I hope y'all had a great holiday season, I know I did. I just adore being with my family. We played Euchre a ton this season and it was fun. We are generally a SCUM family, it's a classic for us, including extended family but Euchre definitely has it's benefits. I would say I kind of enjoy it more, but saying that feels like a betrayal lol. I don't like it's limitations on number of people though. In that way, Scum wins. We had a more lean Holiday than usual, but it was still awesome. I appreciate togetherness too much for it to be anything other than fabulous, as long as I have all my family around me.
This is probably the first new year I haven't even attempted a new years resolution. What is the point? Really. Certain things I have wanted to change for years and just never do... not to a satisfying extent anyway. I hate the making of all these goals. It's so cliched and everyone knows they usually only last a month or two if that. I would like to get healthy. Period. In just about every way. I'm just not gonna make it some goal right now. Everyone has the best of intentions but always lets the ball drop. Besides, it gets old, not being happy with your life AS YOU LIVE IT.
My boyfriend and I had a weekender in Chicago last week and it was a blast till we missed our train home! We went on a walking tour, which was our favorite activity for this visit. It was a lot of history and anecdotes and we both just really enjoyed it. We went to the Art Institute and I about died of joy. I love art. I wish I could study art in school. It would be lovely to just spend hours and hours studying my favorite artists.
On that note, I have been toying with the idea of moving to Paris, France and attending the Sorbonne. I still have a lot of research to do, but I know it would be the time of my life and just an amazing opportunity. I know a total of maybe two people in Europe and it would be quite the adventure. Schooling in Europe is a lot more affordable than here, a fact I never knew till a friend came back from the Netherlands and we started talking about how realistic it can be to go to university overseas. I can't wait to find out more about it.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Candles and Lotion
As my grandmother used to say.. A woman can never have too many candles or too much lotion. A simple scent is best, unless you know what they love.
Jewelry is really what completes an outfit. That, and shoes. I am hosting a Premier Designs jewelry party in a month! It is going to be a blast. I may even become a "jeweler" for them.
I'm heading out in a few to meet with a financial aid counselor at KVCC, wish me luck.
I am looking for more nanny jobs. No luck so far.
I have been working for Panera Bread Co. for over a year and still haven't gotten a raise. Minimum wage stinks.
I love helping my roommate Amy study French!
The moral of this story - none.
Jewelry is really what completes an outfit. That, and shoes. I am hosting a Premier Designs jewelry party in a month! It is going to be a blast. I may even become a "jeweler" for them.
I'm heading out in a few to meet with a financial aid counselor at KVCC, wish me luck.
I am looking for more nanny jobs. No luck so far.
I have been working for Panera Bread Co. for over a year and still haven't gotten a raise. Minimum wage stinks.
I love helping my roommate Amy study French!
The moral of this story - none.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
A Title - A Meaning - A Purpose
I was considering my blog's name this evening. The idiom is not extremely popular in the States, and I'm guessing it is English in origin. So to say something or someone is "as good as a chocolate teapot" or "as useful as a chocolate teapot" is to say it is basically - useless.
But I like to think of it in a more dynamic way. If you were to put a teabag and hot water into a teapot made out of chocolate (mm I hope it'd be Swiss chocolate) a disaster would ensue. A chocolate teapot is impractical. Results would be catastrophic to a clean white linen in a tearoom. It's dysfunctional. Unfit.
If you would like tea, for godsakes, use something glass or ceramic.
I love this idiom for a few perhaps "useless" reasons. It may be unfit and ridiculous as a container for steeping and serving tea in. Some teapots of a more inedible nature are used as a decorative touch to a kitchen or dining room. Perhaps you could put your chocolate teapot in the china cabinet, or for that English friend who has everything.. gift it up with a slight wink. At the very least, a chocolate teapot could be enjoyed, savored, and eaten - with your tea on the side.
Thus, a chocolate teapot needn't be entirely without use. It is under appreciated as a clever way to get your weekly chocolate fix. But the real glory of this idiom, as my blog title, as it is a reference to the poor kitchen accessory made of chocolate, is that it is said to declare the item or person is unwanted, unneeded, and unimportant. It is undervalued, perhaps because people lack the creativity to dig deeper or the intelligence to see it may have some purpose, though small. A chocolate teapot can give comfort, joy, and a clever sort of pleasure. Those may not be the typical uses for a teapot, but with some imagination, and time, someone will discover the chocolate teapot may have some surprising things up it's spout.
I think I am somewhat like a Chocolate Teapot. I haven't always been, and I think I will morph again someday. But for now, I'm there, sitting on a shelf, a bit too round, a bit too useless.
But I like to think of it in a more dynamic way. If you were to put a teabag and hot water into a teapot made out of chocolate (mm I hope it'd be Swiss chocolate) a disaster would ensue. A chocolate teapot is impractical. Results would be catastrophic to a clean white linen in a tearoom. It's dysfunctional. Unfit.
If you would like tea, for godsakes, use something glass or ceramic.
I love this idiom for a few perhaps "useless" reasons. It may be unfit and ridiculous as a container for steeping and serving tea in. Some teapots of a more inedible nature are used as a decorative touch to a kitchen or dining room. Perhaps you could put your chocolate teapot in the china cabinet, or for that English friend who has everything.. gift it up with a slight wink. At the very least, a chocolate teapot could be enjoyed, savored, and eaten - with your tea on the side.
Thus, a chocolate teapot needn't be entirely without use. It is under appreciated as a clever way to get your weekly chocolate fix. But the real glory of this idiom, as my blog title, as it is a reference to the poor kitchen accessory made of chocolate, is that it is said to declare the item or person is unwanted, unneeded, and unimportant. It is undervalued, perhaps because people lack the creativity to dig deeper or the intelligence to see it may have some purpose, though small. A chocolate teapot can give comfort, joy, and a clever sort of pleasure. Those may not be the typical uses for a teapot, but with some imagination, and time, someone will discover the chocolate teapot may have some surprising things up it's spout.
I think I am somewhat like a Chocolate Teapot. I haven't always been, and I think I will morph again someday. But for now, I'm there, sitting on a shelf, a bit too round, a bit too useless.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
I love lazy autumn days like today. The weather is perfect.
I took my jack Russell terrier for a walk, made a delightful lunch, and watched
a few episodes of desperate housewives season 2. It’s a yoga pants, oversize
cashmere sweater kinda day. I heard something interesting today. The number one
date is still just dinner. I like dinner, but I think it’s time men start
suggesting something a little more creative, and perhaps, dare I say, a bit
more fun.
Working for a living is overrated. I think a better solution should
be found :P
Monday, October 3, 2011
Stop Holding Me Back
Hindrances to Weight Loss
Depression
Lethargy
Laziness
Unhappiness
Pain
Work
Hopelessness
Envy
Despair
Tiredness
Money
Loneliness
No network of support
Expensive gyms
Jealousy
Media
Depression
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