lately

I’m totally excited for my 3 whole days off for memorial day- and I’ve planned to take senior pictures for two lovely girls (one being my sister) all weekend long. But I just checked the weather- and it’s not playing along, but it wasn’t supposed to last weekend either, and it was beautiful out…. so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Last weekend I took pictures for the converses- one of my favorite families ever, and Brandee & Nick- one of my favorite couples ever. Both of them turned out great (If I do say so myself.)

But also, I want to say I’m currently reading this:

and it took me awhile to get into it, but now I’m over half way into it, and it’s pretty good! It’s amazing to hear about how she grew up, and how she got to the point of where she is now.

Also, I’m loving the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell… They take me forever to get through, but I’ve read the first 4 books so far, and I’m completely hooked!

And when I’m not reading, or editing pictures (or taking them) I’m either doing an at home zumba video ( LOVE it) or I’m watching this:

which is the United States of Tara- a showtime series- just in case you didn’t know. I’m half way through season one, and I’m completely hooked!

Well, that’s all for now… Sorry for my lack of posts lately… I’ll try to work on that. I hope you all have a lovely holiday weekend <3

 

Saturday, downtown boise

 

5.5.11

I watched a bit of this today:

and plan on making more time this afternoon to watch it a bit more. it’s a bit lengthy, but came highly recommended by a friend.

And, I’ve also really really into wanting to try this:

INFUSING YOUR OWN DRINKS. Click the picture above for an interesting article from the post on infusion. My first try will be cucumber melon. mmmmm.

I also saw this last night for a date with the hubs:

and thought the acting was a bit cheesy at times, but thought it was a great and interesting interpretation of the story. Have you seen it? what did you think?

And for mother’s day this year, my mom, sister & I will be taking a trip up to table rock (long hike or short hike, not sure on which yet) but will provide wonderful views like this:

and as to what we will be getting brian’s mother for a gift- I still have no clue. I was thinking about stopping by target after work and seeing what I could pick up. I hate this every time- trying to figure out what to buy someone you don’t know that well, and seems to have everything she wants/needs.

well, that’s all for now, hope you guys have a great day <3
t.

 

4.19.11

hello loves!
happy tuesday.

tomorrow, however, is not such a happy day for me- I have to go to the dentist. (boooooo) But tomorrow is just a teeth cleaning, so that’s not too bad.

so, I have been totally obsessing over this song- brian played it for me last week saying, “you have to hear this, I know you will love it!” It’s pretty wonderful- what do you think?

If he was on American Idol, I would totally vote for this guy. But from the looks of how many songs he’s redone and how many people have watched them on youtube, I guess he doesn’t exactly need idol. Hopefully we will see more of this guy, he’s pretty good.

So, I wanted to show you this great recipe that I tried last night- that smelled and looked super yummy, but then right before I served everything up I totally dumped it all on the floor. and I cried. and pouted. and brian hugged me like the good husband that he is, and made me feel better.
So anyways, here is the great recipe, that I found from allrecipies.com….

Ingredients

* 3 cups sliced mushrooms
* 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 6 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced
* 3/4 cup chicken broth

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Place half of the mushrooms in a 9×13 inch pan. Dip chicken into beaten eggs, then roll in bread crumbs.
3. In skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Brown both sides of chicken in skillet. Place chicken on top of mushrooms, arrange remaining mushrooms on chicken, and top with mozzarella cheese. Add chicken broth to pan.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

hope you have a great afternoon!

 

happy almost friday!

this made me laugh, thought I would share…

font choice gone wrong…

MEGA FLICKS

 

Strawberry jello shots

I found this wonderful recipe awhile ago, and decided to make it for my friend’s birthday dinner we had last night! The original recipe was for strawberry margarita jello shots, but I only had rum, so I used that with strawberry banana jello. They turned out pretty yummy! get the recipe here.

 

jalapeno remedy

so, last night I asked brian to google some sort of a solution to my buring face… and all he could come up with is milk. I just googled myself and found a few suggestions- I thought I would let you know about them dear friends, just in case you accidentally run into this problem yourself….

lime water
sour cream
rubbing alcohol (I don’t really get using chemicals on a burn type… but some people recommend it.)
bleach (dip your hands in in briefly, do not soak… still, considering I had gotten it on my face, this would not have been good to try)
vodka
yogurt
sugar

the best over all went to sour cream. keep this in mind friends! Also, apparently latex gloves come in handy when chopping these up. just make sure to not touch your face!!

much love,
tazia

 

it’s been awhile

well, now that the wedding is all over, I thought my schedule would slow down, well- not so far. I am going to give it my best shot though. I will share everything about the wedding… but I’m currently still in the process of editing all the pictures, so I will have to post things over time.

My days and nights have been extremely packed- and when I do get a little free time, I do things like read a whole book in a day (water for elephants) or watch a few episodes of sex in the city (season 1- I decided that I will watch EVERY episode). I’ve been trying to catch up on laundry, and was pretty successful for… one day, I got most of it done, but now I’m behind again. We are still trying to get everything organized from the wedding (gifts) but have realized that our cozy duplex is now just an over crowded duplex. It will probably be awhile before we actually move, so we had plans to hit the deep cleaning hard… well, we had plans at least.

We were hoping to get some of that done last weekend but didn’t fit it in. We started off friday doing our normal celebratory drinks (yay for friday!) then everyone came back over, and we ended up staying up late (this happens every friday).  Sat I spent my day doing thank you cards and announcements, and around 6 we took our wedding formal pictures at a park. later that night we had to head downtown for a friend’s birthday party. We ended up staying until closing, and cabbing it back home, where some friends came over to watch the ufc fights… I think we went to bed around 4am. Sunday I had to get my car while brian ran an errand for a friend. As soon as we got back we had to head out to meridian to go bowling (I watched- I’m not coordinated enough to bowl). We came home, rested for a half hour, and then joined our friends Brandee and Nick for dinner at their house. Sunday night I enjoyed some Sex in the City (like I said, season 1) before heading off to bed. Monday night we had to go do some major grocery shopping.. (I’m trying to eat healthier- cost us 200 instead of the normal 100, why is the healthier food so much more expensive?!?!) We got home around 8:30, and I got to work preparing food for tonight- we are having some of our closest friends over to celebrate Miss Ainsley’s birthday. I got some jello shots done (yum!) and started making chilli… well, while cutting a jalapeno, I at one point rubbed my hand on my face… and guess what? It burned horribly forever… I didn’t fall asleep until 1:30 am… I just simply didn’t know. at all. I’m not a spicy person- I actually think pepper is spicy- but have had this chili before, and if you cut the jalapenos up so small you don’t even know they’re there… but I had no clue that it would burn my face off! Now, I will admit that I can be a bit of a baby.. but seriously, it was hours of pain. The only thing that made it feel remotely better was holding a bag of ice on the spot, but looking back I really think that maybe the ice made it drag out a lot longer. At one point I even tried putting my face in a bowl of milk (my face didn’t fit right) so I took a dish rag, soaked it in milk and rubbed it all over my face. Brian said it was supposed to “neutralize.” He also told me to snort the milk… I had to clarify that I didn’t “pick” my nose while the toxic jalapeno juices, I merely spread them across half of my face. So I didn’t get any picking up done… and I’m extremely exhausted. Everyone will be coming over around 6… I’ll hopefully have enough time to pick up a little, and make these cute little mini pies- Ainsley isn’t a big fan of cake, so I thought I could stick candles in them, kind of like cupcakes.

So anyways… tonight is the birthday dinner, tomorrow night I have a work meeting, Thursday I have plans with an old friend… Saturday I have to go to a wedding, and Sunday is a friend’s pampered chef party. whew!

And on top of everything, I’ve been really trying to get into the whole photography thing… I’m currently trying to learn photoshop. I have plans to work with an old high school acquaintance who runs her own photography business, but at the moment she’s busy with school… but hopefully soon. Until then I’m trying to work on what I can. Be sure to check out thelovelypictures in the next couple of months to see all the exciting projects I’ve been working on.

and now, a few fun things…

a collection of jello shot recipes, a wonderful & easy crock pot dinner, and a horrible but funny recording of a girl who thought she was going to get proposed to on the radio, but got dumped instead.

Also-
have you seen this movie trailer yet?

Brandee & I decided we had to get all the girls together to go see it…

I’m also really excited to see this- because I read the book in one day (it was amazing btw)…

The hubs said he would take me to go see it for a date night… even though it has Robert Pattinson. What a sweet boy!

Also, you can be sure to bet that Brandee & I will be going to see this movie (after I read the book of course, because that’s my thing and Emily Giffin is on of my favs!)

and just one more…

I’m practically obsessed with movies I think. (and books.) Is there anything you’re dying to see?

Well, that’s all for now.
Have a lovely tuesday afternoon.

 

busy bee

just a quick little post to say hello, and I will be back soon.

 

march challenge… updated

better late than never right?

05 – A photograph of yourself two years ago.

backpacking!

06 – A photograph of yourself without makeup.

whoa.

07 – A photo of yourself, not taken by you.

why do my eyes always do that thing?!?!

08 – A photo of someone you fancy at the moment.

JOSHUA JACKSON…

love this guy! he’s my favorite part about fringe.  he’s a hottie for sure!

09 – The contents of your fridge; MTV Cribs style.

um, I’m working on this one….

10 – Your dream wedding.

Brian and I were talking about this last night… we say, “If I were to do it all over again…” although it’s really silly actually, because we say “again” like it’s already happened, but it hasn’t… but we both agree, that we would have liked to get married in a super private ceremony… like at the beach, and then having a reception later.

11 – A photo of the item you last purchased.

okay, so that’s not my hand… or my coffee. but it’s the last thing that I bought… which was this morning! and it was just gas station coffee.. the extra caffeinated kind in case you’re wondering.

12 – Your favorite movie.

I have LOTSSS of favorites… but I must say that I’ve watched this movie a million times. or pretty close to…

13 – What you want more than anything right now.

a house… I don’t even need to own it… just something bigger (but not too big) and hopefully with a garage, because I know that would make brian super duper happy. I just want to be out of our little duplex! however, we will probably be there for awhile….

14 – Your current wish list.

1. see above

2. a trip to IRELAND.

3. to go to art school

15 – Something you regret.

well… to be honest, I regret getting my dress altered for my friend’s wedding last year. The top area was way to big… so I got it altered, and then it was way too small! it was like, wham bam boobs in your face! I still have nightmares about it.

I mean, there are other things I regret, but I don’t feel like talking about anything too serious today…

 

16 – The most beautiful picture of your best friend.

I have girl best friends, but this man right here, is the closest to my heart.

He is truly someone I can tell anything to.

17 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.

well, there’s more than one…

18 – A photo of your house/apartment.

I’m working on this one too.