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summer has officially began for the kiddoes, HELLO My Name Is Jealous.  thrifting now includes the husband.. breath not held, though he does make for one sessy partner in crime.. some puttering and DIY'ing at the casa, and I swear those tiny humans of mine* get sassier and more hilariously off the wall every day.  wonder where they get it from.  :x

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*mine= daughter, niece, little sister. any tiny human being, really. mine. take 'em in like strays, i would.  GIVE TO ME ALL THE TINY HUMANS.

All Kinds of Obsessed: Stevie TV

''You are literally twerking this family apart.''

 Stevie Ryan is gorgeous, hilarious and incredibly creative. Stevie TV is a must watch.

monday manifesto

this is the end. beautiful friend.

Damn you Google.  You giveth and then you taketh away.  First it was Picnik, then it was Google Friend Connect.. and I know you perps had something to do with my beloved Sprinkle Spangles.

I've known that Google Reader was going to be shutting down for quite some time, but that doesn't mean I'm taking it well.

I'm not a Blog Lovin' kinda girl so I have been trying to find an alternative.  

Enter Feedly.

Feedly is an app as well as a feed reader that really knows it stuff.  The best part? If you are already a *loyal Reader girl* like me, you can painlessly transition all of your favorite blogs right to it, because it's synced with Google Reader! Don't ask me how it will connect to something that won't exist! But it will!

*by "loyal Reader girl" clearly I mean Neophobe. 

If you want to give Blog Lovin' a try, Mommy Edwards has you covered.  Find her step-by-step tutorial here.

Google Reader will officially kick the bucket on July 1st!

30 before 30.

 
3 years ago, a wide-eyed me, grateful to finally be free of an awful situation, ridiculously excited to really live life, feverishly jotted down all the things I wanted to do.  I found this list last night.

Here are just a few of them:

Attend SXSW and Coachella

Swim with the dolphins

Attend a live taping of Saturday Night Live with my brother

Live in Montrose

Stay the night in a haunted house

Become fluent in French

Attend an Indian wedding

Go to Wrigley Field with my Dad

Be a movie extra

Learn to play Sour Suite on the piano

Explore a foreign country with a backpack and no itenerary

Have a rooftop candlelit dinner

Order something from a menu that I can't pronounce and try it anyway

Go to the movies by myself

..................

Some things on my list I want to keep private (intense introvert, much?) and the list is actually 2 pages long.  And typed.  And bound.  While reading it I realized two things:

1.  I've done hardly nothing I set out to do, and

2.  IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

I'm pumped, I'm ready.  Two weeks ago, I turned 29 and I gotta tell you--I am really excited about it.  I may not be able to tackle even half the list by the time I'm 30, but I'm sure as hell going to try.  Because you see- a passion for something never leaves you.  It niggles away at you and if you drop your passion, that little niggle is like an itch you have to scratch.  Ignore the scratch and you'll be unhappy.

I did get to cross a few off the list:
 

Jump off a cliff 

Color Me Rad Run in Houston

Get a tattoo that says Live Your Life

chicken piccata

this recipe is ridiculously delicious. 

i'd heard of chicken piccata before, but honestly had no idea what it really was.  and i guess for some reason it seemed fancy and out of my league in terms of cooking.  i was so, so wrong.  the mens [husband and brother] in my life couldn't have been happier or more impressed.  food-babies all around.

PREP 15 MINS
COOK 30 MINS
READY IN 45 MINS 

need 

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/8 tsp garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp paprika
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tsp chicken bouillon powder
• 1/2 cup boiling water

do

In a small bowl, beat the egg together with 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice. Set aside.

In a shallow bowl or dish mix together the flour, garlic powder and paprika. Dip the chicken in the egg/lemon mixture, then in the seasoned flour.

In a large skillet, melt butter/margarine and brown the coated chicken pieces.

Dissolve the bouillon in the boiling water, then add the remaining 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Pour liquid into skillet. 

Cover and let simmer for 20 minutes, turning chicken pieces after 10 minutes, until chicken is tender. 

Garnish as desired and serve.

**next time i will probably make a lighter sauce and garnish with fresh lemon.  ..either way, mad good.