Month in Review.

Photos of July:

Harry Potter week!

view of the canal from a weekend run:

Sunday morning drive to Jamba juice:

impromptu ferry ride to Bainbridge:

500 sips of Strawberry C:

Wolmp, I'm 25 and 10 days old.

In some ways, I feel really lucky. I LOVE my life: my house, my 6,000 hobbies, and my awesome boyfriend that bought a house in Queens for us to live in. But honestly, when I was younger and I imagined my mid-twenties, I mostly thought about my future career, which I have not figured out yet. I have a job and a handful of marketable skills, and I think that I will probably get it together, but it would be a lie to say that it hasn't been on my mind for the past year.

My birthday was really fun. I had a delicious meal at Annapurna and dessert at Molly Moon's courtesy of Zach. It was exciting to have a birthday so close to the Harry Potter premiere!!

My friend Khajha gave me a wand that her husband made, along with a pouch that she sewed for it. It was such a sweet gift to find on my desk that morning. She and I went to an advanced screening together on Thursday evening at Cinarama. It was the best time EVER!! I cried and laughed and omg, Neville is so hot. It was really cool to see the Battle of Hogwarts realized outside of mind's eye - I couldn't get over it. I saw it again the next day with my friend Aleksandra (I brought my wand to both showings, natch).

If you're interested in how I spent the month preparing for the final movie, please visit my Harry pinterest board.

Other presents include the best-fitting pair of pants ever, new viola strings, and a book about canning. Canning my own tomato sauce is definitely on my to-do list.

In 5 weeks Zach and I will be packing up our Seattle lifestyle in moving back east. I'm so excited!

week in review

So. Much. Filing.

I usually exercise twice a week, but I've been wanting to make that number higher. The weather has been cooperating so I went out 4 times this week. On Saturday, I made a smoothie afterwards with a carrot, spinach, pom juice, blueberries, and an apple. It was terrible but I chugged it because I am a champion.

Srsly, it looks like sludge

If only these weren't 4 bucks a pop....who am I kidding I buy them constantly and then marvel at my tiny bank account.


Solid-food wise, I fried up a zucchini and added that and some spinach to a boxed vegan mac and cheese I found at PCC. I don't remember the brand. It was good, but I can make my own that's just as good/better if I weren't so lazy. It was just like nutritional yeast and onion powder in the sauce, and it costs like 6 dollars. Again, no wonder I have no money left over at the end of the week.

I definitely ate the whole box in one sitting. Hmm I bet that cancels out my new more intense jogging regime. Oh wells.

I also made some cupcakes. This one is a lil' chocolate guy, but I also made some that are vanilla. Both had lemon buttercream which is awesome and I could have eaten a bowl of it.

Here's the recipe in case you have never made buttercream!

Lemon Buttercream:
1 lemon
lots of confectioner's sugar
1/4 cup Earth Balance
3 tbsp almond milk

cream the butter and 2 cups sugar. Add milk. Mix, adding more milk if needed. Squeeze out all the lemon juice. Add more sugar and mix until you reach your desired consistency. Fold in zest from the lemon.


Zach is out of town, so I will be on my own this weekend. I have prepared for this by purchasing lots of vegan junk food (frozen spring rolls, frozen indian food, various Gardein products) and getting the Vampire Diaries from Netflix. I'm also taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island tomorrow!

Portland

Last week we had a three day weekend because of Memorial Day.

Score, Summer!

This week I have a three-day weekend because I didn't go to work today.

Score, allergie-related illness! (no)

Total bummer, but at least I can reminisce about Portland.

it was sunny.....

and then rainy. Typical PNW.

This cute book was on sale at Powell's and I picked it up. I'm getting better at knitting, but a book of simple projects is definitely the way to go. I also got this book which I'm really excited about reading, once I finish this and this.

I loved the color of this yarn, and I got it at a cute yarn shop/cafe. Portland FTW!

This lil' guy was hanging out at a Bubble Tea place. I got blueberry coconut milk tea and I hated it. Never again you guys. I think I prefer regular old non-milky bubble tea.

What are your weekend plans? I'm taking a break from spending money, so I am going to do fun at-home stuff, like bake a cake, knit, read, run a few miles, and watch the White Countess.