Terrible pancakes, paintings and good music.

Well, I've been [officially] snowed in for two days. But keep in mind that I was sick all weekend, so technically... I've been a hermit since Saturday afternoon, minus a stretch at work on Tuesday. School's canceled again for today, but I'm going to try and get to work this afternoon. Wish me luck! I don't want to get stranded again!!

Anyway, being home alone, I decided to make the most of it. I started off by making myself blueberry cheesecake pancakes. It sounds like heaven, and it LOOKED like heaven. It was gross. I took one bite and spit it out, and then I threw it all away. 

In my defense, I didn't make it from scratch. I had a mix leftover from this summer, and I figured this would be as good a time as any to try it out. FailFailFAIL.

Luckily, my friend "Smeather Freelman" asked me to make her a painting for her dorm room wall that was empty. 

"You should paint a picture for me while you're home. My roommate and i rearranged our room and we have a wall with nothing on it. Have any canvases sittin around?? I'll pay you for it. ;) Black, brown, burgundy-ish/maroon... "

Ha- thanks for the description.

Well anyway, I painted her this anchor-like thing because she's obsessed with anchors. I should have left the "chain" off of it.. I think it's too bright. And it's not very... realistic. I'd like to htink that it looks better in person, but quite frankly, I am not an artist. 

She's going to like it, though. I will make her like it.

         

After that, I cleaned my entire house and did laundry. I feel so accomplished! I also finished Burn by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy. It was excellent, much like their other books. AND, I started The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I'm so excited! Like I said in an earlier post, the movies were superb and I'm sure the books will be more so.

I also watched The Chaos Theory, which is one of my favorite movies. You should all go watch it! I also watched When in Rome and started a ton of other movies on my free-trial of Netflix! (not to mention an assortment of 15 tv episodes)

Like I said... I've been snowed in. I have had an entire week without classes.

Moving right along, in another post, I talked about how I listened to Mumford & Sons in excess and it kinda put me in a not-so-happy mood. (This is only because their lyrics are insanely powerful and their music is rather mellow... and I take things way too seriously.) ANYWAY, I have found some "happy" music. Enjoy!

Cheers!

Sometimes I wish I was Swedish.

So I've realized that my downer posts may have been a result of too much Mumford & Sons... I'm not very good at switching up my music-- I like to internalize entire albums for MONTHS before switching to another artist.
When I realized that Mumford & Sons is going to have to be treated like Keane, I put the album aside. I am now on a mission to find happy music! Pandora is currently playing of Montreal. I think I really like them.

Anyway, so as far as the weekend goes, I worked two doubles in a row. This is going to be a weekly adventure that I am not looking forward to; however, it'll be good to get some money-making hours into my schedule.

I've had a great weekend, seriously. I hung out with Amy, her hubs and Anthony on Friday night, Saturday was spent at work, but Sunday was spent with Anthony! We went antiquing. It was awesome. I forgot to change the settings on my Instagram app, though, so my pictures didn't save.. :( I'm waiting for Anthony to send me the pictures he took so that I can actually blog about this awesome adventure. Hint @Anthony.
Today I cleaned my entire house. I swept, mopped, did laundry, organized my closet... the whole nine yards. New Year's Resolution: check! (And I'm still on track with my diet!)

Also, I watched The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire. My next goal is to buy the books and read them. (I also need to find The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, but Family Video didn't have it..) How have I not heard about this?! Why is nobody talking about this movie!? I think it came out in 2009???
These movies, especially the first one, were incredible. I tried to watch them while cleaning, but since it's in Swedish, I can't exactly multi-task. Apparently there's going to be an "Americanized" version of these movies coming out pretty soon, and I will not watch them. Usually, I like to read the books before I see the movies, but I was at RedBox and saw the first movie for a buck and figured I would check it out. I had no idea what it was about, and I had no idea that it was a foreign film. It was the best accident, by far; but, I definitely want to read the books.

* Warning: This movie was insanely intense.

This post was rather scatterbrained, but I had several things that I wanted to mention at one time.

Keep posted for my antiquing adventure, AND Amy is making my blog layout!! I love her; she is so awesome. I'm stoked!

Cheers, everyone!