Saturday, July 13, 2013

terrariums, lemon bars, & celebrating

i made another terrarium! i had a few succulents left over & my mom picked up this glass vase(?) for me when she was out thrifting, so i decided to put them all together. i really love terrariums & succulents for that matter.

last saturday, my sister raquel & i went over to my cousin brisa's cute little home (i love that her & her boyfriend joseph have moved to my city!) & made lemon bars! she has a wonderful lemon tree in her backyard, so there was an endless supply of lemons. i think i would love to have my own lemon tree when i get my own place.





 i took a trip on the train to stay with miguel for a couple of days & tried to get some reading in on my trip. i've been reading (trying) lunch in paris: a love story with recipes by elizabeth bard. it's hard for me to get into it. i think it is mostly due to the fact that the main character has been annoying me because she is quite naive & seems a little haughty. anyways, the book also includes about three recipes at the end of each chapter, which is pretty awesome. the author even had a blog with recipes inspired by the book. the book does however let me reminisce about the trip i took with nicola to paris. oh how i miss europe!

miguel knows how much i love european things & took me to a eauropean inspired deli down the street from where he works. (he works in the cutest downtown area with little shops, bookstores, & coffee shops!) he had been wanting to take me there for so long & it did not disappoint!

 i went to visit miguel to celebrate our 17 months together ;) we love a reason to celebrate & still have fun celebrating each month we are together. we decided that instead of going out for dinner & spend money, we would stay in & cook together & save some extra money for austin next week(!!!). we decided to make lasagna with cheese & veggie meat. when we started putting together the sauce (we made our own sauce from scratch), we realized that we couldn't find a large enough casserole dish for the lasagna. so, miguel went out to pick one up & came home with not only an amazing glass casserole dish with a lid, but flowers, macaroons, & eclairs! i was quite surprised & happy : )

 i took this photo on the morning i went back home. there is a train station just around the corner from where miguel works, so we try to plan efficient trips so he can pick me up & drop me off according to his work schedule. anyways, he made us smoothies that morning for breakfast & put them in the starbucks cups he saves. haha. oh miguel.
i took my flowers home on the train & i felt happy to have them in my bag.
miguel & i leave for austin on wednesday! i am so beyond excited for this trip. i'm excited to be traveling traveling with miguel & i am excited to see all of my blogger family pals & to meet the new ones! see you all soon!

9 comments:

  1. Ahh! Such a cute terrarium!

    Also, you and Miguel make my heart melt :)

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    1. that's so sweet lizzi! thank you. he melt's my heart ;)

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  2. Love the terrarium! I so wish we had citrus trees at my house. We had them at my house when I was little, but when we moved we got a place with no citrus. :(

    Love that you're going to Austin with Miguel! So cool!

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    1. thanks amy! we have citrus trees, but they don't really bear fruit...so no luck there either!

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  3. Hi, Lina! So, I really like your blog... So I've nominated you for the Liebster award (for blogs with under 200 followers).

    This post explains it a bit more, haha:
    http://ispyviolet.blogspot.com/2013/07/liebster-award.html

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    1. hello violet! thank you so much! i'll have to check into it! you are so sweet : ) i am honored.

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  4. oh you guys are so cute! :)
    now i want to make a terrarium and lemon bars. that just sounds so good right now!

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    1. hehe thank you! you should start a terrarium making club & bring lemon bars ;)

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