music update (:

Sara Bareilles: King of Anything I know how much you loved her album "Little Voice" and this is her new song. It's the same Sara Bareilles we've known to love (: ENJOY!!

This next one is an oldie, but definitely a goodie. Sergio Mendes: That Heat remastered by Will.I.Am. Sergio Mendes is so classic- I love him- so I'm hoping you'll like him too (If you don't already, of course). The whole album remastered by Will.I.Am. is actually quite amazing... I'm a fan of "Let Me" and "Timeless", so good.

Another band I really like is The XX. One of my more favorite songs is: Islands. But honestly, the entire album is a-mazing! It's their debut album and it's freakin' great. Other personal favs on the album include "VCR", "Crystalized", "Heart Skipped a Beat" and "Stars"... lol basically listen to the entire album front to back.

Of course.... I love anything Bruno Mars. His song "Count on Me" is fabulous... I don't think there's an official video for it quite yet. Maroon 5's new album is good, too. Hmm... the Drake & Rihanna song "What's my name" is another goodie. I hope this entertains you for a little bit!!

On another note... since our blog is public, I can't post my recent endeavors haha but I'm happy to share via skype!!!

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Eurotrip Winter 2011?

So I know it's a long while away but I've been thinking about when I'm done here. I want to do some travelling and I would loove to see all of you. So just think about it, but would anyone be down to meet me in Europe sometime before Christmas? Just think about it. But think good thoughts about it :)

Happy Autumn!!!

Took my nephew to the pumpkin patch yesterday, and we had a blast. This place had flagship 40+ pound "mega" pumpkins and not gonna lie - I kinda want to go back and buy one tomorrow.

Sweetpea on picture day...

So, this past weekend I turned the big 2-5. Am I sad about it? No, not really. I think I could be 30 and still be ok, as long as I've at least gotten into Vet school by then. Anyway, a few of us went wine tasting! I had a really good time. At the last place we went the guy at the bar made me a necklace out of ribbon, a luggage tag, and a cookie cutter.







So there were 6 of us that went, and somehow we decided to take 1 car. This is 4 of us in the backseat. Jon and his brother were in the front. We definitely need to go again.

I love this time of year.  

I'm an Azeri housewife

Curious about the exciting weekend life that hits the raunchy southern town of Neftchala? Look no further friends. You are now getting the super secret, super coveted view into the life of a PCV Azerbaijan weekend.


First I started off by cleaning and peeling 2 pounds of string beans to freeze.

It was followed by a super sexy performance of pickling eggplant.

Then the shocking act of making and freezing enchilada sauce. (This was actually pretty daring because I burned my hands from the hot peppers and fell asleep holding an ice pack.)

The next morning as I recovered from the previous day's endeavors, I made scones: salty cheesy ones and sweet cinnamon raisin ones.

Finally as a daring after thought, I made compote. A drink made from pouring boiling water into a mixture of fruit and sugar. This is nar (pomegranate.)

So there it is friends, a fully packed weekend of... WINTER PREPARATION!

Redwood Forest

I also took a last minute mini roadtrip with my Dad last weekend, he was visiting some friends and then we went to go see the redwoods near Santa Cruz. According to a timeline at the ranger station... this tree I am standing in front of is approximately the same age as Jesus (seriously).

Still Recovering from Last Weekend :-)

Lassst weekend (10.01.10) I went to see Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl with my parents. It was awesome!!

Top 5 Reasons the Hollywood Bowl is the best venue ever:

5) You can ride public transportation with yuppies carrying Trader Joe's bags & drinking wine out of Tupperware containers.

4) You can bring your own picnic,

3) Or purchase an already prepared picnic once inside the Bowl.

2) There is a translator who is illuminated to the left of the stage that interprets the lyrics into sign language (while dancing and totally rocking out) for the hearing impaired.

1) You can enjoy the best acoustics in all of LA under the stars.

How was everyone's weekend?