Five Fact Friday

Morning everybody,
Its Five Fact Friday again, and this time I'm joining Tabetha's blogger challenge, over at The Closet Intellectual.


So here are my five things, for this February Friday.

1. In the past year I've discovered GeoCaching. My SO introduced me to it and I'm hooked! I'd been using the free app for my Iphone for a while, and my dad just (by just, I mean a few weeks ago) bought me the full app. Sadly I've been so busy the past few weeks I haven't been able to use it yet, but as today is the last major day of work on my thesis project, I'm hoping the coming weeks will have time for lots of caches. :)

2. I hadn't been much of a watch wearer until this past year or so. I started wearing it as it is quite handy with my work in theater (managing crews and scheduling means always knowing what time it is). I'd wanted a digital watch (I'm terrible with analog clocks.) but not some sporty, plastic looking thing. I was so happy when I found this watch at Fred Meyer for a decent price too! But that decent price is catching up to me because the (fake) leather band has been deteriorating for a while. I may look into constructing a new band for it... Something else leather and wrist cuff-y.

3. I'm a coffee fiend, and have been since high school. I blame my parents. Not that they were there with coffee cups, waving it under my nose saying "tryyyyy this coffeeeeee" (there is an entertaining picture in my head), but they do ALWAYS have coffee in the house. At any given hour if you go find the big coffee thermos that floats around the house, there will be coffee. And if there's not? Just drop a hint its empty and and you'll get the reply of "Oh, do you want another cup? Cause if you're having one I'll have some too!"
So, yeah. I like my coffee.

4. I started watching Mad Men last night. I'm hooked...

5. I reeeally like cleaning the kitchen. When I come home, and I'm tired and want to go to bed, not so much. But when I've got the time, I feel so satisfied to have a nice organized kitchen. Sadly this whole "having time" thing doesn't happen too often, but this weekend the kitchen shall be cleaned!

Valentine's Day Gift Exchange

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A few weeks ago I joined up in this awesome Valentine Blogging Party! We were all partnered up with another blogger to send a Valentine's Day gift to.

I was paired with the lovely Holli over at From Paris With Love. 

She read that my New Years resolution was to start baking more, so she sent me a wonderful baking package!

Included were...

-Heart silicon molds

-Valentine's cupcake cups and toppers

-Heart (giant) cookie decorating kit

-Cookie cutters (shaped like hearts of course)

And a cute card!

I'm so excited to use all these adorable things. I'm thinking of using the giant cookie kit this weekend and perhaps the cupcake cups for a Valentine's Day potluck I'm attending. 

Cute card. 

I'm kind of in love with silicon baking things...

Thanks so much Holli! I hope you enjoy your gift too. :)

Here is Holli's post about what I sent her.

xoxo,

La Mer

(WeHeartIt)

Well, the illness has gotten me. I'm used to getting a cold around this time of the year (almost always on my birthday), so I'm not surprised it's turned up now. I am glad it popped up a bit before my birthday though. :)

My past two days have been spent in bed, and wishing I was in bed. I gave myself permission to not go to classes if I wasn't up to them, but I have been going to school in the afternoon to run carpentry call. I've got a wonderful assistant Technical Director who could run calls for me on M/W, but I'm stubborn and bad at delegating.

But today I am feeling a bit better, after sleeping in again I have decided to catch up on homework and projects this morning, go to carpentry this afternoon and hopefully be back full force tomorrow.

Heres hoping,
Mer.

Peanut Butter Cups

What is this rumpus, a food post? Egads.

I've been trying to figure out something (eatable) I could make for valentines day. After my last few baking attempts have been less than excellent, I decided I should keep it simple. I also wanted something easily transportable.

So I made peanut butter cups! But not just any peanut butter cups. Heart shaped peanut butter cups. Clearly the best kind.

I vaguely followed this recipe from allrecipes.com.

1 package chocolate chips.1 cup peanut butter1/2 cup confectioners sugar1/4 tsp salt 

1. Trim 12 paper muffin cup liners to half of their height.2. Place 1/2 chocolate chips in a microwave safe container. Microwave for 2 minutes, stirring after each minute. Spoon melted chocolate into muffin cups, filling halfway. With a spoon, draw the chocolate up the sides of the cups until evenly coated. Cool in the refrigerator until firm.3. In a small bowl, mix together peanut butter, confectioners' sugar and salt. divide into the chocolate cups. Melt the remaining chocolate, and spoon over peanut butter. Spread chocolate to edges of cups.

The parts I didn't follow? I eyeballed the proportions based on how many I wanted to make.  Also, I used silicon muffin liners so they're easily removable.

 Basically, They're pretty amazingly yummy. I made enough for my first gift, guess I'll need to be making some more. :)

Five Fact Friday

1. Anyone who has ever met me will know I am in love with pugs. Show me a picture of a pug and however
serious I'm being I'll start squealing and going crazy.

Miss Sido, my little french fashion pug.

2. Pink became my favorite color complacently by accident. I joked about the color pink during tomboy phase in middle school, but ended up falling in love with it!

Image from  whitetulipboutique

3. I've got a love hate relationship with my hands. Mostly I like having hard working, warn looking hands, but sometimes I want dainty, graceful hands dammit. 

4. The two movies tied for my favorite are O Brother Where Art Thou and Elizabeth town.

5. This winter I've become obsessed with hats. I've usually got the few for bad hair days, but because of the cold I've been wearing them non stop for the past few months (I'm wearing one now!)

And thats that.
-Mer

Delightfully Inspiring

I'm on a roll here, I did you notice? I've gotten a post out every day since Sunday.

For today I'm joining in the Delightfully Inspiring Thursday Party!




So here are a few things that are inspiring me right now.

I've been thinking a bit about bottle caps. I've got a large jar of them that have been collecting in my kitchen (hooray for a roommate who often drinks beer!) and now need something to do with them.

I occasionally back my pins with them. 

But want a quick little project that focuses on the cap more.

I could make candles out of them. (Etsy)

Perhaps a wind chime? (DIY)

I'll probably end up putting images in them and turning them into pins, magnets and earrings. (Ehow)

What would you do with bottle caps?

La Mer

Here, have some pugs!

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