Studio Apartment!

I have a studio apartment for next fall! Kitchen and everything are all in one room. It's small and cozy! I can't wait to make it incredibly awesome!!! I need to start posting lots of ideas of what I want for it!

anthropologie.com


One day, when I become a really rich teacher, I will have a house that looks like that of Anthro's stores. I will most likely be single so I needn't worry about the overwhelming feminine touches. Oh Anthropology. You bring sunshine to my life.

Anxiety

"Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes other feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic." -Anais Nin 

A Student's Prayer

I am Catholic. I also go to college. I could definitely use a student's prayer.

(St. Thomas Aquinas) 


Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator.
true source of light and fountain of wisdom! 
Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intelligence,
dissipate the darkness which covers me, 
that of sin and of ignorance. 
Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, 
a retentive memory,
method and ease in learning,
the lucidity to comprehend
and abundant grace in expressing myself. 
Guide the beginning of my work,
direct its progress,
and bring it to successful completion.
This I ask through Jesus Christ, 
true God and true Man 
living and reigning with You
and the Father, forever and ever. 
Amen. 

Just Some Notes

1. sit in the morning. (stretch and breathe) 
2. brush your teeth. (focusing only on brushing, then start to do each thing with such focus)
3. eat mindfully. (pay attention to only food when eating) 
4. wash your bowl. (do dishes immediately) 
5. drink tea. (make your own daily tea ceremony) 
6. walk slowly. (be observant, take in the world) 
7. read in silence. (quiet time)
8. look at someone gratefully. (look at the person)
9. work with focus. (only one thing at a time)


----these are some cositas that I found somewhere on stumbleupon that I thought were good tips to simplifying my daily life. 

El Futuro

I've seen so many of  my high school class-mates lately. They are married, studying abroad, involved in something significant. They have something that they are living for. I don't know what I am living for. I really do not. I wake up everyday to the same routine, class, overeat, class, overeat, class, overeat, gym, work, homework, sleep, wake up repeat. I want something to live for other than food. I just don't know what that is yet. I want to wake up happy because there is something I feel like I am living for. I am living to get to heaven yes, but heaven will come with me being a good person and trying. Heaven is something to live for, absolutely. Seeing God's face will be the most incredible thing. But for the time being, I need a cause, a way to help the Earth. I also need a way to be motivated. I am not motivated to care which is most likely the problem more than anything. I want to feel excited. I want to feel in control, because right now I just feel like a waste of space and time on this earth. I am not working for any specific reason, I am not going to school for a specific reason (I mean I have a major and a career plan, but I am just not feeling it). I am not sure that I accomplishged anything in this post, but maybe getting these feelings out there is a start.

Lust-worthy Blogs

There are some blogs that are just entirely lust-worthy. Here are a few of my favs:

http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/ <- A Beautiful Mess. The author of this blog, Elsie Larson owns a vintage shop in Springfield, Missouri called Red Velvet. She is all about the vintage wear, DIY, and anything cute, quirky and unique. Her blog is definitely my favorite read.

http://foodcomablog.com/ <- Food Coma. This blog is written by Emma, a friend of of Elsie Larson and also, as far as I can tell, a co-author for A Beautiful Mess. Her blog concerns topics such as FOOD (of course), Arts & Crafts, and other odds-and-ends. This blog brings a lot of happiness to my life.

http://blogilates.com/ <- Blogilates. Need a workout at home? Don't have time to hit the gym? I realize I sound like a salesperson but this is seriously the blog to hit up for that. Cassey Ho's dynamic blog has videos for different "pop pilates" workout videos, TONS of recipes, music lists, a fashion section featuring "fitness fashion", random things under the printables section such as DIYs, and Cassey's Corner which lets you in on Cassey's life a little more. This blog is up-beat and fun to read, listen,and exercise to!

http://talknerdy2me.org/ <- Talk Nerdy 2 Me. This blog is a must for college students. It covers pretty much every topic that a typical college student would have to deal with. Talk Nerdy 2 Me is written by my fellow members of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Topics range far and wide. Things covered are financial advice, dorm drama fixes, relationship advice, personal health advice, pop culture topics, music topics, fashion, sports, electronics, environmental awareness, business topics and much, much more! This blog is definitely a great read. When I read it I don't feel like I am wasting my study break, because this blog usually leads me to learn something new and exciting.

http://thecollegecrush.com/ <- The College Crush. This blog is just the cutest. It was started by Kira, a "spunky dating coach" as the blog words her. This blog is all about the throws of love. Relationships, sex, bffs, breakups, single-life, and much more. It's definitely one of those blogs that dishes out the advice that you need to hear whether you like it or not. But in a very sweet way of course. This blog was my obsession for about 3 months where I would read it daily and had read almost all of the blogs written. Get on it, you have a lot of catching up to do!

So here are just a few of my most-favorite blogs written by some pretty awesome authors. Have a good one!

With Love,

Barbara Faye

So vintage, so cute!

I guess dating down is kind of cute... I will consider it, I suppose :)

Just a reminder that I need to give my hair a chance to look like this!

Hump Day Tunes: 2

Yes.. it's Wednesday. One more day of class. One more day of getting up early this week. One more day til therapy... Okay, that part I am not looking forward to. Anyway, I am here to supply you with some lovely tunes to get you through the rest of your hump day. Enjoy and dance around a little bit. No one is looking... I promise

Two Door Cinema Club- Something Good Can Work

Neon Trees- In the Next Room (oh man this song is Ah-mazing!)

Ellie Goulding- Lights (bassnectar remix)

I'm not usually a remix fan but this one isn't too shabby!

One more REALLY amazing remix

Kickstarts- Example (Bar9 Remix)

Hand Covers Bruise + rainymood.com

Sometimes, you need the rain. Especially when you live in New Mexico. Rainymood.com makes music such as Hand Covers Bruise by Trent Reznor and Attics Ross and Love Story meets Viva la Vida by Jon Schmidt all the better.

Or, you can just listen to this 8tracks playlist to get you into the ultimate thinking, reading, contemplating the meaning of life, crying over its complexities, rejoicing over its gladbringings mood.

Fruit Tart Freak

I love fruit tarts. I love the sweetness of bananas and crust contrasted with the tartness of the kiwis and tart glaze that traditionally lays across the top of the tart making it shine and glisten. I have always loved to try fruit tarts at different restaurants and coffee shops. I particularly like the fruit tart served at Flying Star Cafe. There's something about that fruit tart that speaks to my soul. But this time, I ventured into the world of baking and made my own.

I am not a baker. I am a cook. Being a cook is definitely not the same thing as being a baker. The last time I baked cakes I forgot to put eggs in the first one and the second one got stuck in the pan so I ended up frosting it in a child-like manner inside the pan and serving it as such.

But despite my past baking failures, I tried a fruit tart and it wasn't too shabby! I am sure that if you are a better baker than me, yours will come out to be quite heavenly.

The fruit tart that I made came from a New Dieter's Cookbook from somewhere in the 1990s.
This New Dieter's Cookbook, I am finding out, is not really very "diet" at all. But alas, it has amazing food potential scrawled on its crinkled pages.

The fruit tart was pretty simple to make (especially for a novice baker) and it turned out very well.

The ingredients:

1/3 cup all-purpose white flour
1/3 wheat flour
1 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoons margarine
2 tablespoons of ice water

2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 cup orange juice

1 kiwi fruit peeled and sliced
3/4 cup thinly sliced banana
1 cup thinly sliced strawberries

How to create this nonsense:

First, pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Sift together the flours and sugar into a bowl. Cut in the margarine(I softened the margarine a little bit beforehand). Cut until crumbly. Sprinkle in the 2 tablespoons of ice water until you get a crumbling mixture (it is supposed to be a dryer crust). Form crust into a ball and place it on top of wax paper. Place another sheet of wax paper on top of the ball and roll pin until in the shape of a 10" diameter circle. Remove the top sheet of wax paper. Invert a pie dish on the crust and use the wax paper to flip the crust gently into the pie dish. I had to have my mom help me because 2 hands were not enough. Bake it in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

While the crust is baking, in a small sauce pan sift together the cornstarch and sugar. Add in the orange juice over medium heat and stir until the glaze becomes bubbly and thick. Remove from heat and set aside.

After the crust is done (which you can smell its sweet scent before you even take it out of the oven), arrange the cold fruit around the crust starting with kiwi slices in the middle, banana slices surrounding the kiwi and strawberries on the outside. Spoon on the glaze and either serve immediately or cover and chill for an hour before serving. I chose to chill mine first.

This was a wonderful little dessert and I added a couple of dollops of whipped cream on top of mine after I took this picture. The crust was very sweet but a little bit grainy due to the wheat flour. I suggest if you don't like grainy textures to substitute white flour for the 1/3 cup of whole-wheat. The glaze was very tangy, the tangiest I've had yet! But it tasted very good with the bananas, strawberries and kiwis. It is a very simple dessert that is great for a summer party! (Even though I made mine in winter!)

Vintage is the New New

Vintage is my best friend. About 90% of my possessions are vintage (excluding clothing, which is becoming a new goal of mine) and the other 10% are vintage imitations. My bed frame is an old iron frame that my great-grandparents made my grandpa on, and my grandparents made my dad on. Disturbing thought, I suppose, but think about its history! Other than as forms of baby-making location, of course.


My desk came from a vintage store in town called "The Back Door Emporium". I often wander through there pretending that I am from another era, a different time in history. The 30s economic depression, the 40s post WWII, the 50s and all about the black and white and red upholstery, the 60s with its green carpets and distasteful flowers. Vintage has the ability to put you in a different place.

My bureau also came from another vintage store in town whose name I currently cannot recall. I was blue when I bought it. Robin egg blue, in fact. I repainted it a very dark chocolate brown and it has these rad 60s handles with a cream crackle pattern on them. Vintage makes me fall in love.


Other things I have collected over the years include: old Pyrex dishes, Jewel T antique dishes, an antique tea set, figurines, porcelain shoes, a mirror from 1963, and many other things. My point is, vintage is unique. It's hard to find the same things twice when it comes to vintage. Vintage is a step back in time. Vintage is beautiful.

A blog with vintage pyrex and other dish pieces:
http://pyrexcollective.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-02-01T17:41:00-08:00&max-results=7




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Hump Day Beats

It's Wednesday! Congratulations. You and your worn out little body have made it half way through the week only to be teased by a two day break to do your laundry before the cycle starts all over again! In order to ease your dismay, I am going to post some rockin' tunes to get you through the rest of your week. Whether you need to study, relax or just have a little fun. This songs will definitely help you ease into the second half of your week.

Peter Bjorn & John, Young Folks

She & Him, In The Sun (The "she" in She & Him is Zooey Deschanel, a personal fav!)

Miike Snow, Animal


Have a good hump day! Three down, two to go!