4.14.2010
Lasagna Leftover Pizza
With leftover lasagna makings (half a tub of ricotta, half a pound of Italian sausage, a cup of mozzarella and half a jar of marinara sauce) what to do, what to do? PIZZA!
Get your hands on some pizza dough, store bought or homemade
Spread out the remaining dough on a non-stick pizza pan
Next brush on a liberal amount of olive oil covering the entire pizza
Spoon on leftover ricotta
Sprinkle on leftover sausage and mozzarella
Top with a dash of crushed red pepper, salt and pepper
Bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes
Heat up marinara and serve on the side for dipping.
Voila!
Bathrooms! Bathrooms! Bathrooms!
Aren't they fun? What used to be just a utility room has become the center of our relaxation rituals. Nothing better than having the space where you are the most intimate be beautiful and a reflexion of your personality!
My bathroom at my parents is t-i-n-y, so big open space bathrooms always catch my eye!
This was a note-worthy bathroom. Definitely points for originality and color scheme. Not a lot of storage room though!
Adorable and chic! I love chandeliers in bathrooms and claw footed tubs!
I would have gone with a lighter shade of pink but it's still a cool bathroom
Helloooo! Almost back!
I say I'm almost back because it will probably be another week before I'm really back. My friend Krsitin came to Honduras and we visited Nicaragua for a week with other friends and then we relaxed in the Bay Islands for 4 days. Liiiiiiittle addition? He ended up coming from St. Louis and traveling with us. Twist!
Needless to say I was considerably nervous about our encounter 7 months after the break up and it was more for me. Am I still in love? Do I still care enough to keep a relationship alive? Does he? Are we still gonna make this work? How? I damn nearly had a nervous breakdown. But my mom gave me a piece of wisdom that I thought would never leave her lips "Why do you have to make a decision now?". That did the trick! I was a lot more relaxed and a little braver.
I have to say having him here has been incredible. It feels like we picked up right where we left off. Just a tiny 7 month, painful and destructive bump. It has done my heart so much good. I felt lonely, misunderstood, out of place and he tidied me up.
Now he's sick, laying in my parents' couch with an IV in his arm because he's so dehydrated. Nothing serious! Just a bug he caught but most importantly he caught it on the day he was leaving so he decided to stay!! :D:D
3.25.2010
Spring Break 2010
Spring Break is here! My very good friend from college is visiting and we have a jam packed 2 weeks planned. I'm so excited I can barely hold it in. Me and my friends are going to Nicaragua and then Kristin (my friend from school) and I are going to the Bay Islands, just the 2 of us. I'm really looking forward to that. It'll feel like I have a little piece of St. Louis and I'll have fun and it'll do my heart a lot of good.
Exposed Brick Walls
I looooove exposed brick! My home is about 50 -50 exposed brick and plastered walls. Bricks add warmth to any room plus they look fabulous when combined with almost any color...except the neons obvi. ;)
3.24.2010
Sitting in the Bedroom
I'm loving the idea of sitting area in front of the bed (rather than a TV!). My room at home is the size of an egg carton so I don't have the luxury of a sitting area but here are some lovely examples!
3.23.2010
Ugh... definitely ramblings
I'm so hoping this blog becomes a cathartic experience in my life. I need it to be even if no one ever reads it. I feel the need to surround myself with quality people. God, they're so hard to find! I wanna feel INVOLVED. INTERESTED. PIQUED. This heartbreak brought so much truth. I was pretty much slapped by the reality of the way I live. So afraid. I want so much and have no idea how to get from point A to point B. I have 2 degrees and no job and don't feel like getting one. What would I feel happy committing my life to? The reality of things right now is that I would be perfectly happy with meeting a good boy, falling in love, make a life together and just raise many of his babies. But... in my heart I feel like I should ask "Would this be cheating on myself?" "Are you this afraid of what you could do that you won't even try?"
He broke up with me and I realized I had broken up with myself long before he did. I stayed for him, I accepted things for him, I compromised for him, I forgave things for him. But I never drew the line for ME.
Sometimes I feel like a divorced 60 year old woman. Where do you go from here?
But I'm told there are better things to come...
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