This is how I’m getting through finals week.
I really want to go to a mattress store now and do some version of this.
The part where the store owner jumps *might* be my favorite.
But forgiveness…I’ll hold on to that fragile slice of hope and keep it close, remembering that in each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there’s an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all of the time.
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (via thatismighty)
Yes.
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
Death Cab For Cutiecirca 2004
aah thank you, this track makes my life
I HAVEN’T HEARD THIS YET!!!! WHY IS BEN GIBBARD SO PERFECT????????????????? GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
SO perfect. especially in this vid. It’s like after I watch it, I feel as though I’ve just come from a month long vacation and have been completely nurtured back to health.
Too good. Just… too good. Ben Gibbard can sing me to sleep any night of the week. Or weekend.
I agree wholeheartedly. Today I listened to Death Cab for a solid hour on the treadmill with no other distractions. The TV was off and I left my magazines in my bag because it would have been shameful not to just listen. Turned out being the best run I’ve had in a long long time.
You’re Probably Not Eating Enough: Sweet Potato
Well, if you’re anything like me, you ARE eating enough sweet potato (as in, at least once or twice a week).
Why is this root vegetable so praise-worthy? To name just a few reasons, one baked sweet potato with skin:
- contains 262% of your recommended daily amount of vitamin A.
- contains almost 30% of your recommended daily amount of vitamin C.
- …15% fiber and vitamin B6.
- …about 10% potassium and iron.
- has about 100 calories.
- is so versatile and delicious!
Really, you can pretty much make a sweet potato into anything, savory or sweet. A few ideas (v = vegetarian, vv = vegan)
- Black Bean Chili-Topped Baked Sweet Potatoes (vv)
- Sweet Potato Risotto (v)
- Fall Harvest Baked Sweet Potato (v)
- Sweet Potato and Quinoa Salad (vv)
- Sweet Potato Chips (vv)
- Root Vegetable Frittata (v)
- Sweet Potato Fries (obviously had to include this one) (vv)
- Spicy Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup (um, swoon!) (can be vv)
- Maple-Roasted Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
- Quinoa with Mushrooms, Kale, and Sweet Potatoes (vv)
You get the idea. Ugh, now I wish sweet potatoes were on the menu today! Unfortunately, they’re not. So you’ll just have to make one of these recipes and send me a pic.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Make It: Deep-Dish Parmesan Polenta Pizza with Sun-Dried Tomato and Spinach
Tonight, my sister made the most delicious (gluten-free!) pizza ever from Real Simple. Get the recipe here. Seriously. Go get it now.
We swapped radicchio for spinach (we bought radicchio, but it ended up being rotten inside). The spinach tasted just fine with the other ingredients — but what DOESN’T spinach taste fine with? We also added some hand-cut pepperoni (my big-time meat eater dad joined us for dinner), but you could definitely keep it vegetarian by leaving it off. It would still taste amazing.
We dug in. It was good.
This. Looks. Awesome. I’d probably opt to make it vegetarian or maybe substitute it for Aidell’s chicken sausage.
Babe - We need to have a party. And make these.
Yes please!!! Let’s make them for Christmas in July when strawberries are in season ;)
Just kidding… we can use frozen and make them in approximately 3 weeks when both of us are HOME!
(via charletteflorence)
This looks like my breakfast today!! It was a perfect day for warm oats. Who’s excited about the snow???
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