12 Things/Happy New Years!

Oh my. Happy New Year 2015! Whoa can not believe 2014 just flew by like crazy. Facebook has this thing now that it gives you what you posted a year (or two) ago when you update or post something on your wall. And just like that I remember I celebrated New Years in Cancun last year! Crazy. My 2015 celebration was filled with friends, Joshua Tree in the cold, Beers & Fireball, eating like crazy, sleeping on the floor, road trip to Vegas and watched Justin Timberlake, eating like pig at Wicked Spoon Buffet and a 6 hours drive back from Vegas. Mind you, I was sick as well. I apologize to my friends for making them sick :(

 team Joshua Tree

Team 20/20 Vegas

Anyways, New Year means New Goals. In my case, it's 12 Things. 

Before I head on to 2015, I wanna recap last years. 

2014

Complete ProBaking 1 & 2 at The New School of Cooking

Unfortunately, when I passed ProBaking 1, my school got popular and decided to revamp the program and merged 1&2 together. I asked what if I want to just complete ProBaking 2, they said they can't since it's a new program now :( But I did for sure had a really fun time. I love that school and highly recommend it! I don't mind actually repeat the whole program again since now it's more professional now! 

Enjoy Coachella 2014 with my friends & brother & The PillowMan

And yes indeed I enjoyed Coachella!

Travel abroad to somewhere new

Now this was majorly accomplished. I visited: Cancun, Mexico; Maui, HI; Grand Canyon, AZ; Scottsdale, AZ; Brazil; Lake Como, Italy; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Interlaken, Thun, Boltigen, Switzerland. 

Lower my debt by half or more

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Do another 5K

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Ride a Hot Air Balloon

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Celebrate my 30th Birthday

Yup, I hit 3.0 and couldn't be happier by celebrating it with a surprise trip to Maui from the Pillow followed by a surprise visit to my birth hospital and a surprise dinner with my sisters, all coordinated by the Pillow. He is such a keeper :)

Plan a weekend getaway with my Family (Chimichanga included)

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No Social Media Sabbath/Saturday

Now this lasted only for a couple of weeks. It was good, but seriously my habit of just grabbing the phone needs to lessen. I really need to unwire myself from the digital world. Luckily I'm interested in reading novels again!

Own a Le Creuset Dutch Oven & Make Boeuf Bourguignon & Coq Au Vin

I was happy when I found a steal on a Le Creuset dutch oven at Marshalls. So far that thing is like the to-go kitchen stuff at home. I have yet to make Coq Au Vin.

Hang out with Kiki Peter because I miss her dearly (which means... Paris!)

Sadly this almoooossstttt happened in October. Ticket was purchased and all but unfortunately Air France's pilots went on a strike, canceling my trip to Paris. I was so bummed.

Make my own Cheese

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So I only managed like 5ish out of the 12. Hahaha... #fail. But oh well. I was too busy living. Rob was in the process of moving towards the mid year, and I was busy trying to keep myself, well, busy. 

As for 2015...

Learn how to Meditate

with a lot of things going around in the world (tons of negativity), I find it nice and calming when I drive alone, no music, just talking, venting to God. I truly want to learn how to meditate properly. Or at least to my own standard. 

Pay Tithe

This is something I struggle personally with. Money has always been a tight and "urgh" subject lately, but I know if I'm diligent, the Lord will bless me. #letsgo

Visit a new place: Iceland

Ever since Walter Mitty and being amazed with the Northern Lights, this has been an obsession. Must.Happen.This.Year

Be Healthy

A little FYI: I have been sick for a month. I just went to the Urgent Care today (at the plea of my mother) and I even got a chest xray. Thank God I don't have Pneumonia, just a sinus infection with a nasty cough. This flu season is rough. Please stay healthy. Also, I just want to be healthy in general. I think a 30 minute walk with Chimmy everyday should be reasonable, right? #getonit

Learn German

With the move of the Pillow to Switzerland, it kinda reinforce me to learn one of their national language. I wanted to learn German when I was in Junior High. Rob got me a Fluenz program for German. I need to start using it.

Unclutter: donate or sell

I vow every weekend to start cleaning up my closet. Either I donate them or sell them via Ebay/Etsy/Poshmark. 

Get a Physical Exam

Something that I've always wanted to do. Since I kinda ignored this in my 20s, and this young body ain't getting younger at all, I guess I should start focusing more on my health. And find a good Primary Doctor.

Volunteer

Anywhere.

Bake something new every month

So far my favorite thing to bake is bread (funny thing is that a lot people ask me that question), but I would like to venture out more this year. Suggestions are welcomed!

Enjoy California

California is a big state, and I know I have taken it for granted, especially being born here and living here for the past 13 years. I hope to drive up the PCH soon. 

Move to Switzerland

New Land. New Life. Can't wait.

xoxo,

Rima

10 Things I Want To Do Before I Die

I read this article with the same title one day, and it prompted me to make my own list. Of course I have my own bucket list. This is more like a travel bucket list. I think everyone should have one, huh?

(in no particular order)

1. Witness the Northern Lights

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I think the moment I see this in person, I would literally burst into tears. Being a huge fan of night skies with stars and lights, this amazing nature phenomena will definitely give me the chills (well, literally. It's cold up there in the northern hemisphere). Iceland or Finland would be the ideal goal for me, even though you can see it in Alaska, Alberta in Canada, even in Norway.

2. Drink crazy amount of beer in Munich during Oktoberfest

This is the Pillow in Munich for this years Oktoberfest. Pretty much robbing my dream. Him and his coworkers decided to do a last minute trip prior to my arrival to Switzerland. Good job on making me jealous. Anyways, as of next year, this will be an annual trip, apparently. And yes, I will be there.

3. Jump off a cliff into the Ocean

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I cliff jumped before and it was thrilling. But that was in the mountains. I want to jump in to the ocean. Where else than in Santorini, Greece.

4. Ride a Camel in the Desert

Again, Rob stole my dream. This was in Morocco. I want it to happen there or even better in Egypt while seeing the Pyramids.

5. Watch a Champions League final game in Wembley Stadium

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This is actually, of course, a goal for both of us. Would love to see our favorite team(s) to play, but nevertheless, watching a final game at one of the biggest & famous stadiums out there would be such an honor.

6. Swim with wild Dolphins in the Ocean

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Yes, I did played with a dolphin while I was in Bali and it was cute and fun. But what I really want is go on a boat and actually find a pod and actually see them swimming in person. Even better... to swim with them. And apparently you can do that in Oahu, Hawaii.

7. Milk a cow and make cheese somewhere in Switzerland

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I really do hope this will happen later on when I reside in Switzerland. Driving around Switzerland with Rob, I've seen green grass hills with happy cows just chillin'. Luckily, there are some farms that you can volunteer at. This should be fun.

8. Road trip USA or driving up the Pacific Coast Highway

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With USA having so much land, who doesn't want to go on a good ol' road trip? Pack up my bags, fill up the tank and let's go. Or if going to all 50 States is a bit too much, driving up the PCH, from Cali to Washington would be a great alternative.

9. Light one in Amsterdam

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By "one", I mean a joint. It's one of those silly ones that is not a big deal if it never happen. Mind you, I am anti-illegal-drug. Since Ms. Mary Jane is very controversial, you may want to see it as an illegal substance or as life changing drug, I don't care, I'm not here to judge. I have never lit one, but this is one of those weird goals where if it was to happen, I want it to be in a cool place (sorry, Colorado & Washington ain't one of them in my list).

10. Volunteer at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand

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Ah, elephants. They make me happy. Ever since bathing and riding one in Thailand, my heart grew so much love for these giant yet funny creatures. My dream is to actually do this one day with my future kids. Elephants are great examples on how animals do have feelings & emotions, just like human beings.

So these are the things that are on my list.

What are yours?

Weekly Wishes

Man, it's been awhile since I blog like back to back. I'm on a weird blog-mood. The desire to blog has been decreasing (ain't denying here), I don't have anything else to blame but me. I've been to busy working and working (and baking) and getting sick that I just usually just stroll down my Bloglovin' and just read any blog that suits the mood. I don't know. Hopefully one day soon it the blogging kick will kick me in the ass and get going.

I haven't linked up in awhile. Of course we are all fans of Melyssa and her fabulous Monja (I want to kiss him), so as I did my daily scrolling down Bloglovin', I decided to click to her Weekly Wishes and decide to participate. As a big List fan, I want to make a list of wishes for the upcoming weeks ahead. Why? Because fun things are about to happen!

Last Week Wishes
Honestly I don't have none since this is the first installment of hopefully many. But I can create one. Haha. Last week Rob & I needed to do something important this weekend but it didn't happen because we were to busy watching the games of World Cup (who was upset with that last minute goal from Cristiano Ronaldo on that USA game? #sad). So our goal to check out our storage and go thru our stuffs didn't happen. Instead we just enjoy our football and spent great quality time, eating good food, and just literally enjoying each others company. Since we live so far from each other and only see each other on the weekends, QT is nice. Especially when we're gonna be... wait, I have to share that news later... when I get back from Brazil... Tee hee *insert suspense here*

This Week's Wishes
Just to get thru work and pack for my World Cup pilgrimage next week! Can not believe that we're leaving from Brazil next week! My coworkers were like, "Are you back from Brazil already?" And I'm like, "Uh I leave next week?"Also, getting my errands done this Wednesday AND bake some scones for my coworkers. I only have 2 days off before I leave so I must hustle. Since I still have my lingering Bronchitis, I need to pound them Airborne. I can't be sick for Brazil! NO!

Link Up with Melyssa and share your wishes! Woo.

xoxo,
Rima

12 Things

See that above? I made that *proud*. 5 hours of dedication, sweat, stove heat and a painful foot (I have plantar faciitis), this bitchin French Beef Stew was made (recipe: here)

Making Beef Bourguignon (try saying that 10 times) in my Le Creuset is part of my 12 Things of 2014. Well, half of a goal. Next one will be Coq Au Vin. 

FYI, I used a whole bottle of good Pinot Noir for this stew. My whole house smelled like red red wine. Yum.

Also, baking school is pretty fun. Last week was cake cake cake week and the cake I made was gone in 2 days. A whole cake, I tell you. 

I am enjoying school so much that I'm getting pretty sentimental that it's ending in 1 month :( I made some great friends there and my 2 teachers are super awesome. I am really contemplating on taking the full Advanced Pastry Program, which is a MonWedFri class for 6 months. Oh decisions... decisions... But I think I'm going to do ProBaking 2 next :) So this is still a 1/2 of a goal in 12 Things. Haha.

Wait. 1/2 + 1/2 = 1. Yes. 1 goal completed! *forcing it*

More goals to accomplish! 

Now now, do you have any 2014 goals to do?

Do it! You have all day. All Day.

xoxo,

Rima

Revisit: 12 Things

Seriously... This year went by like a jiffy (wtf is jiffy anyways?)... Well, it's time for a recap on 12 Things...

Not familiar with 12 Things? You can read about it here :)

For my last Revisit: 12 Things, click here.

2012 12 Things: here

For my Bucket List: here

As a reminder... Here are the things I want to accomplish in 2013.

1. Attend a Baking/Bread Class.
2. 30 days Work-Out trial.
3. Volunteer at an Animal Shelter
4. Watch a live soccer game
5. Try a new crafty skill
6. Attend a Bucket List Concert: Bon Jovi, U2, Coldplay (can't get enough of them!), Celine Dion, Jay-Z (*this is an add on*)
7. The Color Run in Los Angeles
8. Make/Bake a Pie
9. Take more pictures with my film cameras and create an album
10. Swim with the Dolphins
11. Medical Missionary
12. Take a picture with Ariel, the Little Mermaid

Well, you may notice, that 2 red words were crossed. Yup yup! I got to see Bon Jovi in Concert 2 weekends ago at the Staples... It was sooo fun. He did most of his classics and I literally screamed when he sang "I'll Be There for You"... ya know, me jam with the Pillow for 2013. Plus, I wanted to cry when he sang "Always".

Yes we make silly faces. I give major props to Mr. Jon Bon Jovi. No opening band, he SANG and DANCED for 3 hours straight, including 2 encores. His energy is wicked. I want what he's eating. If you ever get a chance to see him perform, do it. Too bad R. Sambora wasn't there (heard that homeboy walked away in the middle of the tour. Lame!) but Bon Jovi moved on and their replacement was great! He delivered.

So far goal no. 9 is in progress. I brought my film camera on a couple of occasions and its first roll is almost gone. Can't wait to develop it.

Nice. I got 4 out of 12 already. It's like a goal a month. Now I just gotta find where to swim with dolphins... Gotta make time to learn how to bake a pie. I need to wait in line patiently in Disneyland at the Princess area to get a picture with Ariel (anyone wanna go with me?)... Get my lazy-ass moving and do a 30 day challenge... wawawa...

Are you doing 12 Things? Please share your goals/accomplishments with me via comments below! I would love to read about them! Spread the word :)

moonbeams,
Rima

Revisit: 12 Things

It's that time of the month (not that "time of the month") to Recap on 12 Things! Crazy! Seriously, March has gone by soooo fast!!

Not familiar with 12 Things? You can read about it here :)

For my last Revisit: 12 Things, click here.

2012 12 Things: here

For my Bucket List: here

As a reminder... Here are the things I want to accomplish in 2013.

1. Attend a Baking/Bread Class.
2. 30 days Work-Out trial.
3. Volunteer at an Animal Shelter
4. Watch a live soccer game
5. Try a new crafty skill
6. Attend a Bucket List Concert: Bon Jovi, U2, Coldplay (can't get enough of them!), Celine Dion
7. The Color Run in Los Angeles
8. Make/Bake a Pie
9. Take more pictures with my film cameras and create an album
10. Swim with the Dolphins
11. Medical Missionary
12. Take a picture with Ariel, the Little Mermaid

Now if you compare this post with the last one, you may noticed that I crossed off 2 more things. Woo hoo. That is number 1 & 4. Both were accomplished during my Vacation. Number 1 happened in Paris and Number 4 happened in Barcelona (watched 2 games!)

Game number 1

Game number 2

making some Pain au Chocolat

Now number 3 will happen in September (while I'm in Bali!) and I really want to start on number 9. I think when Melissa is here, I'm gonna bring my Canon AE-1 to Disneyland. I may cause damage to the film hahaha... It's been that long for me to use a film camera.

Oh and number 6 will happened on 4/19! Bon Jovi, baby :)

Feel free to link up via Comments. I would love to read about your 12 things :)

bunny kisses,
Rima

Things I Love Monday: March & April Goals

And woopah. Double slam. Time is money and I gotz things to do! Haha... I'm so weird.

Today I treat you with 2 entries in 1 post. Yes, TiLM and April Goals.

But I'm gonna start with Goals. Let's recap March, shall we?



1. Enjoy my vacation - If I can, I would give this 5 points alone. I really did enjoy my vacation. I swear the pictures are coming! Point: 1
2. Make Croissants - and YES it was soooo much fun! I did this via Cookn' with Class in Montmarte with a couple from New York, a girl from Canada and a girl who's originally from South Africa who's staying in Paris. I really recommend this class. Not only it was fun and interesting, I learned a lot (I rather buy it from a bakery than baking it, lol), we get to take home what we baked. So I pretty much had croissants for 3 breakfasts! Here's a little sneak peak... Point: 1

3. Read a Novel - well this didn't happen despite my co-worker lend me her Silver linings Playbook novel. I ended up watching it on the plan (hey I was so happy!) Point: 0

So I made 2 out of 3.

Ah, March was fun. Now for April...

1. Enjoy my birth month - This year would be my last year as a 20-something. Last year before Dirty Thirty. Last year to fuck up things in my 20s (it's not like I'm playing to, har di har har...). So far I got some fun plans ahead for April: I have the Ellen Show tomorrow (!!!) with guaranteed tickets! Then, Melissa from Insert Sarcastic Remark Here is COMING TO CALI CALI!!! We plan for some dinner and Disney dates next week. Awesomely she is staying like 5 minutes away from mi casa. Woo!!! Then on the 19th, the Pillow and I are gonna watch a bucket list concert, Bon Jovi! So excited!!!
2. Be a local tourist - So I've been reading a lot about traveling. And one thing that popped out was that you don't have to travel too far to enjoy a city. Why not be a tourist in your own hometown? And I thought, "You know what? That's right!" I'm fortunate enough to live within driving distance to Los Angeles and Orange County... Yet, I hardly roam around the touristy spots. I mean I did before, but why not do it again? Or try out some local eateries around the area... I haven't been to Pasadena in a loonnggg time... and shamefully for me, Pasadena is not too far and IS a BEAUTIFUL area. (random fact: I was born in Pasadena). I told the Pillow that we should be local tourists after the Bon Jovi concert. Maybe plan to spend the weekend in LA and just roam around and find great places to eat. Hmm...
3. Chew my food - Pretty random but it's the concept I want to do. Often, I eat in a hurry... I eat standing up in kitchen, I eat in the car, I eat in front of TV/Laptop/iPhone/iPad... Pretty much in on the go... Which is not a good thing. I learned in Europe, not only the portion is smaller compare to Americans, they take their time when eating. I don't see them eating while walking... Nor eating with their phones in front of their faces. Heck, I don't even see them walking around with their lattes in their hand... They actually SIT DOWN and ENJOY THEIR LATTES. They actually ENJOY their meals. When I arrived in Paris and had our first meal in the Latin Quarter, it was a 3 course meal with bread as a meal opener. Then the waiter gave us our appetizer and I was like, "dank this is small..." and ate and enjoyed the food. I noticed he waited for about 5 minutes to take our plates after we BOTH finished the appetizers. Then, another 5 minutes to deliver our entry. When I saw the portion of the entry, I thought, "Seriously, will I get full out of this?!??!" knowing how much smaller the portion is compare to America. Then, homeboy didn't pick up our plates until 5 minutes after we were down with our entry... Then, of course, 5 minutes later our dessert came... By that time I was getting full. I was surprised. I told the Pillz "I'm so full right now!" And so was he (mind you, the Pillz has a big appetite). We were stunned on how full we got with much smaller portions. It was like that the whole trip. Then we realized it's because we took time, chewing and enjoying our food without overstuffing our mouths, making us get full so quickly. Thus because of that, I hardly snack during the trip (i'm a HUGE snacker) ... Well because the body has all the nutrients & energy it needs just by simply digesting the food right aka chewing. I need to get on it.
4. Make another dish from Rachel Khoo's book - Yes I'm still obsessed. I've made 2 so far and both are desserts. I really want to make a savory dish.
5. Watch Downtown Abbey - I'm learning to love British Dramas. I love BBC's Pride & Prejudice (Hello, Colin Firth) and I just got caught up with Call the Midwife last night (killed the first season over the weekend) and I looovveeee it. Seriously, all I did was made cups of Earl Grey with Milk and made toasts and enjoy them while watching the show (did I chew? Yes I did!) Now I need to start on Downtown Abbey. Next thing you know, I want to have a British Accent.

As for Things I Love Monday... Pretty much the whole month of March was about my Euro Trip. The trip was amazing. Getting to see and experience 2 different cultures (both were somewhat similar in some ways) was great. Barcelona was amazing with its Football culture and amazing Cathedrals and old buildings, and of course Paellas & Sangrias. Paris was so magical and great with its many iconic landmarks, desserts & just the overall romantic ambiance.

I  recovered from the jetlag but definitely not the travel-bug. This trip for sure gave me the Travel Itch. I'm already looking up places and plane ticket prices for my upcoming Bali trip in September. With the Pillow traveling a lot to places (even though it's for work... He's leaving to Brazil this weekend and possible Japan at the end of the month), I definitely want travel more and build up those milages! Haha.

I am gonna get on that picture posts. Hang on :)

moonbeams,
Rima

goals link up with Melissa

March Goals

Well well. Month 3 of 2013 is here and I can't be more excited than this. Que? My trip is around the corner!!! Aww yeah...

Well time to link up with my gurl, Melissa from Insert Sarcastic Remark Here, but first, let's recap my successful list of February.

And let me tell you, all 5 goals FAILED. Esp number 3. I've been sleeping at midnight EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I did juice, once. I did Fab Ab Feb for 7 days. I did make Macarons (does that count as Sugar Cookies?) and I did some of my Cross Stitch. Super fail. I'll just give myself 1 point.

Moving on, let's go March!

• Enjoy my vacation: Yes I'm leaving in 6 days!
• Make Croissants: Will be doing this in France
• Finish a Novel: My friend loaned me her Silver Linings Playbook that she finished in 1 day! I haven't read as exciting as Hunger Games (I finished it in 8 hours) so I'm pretty stoked. 

Yes, just 3. I'm trying to keep it simple.

Gah. What are your goals?

- Rima

Let's Get Physical!

Ah, time to link up with my gurl, Evani.

This is a link up where we encourage each participants on meeting their goals for the month... mostly thru twitter :)

Yes. I don't drink the amount of water that a human should consume. I just don't get thirsty, especially when I'm at work. But so far I'm trying to drink more fluid. I'm getting better at it. Right now I have a huge mason jar (32 oz) right next to me filled with water and it's 2/3rd down already. Woo. And I had a bottle of water at work. 

Also I'm not a big Vitamin taker either, nor the best healthy foodie. I rarely eat the greens and the fruits, hence I rather juice them (that's still an ongoing goal). I hate taking pills. I know liquid Vitamins are NASTY, but I'm forcing myself to down those 3 damn pills (that's the recommendation of my Vitamin bottle) every morning. I'm on day 4, so far so good.  

Let's talk about sleeping. I'm a girl who needs and loves her sleep. Like right now, I'm super sleepy. My eyes are ready to shut down... but not my mind. My mind is just running around. All I wanna do is browse on facebook and twitter and instagram on my iPhone. Or suddenly a random thought pops up and I instantly google it on my iPhone. It's pretty bad. So far my sleeping habits on a regular weekday is 1230AM - 630AM. 6 hours of sleep. Ideally, I will do great with 8 hours of sleep... Which means sleeping at 1030PM... Not possible in my world. So I'm gonna bargain with myself to finally shut down at 11PM... Max at 1130PM. Gah.

GURLS, help me. Hahahaha.

Come join the link up. We're a pretty great group of girls. lol.

moonbeams,

Rima

Friday's Letter & February Goals

Let's do a 2-fer. I'm so tired, I'm like going "wawawawawaaaaa..." while eating my Lean Pockets & drinking Earl Grey Tea!

But first, head over to Mish's blog, because I did a guest post :)

Oh Friday, where have you been all this week? It was a dragging week for me!

Dear Weekend, you don't know how much I missed you!!! Freakin Administration changed my work schedule to Mon - Fri, from 8 AM - 430 PM. Gah. I have banker hours, BUT I don't have a day off to like enjoy myself to bake and such and do errands. Damn you Upper People. Grr.

Dear Upper People at work, you suck

Dear Super Bowl 47, may the best team win. I really wished Packers was in it.

Dear the Pillow, I'm praying for you to finish school ASAP!!!!!!! I wanna see you graduate :)))) Kisses.

Dear Body, I'm sorry I gained 4 lbs after losing 6 lbs. I blame the yummy foods that the reps at work are bringing. Can not say NO to free food.

Dear Food, can you not be so tempting and yummy? Gurl needs to lose some.

Dear Jillian Michaels, you are one sassy bitch on your DVDs. I cuss at you when I'm in pain.

Dear New Readers, Thank you Thank you Thank you. I really do hope you stay for rizzles.

Dear Vacation, please come ASAP.

Now... Let's talk about goals. Let's recap my January goals.

1. Juice again. Uh that fail. I probably only juiced like 3 times. *Buzzer Sound* - 0
2. Clean Up my Closet. Oh yes. This was a success. It always look nice for a couple of months, then it looks like cray from all the stuffs I purchase thru out the year. - 1
3. Organize my Euro Trip. GREAT SUCCESS. I even got my cute Hot Pink Carry On. Got my plane tickets, hotels & apartments AND my Baking Class for Paris. Now I just need to make a list of places to see, things to do. Gosh, finally this bunny is hitting Europe. - 1
4. Major Car Clean Up. Eh, I only washed it once at the car wash. hahahahaha... - 1/2
5. Organize my Comp & Phone Files. I'm halfway there. I've stored all my Comp memory to my external hard drive, I just need to start sorting out stuffs in the Comp for me to delete. I'll get there. - 1/2

Total: 3 out of 5. NOT BAD. Whoop.

Let's go February!

1. Juice Again - I'm gonna repeat this again since I fail to do so since December. I have to be diligent about this! >:(
2. Fab Ab Feb - Thanks to Melissa for posting about this, I'm gonna attempt to do this. I'm such a Lazy Ass but I've been trying to prep myself saying, "C'mon Gurl. You got 15 minutes in your life to do this!" I just wanna see results. GAH.
3. Sleep Early. I've been having problems sleeping lately, esp work nights. I'll sleep around 1230AM! And I hate it. I hate waking up all tired and groggy. My mind still races as my body is tired when I'm in bed. I need to find my way to stop stimulating my brain as I try to sleep. GAH. Any tips?
4. Make Sugar Cookies. I'm not a big fan of Sugar Cookies, but I promise my coworkers to make some... I'm no pro in Frosting cookies, so this will be a challenge.
5. Finish my Cross Stitch. As part of my 12 things list, I started cross stitching again. I need to finish it!

So what are you goals for February?!?!

Linking up with Ashley of The Sweet Season & Melissa of Insert Sarcastic Remark Here.

moonbeams,
Rima

Rediscovering an Old Love

So today I was at Michael's, looking at art supplies... Thinking, "hmmm... What new art/craft should I try..."So I went roaming around the yarn/knit/crochet aisle and was supppperrrr intimidated. I was like, "Ok no..."

For my 12 Things, I wrote that I want to try a new crafty skill... But then I walked around arts & crafts books, and saw this book, Manga For The Beginner: Kawaii. I was sold. I remember loving to draw manga characters when I was a kid. I even took a drawing class in College. I ended up walking to the Drawing aisle and got some drawing/sketching supplies. Then I purchased the book via Amazon for my Kindle App.

After reading here and there, I started doodling... I've been thinking on redrawing the Bolu logo, so this art itch will come in handy :)

I'm so glad to rediscover an old love. 

Do you have an old hobby that you miss doing? Please share :)

moonbeams,

Rima