one year

miguel & i got away to celebrate our one year anniversary last week. we took a short road trip to the coast & stayed at a lovely inn designed by a protege of frank lloyd wright. our ocean view room had a loft & i was smitten. we had an incredible time together & had fun exploring the peace obelisk on the inn's property & thrifting & antiquing the next day in the nearby town. it was perfect. i can't get over how perfect it was actually. i am quite content : )

miguel LOVED the wooden picture i made him. he was really impressed with it : )

crafting for miguel

 i made miguel a wooden picture! it was great. lizzie & i worked on it in the morning & then later again that night. it takes a while to completely dry. i used this video tutorial to make it. if you have any questions, just ask!

 representing the blogger family! hehe :D

 there were a few air bubbles which caused some missing parts, but when i gave it to him last night for our one year anniversary, he absolutely loved it! :D made me happy.

 yesterday was a year since miguel & i started dating. it's crazy how time flies! today he took me out for breakfast at one of our favorite breakfast places we used to go to often when we both lived in apartments three blocks away from each other. it was a good breakfast : )

we then went & saw warm bodies. cute movie! miguel quite enjoyed it as well. now i am sitting in the campus library while he is in class & then we leave straight from school to the coast to spend the night at an amazing inn with an ocean view room! i'm so excited : )

lemon bars, packages, & jamba juice

i made lemon bars twice last week. once at miguel's house & once the next day when i went home & my sister was visiting. they both love lemons, so it was the perfect little treat for them : ) i used this recipe but changed a few things (like i didn't chill the dough or let the crust cool before adding the topping). it came out amazing. the recipe is really good, but not very healthy (just a warning!).

i came home from miguel's to two packages awaiting me at the bottom of the stairs to my loft. i was so excited. the first one i opened was from sarah. she sent my a lovely letter & a cute little penguin books notebook. thank you sarah : )

next i opened a package from pauline. it was wrapped all nice and i loved the unicorn stationary! she sent me handmade, beautiful wrist warmers. i love them. thanks so much!

yesterday i officially applied for graduation this may. it is really surreal. by may i will have my master's degree in sociology. it's really a scary thought to be done with school after being in it for so long. i was talking to miguel the other day & i am considering going back to get my doctorate at some point, but not right now. right now i need a break.
we celebrated turning in my application & his first day of school with jamba juice : ) love his face here. such a cutie.

currently i am in starbucks writing my thesis. well, right now right now i am taking a break & blogging, but still. it's been a long day. & i need a break.

old granite street eatery

 i visited my cousin wendy two weekends ago. it was so cold, but beautiful. she took me to the old granite street eatery, which turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip. we ended up going there twice in one weekend. i loved the look & feel of it & the food was some of the best i've had. if you are ever in the reno area, you should definitely grace this place with your presence.

a week at miguel's

hello there! it's been a few. i just came back from spending close to two weeks at miguel's. the stay was split in between by a quick visit to wendy (but a separate post on that later). i spent that time at miguel's to work on my thesis as it is quiet at his right now since all of his roommates are gone for break. i worked on my thesis basically, but it was nice just having him nearby : ) above are the russian chocolates i bought him for christmas. i got them because they were squirrels! he loves squirrels.

one night i took him out for ramen. it was so delicious. my favorite ramen house by far.

miguel played video games while i worked on my thesis. he really gets into his video games! haha. i started playing a little bit months ago, but i'm not very good.

we did most of our meals at home. only went out to get ramen & taco bell one other night.

i made some hashbrowns one morning & a lemon blueberry surprise with lemons from his backyard. i love his lemon tree!

& miguel made another batch of his homemade beef jerky! i love watching him make it even though i don't eat it. hehe.

my fourth chapter of my thesis is due this friday & i am quite behind in writing it. ergo i am really stressed about it. i'll be working on it all this coming week until the due date. eeek.