I desperately need to learn how to cook! And I need a blender! I'd start off with stuffed avocados and peanut butter bomb smoothies. Sigh, why am I still so far behind on this cooking initiative? I've only been thinking about it for half a year, ha. This is my next goal!

I live in what should be an incredibly loud neighborhood that never sleeps, but my city apartment is so quiet that it's actually quite eerie at times. I rarely ever hear my neighbors, and when I do it's usually because they're walking past my door. I'm so used to living in pretty noisy spaces; my childhood home was very nice but you could hear just ( Read more... )

You know, Chicago winters really aren't so terrible when you actually live in the city. Lots of snow, stupidly low temperatures, awful windchill? No problem - I'm just feet away (literally!) from the best restaurants, bars, stores, etc. I'm feeling very happy and positive this year. 2014 ended up being THE most important year of my life so far, but ( Read more... )