busyness

 

 some of my girl friends from high school were in town, so we all got together & made pizza from scratch & enjoyed the company. two of them are married & own homes. one has a baby! one is a high school teacher. one lives between here & australia. it's crazy how old i feel sometimes - or rather how old i ought to feel. i still feel quite young!

 speaking of time, miguel & i celebrated two months at the beginning of this month : ) he took me out for breakfast at the place that has the amazing custard french toast.

he wrote me a little love note & hid it for me to discover. it was shaped as a heart. he is so sweet & clever : ) & i just realized this now, i am pretty sure the paper he used is from the hotel we stayed at on our little trip! awww hehe.

 miguel had never watched 500 days of summer before, so we had double movie nights & watched it. then the next day we went on a date to ikea : ) it was his first time there too. he quoted the movie & it was totally fun!

 

i found the kitchen & bedroom i want. & he found the ones that he liked : ) it was really a great day.

 

this is a little out of order, but before all of this it was easter! haha. miguel came with my family to visit my cousins on my dad side. he got to meet more of the family & enjoyed the good food & company. i wore this yellow vintage dress for the easter program at church. my parents were in it (my papi even played jesus!) so i wasn't going to miss it ;)

& now i am feeling a tiny bit under the weather (but i am feeling better already!) & had some ramen with egg & got all cozy & rested a bit. almost all better now!

 tonight miguel & i are going to our city's "old town." i'm rather quite excited! :D

well, i've been quite busy with school & life & haven't had much time to blog or look at all of your blogs! i am taking this afternoon to try to catch up : )

also, is it busyness? or business? i am confused...

crafts, lights, & christmas

 i attended the renegade craft fair in the city this weekend with abbie! i love going to these craft fairs : )

 the city was so beautiful

i got my first christmas gift of the year! a lovely scarf from rachel. (love me some scarves!)

 i went with my mom to celebrate her straight a's this semester at school at our favorite ice cream parlor. i love their holiday peppermint ice cream!

 rachel & abbie came to visit & see my apartment. we had coffee & dessert at the old spaghetti factory & i took them to see the best christmas lights in the city. they even had an a christmas story scene (by the way, best christmas movie ever!)!

(sorry so blurry!)

so, i finished my last paper & turned it in last week. after that, life has been a little bit of a world wind! parties, dates, visits from friends, & good food - all with a festive flair : )

i think this post has too many photos of myself...maybe i should take some down... :/

sooo excited for this!!!
love this home : )
also, my friend olivia just made a music video! check it out here.

anyways, i hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!! i probably won't be back blogging before christmas, so happy holidays!

replies:

two birds: hello! & thank you so much : ) & i've never seen a drive-through nativity! it is pretty neat.

nicola: awww thanks!! the paper went fine. i got an a-, but it was ok...i suppose...haha.

kendra: hello! yes europe! i will be traveling around london & southern england, as well as paris! how cool that you lived in london! that would be so amazing. & i know it will change my life, i can't wait!

brynna: exactly what i thought, see the pretty nativity by the warmth of your car - perfect : ) & thanks!

jane hyunjoo lee: hehe yay! wow! kimchi tofu burrito! i had one like that from a korean taco truck in los angeles once. so good!!

tara: awww thanks! yes, that would be awesome!

mieke willems: origami is very nice : )

keetee: awww! thanks keetee!! :D

em [the writer]: for sure!! & even more fun now, hehe ; )

thewanderingballoon: hello! thank you : ) i kind of love it too, hehe

abbie's house

here are photos of abbie's new house! she lives there with five other people. the home is very environmentally friendly : ) & the house has the nicest garden of fruits & veggies.

this hammock is in the front yard! & it's so pretty.they keep their totes for shopping by the door to go outside.the living roomrecord player!abbie's room door is on the right.her door has a beautiful antique doorknobher roomthe kitchen! i love the windows by the sink.the gate to the gardenthey even have chickens for fresh eggs!the patio & gardenthe garden, complete with mural i was so happy to spend time there. it was a relaxing house : )

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g: hello! eee! i know, i was thinking the same thing while i was sitting there. hehe. it was totally surreal : )

melly: yeah, they did put a plaque on it! haha. i like what it says "tom's favorite place became one of summer's too." tamales! hehe. & no they weren't filming. it was just this creepy guy who walked around the streets by the museum, posing & stuff. there were people walking by & taking pictures.

inna karenina: it totally was : )

new & improved

hello everyone! i am sorry i haven't been blogging in quite a while & have not been commenting on your lovely blogs as well. i have been quite busy lately. a few days after i got back from visiting abbie in los angeles, i moved out of my parent's house to a different city! i've been busy settling in my new place & going to my graduate school classes. life has been pretty hectic! but i will try very hard to keep you all update like before : )


as you know, i went to los angeles for a week to visit my dear friend abbie. it was quite an adventure! we did so many cool things. abbie had the whole week planned out so perfectly. i want to show you ALL of the photos i took, but i believe that will be a tad overwhelming & take too long! so, here is the edited version of my trip:

i'm so light compared to abbie : )the cool walls inside the metroabbie surprised me & took me to the places in downtown la that they filmed 500 days of summer! this is the iconic park bench.& this is where tom met autumn at the end of the movie.i thought the ceiling of the observatory we went to looked neat.& of course, a vacation would not be a vacation for me with out some tasty vegetarian food! abbie took me to some of her favorite veggie places & some new ones. i'll link you to the places, if you are ever in the area : )

this is cafe muse. it's a really chill cafe with a mini art gallery & night time entertainment. serves only vegetarian food.mama's hot tamales cafe has some of the best tamales i have ever tasted.after a recommendation from liska, we checked out elf cafe. the food was absolutely amazing! & the place had a great atmosphere. serves only vegetarian food. (sorry the photos are bad quality!)the lights outside of lacma were so cool!i'll leave you with this creepy photo. i was taking pictures outside of lacma & the guy dressed as jesus was walking around posing. it was pretty strange. haha.

i'll be back to show you photos of abbie's awesome house!

replies:

jessica: oooo! a book that is going to be a movie? awesome. i'm going to check it out. thanks for the suggestion!

pauline: oh i'm glad the got to you ok! i'm so happy you love them! & i'm happy i made something that will help you both have sweet dreams : )