Easter Weekend

Tim and I had a very low key weekend, in fact we had no plans despite the holiday. Since living in a dorm and being kicked out every holiday, scrambling to find a ride to the airport, money for a flight, packing in as many visits with friends as possible, only to return exhausted with a mountain of homework that didn't get touched; Tim and I have purposely embraced a quiet life this year. (wow that was a long sentence) While we could probably pinch the budget and find time to travel on the holidays, but neither of us wants to spend half of the break in the car.

So, witch each break I find a new project to tackle. For me Easter was filled with cooking and baking of all kind! During the week Tim and I eat out a lot and I've realized it's because I don't have the energy for making a whole meal or I only have an hour in between class and work. So I made Easter my day to prepare for the week ahead.

I made General Tso's Chicken, it is a new seasoning packet that I tried and it smelled great! Poor Tim kept hoping that each dish I made was for dinner last night. I also baked the other half of the chicken breasts to cut up and put in a salad.

I also made some beef that was precut in strips and I tenderized them and marinated them. I haven't had much luck with beef, it always comes out tough; tasty, but tough. So I'm hoping the tenderizing helped, and I grilled them on the George Foreman just to try something else.

I also made these lemon bars (recipe here), they were really easy and turned out amazing!! The photograph doesn't do them justice at all! I maaay have eaten 2 1/2, but who's counting? The last thing that I made (and it really didn't photograph well) was guacamole. I also ate most of this - whooops! It was really good, but since it's not quite their season the flavor was as strong as it normally is; but you won't hear me complain!

DIY Funky Nails

I have been having a lot of fun playing with my nails lately. There are so many nail tutorials online and when I start to do them I think of so many variations you could do. So here are the basics and some pictures of what I've been doing.

I always start by filing, buffing and putting a clear base coat on.

These are the dotting tools I use. They're just two mechanical pencils I don't use and I put a nail through the eraser. The head actually makes a pretty big dot, so I made the other to do more detailed work. Plus they're great because they're big enough and long enough that I can use them with my left hand too!

Have fun with it! And remember that not all ideas work out and there's usually a leaning curve - especially with tape. I often put the tape on too soon so the first color gets messed up or I didn't press hard enough so the edges aren't clean. The best lesson to learn is to not be a perfectionist with this - play! get dirty!

If you don't to take the time to do all your fingers, just pick one. I'd suggest picking contrasting colors, this way that finger will really pop.

Kitty Love

When I have a weekend packed full of work I enjoy my cats even more than usual. This weekend in particular was full of work as I try to get my website created. Here are a couple of pictures of the cuteness I enjoyed. :)

Nemu has been a little grumpy lately because he has a tapeworm. He's normally suuuper cuddly and loves to hop in your lap the second you sit down; but lately he'd rather sleep in his bed or on the couch. :( Needless to say, we'll be going to the vet this week.

On the other hand Mojo has been extra cute and perky. These pictures are fuzzy, but he wasn't as cute after I fixed the shutter speed - of course. 

Hope you all have a good week this week!