You’ve all seen jewelry boxes over-flowing with necklaces, rings, strings of pearls, bracelets… the goods. Sure, it looks great for display purposes, but who actually keeps their jewelry like that??

Me. Oh yeah, I’m all over it. Mountains of jewelry on top of jewelry on counter tops, oozing out of boxes and sprawled out like you do when you pass out from too much drinking. You get the idea…

Hey, I never said it was…. presentable. This is my version of it.. which results from an over-load of accessories, continued purchases adding to the pile, absolutely no idea how to organize it…. and pure laziness.  I don’t really want to go through this mess of tangles. Would you?

However, trying to find that one thing you’re looking for. Impossible. The matching earring of the pair? Impossible. How about remembering what you have? Barely possible.

So goodness help me. In what state is your jewelry? And how the hell do you organize it?

Please, enlighten me.

XO,

Leggings| UB

Vest| Zara

Clutch | Bedo

Bracelet| H&M

Pumps| Aldo

Tiered Tank| Talula

Necklace | Don’t know

XO,

There’s something about me I haven’t told you guys… I LOVE FOOD. No seriously. I love it. I indulge in it. I inhale it. With a passion. I have a tendency to eat whatever’s in front of me and I have a problem with over-eating. Close friends always ask me why I don’t blog about food, and honestly, I don’t know? Well that time has come. I love food. Watch me eat, and you may be scared.

Black Bean Salad is one of my favorite dishes. I absolutely LOVE it. It’s simple, fast, healthy and deeelish! (I salivate just looking at it.) Serves about 6-8. But to me, serves just one.

Ingredients

• can of corn
• can of black beans
• tomato
• avocado
• red onion
• cilantro
• lime
• salt & pepper

1. Dice up the avocado, tomato, a bit of red onion and a bit of cilantro. (I LOVE cilantro and onion so I ignore the ‘bit’ part. Shuddup you ‘ewwwers!‘)
2. Mix in the can of corn and black beans.
3. Add a pinch of salt, pepper and some lime juice. Mix.
4. And then.. what is it.. Oh right. You’re DONE.

Try it. And you better enjoy.

XO,

Yawwwwn. Bored? Spice up your night with some Doritos!!

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Thank you. Loves you.

XO,

Bored? Have an hour to spare?

Why not crack open a coconut?

The name says it all: Easy Open Coconut.

1. Pierce eye, drain milk.
2. Tap along groove.
3. Remove flesh, enjoy!

SO SIMPO! Right? Has anyone ever tried to open a coconut like this? Let me tell you how it’s done.

Step 1: Pierce the eye. That’s easy. Drain the milk? Easy too right? Right. Until you realize that hmmm liquid doesn’t drain too well from small holes in concealed objects. So like a physicist you think,  Right. All I need to do is poke another hole so that the pressure can escape.

Here we go.

Poke.

….. Poke.

……. Poke!

….. POKE. Poke. Poke.

…… POKE! POKE! POKE! POKE! POKE!

WTF!

It. Won’t. Work. The first hole was easy access. Working the second was NOT. The third wouldn’t budge either. Oh yes, we tried chopsticks, knives, screw drivers. And after much effort. It gave in… Woo hoo to a few more drops of coconut milk.

Step 2: Tap along groove. What does tap mean to you? To hit lightly right? Wrong! In coconut language, tap means: to pound vigorously first using knives of increasing length, size and durability and then with a hammer. It’s like trying to cut open a freakin’ rock.

Step 3: Remove flesh and enjoy! How do you easily remove flesh that is dense, tight and almost solid? Not with a spoon! A knife perhaps? Sure. But you’ll need a lot of strength, precision, articulation and sawing skills.

One hour later…. I’m not even sure if I really enjoyed myself. Watching someone open a coconut becomes less exciting over time. ;) { Yes, all I really did was drink the milk and eat the flesh. } However, the 2 sips of coconut milk was great and the dry paper-like flesh was… okay.

If you’ve never done it before, it’s something new, something different, and something “fun.” I’d say it’s one of those things you have to do once in your life. However, they could have made the instructions a bit more helpful.

Materials: A strong, patient and determined figure { ideally a male } who has chopsticks, butter knives, steak knives, butcher knives, a cutting board, and a hammer.

I guess if you have time to kill, you could always watch a movie or something too. :)

XO,