Sunday, April 8, 2012
lemon cupcakes with blueberry buttercream frosting
The weather around here the past couple of weeks has been totally delicious. I love the cold winter temperatures, and the boots and pea coats that come along with it, but after a few months of freezing cold the 60s & sunny has been a welcome change of pace. The shift in weather and temperatures brings a nice change in food preferences along with it (I really can find a way to relate everything back to food). I go from craving pasta with heavy sauces, soups, and hot drinks to wanting light salads, fresh crunchy vegetables and nice iced coffees. As far as dessert goes I become obsessed with basically anything fresh & bright, like peaches and lemons and berries. So when thinking about what I was going to bake for Easter this year, it didn't take much time to settle on the flavor combo that I wanted. A few weeks ago one of my favorite people in the world, Mandie, made a delicious Blueberry Lemon Tea Cake and from the moment I ate three slices of it I have not been able to get the flavor combination out of my mind. Lemon and blueberry it was! The hardest part was deciding what form the flavors would take...a layer cake, a bundt cake, scones?
Saturday, March 17, 2012
scones.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'm half Irish but aside from the Irish Soda Bread that my mom made this morning, I won't be doing much of the "traditional" celebrating. I have, however, spend a good amount of time outside today celebrating this beautiful weather. So I did celebrate something...just not what the rest of the country is celebrating. But eating some bread outside in sunny 70 degree weather? Sounds like a good day to me.
I've been home on Spring Break this past week, but it's ending soon (wah) and I'll be back at school tomorrow night. I've mentioned my love of baking here previously, and I especially love baking in my kitchen at home. It's just, obviously, a lot more spacious than the one at my apartment, has better light, better appliances, a better setup, and just a better everything! So when I do go home I usually take advantage of it and bake quite a lot. This spring break I did not really bake much though, I was a little too preoccupied with something else (fyi there will be a post about these little books in the near future, as they have consumed my thoughts and taken over my life since the minute I read the first sentence of the first book).
I woke up yesterday morning really wanting to use a pastry cutter - do you have cravings of using certain baking tools? No? It's not normal? Okay, just wanted to see. After thinking about it for about 2 seconds I decided I wanted to make scones, and before my feet even hit the floor I had a recipe for Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Scones that I knew I was going to make. That's not an exaggeration, by the way, I literally opened my eyes, thought of a pastry cutter, grabbed my phone and Googled chocolate chip scone recipes. I found one, then got up and started my day. The correct way to start a morning, if you ask me...
These Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Scones came from Evil Shenanigans. It was my first time making scones, which is absolutely ridiculous and something I can't believe is true. I love scones. They are one of my favorite foods to eat so the fact that I had never made them before yesterday is an embarrassment. They were super easy but completely delicious. I loved that they used buttermilk and not heavy cream, because I always have buttermilk but heavy cream is not a pantry staple of mine. The only thing I did differently was swapping out regular size chocolate chips for mini ones. In scones, and most other pastries actually, I much prefer little bites of chocolate that melt into the scone as opposed to normal size chocolate chips that seem like an add on. But, it's just a personal preference of mine!
There's an 87% chance I'm going to be making another batch of these in an hour or two while listening to the stunning soundtrack for The Hunger Games. This is for two reasons - 1) I honestly can't get enough of the soundtrack, it's perfect. And 2) The following picture is the amount of scones that are left in this house...
It's unacceptable, it's a problem, and it needs to be addressed & fixed. Good thing I'm up to the challenge
xx Meg
PS. Read The Hunger Games Triology, please & thank you.
I've been home on Spring Break this past week, but it's ending soon (wah) and I'll be back at school tomorrow night. I've mentioned my love of baking here previously, and I especially love baking in my kitchen at home. It's just, obviously, a lot more spacious than the one at my apartment, has better light, better appliances, a better setup, and just a better everything! So when I do go home I usually take advantage of it and bake quite a lot. This spring break I did not really bake much though, I was a little too preoccupied with something else (fyi there will be a post about these little books in the near future, as they have consumed my thoughts and taken over my life since the minute I read the first sentence of the first book).
I woke up yesterday morning really wanting to use a pastry cutter - do you have cravings of using certain baking tools? No? It's not normal? Okay, just wanted to see. After thinking about it for about 2 seconds I decided I wanted to make scones, and before my feet even hit the floor I had a recipe for Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Scones that I knew I was going to make. That's not an exaggeration, by the way, I literally opened my eyes, thought of a pastry cutter, grabbed my phone and Googled chocolate chip scone recipes. I found one, then got up and started my day. The correct way to start a morning, if you ask me...
These Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Scones came from Evil Shenanigans. It was my first time making scones, which is absolutely ridiculous and something I can't believe is true. I love scones. They are one of my favorite foods to eat so the fact that I had never made them before yesterday is an embarrassment. They were super easy but completely delicious. I loved that they used buttermilk and not heavy cream, because I always have buttermilk but heavy cream is not a pantry staple of mine. The only thing I did differently was swapping out regular size chocolate chips for mini ones. In scones, and most other pastries actually, I much prefer little bites of chocolate that melt into the scone as opposed to normal size chocolate chips that seem like an add on. But, it's just a personal preference of mine!
There's an 87% chance I'm going to be making another batch of these in an hour or two while listening to the stunning soundtrack for The Hunger Games. This is for two reasons - 1) I honestly can't get enough of the soundtrack, it's perfect. And 2) The following picture is the amount of scones that are left in this house...
It's unacceptable, it's a problem, and it needs to be addressed & fixed. Good thing I'm up to the challenge
xx Meg
PS. Read The Hunger Games Triology, please & thank you.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
march photo a day.
I am really obsessed with taking pictures. Of everything. I've been taking them probably since the first minute I could correctly hold a camera. I'm not a great photographer, I've always wanted to take classes or teach myself more about photography - I've just never gotten around to it, but it doesn't really matter all that much to me right now. The reason I love taking pictures is because I'm always very kind of paranoid of forgetting little moments, or big moments, and the best way I know how to prevent that is just by taking a shot of the scene. I have loads of pictures on my computer, phone, in boxes and one of my favorite things to do (in the world) is just to randomly go through an album and have each photo bring me back to that moment, that day in which it was taken.
This is a huge reason why I love the iPhone app Instagram. First - it's on my phone, which means it is always with me. I can always take a picture or decide to flip through my album to jog some memories. Second - it has these very pretty filters that you can put your photos through that instantly make any shot look 100x better and more beautiful. So for someone like me - who knows little to nothing about photography but also loves things to look pretty - it really is a Godsend.
A lot of my Instagram (I'd say a good 50%) is actually pictures of food. What can I say? I post what I love. And everybody knows there's not much I love more than food, especially baking. But lately my pictures have been a bit more varied because this month I'm doing the March Photo A Day challenge - created by fat mum slim. I love little memes like this! I've been having a lot of fun with it. 8 days in and I haven't missed a day yet, I hope & think that'll continue throughout the rest of the month.
This is a huge reason why I love the iPhone app Instagram. First - it's on my phone, which means it is always with me. I can always take a picture or decide to flip through my album to jog some memories. Second - it has these very pretty filters that you can put your photos through that instantly make any shot look 100x better and more beautiful. So for someone like me - who knows little to nothing about photography but also loves things to look pretty - it really is a Godsend.
A lot of my Instagram (I'd say a good 50%) is actually pictures of food. What can I say? I post what I love. And everybody knows there's not much I love more than food, especially baking. But lately my pictures have been a bit more varied because this month I'm doing the March Photo A Day challenge - created by fat mum slim. I love little memes like this! I've been having a lot of fun with it. 8 days in and I haven't missed a day yet, I hope & think that'll continue throughout the rest of the month.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
home.
I'm not quite sure there's a truer statement then this one: I'm obsessed with being home. Especially after a week of midterms...yeah, definitely obsessed with being home. I love Rutgers and my apartment there but all the time sometimes it's nice to come back here to be with my family, my DVR, and two months worth of Pioneer Woman's show to catch up on. Which is exactly what I'm doing right now. And it's totally delicious.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
the civil wars.
Tomorrow I begin a period of 10 days that are to be filled with 2 papers and 6 exams. I am so excited! Only not. I'm actually shaking and crying right now but you can't see because you're reading this and not sitting next to me (thank God, for your sake).
I like to give myself self-imposed study breaks so I don't go insane while study and also so I can forget all about my sad, stressful, overwhelming life (now would be a good time to mention that I am a little dramatic). The entertainment really isn't confined to the study breaks, I tend to listen to music while I'm studying as well. Not all the time, it depends on how I am going about the studying and what exactly it is that I am studying, but a lot of the time I have some tunes playing in the background.
I like to give myself self-imposed study breaks so I don't go insane while study and also so I can forget all about my sad, stressful, overwhelming life (now would be a good time to mention that I am a little dramatic). The entertainment really isn't confined to the study breaks, I tend to listen to music while I'm studying as well. Not all the time, it depends on how I am going about the studying and what exactly it is that I am studying, but a lot of the time I have some tunes playing in the background.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
pink heart cake.
Happy Cougar Town is back day! ...I mean, Happy Pink Day! ...I mean, Happy Valentine's Day! No but, seriously, Cougar Town is back today (after an excruciating nine month hiatus) at 8:30 EST/PST on ABC. Please, please watch! I don't want to lose this show. I promise it's a good & hilarious show that has nothing to do with it's title.
It's also Valentine's Day, and I have a little something I'd like to share. At the beginning of this year we lost my Grandpa (horrible way to start out 2012) and since his passing my Grammy has been understandably depressed. They were together for over 50 years, had 4 kids, and numerous grandchildren. All of the sudden, her husband is gone, and she's alone in the house. My family is lucky enough to live within an hour of where she does, so we've all been making many visits to her - not to mention phone calls - to ensure that she does not feel alone. The first holiday she has had to spend without him is today, Valentine's Day, and I wanted to make sure that she did not feel alone because she certainly is not. She has a lot of love surrounding her from all of us. It was a terrible tragedy but it is true that a heartbreak like that brings a family closer together, there is something magical about how we all rallied around her and showered her with so much love.
It's also Valentine's Day, and I have a little something I'd like to share. At the beginning of this year we lost my Grandpa (horrible way to start out 2012) and since his passing my Grammy has been understandably depressed. They were together for over 50 years, had 4 kids, and numerous grandchildren. All of the sudden, her husband is gone, and she's alone in the house. My family is lucky enough to live within an hour of where she does, so we've all been making many visits to her - not to mention phone calls - to ensure that she does not feel alone. The first holiday she has had to spend without him is today, Valentine's Day, and I wanted to make sure that she did not feel alone because she certainly is not. She has a lot of love surrounding her from all of us. It was a terrible tragedy but it is true that a heartbreak like that brings a family closer together, there is something magical about how we all rallied around her and showered her with so much love.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
saturday baking.
I'm thinking that Saturday's are going to be food days here. Every Saturday I'm either going to talk about a favorite recipe of mine...a favorite food of mine...or most likely a favorite food blog of mine, like I did last week. Today is actually going to be a combination of a few of those, because I'm gonna link y'all to a few recipes for a certain holiday that is on Tuesday, Valentine's Day.
I love baking. It's arguably my absolute favorite thing to do in the world. I also am a lover of pink, it's possibly my second favorite thing in the world. A good half of everything in my life is pink. A holiday which celebrates pink, red, & baking (can you tell I'm single & ignoring the actual reason for the holiday)? Sign me up! I'm planning on making a few things for Valentine's Day, so I've spent the last few days poking around the Internet looking for recipes that I deemed adorable yet doable (apparently professors do not share my love of Valentine's Day, because I have 2 papers and a borderline in-san amount of reading to do for this week). It was super hard to narrow them down, but here's a few that caught my attention. . .
Pots de Creme from The Pioneer Woman
Heart Cinnamon Rolls from Cake & Allie
New York Style Chocolate Cheesecake from Emeril
Lofthouse Style Soft Sugar Cookies from Two Peas And Their Pod
Heart Cake from i am baker (this one is just for fun! no way I could pull this off)
Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes from Brandielle via The Pioneer Woman
I've personally made the lava cakes about 15 to 20 times before and can attest to not only their awesomeness but their easiness as well, I swear anyone can make them! Also, how precious are those heart shaped cinnamon rolls? Such a cute idea.
Happy Valentine's Day baking!
xx Meg
I love baking. It's arguably my absolute favorite thing to do in the world. I also am a lover of pink, it's possibly my second favorite thing in the world. A good half of everything in my life is pink. A holiday which celebrates pink, red, & baking (can you tell I'm single & ignoring the actual reason for the holiday)? Sign me up! I'm planning on making a few things for Valentine's Day, so I've spent the last few days poking around the Internet looking for recipes that I deemed adorable yet doable (apparently professors do not share my love of Valentine's Day, because I have 2 papers and a borderline in-san amount of reading to do for this week). It was super hard to narrow them down, but here's a few that caught my attention. . .
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| * pictures are from the websites linked below! be sure to click! |
Pots de Creme from The Pioneer Woman
Heart Cinnamon Rolls from Cake & Allie
New York Style Chocolate Cheesecake from Emeril
Lofthouse Style Soft Sugar Cookies from Two Peas And Their Pod
Heart Cake from i am baker (this one is just for fun! no way I could pull this off)
Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes from Brandielle via The Pioneer Woman
I've personally made the lava cakes about 15 to 20 times before and can attest to not only their awesomeness but their easiness as well, I swear anyone can make them! Also, how precious are those heart shaped cinnamon rolls? Such a cute idea.
Happy Valentine's Day baking!
xx Meg
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
please, stop crying. i can't handle it.
I'm currently eating a grilled chicken salad and watching a show on HGTV called My First Place with one of my roommates/best friends. The title of this post is a quote from her, as she's getting angry at the girl on the screen because she keeps crying ever other minute while she's buying this house. And I'm sitting here laughing at her, eating a salad, and being really jealous of the girl on the TV show who is getting a pretty nice house for under $200,000 in Texas. Couldn't even dream of finding anything like that for that price her in NJ. So jelly!
We watch a lot of HGTV in this apartment - I really, really love decorating. In fact, the most exciting part of moving into my current off-campus apartment was the fact that I/we got to decorate it. And decorate it exactly how we wanted to. It came out so lovely, I'll share pictures some time soon!
I find that I get a lot of my inspiration for decorating from the web, there's just so many different places to see examples of gorgeous homes and have that little creativity seed sparked. Now the biggest place that I find inspiration is Pinterest. I am literally SO in love with this site I think I could puke or die. It's basically a virtual cork board, you "pin" things that you love onto it. You can pin basically anything at all - and I do. Not just home decor, but food & recipes (my food board is perhaps my biggest), fashion, nature, etc. Literally anything you want!
And not only can you pin things, but you follow other people on Pinterest so that you can "repin" their ideas onto your board. This is where you can find a lot of inspiration, seeing what other people love. That's my favorite part of this social media site - it's a bunch of pretty, cute, funny things all in one place! I've seen so many cute ideas for home decorating and fashion that I can't even explain. It's also great for recipe sharing. Since I visit so many food blogs daily, I already felt like I was getting my fill of recipes, but alas I was not! Pinterest has introduced me to so much more.
I really think y'all should get one. It's so much fun and the possibilities of things to pin are endless. When you make an account, be sure to follow me, I'm fullheartss. Got the name from a favorite little show of mine - Friday Night Lights. Perhaps I'll speak of that obsession in the near future. :)
xx Meg
We watch a lot of HGTV in this apartment - I really, really love decorating. In fact, the most exciting part of moving into my current off-campus apartment was the fact that I/we got to decorate it. And decorate it exactly how we wanted to. It came out so lovely, I'll share pictures some time soon!
I find that I get a lot of my inspiration for decorating from the web, there's just so many different places to see examples of gorgeous homes and have that little creativity seed sparked. Now the biggest place that I find inspiration is Pinterest. I am literally SO in love with this site I think I could puke or die. It's basically a virtual cork board, you "pin" things that you love onto it. You can pin basically anything at all - and I do. Not just home decor, but food & recipes (my food board is perhaps my biggest), fashion, nature, etc. Literally anything you want!
And not only can you pin things, but you follow other people on Pinterest so that you can "repin" their ideas onto your board. This is where you can find a lot of inspiration, seeing what other people love. That's my favorite part of this social media site - it's a bunch of pretty, cute, funny things all in one place! I've seen so many cute ideas for home decorating and fashion that I can't even explain. It's also great for recipe sharing. Since I visit so many food blogs daily, I already felt like I was getting my fill of recipes, but alas I was not! Pinterest has introduced me to so much more.
I really think y'all should get one. It's so much fun and the possibilities of things to pin are endless. When you make an account, be sure to follow me, I'm fullheartss. Got the name from a favorite little show of mine - Friday Night Lights. Perhaps I'll speak of that obsession in the near future. :)
xx Meg
Monday, February 6, 2012
the voice.
What a big (understatement) night for TV last night. First I got to see the Giants win (!!) and basically lose my voice in the process due to all the screaming, then I got to watch the premiere of what has become a favorite reality show of mine – The Voice. I watched and loved the first season last year and had been really looking forward to last night since I found out that it was premiering after the Super Bowl.
The reason I love this show so much is actually really simple: the coaches. Not only do I love them, but I love that fact that they are coaches and not critics. They are there to help, not to make fun, and to guide and provide support. Which creates for a very nice, happy atmosphere that I can feel through the television. Don't get me wrong, I love American Idol too. And I do believe that AI is better at creating stars than The Voice is but I also tend to get very, very angry and very, very frustrated while watching American Idol. Mostly because of comments that the judges say - and this does not happen when I watch The Voice. I just end up laughing and enjoying good music, which I appreciate.
Continuing on with the coaches, I love all four of them. I hope that they stay on for at least a few more seasons. They have really nice chemistry, are pretty funny most of the time, great coaches, and are very talented themselves. Adam Levine deserves a mention just strictly on his face (congratulations on that, buddy) but my personal favorite is Blake Shelton. I don't think it'd be outlandish of me to say that he was the breakout star of the first season. I'm a huge fan of country music so I had heard of him prior to the show, but never really paid him much attention. That 100% changed within the first 15 minutes of the first episode. He is HILARIOUS. But what really got me is just how much he cared about his team. Beyond the show, beyond what the producers created, you could tell he truly cared about those people (in particular Dia & Xenia). I loved seeming him guide them, pump them up, and then make his funny comments. Basically I just love him!
I really urge everybody to watch this awesome show - it's airing tonight at 8pm EST on NBC - although looking at the numbers from last night, it looks like mostly everybody is already watching.
Leaving you with one of the greatest captures I've ever seen in my life. . .
xx Meg
The reason I love this show so much is actually really simple: the coaches. Not only do I love them, but I love that fact that they are coaches and not critics. They are there to help, not to make fun, and to guide and provide support. Which creates for a very nice, happy atmosphere that I can feel through the television. Don't get me wrong, I love American Idol too. And I do believe that AI is better at creating stars than The Voice is but I also tend to get very, very angry and very, very frustrated while watching American Idol. Mostly because of comments that the judges say - and this does not happen when I watch The Voice. I just end up laughing and enjoying good music, which I appreciate.
Continuing on with the coaches, I love all four of them. I hope that they stay on for at least a few more seasons. They have really nice chemistry, are pretty funny most of the time, great coaches, and are very talented themselves. Adam Levine deserves a mention just strictly on his face (congratulations on that, buddy) but my personal favorite is Blake Shelton. I don't think it'd be outlandish of me to say that he was the breakout star of the first season. I'm a huge fan of country music so I had heard of him prior to the show, but never really paid him much attention. That 100% changed within the first 15 minutes of the first episode. He is HILARIOUS. But what really got me is just how much he cared about his team. Beyond the show, beyond what the producers created, you could tell he truly cared about those people (in particular Dia & Xenia). I loved seeming him guide them, pump them up, and then make his funny comments. Basically I just love him!
I really urge everybody to watch this awesome show - it's airing tonight at 8pm EST on NBC - although looking at the numbers from last night, it looks like mostly everybody is already watching.
Leaving you with one of the greatest captures I've ever seen in my life. . .
Saturday, February 4, 2012
comfy saturday.
Slept in today, had some apple cinnamon steel cut oats that I put in the slow cooker before I went to bed last night, and now I'm sitting on my couch watching Beautiful Homes on HGTV and drinking a huge mug of black coffee. This is my kind of day.
Saturdays are my favorite, they're almost always filled with some sort of cooking or baking or both. There's really not much better to me. I'm feeling like making some blueberry muffins today, I'm not sure why or how that came into my head. Especially because for the past 4 days I have had the most intense craving for chocolate cake ever with no time to make some, so I figured I would make one today. But nope, woke up wanting a really good blueberry muffin. Weird!
So while I contemplate making blueberry muffins, I'm gonna talk a little about one of my favorite things in the world - food blogs. Since I discovered their existence about a year and a half ago my cooking life has, I'm not being dramatic, done a complete 180. I've always watched Food Network, so I got a lot of information from there, but having the resources online often with step by step super, super, suuuuuper detailed recipes is just unmatched. And the creativity by the food bloggers is out of this world, I'm left sitting in front of my computer with my mouth hanging open saying - HOW?
Saturdays are my favorite, they're almost always filled with some sort of cooking or baking or both. There's really not much better to me. I'm feeling like making some blueberry muffins today, I'm not sure why or how that came into my head. Especially because for the past 4 days I have had the most intense craving for chocolate cake ever with no time to make some, so I figured I would make one today. But nope, woke up wanting a really good blueberry muffin. Weird!
So while I contemplate making blueberry muffins, I'm gonna talk a little about one of my favorite things in the world - food blogs. Since I discovered their existence about a year and a half ago my cooking life has, I'm not being dramatic, done a complete 180. I've always watched Food Network, so I got a lot of information from there, but having the resources online often with step by step super, super, suuuuuper detailed recipes is just unmatched. And the creativity by the food bloggers is out of this world, I'm left sitting in front of my computer with my mouth hanging open saying - HOW?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
ann, you beautiful spinster.
I'm back to my normal self! No more sick Meg, YAY! I am soooo happy I could either puke or die. Not to mention I just splurged calorie-wise on some CinnaStix & Cheesy bread from Domino's. Everything really is beautiful and nothing hurts.
What I'd like to blog about today is another thing that makes me very happy. It's a sweet little flawless show set in a pretty little happy town called...Pawnee.
This show brings me so much joy. It's absolutely one of my favorites. It might even be my favorite but I never answer that question because I watch and love so many shows that I can't make a decision. It's lit-er-a-lly like Sophie's Choice.
The entire cast of Parks and Recreation is amazing. All hilarious and such great actors, they play their parts so well. I really wish more people watched it and the award shows paid it more attention (although brava! to the Emmys for at least nominating it & Amy Poehler). I would hate to lose it after this season, but according to the King of TV, Michael Ausiello, it doesn't look like we are going to. Thankfully.
Tonight's Valentine's Day episode isn't going to shoot to the top of my favorite's list but it was still hilarious. I liked the fact that we got to see an unhappy Chris for at least a little bit. I realize that his whole "thing" is being happy all of the time but some contrast sometimes is nice to see. I love that he is basically an on/off switch character. He's either really happy...or really sad. It wouldn't have made sense had they put him in the middle.
Anytime Ron gets excited (or drunk) it's immediately my favorite part of the episode, so the little moments of him trying to control his emotions had be rolling. Basically the same goes for anything Chris Pratt related. He might just be the most underrated actor on the show for me. His delivery is so hilarious and perfect and his physical comedy? Dead. Ben and Leslie were precious, as always. Their storyline didn't grab me as much as normal but that could be because I was really engrossed with everything else.
I also thought it was a really sweet moment when April set Tom & Ann (I just wrote those names correctly, right? Tom and Ann? That actually did happen, right? Tom and Ann? That wasn't just a weird mirage that I did not see coming from a mile away?) up on their date. The small scene with her talking to Ann about how Tom was the only person that had made her laugh all night really made me smile. I do enjoy April's hate for her but I'm beginning to think it's just so that I can see moments like that happen.
I clearly have a lot of feelings about my obsession today, but I can't help it. Parks & Rec is made of sunshine and rainbows. And I love that it's a tv show in my life.
xx Meg
What I'd like to blog about today is another thing that makes me very happy. It's a sweet little flawless show set in a pretty little happy town called...Pawnee.
This show brings me so much joy. It's absolutely one of my favorites. It might even be my favorite but I never answer that question because I watch and love so many shows that I can't make a decision. It's lit-er-a-lly like Sophie's Choice.
The entire cast of Parks and Recreation is amazing. All hilarious and such great actors, they play their parts so well. I really wish more people watched it and the award shows paid it more attention (although brava! to the Emmys for at least nominating it & Amy Poehler). I would hate to lose it after this season, but according to the King of TV, Michael Ausiello, it doesn't look like we are going to. Thankfully.
Tonight's Valentine's Day episode isn't going to shoot to the top of my favorite's list but it was still hilarious. I liked the fact that we got to see an unhappy Chris for at least a little bit. I realize that his whole "thing" is being happy all of the time but some contrast sometimes is nice to see. I love that he is basically an on/off switch character. He's either really happy...or really sad. It wouldn't have made sense had they put him in the middle.
Anytime Ron gets excited (or drunk) it's immediately my favorite part of the episode, so the little moments of him trying to control his emotions had be rolling. Basically the same goes for anything Chris Pratt related. He might just be the most underrated actor on the show for me. His delivery is so hilarious and perfect and his physical comedy? Dead. Ben and Leslie were precious, as always. Their storyline didn't grab me as much as normal but that could be because I was really engrossed with everything else.
I also thought it was a really sweet moment when April set Tom & Ann (I just wrote those names correctly, right? Tom and Ann? That actually did happen, right? Tom and Ann? That wasn't just a weird mirage that I did not see coming from a mile away?) up on their date. The small scene with her talking to Ann about how Tom was the only person that had made her laugh all night really made me smile. I do enjoy April's hate for her but I'm beginning to think it's just so that I can see moments like that happen.
I clearly have a lot of feelings about my obsession today, but I can't help it. Parks & Rec is made of sunshine and rainbows. And I love that it's a tv show in my life.
xx Meg
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
feeling good.
I feel much better today, yippee! Not 100%, but as close to normal as I've felt in a couple of days which is all I can ask for right now. I'm really just waiting for my energy level to start climbing back up to where it used to be. Been so, extremely tired since the moment I woke up this morning. But all in due time!
Today my obsession is something that has been in my possession for many...many...many years. Pretty much since I can remember I have used this product. Not the exact one that I am using right now, because over the years I have gone through many of them, and it'd be virtually impossible to still have the same one from all those years ago.
It's ChapStick's Medicated lip balm! This is the one my mom always used and so I grew up believing/knowing this one is the best. I have tried others such as Burt's Bees, Rosebud Salve, C.O. Bigelow, and even different kinds from the same brand (ChapStick) and they have all been nice but none have compared to this one. It heals, lasts, and protects my lips better than any other lip balm ever could. In fact, the past couple of days I've even been putting some on the skin of my nose and guess what? Works there too! At this point I'm pretty convinced this stuff has some form of magic in it.
Promise that I'll stop relating everything to being sick soon, it's just that this cold has attempted to take over my life the past couple of days. Off to watch the rest of American Idol and work on resumes, and cover letters, and take a quiz, and read, and...eat a brownie ;)
xx Meg
Today my obsession is something that has been in my possession for many...many...many years. Pretty much since I can remember I have used this product. Not the exact one that I am using right now, because over the years I have gone through many of them, and it'd be virtually impossible to still have the same one from all those years ago.
It's ChapStick's Medicated lip balm! This is the one my mom always used and so I grew up believing/knowing this one is the best. I have tried others such as Burt's Bees, Rosebud Salve, C.O. Bigelow, and even different kinds from the same brand (ChapStick) and they have all been nice but none have compared to this one. It heals, lasts, and protects my lips better than any other lip balm ever could. In fact, the past couple of days I've even been putting some on the skin of my nose and guess what? Works there too! At this point I'm pretty convinced this stuff has some form of magic in it.
Promise that I'll stop relating everything to being sick soon, it's just that this cold has attempted to take over my life the past couple of days. Off to watch the rest of American Idol and work on resumes, and cover letters, and take a quiz, and read, and...eat a brownie ;)
xx Meg
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
my bobble.
Still sick today.
Woke up feeling much better but by midday today I felt as though I had gone back in time about 24 hours. Energy level is way low and I can barely smell or taste anything. Fun!
I watched Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? alllllll day long since it was on Oxygen. Perfect show to marathon when you're not feeling well. I had seen a few episodes before but the ones that I happened to catch today were new to me. Score! It's a pretty funny show, I've always enjoyed Joan Rivers and thought she was hilarious.
My love of the day is my water bottle (exciting!).
It's a Bobble and I take it absolutely every where I go. It's filtered which I enjoy and since I bought it back in August I haven't purchased or drank from a disposable water bottle, not once. I have the medium size and find it is just the right size for me. Before I purchased it I read a lot of reviews, like I normally do before I make any decision, and saw many people complain about the "really loud" noise it makes when you are drinking from it. It does make a sound sometimes but it doesn't bother me. I also found that if I unscrew the top just a little after I take a sip it does not make that little sound (which, actually, I can't even classify as a "sound" - it's just a little whooshing).
Until tomorrow,
xx Meg
Woke up feeling much better but by midday today I felt as though I had gone back in time about 24 hours. Energy level is way low and I can barely smell or taste anything. Fun!
I watched Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? alllllll day long since it was on Oxygen. Perfect show to marathon when you're not feeling well. I had seen a few episodes before but the ones that I happened to catch today were new to me. Score! It's a pretty funny show, I've always enjoyed Joan Rivers and thought she was hilarious.
My love of the day is my water bottle (exciting!).
It's a Bobble and I take it absolutely every where I go. It's filtered which I enjoy and since I bought it back in August I haven't purchased or drank from a disposable water bottle, not once. I have the medium size and find it is just the right size for me. Before I purchased it I read a lot of reviews, like I normally do before I make any decision, and saw many people complain about the "really loud" noise it makes when you are drinking from it. It does make a sound sometimes but it doesn't bother me. I also found that if I unscrew the top just a little after I take a sip it does not make that little sound (which, actually, I can't even classify as a "sound" - it's just a little whooshing).
Until tomorrow,
xx Meg
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