all connected and that every action whether good or bad has a consequence or result that not only affects us but many others.

I really loved this book and if you have not read it, you should.  It is a quick and meaningful read.

Blog challenge: day 2

Day 2:
Where you'd like to be in ten years.

This is a hard one only because there are a zillion places I'd like to be.  Ten years from now I will be 37!  Job wise, I'd like to be working at a university or archive.  Possibly working on a second masters in history.  Maybe even getting paid to plan weddings on the side.

Hopefully, I will have seen more of the world. Maybe other places besides Germany, perhaps that will happen while I am living there.

I don't know if I will be married with children but honestly, I don't care if I have either.  As far as I'm concerned if I'm happy the way I am now, I don't want them.  I don't see a husband and children being a necessity in what I hope to be a very fulfilling life.

A how to: freezing avocados

As I have mentioned before, I absolutely love avocados. Having avocados around are nice because not only are they delicious in lots of dishes, they are super nutritious (as most of us know). Freezing them is a wonderful way of preserving them especially if you have a lot after a sale.

At work a couple of weeks ago, we froze them for the first time. I use avocados a lot there and I find that by the time I need to use them, most of them have gone bad (our shopping day is Wednesday) by the time I need them later in the week.  So, I found an article on how to freeze them.  However, I had some issues.

First, cut the avocados length wise and remove the pit.

Just to be safe, brush lemon juice over them to keep them from turning brown, I used lemon juice from a bottle.

Put them in a large zip lock bag, press out all the air and throw in the freezer.

The issue I had was the defrosting part. The day before I needed them I took them from the freezer and put them in the refrigerator. DO NOT DO THIS! About two whole avocados came out almost black. It was gross.

Luckily, I had replacements! I took another bag out of the freezer and let those defrost at room temperature.  Again to be safe, I brushed them with lemon juice as they defrosted.  It is important to know that the juice does not change the flavor.

Once they thawed, they looked and tasted the same, delicious!

Good luck!

A how to: freezing avocados

As I have mentioned before, I absolutely love avocados. Having avocados around are nice because not only are they delicious in lots of dishes, they are super nutritious (as most of us know). Freezing them is a wonderful way of preserving them especially if you have a lot after a sale.

At work a couple of weeks ago, we froze them for the first time. I use avocados a lot there and I find that by the time I need to use them, most of them have gone bad (our shopping day is Wednesday) by the time I need them later in the week.  So, I found an article on how to freeze them.  However, I had some issues.

First, cut the avocados length wise and remove the pit.

Just to be safe, brush lemon juice over them to keep them from turning brown, I used lemon juice from a bottle.

Put them in a large zip lock bag, press out all the air and throw in the freezer.

The issue I had was the defrosting part. The day before I needed them I took them from the freezer and put them in the refrigerator. DO NOT DO THIS! About two whole avocados came out almost black. It was gross.

Luckily, I had replacements! I took another bag out of the freezer and let those defrost at room temperature.  Again to be safe, I brushed them with lemon juice as they defrosted.  It is important to know that the juice does not change the flavor.

Once they thawed, they looked and tasted the same, delicious!

Good luck!

30 day blog challenge: Day 1

I have decided, for starters, that I need to start blogging more consistently and to make my posts slightly more interesting so I have decided to do a 30 day blogging challenge.

Hopefully these will be worth both of our time.  Enjoy!!

Day one:
five ways to win my heart.

1.) Make me laugh
2.) Bring me flowers or a red bull or you can blow my mind and bring me both!
3.) Cook me something
4.) Read beside me with no talking
5.) Craft with me

"I am a book" junkie

Book Recommendation!!

I just finished Flight from Berlin by David John and it is hands down the single greatest book I ever read.  Since I am sure that I could do the plot no justice below is the book description:

August 1936: The eyes of the world are on Berlin, where Adolf Hitler is using the Olympic Games to showcase his powerful new regime. Cynical British journalist Richard Denham knows that the carefully staged spectacle masks the Nazis’ ruthless brutality, and he’s determined to report the truth.

Sparks fly when the seasoned newspaperman meets the beautiful and rebellious American socialite Eleanor Emerson. A superb athlete whose brash behavior got her expelled from the U.S. Olympic swim team, Eleanor is now covering the games as a celebrity columnist for newspapers in the States. While Berlin welcomes the world, the Nazi capital becomes a terrifying place for Richard and Eleanor. Their chance encounter at a reception thrown by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels leads them into the center of a treacherous game involving the Gestapo and the British Secret Intelligence Service. At stake: a mysterious dossier that threatens to destroy the leadership of the Third Reich.

Drawn together by danger and passion, surrounded by enemies, Richard and Eleanor must pull off a daring plan to survive. But one wrong move could be their last.

Set in America and Europe, David John’s Flight from Berlin is a masterful blend of fact and fiction, drama and suspense. A riveting story of love, courage, and betrayal that culminates in a breathtaking race against the forces of evil, it will keep you spellbound until its thrilling end.

Amazing page turner.
Do your self a favor and go read it and you are welcome in advance!!

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No doubt!

CRAFTS!

The other day I went on a little crafting binge and by crafting I mean I put glitter on whatever I could.

I freakin love glitter!

I apologize if the pictures are out of order but I did the back of my black pumps and added a little something to my phone case. I also put blue glitter on a wooden 'M' for my best friends bridal shower.  I don't have a picture of that : (

Anyways...

Do work Wednesday