Saturday, March 17, 2012

Attempts At Being A Domestic Goddess: biscuits

On my little vacation home I went to Ruby Tuesday's for the first time and was introduced to their garlic cheddar biscuits. Now I love biscuits, I love garlic, I have mixed feelings about cheese in general {only on certain things, melted, not in excess...} but the combination was delicious! I decided I wanted to try to make them so I got the recipe a few weeks ago- or at least a similar recipe- and made them for a Je-roomie reunion. I was super short on time and was missing garlic powder (substituted with garlic salt/garlic bread seasoning) and didn't have time to make them really correctly but they still turned out alright- just a bit too salty and not quite enough garlic.

Today I decided to just try a normal biscuit recipe because, well, I love biscuits and I had all the ingredients and I could. Well to my pleasant surprise they turned out REALLY well! Perfect amount of salty, buttery flavor. Not too thick, nor too thin. I really am quite pleased with myself right now actually.

Here's the recipe:

2 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter
2/3-3/4 cup milk {I probably used closer to 1 full cup though}

Mix dry ingredients
cut in butter (cold)
pour in milk and mix (with hands)

roll into balls and bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes

YUM!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Celeb crush of 2012? Joseph Kony

And by crush I mean the physical act of breaking into small pieces-
not the temporary love of an adolescent

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Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel army in Uganda- no spread to other parts of Africa. The LRA abducts small children- think younger siblings or cousins or nieces and nephews and forces them into slavery- young girls into prostitution and young boys as soldiers. This man has children fighting his battles for him- not that he's fighting against anything- he just wants power.
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Do something.
That is all

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Things I Put On My Body: sunny side up

I have this weird thing where I have an inability to keep sunglasses for more than a year. I think it stems from the fact that in Seattle you only use sunglasses for 3 months of the year and then you put them away and they get stolen by gremlins or ex-con furbies {same thing I guess} or something. But I have had my share of sunglasses.

It all started in 8th grade- I fell in love with aviators. I loved that they were a bit different and that they looked good on me! I refused to wear any other frame of sunglasses until really my freshman year of college {that was about... 3 or 4 pairs of sunglasses later} I started off super basic- silver rims with blacked out lenses, then next year silver rims with brown tinted lenses, the next year was my favorite: yellow rims and black lenses. I still love them- but unfortunately the only things left of them are my memories and a few pictures. Nothing could replace them- I tried pink frames {cheap- bent super easy and just no good} dark blue {alright but still not the same}. I couldn't move on...

the last day I ever remember wearing these sunglasses- tear
Don't I look like I'm having fun wearing them?- no I don't play guitar #posertotheextreme

...until one summer I worked at Nordstrom Rack. Every day I would walk past the accessories and I just fell in love with these Betsy Johnson sunglasses- light pink leopard print across the top with brown #sassyyetclassy- they were even on sale for like $20 or something reasonable for "designer sunglasses". Some were a little over the top but there was one pair that were just the cutest things. I was too afraid to try them on- they were a Ray Ban style {well at the time I thought more Joe Jonas sunglasses} and I thought they might look weird on me. Finally I got up the nerve to try them on and it was magic! They fit, and more importantly they were super cute! I proceeded to purchase and love them. Those were the first sunglasses that I ever kept for longer than a year. I wore them through EFY and Jerusalem until one cloudy day when they remained in my purse. I had forgotten about them and all of a sudden I heard a snap. I had successfully snapped both of the temples {"arms"} off of the face of my glasses. They were dead- they died and I was sad. I would never find a pair like them- Betsy Johnson had similar styles but the leopard print on top was either bright pink or neon green with black- not the light pink leopard print with brown I had come to love. They were too much. I couldn't find a pair that I loved and since I didn't need any I didn't give in to the pressure.

maybe it was the tigger/eyore combo, maybe it was the ukulele, maybe it was Sarah
{it was probably Sarah}
but I just look happy with these sunglasses- right?
I'm noticing a theme


Still happy! (hiking in Petra and mountain thing in Jordan)

This past weekend though I went to Las Vegas- the sun was shinning and my eyes were not covered. I decided that I needed new sunglasses and had seen some cute/acceptable ones from Old Navy so when I ventured to the mall with my grandma and aunt and cousins I found the blessed store and found those treasured sunglasses- more circular frames with a cool gold bridge, light brown leopard print- they passed the test. Fit, looked good, under $10 {what!??!} And therefore I purchased those suckers and have loved them ever since. {all 3 days} I can't wait to start my new life with these beauts!


Aren't they fun?

Since we're on the subject of sunglasses though I am also intrigued with cat eye lenses- Yay? Nay? I personally love these ones from Etsy- unfortunately someone snagged them up- bum deal man.


But aren't they SO cute?!

weekend we-wind: vegasssss

So after last weeks crazy-ness with the midterms and such I took a little vacation to my favorite unholy city- Vegas! Last time I went to Vegas with some of my freshman roomies- Macey (the local) and Kylee. It was so much fun just sitting out in the sun and going to the strip {note to self: make plans to do it again soon}


cheesin for the camera/the guy that took this picture... was a creep


love these girls

This time I went with my grandma and stayed with my Aunt and Uncle+kids for the weekend. We spent our time just hanging out, shopping, my aunt got to set me up with a boy in her singles ward that she's been telling me about for probably a year now. It was a lovely 75 degrees outside when we left Sunday afternoon. I got to wear skirts without leggings {and shaved my legs for the first time in weeks...}, no jackets. It was absolutely perfect!


drive to vegas/new sunglasses- Old Navy and the glorious sun/also drive to vegas


drive home from vegas-
2 different shots- not of the same place but cool how they fit together right?


my cousins- love them/Leah and I- she was kind of hesitant towards me all weekend... I wonder why?

highlights:
seeing familia
eating at BJs restaurant- {and subsequently slipping into a food induced coma}
I highly recommend the Pizookie
driving through cool canyons in Arizona
being warm!

Definitely will be doing that again after this crazy semester is over