Friday, September 30, 2011


Monday, September 26, 2011

How I feel. It's Monday.


Saturday, September 24, 2011

The 1-L Outline Fund - GWU Law Revue 2011



Shared with me by my friend Sarah, a student at Regent Law.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Super Easy Less-than-an-hour Pizza from SCRATCH

YES my friends, you heard me right: Pizza. From Scratch.  Less than an hour.



If I can do it, so can you.  Believe me, some of my cooking disasters are ones for the books.  I burnt SOUP for the love of Pearl!

But THIS is so easy, ANYONE can do it. 

Dough:
3 cups flour
1 packet dry yeast (I used the quick rise kind)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup warm (almost hot) water
a little less than 1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon garlic salt


Combine all dry ingredients and stir.
Mix in oil and water.
Coat baking sheet/ pizza sheet with a little bit of extra olive oil.
Spread dough out on pizza sheet.  Let sit for 5 mins.
Bake dough for 20 mins at 375 degrees F.

Pizza:
1-2 cups marinara sauce
1 clove garlic
1 tomato
1/2 tablespoon garlic salt
8-10 basil leaves
Parmesean cheese to taste
Feta cheese to taste
Italian seasonings

**all of these are "ish" measurements-- meaning if you want more or less, go for it!  You can add whatever.

Slice garlic very thin (Goodfellas, anyone??) and tomatoes fairly thin
Spread on marinara sauce on prepared dough
Sprinkle on cheeses
Lay garlic slices, tomatoes, and basil leaves on top of the cheese.
Sprinkle on Italian seasonings.
Place in oven and cook for 10 more mins on 375 degrees.

NOTE: Baking times may differ depending on your oven and how thick you make your crust!  I made mine very thick-- so thinner crusts may have a shorter cooking time.

Goodwill Lamp Makeover

Being a law student, I am poor.  I'm living on loans.  So decorating an apartment and making it feel like home is kind of trickier than it is for people with oh, I don't know...a job.

It is NOT impossible.

Armed with Google and a little imagination, I turned an ugly lamp into a beautiful one for less than $20.  How awesome is that?

I started at Goodwill. Lamps are usually easy to find there.  You usually can find those ugly ginger jar lamps-- like the one I found for $5:

Admit it, it's pretty ugly.  That's why I decided to coat it with the silver spray paint you see there.  It is a primer/paint all in one, an has a "hammered finish" for some texture.

I taped off the cord to prevent it from getting sprayed:


I then took it outside, where I spread out some newspaper.  I taped the bulb socket the same way I did the cord.  I sprayed a nice coat of silver spraypaint, let it dry, and then coated it again:


I let it dry for about 30 minutes (so it wasn't tacky to the touch), and then took the lamp inside. I then had to get that pesky wire topper off.

I don't have any pictures of this part because I had n idea what I was doing, but I simply peeled back the felt on the bottom of the lamp and unscrewed the top part, unclipped the metal lampshade holder, and screwed everything back together (make sure you have someone with little arms for this part!). 

I went to Target and found a nice burlap lampshade on sale for $9.  Placing that on top was the icing on the cake!


Voila! High class on a law school budget. Totally easy, totally cheap.  Not going to lie-- I am pretty proud of this.

Thoughts? 

BLOG UPDATING

Hi all!

I have been a bad, bad blogger.  I haven't posted in a month, and I a truly sorry. BUT-- I have multiple excuses:

An earthquake.
A hurricane.
Being without power for 7 days because of said hurricane.
An "issue" with Verizon internet leaving me without service for 3 weeks (grr).
My best friend's wedding.
The boyfriend visited.
Starting 2L year.
A wonderful birthday weekend thrown by some classmates that resulted in an afternoon in bed recovering.

That's my list.  I know it isn't a good one, but-- I have a way to make up for it. 

I'm updating the header (already did this actually) to reflect my current law school status, and uploading a TON of posts.

STAY TUNED folks!