- We're going to visit the Lucian Freud exhibition tomorrow. I'm really excited !
- I found the Facebook of that Teaching assistant I have a (big) crush on. There's only the profile picture available to me, though. I was glad to show my sisters and mother who I've been raving about for weeks.
- I finished the second book of the Hunger Games series ( Read more... )

Happy new year everyone ! 2010 started very nicely : I received a beautiful christmas card on Saturday. Thank you again my dear kels450 . It's already on my pin board. Cards make me so happy.


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Now that I'm on holiday I want to try new recipes. The other day I made this cake that turned out quite good. How could anything involving Nutella taste bad anyway ? There are three layers : one layer of dark chocolate, another one of vanilla and a last one of Nutella chocolate. I'd like to bake another one soon.


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-- I started watching How I met your mother today. Everybody seems to love it so I couldn't resist. I've enjoyed the few episodes I've seen !
-- I finished Wuthering Heights today ! Finally ! Go me ! The burden started to get too heavy, I had to read it. So I'm pretty happy with myself today ( Read more... )

Next week is my last normal week of classes so I'm obviously really excited and relieved. When I look back, I realize these last two years have been some sort of hell. I'm so happy to be almost out of it ( Read more... )

-- I still can't get over the fact that I won't be able to watch the Oscars this year... I was able to watch it two years ago, stayed up all night and enjoyed it like nothing else thanks to the German TV but this year we can't get this channel anymore. Poor me. I do love Awards shows SO MUCH.
-- You must know how fantastic the song Heartless by ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I wrote my third and last dissertation of the week. We will be back for our three last dissertations next Tuesday. Until then, I'm at home, relaxing and studying. Thomas didn't come at all because he was sick so it was rather bleak to wake up and write without him ( Read more... )

My mother has just finished making one. I took pictures because I thought it would be much better to describe the recipe this way than with words. I have previously written about it here.


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My mother's apple pie


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A few weeks ago, I posted pictures of a meal my mother had cooked. My Flickr friend Kim said she would like to know the recipe. So, this morning, I asked my mom to describe me the different stages and to share her tricks. I hope this will be clear. Do not hesitate to tell me if you have any question. That wasn't easy to translate everything into ( Read more... )