list wednesday

*wardrobe wednesday will now officially be list wednesday because i can't think of anything to write about wardrobe-wise"

top five dream vacations:

-one long cross-country road-trip

-new zealand

-morocco

-greece

-nyc

five celebrity couples [dead or alive] i would love to have at a dinner party:

-beyonce and jay-z

-dolly parton and carl thomas dean

-johnny and june carter cash

-jennifer garner and ben affleck

-gwen stefani and gavin rossdale

top five summer jams of 2010 [or 2009... or 2003]:

-bulletproof // la roux

-california gurls // katy perry

-long way home // mates of state

-fire burning // sean kingston

-lucifer // jay-z

recipe tuesday posted on a wednesday

recipe tuesday: soy-ginger salmon with cabbage salad

my mom has been making salads lately out of shredded cabbage and carrots.

it keeps for a longer amount of time and tastes amazing with everything.

literally.

this particular meal was a great, light summer lunch and was simple to make. i didn't really measure everything out, i just kind of whipped everything up as i went until it tasted good.

all you need is:

frozen salmon patties

cabbage/carrot salad

tomatoes

green onion

soy sauce

ginger

garlic

mustard powder

brown sugar

sesame seeds

sesame oil

1. mix together soy sauce and spices in a small bowl and pour over salmon patty while it cooks

2. slice up tomato

3. put salad and tomatoes and green onions in a bowl [or on a plate]

4. top with cooked salmon, and sprinkle sesame seeds on top

bon apetit!

can i get an amen up in here?

i just registered for classes for fall semester.

let's just say it's the best schedule i've ever had.

three day weekends every weekend?

yes, please!

thank goodness for not having class on fridays.

HALLELUJAH.

monday: what i'm working on

what i'm working on this week:

-using the recently assembled treadmill in the basement

-taking more photos

-finishing the last few articles of clothing in my "to-fix" pile

-catching up on podcasts

-developing ecuador fotos and finding an album of sorts to put them all in

-writing one song

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in other news:

i had the most wonderful weekend! hannah came down and we had so much fun! it made me super excited to hang out with her for a whole month before i go back to rexburg in the fall!

we:

-crashed a wedding reception and danced like crazy to katy perry, miley cyrus, and the like

-saw how to train your dragon along with the whole town of provo

-went shopping

-ate hamburgers in the hottest [literally] joint in town

-checked out provo's freedom festival and sawed off part of a log and had it branded

-watched the weirdest, most unfunny movie ever that we found in the comedy section

-"broke" the ice maker and were showered with ice cubes multiple times

-celebrated kirk's birthday with delicious food and great company at eva's parents' place

-drove around town blasting "this is how we do it"

-went to temple square and befriended some sister missionaries and toured the roof of the conference center [so beautiful!]

-watched crumpler play at a show in salt lake

-went to the Grand Parade in provo and saw some crazy things [like a dude dressed up like moses singing "when you believe" from the prince of egypt on the orem institute float]

-listened to a hilarious testimony in church ["i just... love america so much! sometimes i really think i bleed red white and blue!"]

-planned some trips to europe and the west coast [anyone else want to join us?]

-and watched this video over and over again.

it was delightful.

thanks for an awesome weekend, bananafart!

sounds of summer: sixth installment

i might be a tiny bit biased because i just saw mates of state live, but this is one of my favorite summer soundtracks because it was introduced to me by my sister-in-law, eva, while i was hanging out with her in columbus a couple summers ago.

every song grabbed me and it was pretty much the only album i listened to for the rest of the summer. it's fun, upbeat, and super pleasant to listen to.

now when i listen to it, it reminds me of all the fun things eva and i got to do in c-bus and it makes me love the album even more.

give it a listen.

or ten listens.

favorite tracks:

"get better"

"now"

"my only offer"

"the re-arranger"

"blue and gold print"