Candy Nails/Feels like spring

Pics borrowed from here and here.
I love this combination of sweet pastel colours. Anything that looks like candy is good, of course. :P

Månadens Matutmaning: Februari - hemmagjord pizza/pasta/matpaj

Tävling hos Kalasgott.
Vi gjorde hemmagjord pasta. Ravioli med getost, färska tomater och färsk basilika, serverad med tomatsås, ost och mer färsk basilika.
Ett enkelt recept med mycket frihet att ändra på fyllning, såser och tillbehör.

Recept per person:
100g pasta mjöl
1 ägg
en nypa salt

Blanda ihop ingredienserna till en smidig deg och använd lasagne-funktionen i din pastamaskin för att skapa långa tunna bitar pasta som du kan skära till önskad storlek. Fyll med t.ex. getost-tomat-basilika. Gör små paket och knip ihop kanterna. Se till att få ut all luft! Koka i saltat vatten i ca 2 minuter.

Tomatsåsen gör du enkelt genom att steka en lök och ett par klyftor vitlök i lite olja. Krydda med italienska örter, peppar, lite chili och häll på krossade tomater, en buljongtärning och ett par matskedar tomatpuré. Koka upp och mixa till en slät sås. Låt gärna puttra en stund.

Servera pastan med rikliga mängder rived eller hyvlad ost, Parmesan passar bäst men andra ostar som t.ex. cheddar passar också utmärkt!

Enjoy!


photos © Russian Doll

Cookies and Stripes please.

This is what I want to look like today plus some stuff I want. Mm peanut butter cups! Love 'em!

Happy Valentine's Day

Red Hot Stuff

Today I fancy all things red. I've painted my nails bright red and would love to get myself some red tees and of course a red velvet CUPCAKE.

Office Snapshots Friday

Just all the stuff collecting on my desk...

photos © Russian Doll

New Books Jan 2011

Baking book BAKED
Haruki Murakami's South of the border, west of the sun (currently reading it and loving it!)
And a school book about animation.

photos © Russian Doll

Cosy Friday

Basic Speckle Sweat topshop.com $50
Monrow Asymmetrical Heather Grey Slouch Sweater bunnyhug.co.uk $53
Casey Scoop-Neck Henley Tee delias.com $20
Sweat pants with zip youheshe.com $155
Cosabella Soire Low-rise boyleg panties journelle.com $24
Socks toast.co.uk $20
Starbucks Hot Chocolate
Hello Kitty Sanrio Lip balm hottopic.com

FirstAid.//

I had some bad pains today and suffered all day until about 2 pm when I gave in and had some painkillers. Strong ones with codeine and for the first time ever I had some weird reaction to them. It was very scary. So I will not be having them anymore. It ruined my afternoon completey. Just ibuprofen and paracetamol from now on...

Cutie Pants.

Panties should be cute and comfy like these. OK the first picture is not actually pants, but purses that look like pants. If they were pants they would be really cute ones though.. :)

Colourful Nerd

Lots of work on the PC today. My head is pounding and my eyes are stinging... Time for a break? I haven't got the time. We'll break for some veggie puff pastry pie for dinner, then we need to run some errands and then do some more work. Busy bee.

Look alike

I just watched an episode of an old series of ANTM - the one with all the short girls that I've not seen before - and realized that Sundai from Top Model is very much an Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies) look alike! They just have different colours but very simular features and hair.
My own look alike is Cate Blanchett accordning to a lot of people. Last time I heard it was in a pub last week when some drunk man said loudly about me "She's like something out of Robin Hood!" I was a bit confused to what that was supposed to mean but then I found out that Cate Blanchett is the leading female in the newest version of Robin Hood...

Currently reading...

This book in Swedish by H. Nesser. The first book that has felt right in quite a while. I have about 8 books that I've started lying on my bedside table at the moment... that I need to finish at some point. A book needs to feel right at the time you are reading it though, don't you think?

Retro Living

I'm a bit fan of anything retro. Especially when it comes to interior design. Plastic, round shapes, orange...

feeling ill + update

Time flies by... I don't know what I've been doing. Not much I guess. I've been having time off with my man. First to go see my family and friends in Sweden and then over Christmas and New Year here at home.
I've got some school work to do this week. At the moment I'm waiting for the mail man to come. He or she has a book that I need to finish one of my courses.
My throat is hurting today. Not what I need right before the weekend. Sipping ginger-lemon tea at the moment trying to fix it.
photo © Russian Doll

Just telling you ...

Just telling you about my third blog on this account. I'm still keeping this one and my baking blog of course, but just wanted to do this little thing aswell. Check it out here.

Winter.

It's so cold here! I'm bathing 3 times per day just to stay warm!
Other than that, I'm hanging out with my family, watching Season 3 of Nip/Tuck on DVD (Just finished the last episode!), meeting friends, doing some school work... Stuff like that.

More random nails

from here.

Birthday Girl//

It's my birthday today. I'm now 23 years old. Weii.

So far, I've had breakfast made in my birthday very pretty toaster and had a coffee whilst opening some of my presents.

Wooden Shades

Awesome wooden sunglasses from here.

Inspirational Homes. Office/Kitchen

Love the colours and style of the rooms above.

Blog Design

You can win a lovely blog design for Christmas here. I'm in!

Keeping myself distracted.

Things are not right at the moment.

Love this scene...

GLÖGG

Glögg is mulled wine and something us Swedes drink around Christmas time with saffron buns and gingerbread cookies. We drink it was with raisins and almonds in it. The more fruit and nuts the better, according to myself. BLOSSA is a brand of Glögg that makes these wonderful bottles above. I've never tastes these but the pretty bottles make me want to try them... they come up with a new flavour every year. This year is saffron, the golden bottle to the right. Sounds good to me!

The GAP favourites.

I always forget about the GAP but have just looked at the website and there's quite a lot of cosy looking things. I'd like some new basics. I'll go check out the real shop on Friday.

Season 6 playing now

So tired! We had to get up at 5.15 this morning to drive C's dad + girlfriend to the airport... lucky I've not got work today. Just housewife stuff - laundry and cooking...I seriously need to nap soon...

Crying watching Gilmore Girls

Just watching the last ever episode of Gilmore Girls... and crying a bit... haha. But they are so sweet, Lorelai and Rory - mother and daughter.

Grey Like Today//

Retro Me. Graphic.

Cold rainy English day here... Got my tea cup filled up with Swedish tea, bought some vanilla scented candles today that I've lit to make the world a cosier place... tonight we're cooking peanut butter sauce and making more pumpkin jam! :) Note to the collage I made above: I love all things retro!