I was going to post a recipe for strawberry jam tonight… the reason I bought a huge case of strawberries. BUT look at these beauties– no way I was going to mess with it by adding tons of sugar and boiling all the flavor from them!
I can’t believe it is already April! Whoa time flies! However, this past month I have been in love with a few things that I would like to share with you!
1. Bake From Scratch (the French issue) magazine that was filled with recipes of all my favorite French baked goodies such as palmiers, brioches… fun stuff! I also been loving making biscuits… yum!
2. Løv tea (linden+rose) that I stumbled upon in Whole Foods. It has bits of apples, linden, and rose. Very light and calming.
3. So last month I went blonde (again!!!) and have been loving the Blue Malva conditioner with a violet tint that refreshes the color and keeps it from going yellow! It smells really good too!
4. Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer is the best! It protects the skin and gives a little tint that does not look like you have a layer of foundation! Nice and light!
5. Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche lipstick in Cayenne has been my favorite red lipstick! It stays on like a stain almost and has a citrusy taste 🙂
xoxo,
O
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” – Robert Brault
So many of us desire to hear an apology from someone that deeply wounded us. So many of us don’t get it. Why do these two little words hold so much power? “I’m sorry”… “I’M SORRY”… and just like that a heartfelt apology lifts the pain that held you down for such a long time and your whole being is able to rest… to see the good things that surrounded you the whole time. But how does one go about an apology that has never been received? Do you pull your hair in anger and exhaustion for waiting for one? How long can it last?
Have you ever experienced that?
I know I have.
Today has been the best day since the new 8 weeks of classes started! I am loving my schedule and classes, especially Interior Design Professional Practices class! The first day our instructor brought tons of design magazines and we had to make visual boards that show our style as a designer. Super fun!
It is hard to believe but I am already 15 weeks and 4 days!
For my French class, Leila and I met at the coolest doughnut spot in Denver– Habit Doughnut Dispensary– if you have not been there, you must go there… like NOW! They have gourmet doughnuts and on the other side– coffee/tea and other deliciousness.
The past few weeks have been fun and crazy busy.
Hello World! We are happy to announce our itty-bitty baby! Today was my first midwife appointment and we got to see our little one which is measuring at about 2 cm and 3mm and has a strong heartbeat of 174 beats/min!!!
Baby Allen is due on August 11, 2016!
Happiest girl in the world!!!
O
This year, I have been quite entertained with creating monthly Spotify playlists. It is in a way a music “diary” that to this day, when the tune comes on somewhere, it takes me right back to that month… I mostly used the
“browse” section of the Spotify that would recommend artists/albums to me. Another thing that I got interested in was the Last.fm site and of course tweeting my weekly top three most played artists. So fun!
So I hope you enjoy the playlists below… and if you do not have Spotify, you should totally sign up!
So I have been officially on my Winter Break! It was going lovely– catching up on my Russian show, reading, sleeping, meeting up with friends… until I woke up this morning with a horrible ear infection! Yikes!
I do not like going to the doctors– they are kind of useless sometimes… So I decided to take it upon the home remedies to clear this up! I know that heat and oil can help, so I mixed up some nifty drops that so far has been helping me to feel better. I used a few drops of each– tea tree oil (natural antibacterial), olive oil, rubbing alcohol, and grapefruit seed oil… because why not? After mixing it up, I warmed it up and dropped a few drops in my right ear… and took a nap.
My go to tea when I have a cold is peppermint with honey.
I feel a bit better. I hope it goes away before next week..
Stay warm,
O