Happy Monday!

All of the food pictures we've taken recently are on Marc's phone, who uploads them to Facebook, except for the fact that neither of us have been able to get Facebook to work properly for the past couple days...anyone else experiencing this? I need to get him to send them to me and then I can email & upload them onto here.

Every morning lately, I wake up and have to immediately get out of bed or I'll keep sneezing. My nose is a morning nightmare. I don't feel sick of lack energy or anything so, allergies!? Ugh, a few coworkers have been complaining of this as well. I live in Florida and lately we've gone from freezing cold rainy days to scorching hot sunny days. Combined with copious amounts of pollen and other allergens =(

I worked all weekend so there isn't TOO much fun to report there. Last night we did however go see Pirates of the Caribbean 4:

We went to this discount theater we live by. It was in 3D so it was still $6 each but that's way better than the $12-13 I'm sure we would have paid at the other theater in town. As anyone who watched the end of the credits of the third one knows, they went on a search for the fountain of youth. I recommend seeing it if you're a Pirates fan..maybe not for $12 but it was definitely worth the $6 :-P

I also never thought of this but you can get workout DVDs through Netflix!! I added this to my queue:

Part of my summer organizing is to get back into shape so I'm hoping this will help. I'm also trying to do some food research to put together awesome meals. I will be sure to report my findings.

I've also been painting my nails again to avoid biting them. Plus I really love being able to paint simple designs on them...but check out the talent of this crafty chick over at The Daily Nail!!!

EEK! I love Dr. Seuss but I don't think my hand would ever be this steady. Props to you!

Here are some things I plan to be posting:

*DIY Clothes Reconstructing

*House Projects

*Vegan Meals & Baking

...and much more!!!

Kristi(E)

SUMMERTIME!

I'm gonna go with, IT'S OFFICIALLY SUMMER!!! I am more than looking forward to having some free time to get my life organized again. I was doing pretty well for the first few weeks of the year until college started back up. I just finished up the last of my essays and took my last exam last night so I am home free!

See, Summer!!!!!

I have Tuesday off which will begin my cleaning and crafting sweep. Bit of a late start on the whole spring cleaning thing but 'better late than never.' I've been compiling a list of projects and foods to tackle. Check these out!!

1. The whole not biting my nails resolution has been on and off...when I put effort into painting them and find a design I really like, it helps.

2. IDK what those are but don't they look delicious?? Some sort of oreo cupcake. Whatever it is, I will be making something similar this summer.

3. I think the flower on the cuff is such a cute idea! My pants are ALWAYS too long and I've resorted to cuffing them. I think the accessory makes the super long cuff look not-so-daunting.

Happy summer!!

Kristi(E)

P.S. I always save 8 million photos but never attach a source to them. I'll try to do this more in the future and apologize in the meantime for stealing!

Also, NEW BLOG LAYOUT! I know it's not fancy but the colors are inspiring for summer...at least for me! Whatever keeps me typing.

BACK TO SCHOOL!

Two days off just isn't enough. What's the deal with this work thing anyways?

Saturday we went to St. Pete for the Saturday Morning Market. They have tons of fruits and vegetables and local crafts, etc. We got a bonsai.. it's supposed to bring luck (monetary luck?) That'd be nice. Then we went around to a few thrift stores. I got a glass jar with little limes and stuff all over it (sort of vintagey) to put my juice in when I make it as well as one of those "soup cups" the big, short ones. It's a Campbell's soup soup cup. Marc spent all of his money on vinyls. Then we found this really nice raw vegan restaurant (how had I never known about this?) right on Central Avenue called Leafy Greens.


pizza!


icecream!


cobbler!


Sunday we slept in, did some stuff around the house, and then went to Tampa to meet up with PETA. They will be on campus the next three days promoting Meatless Mondays-more vegan options on campus menus Mondays which will hopefully lead to better menu options overall (not just veggie patties). Then me, Marc, Kristi, and David went to MELLOW MUSHROOM, the raddest pizza place.

Then I came home and started in on my planner for the semester. No more slacking!! I have a serious schedule planned out of when to do all the reading for my classes so I don't get burnt out. The bulk of the work really is reading.

SNOOZE ALERT!!! School-related stuff just to get it all set in my head..

Political Theory: Yet to post syllabus but there are FIVE-HUGE-BOOKS. Luckily I have a friend who took it before and said it isn't too awful, but she's way better at reading (for school) than I am. I think it's one paper, quizzes, and two exams?
Cultural Anthropology: Reading w/ online quiz each week. There are three exams (non-cumulative) as well as two assignments. The assignments are actually pretty cool. The first one deals with cultural conditioning of what foods people think it's okay to eat (cow tongue, insects, other 'oddities' to America) but all-in-all I think it will make for a really good project (considering my veganism) and I already have someone to interview!! A coworker from Columbia who picked up my 'list of 20 food items to pick from' and has eaten quite a few of them in various dishes. So I need to find one more person to interview. Then the 2nd project is comparing two novels we have to read for the class.
International Organizations: I'm taking this with Alexis (the friend from earlier, not coworker but who took Pol Theory) and I am soooo excited!!!! This class consists of reading (it's two days a week and Tuesday is a lecture with discussions on Thursdays so reading is a MUST). Then there are two exams (the last of which is cumulative *gulp*) in essay format.. as well as one paper.
Female Experience in America (post-colonial era): Reading with an online quiz each week, two short response papers, and an art project.
Women, Gender, and Environment: Think ecofeminism!! Right up my alley! Weekly reading, discussion posts, and a short "book blog" about the five different books we are reading. Then there are two reflection papers and another art project!!

I really am excited to do the two different art projects. Creativity for a grade!!
So there we have it and the next four months will be devoted to school, SPEAK (my animal rights group), some random working, and hopefully some weekend time off.

Mondays I will read for International Organizations,
Tuesdays I have class from 12:30-4:45 and will also do the work for the two Women's Studies classes (they're online),
Wednesdays I will read for Political Theory,
Thursdays I have class from 12:30-4:45, SPEAK meetings at 6-7PM and will do all of my anthropology homework.
Then Friday, Saturday, Sunday I will hopefully have at least ONE of those days off from work to just 'chill.' ha.
I'm trying to have a very rigorous Monday-Thursdays so that I can relax on the weekends, a bit. We'll see how that works out, though.


Oh!!! and I haven't bit my nails!!


Have a great week!
-Kristie