no more wrinkles

work sells dermalogica products: yippie for me AND for my skin.

newest obsession? dermalogica multivitamin power firm. smells like sweeTarts, and protects my eye skin from wrinkles.

to-do list

as of about 25 minutes ago, i will never have to take another GRE again. in celebration, here is a list of things i want to accomplish between now and april when admission decisions come around.

-make curtains

i was given a sewing machine for christmas...which would have been quite useful about three months ago when i sewed, by hand, curtains for our living room. they turned out quite well, but were definitely a labor of love. now that i have a sewing machine, coupons for fabric stores, and time to spare, i can not only mend the crooked stitches my hand made, but dress all the remaining windows in the house!

-FINALLY get my shop up on etsy.

i've been talking about it for a year now. it's time to cut the crap and get it going. more to come. buy something.

-get effing organized

closets, drawers, shelves, painting, everything. i've got vision AND a gift certificate to the container store.

-run 3 miles/day

i did it in college. now, i don't have the excuse of hours of studying the library to hinder me from doing so anymore, so, honestly, there is no excuse. plus, all this cooking, and subsequent eating, is starting to show since my pants are just a teensy bit tighter than they used to be...

miscellaneous things i am potentially doing in 2010:

-getting a tattoo*

-getting into graduate school**

-becoming a full-blown vegetarian

-driving across the united states of america

*mom, please don't panic. it will be very small. and it will fall under the 7-year rule, so you actually won't get to see it until i am 29. and i probably will have gotten it removed by then.

**and stop changing my mind so damn much. the third time/school's a charm...

sincerest apologies.

last night, my boyfriend, in his casual, loving way, gently inquired, "isn't your blog due for an update?"

i paused, and had to stop and think a moment. blog? what's a blog? do i even have one of those?

and then i remembered, why, YES, i've had one for a year now, and YES, it is painfully overdue for an update. think of all the wonderful meals i've eaten, cooked, and shared over the past two months that have not been photographed, documented and acclaimed on my humble little share of the internet real estate.

i am sorry.

now i have a zillion excuses, all of which are valid, and all of which lead me into a new direction with my vision for this blog. i like cooking, i like writing, and i like lots of other things, too. rather than starting a whole entirely different blog (which would make me feel bad about updating one and not the other; i was the kid who slept with 76 different stuffed animals in the bed because i couldn't pick just one without thinking that the others would get their "feelings hurt"), why can't i just write about ALL the things i like...recipes, traveling, theater, music, clothes, diy projects, jewelry, yoga, everything?

and blogging about everything means more blogging in general. i say, that's a brilliant idea if i ever heard one.