13/365

the deer came back for carrots and love.

xo,

stephanie.

12/365

lotus peacock pose, a huge work in progress.

xo,

stephanie.

11/365

empty yourself and let the universe fill you.

xo,

stephanie.

10/365

combining our families to celebrate my new adventure; i am now a communications assistant for brad's raw foods. lot's of champagne, cheersing, and laughs. i am so grateful for all of the love that i have received. i can't wait to share more information with all of you. for now, cheers.

xo,

stephanie.

9/365

a note from my honey honey. bread balls from madgey and i's bread making class. the bakers in stripes.

xo,

stephanie.

8/365

sometimes i have to pinch myself, i live here.

xo,

stephanie.

7/365

today's weather was chilly and perfect for a bicycle ride. did i mention that my dad's house is right down the street and my mom's house is only five minutes away? it is. it makes running to see my family a lot easier. especially when b and i have these pretty vintage bikes to ride on.

xoxo,

stephanie.

6/365

this magical thing happened today.

xo,
stephanie.

5/365

my breakfast: agave, almond milk, kale, yogurt.

xo,
stephanie.

4/365

it was 29 degrees and the first frost of the season when i left the house for working this morning.

xo,
stephanie.

3/365

today was a cozy day. i woke up to a headache and there was a definite chill in the air. b and i traveled across the bridge to lovin' oven for breakfast and to get some goodies for two loved ones who are celebrating their birthdays this week.

i took a nap, strange for me, i know and decided that i would continue with the cozy theme of the day and just lay low to get some work done. i met up with a good gal pal for some tea and chats which was lovely. now i'm just sitting on the couch, about to start up a fire and get back to my book.


hope your friday is spent with love.



xo,
stephanie.

2/365

i debated which picture to put up for some time. how does one choose during a 365 project? i guess that's something that will eventually become easier. i finally decided on this one. a picture of the butternut squash, garlic, olive oil, and spinach pizza that i made.

since today was my friday at work i had a ton of stuff to do before i could get into 'weekend mode'. i'm typing kind of aggravated right now because there is a certain boy sitting next to me who's being a grouch face magee. anyway, when i was done these said chores i had to rush off to an appointment which left me in kind of a funny mood, not an angry mood or a happy mood, or necessarily a sad mood, just a mood. i cook when i'm in weird moods so that's just what i did. i whipped up this, rather delicious, pizza and some cilantro-ranch salad dressing for a salad and ate a quick dinner before heading off to hot yoga which has been my serenity.

that's all for now, have fun drooling over my pizza.

butternut squash pizza

ingredients:

pizza dough

butternut squash, about 1 lb. peeled and sliced

a handful of spinach

two or three cloves of garlic, chopped

a couple globs of whole milk ricotta

extra virgin olive oil

pepper

salt

directions:

1. preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

2. roasted the butternut squash with a drizzle of olive oil and salt and pepper until the oven is preheated.

3. remove the squash and put it into a boiling pot of water to let it get soft.

4. take your pizza dough and roll it out and use the reaming olive oil from the butternut squash as a coating for the dough on the same pan.

5. throw down some ricotta, then the chopped garlic, then the salt and pepper, add the spinach.

6. put the pizza in the oven to let the flavors start to cook together.

7. after the water comes to a boil take the squash slices, take the pizza out of the oven and spread them around the pizza.

8. cook the pizza.

9. enjoy.

xo,

stephanie.

1/365

i've had an idea.
usually my ideas come with rapid spewing of words and how we can get the motion in the ocean to go ahead with the said idea. it's usually messy. in typical virgo fashion i give up half way when i'm not satisfied with the results but this time, i think, i've decided to go ahead and put my idea on paper... or the internet.

if you're like me, maybe you're not like me actually. i'm sure most of you aren't emotional, 5'nothing, 23-year-old girls who are frustrated with where they are in life (at times), still fight with their parents (at times) and hardly ever watch television (all the time). but any who, i'm sure a lot of you out there on the other side of your computers have an instagram account. i do. i love instagram. i love editing my photos and posting them and seeing my phone light up and i receive comments and notifications of likes. is this vain of me? who cares. i'm sure you're all nodding your heads in agreement.

like i stated before, i'm not a typical 23-year-old girl/lady/women. i did the whole college thing differently then most people have. i've never done a keg stand or a beer funnel or an ice luge... you're welcome parents. i've never pulled an all-nighter to study for a class or test, frankly because i believed in getting all my work done as soon and it was assigned. weird, i know. but now with only two classes left in my college career, i've become just that. a procrastinator. as i type this i have a discussion, journal, and test due on islam and a bunch of photography homework. but that can all wait because of this idea.

while i was making a vegan-african-peanut-stew last night, my boyfriends wonderful mother whom i love like my own, said to me, "do you know why i love you, stephanie? i love you for a multitude of reasons. i love you because you try to make every day special." i immediately looked at the floor and blushed like a possum and said, "thank you eileen". if it's one thing about my boyfriends family, dang they give some pretty creative compliments. i think what made me really fall in love with bryan was when he told me that he, "loved the loyalty that i had to my family." he didn't compliment my hair or my outfit or scoff at the fact that i've never seen half the movies that the general population obsesses over. he just gave me a genuine, true compliment. and i was swoon city.

i thought about what eileen said all night. i realized that i have a tendency to write off what people say is good about me, typical virgo habit, again. but i really soaked this one in. i do try to make everyday special because frankly i think that i'd go insane if everyday was the same. that's when i had this idea. i'd capture a photo with my beloved iphone and post it to this blog every single day. i'd make a virtual documentary of what was special to me about wednesday october 10th, 2012.

so for the first entry i have this picture:

that's me. at work. wearing a turquoise belt. conveniently hiding a coffee stain that i had gotten seconds prior. i'm laughing at bryan, who can't sit down while he's on the phone. he had a stressful morning with the band that he manages, shameless self promotion here: http://www.thelawsuitsband.com. and i was just laughing at him getting his steps around the sidewalk outside of the cafe. i call him, "the coach" because a manager sounds like you manage foot locker or something. he does much more. no offense to any foot locker employees that may be reading this. i went to a foot locker once to buy a live strong band.



anyway, i hope you stick around. some pictures with be happy some will be sad, regardless they will be interesting and always have a story behind them.






xoxo,
stephanie.