Valentinis and Cupcakes!

Well...I am crap at blogging while in school. It's official. Granted, I was pretty much living in the theatre building for the last 3 weeks so for once I've been doing more than just procrastinating on homework!

Anyway, last night for Valentine's Day some friends and I had a night full of Dance Moms, cupcakes, grapefruit martinis (aka Valentinis, as they were christened the other night), and Ryan Gosling. Because really, what else does one need on any day of the week Valentine's Day?

If you'd like the recipe for the cocktail or the cupcakes, visit my friend Rhiannon's new baking blog! She makes amazing cupcakes and other desserts, so you'll definitely want to try out some of her recipes.

Some cupcakes fresh out of the oven! We made a chocolate cinnamon cupcake and frosted it with an almond and cinnamon buttercream frosting.

I love them! Rhiannon also taught me her secrets to piping on icing. They look so festive and also like roses so I mean, I'm clearly going to love them no matter what at this point.

Happy belated Valentine's Day!

 

They Say It's Your Birthday...

Well, as of Tuesday I am officially 22 years old. It's a bit weird to think about that. I know that in the grand scheme of things, 22 is still super young, but when I was younger, I saw it as the year I would become a real adult because I always associated it with The End of College. 

When I was nine years old, 22 seemed ancient. I remember one day when I was in 4th grade, all of the girls at my lunch table were saying how old they wanted to be when they got married (because, y'know, that's what nine year old girls do around the lunch table, apparently). 

Multiple girls said 22 because they thought that was "soooo old." Like, in our minds 22 was the new 40. Not kidding. Some of my friends are engaged now, and its wonderful to see them getting ready to start that part of their lives. For me, I can't imagine being married anytime within the next...five or six years, let alone now. I mean, I could (and probably will) change my mind about that in the near future, but for now 22 just seems...awkward. It's time to leave college, find a job, and do other worldly/adult things like go to the bank by myself and do laundry more than once every three weeks. 

In the mean time, though, I still feel like an awkward 14 year old most of the time. Not sure if I'll ever grow out of that. However, I had a lovely birthday, and I'm so glad I have such wonderful people in my life to thank for that. Look, I got a miniature cake and cupcakes this weekend, so I pretty much feel like I won the sweets lottery at this point.

So now I'm off to have a cup of tea and read before bed...like an adult. Because 22 is soooo old.

I Feel So Hi-Tech Right Now

Im currently typing from my kindle fire right now! Its an early birthday present and a wonderful surprise! I'm still trying to figure out how everything works but I managed to stumble onto blotter so that's a small victory! I promise a proper blog post soon but for now I couldn't resist the urge to blog from this thing!

Friends and Scones

Yesterday my best friend and I made scones from scratch. I have a recipe for "Boxing Day scones" that I love to make when its cold out. A little jam, clotted cream, and a cup of tea complete my favorite winter snack.

God, I think I need to make some more tonight. Its freezing here (40 degrees in Florida! Why?!) and I will most definitely be having a cup of tea tonight. I may add cranberries to half of the batch.

Katie being a scone model. She also does film, print, and theatre. Nice smizing (Tyra would be proud)!

We even had it at traditional tea time! We felt very posh. Later in the evening we went out for trivia night at Mellow Mushroom with friends, and I think our team did a pretty great job for our first attempt! A pretty lovely night had by all, despite freezing half to death. Luckily, Katie and I discovered the awesome power of car seat warmers last night.

A Slapdash Mosaic Monday

I must apologize to the three or so people who read my blog. The past week or so have been endlessly wonderful, but have left little room for important things like blogging...and writing my senior thesis.

And today my wonderful friend Katie is coming to stay for a few days (yeah!), so I won't be back to normal blogging for a bit because we will be busy eating scones and watching Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (and maybe Downton Abbey AKA my lifeblood at the moment).

I thought I'd do a proper New Year's post with resolutions and what not, but I never make resolutions. I just...can't. I forget what they are within a week, even if I write them down. I mean, I do have a list of things I try to work toward (towards? really must look that up again) every day, but that's more of a "be a decent human being" list than anything else and I try to keep it up year round instead of just the first week of January!

So instead, how about I ring in the new year with a collage of my cat? Because who doesn't love a giant, grumpy cat partaking in Christmas cheer?

For some reason, Big Boy (perfect name for an 18lb Maine Coon, let's be real), the Boo Radley of our household, decided he loves Christmas so much he can't stand it. He got right into all the ribbons and wrappings and didn't move until present time was over. Bless.

Go check out Mosaic Monday at Little Red House!

Something Cute

The other night our Italian greyhound, Pupper, and our cat Marshmallow were doing one of their cute routines. Marshmallow loves to clean Pupper's ears for some reason, and cat lady that I am, I decided I should film it one of these days.

I need to stop being lazy and do a proper blog post but I thought I'd just share this for now. Merry Christmas Eve!

Raindrops on Roses Really Are One of My Favorite Things

I've just found this picture on my harddrive, and I suddenly want to plant a new rosebush in the garden.

I took this last year, in my apartment at school. My poor roses are dormant now. I think I need to fertilize them and see if they're as hardy as our rosebushes. My green thumb is more brown when it comes to keeping potted plants alive.

Although my herbs are doing pretty well! I may need to put my fresh basil to use and make a pizza sometime next week.