Something new

The other weekend I was home alone for three and a half days with nothing to do but study for midterms. And cook!

I love these chicken stir fry wraps! And yes, I watch Martha Stewart. Already preparing for retirement in my own way (although, how could she still be on when I retire??? Now that would be scary...)

Of course I had to wear my apron. And of course we have no light in our little kitchen.

The next morning I declared "waffle morning" and ate entirely too many waffles. I believe the recipe said "serves 6" or some such ridiculous number of people. I believe they meant 6 ants (or perhaps people of regularly sized appetites...pshaw).

I also have been doing much blog-surfing (too much) and Etsy (window) shopping. The perils of midterms week. Oh, and a reminder to myself : zennioptical.com, for my next pair of glasses (much thanks to the girls in my draping class for the suggestion). I just need to figure out my new prescription - all the glasses are cute! I wonder how they are so cheap?!

For Wyatt

A package that has finally arrived at its destination :)

A little love for my MacBook's built-in-camera

It may be true that I will never be good at baking. Maybe it's just too close to chemistry. And I did not enjoy chemistry.



I've started to learn to cook, trying out different recipes from Cooking Light and my mom's cookbooks. My photos aren't beautiful (and note the black pancake at the bottom of the pile), but it's been going well (unlike the cookies)!
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This Sunday was my cousin's wedding and it was a beautiful ceremony in Miranda's parents' yard. They won't know it's here, but congratulations Miranda and Cleo! It was grea to see the family, many of whom I have never met/seen since I was a baby!
I wore a dress that I made over a year ago and finally hemmed recently.

The belt was from an estate sale in New Jersey.

Then put on my apron for the first of several unsatisfactory baking attempts.

The apron is still in-progress. My roommate and I decided to make the silliest, most ridiculous aprons we could for the coming school year in celebration of having a kitchen in our dorm room.