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LOVE this idea! {via}

I.LOVE.I.LOVE {via}

This room looks super cozy {via}

Okay, I just found my kids bedroom. {via}

This brings something new to the term "snuggle bunny" {via}

I love to find rooms that you could spend hours in {via}

Interview 19 Liz Newberry

via email - January 22nd

If you could live abroad for 1 year, where would you like to live? Australia. I have ALWAYS wanted to go there!! 

What would you say is your greatest strength? That's such a hard question. It would be easy to tell you my greatest weakness, or the things I'm good at, but my greatest strength? I'm still finding that out. 

Do you have any hidden Talents? Yes. I can turn my belly button inside out. I found out I could do that when I had chicken pocks in the first grade. I can also play the harmonica & piano at the same time, but it's not really a "hidden" talent if you've seen me perform before.  

If they were to make a movie about your life, who would play you? I'm not really that great with celebrities, so I really don't know who. I really like Kate Hudson, but (no offense Kate) she's a little to old. I doubt the actress exists as an actress yet. I'm still to young to have a movie made about me I think.   

What is the last book you read? I'm currently reading the Heavenly Man. The last book I read that wasn't assigned to me was Everything Is Illuminated. The book is way better than the movie... of course.

What is your signature drink at Starbucks? I don't think I've found my "signature" drink at Starbucks yet. But if I had to pick I would probably say a Black & White Mocha hold the whip.

What is something you are out to accomplish in 2011? Graduate from The Guts Church Internship, start finishing school (I have about a year left), and start playing music more regularly (After I graduate from the internship.)  

If you could go back to a day in History what day would you go back to & why? I don't recall a day that I would particularly love to visit.  I know that's a horrible way to answer the question, but it's the truth. 

What are some of your favorite places to shop? The Gap, J.Crew & Vintage or Thrift Stores. I don't like buying clothes that I could see on 15 of my friends unless they are just basics like a basic pair of jeans or a white v-neck.

What are you passionate about? God. My church. people. Music & Art. 

What is your favorite time period of art / artist / paintings? Does now count? I love meeting emerging artists and seeing their artwork. especially if I meet them before they really start to flourish, and then see them begin to!

What is your signature sent? Finally! An easy question! Turquoise by Ralph Lauren. The only sent I've ever loved. (yet)

If you were to write a novel, what would it be about? My family & my own life. my family (as I'm sure many people feel this way) has such an interesting crazy story that if shared with the world could most likely help others by reading it.

Would you rather spend a weekend in the mountains or on the beach? Absolutely the beach. I hate cold weather, and since I've never skied of snow boarded before I can't tell you if I would like it!

Who is someone dead or alive that you admire? The people that I admire the most are the people who have actually affected my life. They are all still alive. I'd rather not say who, but they are people who refuse to live a mediocre life.

If you had to change your name, what would you change it to? Liza. My friend Erin calls me Liza sometimes & it's my favorite nick-name. 

What does the word "adventure" mean to you? Adventure to me means doing something unexpected, out of your comfort zone, & fearless. I really would love to go on an "adventure-tour" around the USA. I would absolutely LOVE to travel to every state. I would start by staying with people that I know  & performing at venues that they have connections to & then move along to their connections in other states. I don't know how safe that would be, or how much it would cost me, but I would love to know more about the country that I love in & the people who live in it. I don't know if I will ever actually do this, but it is a dream of mine!

Italian Baked Chicken and Pastina

Ingredients

• 1 cup pastina pasta (or any small pasta)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup cubed chicken breast (1-inch cubes)
• 1/2 cup diced onion (about 1/2 a small onion)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
• 1 tablespoon butter, plus more for buttering the baking dish

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until just tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Drain pasta into a large mixing bowl.

Meanwhile, put the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook for 3 minutes. Add the onions and garlic, stirring to combine, and cook until the onions are soft and the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes more. Put the chicken mixture into the bowl with the cooked pasta. Add the canned tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine. Place the mixture in a buttered 8 by 8 by 2-inch baking dish. In a small bowl mix together the bread crumbs and the Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle over the top of the pasta mixture. Dot the top with small bits of butter. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

So in the mood for pasta {via}

So lovely {via}

love the lips {via}

Chuck and Blaire. Blaire and Chuck {via}

I have always wanted to go to Sundance {via}

Simple but yet so beautiful {via}

This just made me smile {via}

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I would like to be a Humphrey just so I could eat waffles {via}

Candles hanging from the ceiling & natural wood furniture make my heart flutter {via}

I am head over heels for this! {via}

You can't fake fabulous {via}

 

 

 

Just a highlight of the 1990's was flipping through the latest issue of People & finding the newest Got Milk ad. Here are just a handful of the ones that I loved.

Interview 18  Brittany Farmer

via email - January 19th

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pretty much anything that's not a breakfast food. And I always have a pop in the morning :)

If you were to write a book, what would you write about? Hmm maybe an instructional book about makeup or fashion.

What are some of your favorite quotes? "In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."- Coco Chanel

What are you passionate about? showing love to those who don't know it or understand it.

What is your greatest strength? Probably listening, it's my gift really, people tell me all kinds of things like it just spills out of them.

If you could have access to one celebrities closet, whose would you choose? Lauren Conrad she always has the cutest clothes or Miley Cyrus she is my girl crush.

Who are some of your favorite musicians right now? Anything alternative/poppy. I'm listening to jack's mannequin at the moment.

What are some of your hobbies? Shopping, hanging out with friends and family, going to concerts.

What is something that not many people know about you? I have to sleep with a night light on If I'm by myself.

What is something you are out to accomplish in 2011? Developing stronger relationships with my friends and family.

Where was the last place you went on vacation? Hawaii, in june,when Levi and I got married.

True or False- All is fair in love & war. False

What is your best feature? My dimples, I get so many compliments on them.

What is the last book you read? The short like of Bree tanner but I haven't finished it yet.

If you were going to set  a world record, what would the record be for? Something with a whole bunch of people like most people at a water park wearing ski suits.

If you could send a letter back to yourself in 5th grade, what would you tell yourself? To not be so shy and make as many friends as possible.

What is your signature drink at Starbucks? Caramel frap.

Who is someone you admire, alive or dead? Jesus "that man was love an not an act". Everyone else is just a person like me

I'm not sure why but for some reason I can't look away when it comes to country bumpkin bedrooms {via}

Yes. I would park here all the time {via}

Such a great reading nook {via}

I think I just found some key pieces to my wedding {via}

Here's hoping it's this kind of weekend... {via}

When I was a kid I used to spend hours in my grandparents green bathtub {via}

Super creative - I need one asap! {via}