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January 12, 2012

Style Log: Mustard School Girl

{Shirt/Thrifted :: Dress/Jc Penny :: Watch/Merona :: Sweater Tights/Route 66 :: Boots/Worthington via Jc Penny}

I think this outfit worked better in theory than in reality. I was in a rush this morning and thought it all looked cohesive in the mirror, but in the photos...eh. Oh well, you win some and loose some!
When a co-worker saw me she exclaimed "You look like you belong at Seaton!" Which means that I am apparently dressed to attend a private, Catholic, elementary school. Yep. I suppose I should take that as a compliment, right? Aren't women always trying to look younger than their age? :)

January 11, 2012

Recipe: Lemon Garlic Tilapia

You Need:

Tilapia {or cod} fillets

Lemon Juice

Butter

Garlic, chopped {I used 2 cloves}

Dried Parsley

Pepper

You Do:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Rinse fish off in cool water, pat dry and then place in baking dish. {I put a couple shakes of extra virgin olive oil in the dish first, but this is not necessary.}
3. Sprinkle lemon juice over fillets. Add more or less, depending on your desired taste.

4. Put some butter on the fish. I just used a butter knife and smeared a bit on top of each fillet.

5. Now sprinkle the fish with the garlic, parsley and pepper. Again, add to taste. The original recipe had a amounts, but this kind of cooking is easily “eyeballed”. :)

6. Bake in oven until fish flakes apart, about 30 minutes. {I only cooked 2 fillets and it was about 25 minutes.}

Enjoy!

January 10, 2012

DIY: 3 Tiered Jewelry Dish

DIY: 3 Tiered Jewelry Dish

I just made this bad boy last night and I'm super excited about it! This is the first DIY I'm posting that I did completely on my own with out any help from another blogger's DIY, so I'm pretty excited about that too!

This whole project was born from this photograph. Thanks Pinterest!

Supplies:

3 plates

2 glasses

All Purpose Silicone Adhesive {clear drying!}

Tape measure

Pencil

1. First pick out and wash your plates and glasses. I bought a few options from our local second hand shop. I found a couple with pink/purple-ish flowers so I just went with it! A bit on the feminine side, but hey it's for jewelry on my vanity!

2. Before you do any gluing, set it up the way you think you want it. Since I had a few different glasses, I played with them until I liked the result.

{I would also like to make a note here, I was originally planning on spray painting the glasses a metallic, but decided against it. If you want to spray paint just the glasses or just the plates, do it now! If you decide you want to spray paint the entire thing one color, then you can do that at the end.}

3. I took the tape measure to figure out where the center of my plates were, then I put the base of the glass on and traced them with a pencil {don't worry it'll wipe off later if it shows}. I also took the tape measure and measured around the base of the glass to the edge of the plate all around it, just to be sure it was in the center.

4. Lay your bottom plate on a flat surface. Take the first glass and line the base of it with the adhesive then press it down onto the plate. Hold for a minute or two. Then, I think I let mine set for 5 minutes or so. Next, adhere the second glass to the second plate. So, you'll have two plates with glasses on them.

5. Now, put adhesive on the lip of the first glass and press the second plate {and glass that's glued to it!} down. Hold for a minute or two. Then, line the lip of the top glass with adhesive and press the final plate on it. NOTE: It doesn't take a lot of pressure. Don't push to hard, because your lower plates and glasses may slide around a little.

The adhesive takes 24 hours to dry, so set it aside and don't touch it. Since, the adhesive is a silicone sealant it sort of moves around a bit until it's dry! Since I just did mine last night I don't have jewelry in it yet, but I love the way it turned out!

If you decided to try this DIY, please let me know!!

January 9, 2012

Health Report: Training

If you read my 27 before 28 post then you may remember that one of my items is to train for a 5k. Our local animal rescue {which I volunteer with} hosts one in April, so I’m tentatively aiming for that. It seems like an attainable goal, but competition in any form make me nervous, so I’m not sure I’ll actually do it. I’ve always wanted to start jogging/running, so I am training for it regardless! I started last week and I thought I’d share my new workout plan with you. I’m using the 5k Your Way Rookie Running Training Program from SparkPeople.com and I just sort of tweaked it a bit to fit my schedule.

Here's my weekly schedule. I've stuck with it for the most part so far. I've gotten in my 3 5k training days anyway!