Hi there!

I'm back!! 

I've been trying to teach myself HTML and website design, however it's a lot harder than I imagined! I'm also torn between two different color schemes for this blog... I might just have to choose one out of a hat or I'll never be able to decide.

I wanted to share some of my plans for this blog because I'm thinking of changing it up a bit. I still love food and I will still be posting lots of recipes I try out and enjoy.  However, I do have other passions in my life that I would like to explore here. 

Food has always been my number one because of how I grew up.  I never ate "children's cereal" as a child and very rarely did I eat fast food or drink soda (usually only if I was with friends).  When I was younger, I used to resent my family for not letting me have the kinds of things all my friends would talk about or be eating for lunch at school.  Remember in My Big Fat Greek Wedding when Toula had a flashback to when she was young and all of her school friends would be eating wonderbread sandwiches while she had a thermos of homemade soup from the night before?  That was me.  I had a thermos of soup I brought for lunch... or lamb, or pasta.. you get the idea.  I was Toula.  I used to be embarrassed to eat my lunch when everyone around me was having PB&J sandwiches with the crusts cut off.  Now that I am older, I am thankful that I ate so well growing up because it has influenced how I eat and how I cook for myself now. 

Just recently I had a party with my family and friends to celebrate my college graduation.  My aunts and I all pooled together to make food for this gathering of almost 50 people.  All of my friends that came and ate dinner were raving about how delicious everything was and that they wished the food they were enjoying was their baseline for food quality.  I guess it was naive of me to think, but I had always thought that everyone ate as well as my family does.  I realize now that's not the case and part of the reason I want to share my recipes is because my goal is to inspire others to eat well.

One of my other passions is cosmetics.  I remember when I was younger I would try to get my hands on any makeup products I could, even if it didn't look good on me.  For my 13th birthday, one of my aunts took me to the Clinique counter and bought me a tinted moisturizer, mascara, and lavender eyeshadow.  It was one of the best days of my life; I finally had real makeup!  Since then I've been hooked.  I'm very brand loyal to Clinique, but I do have many different products from many different brands (I probably own way more makeup than I care to admit).  I'm a sucker for YouTube Beauty Gurus and I thought, "Hey, I can do that"!  So I decided until I invest in a quality camera, I will be content with writing beauty and fragrance posts.

Another passion that I intend to explore here is nothing in particular like food or cosmetics, but anything that is lovely in general.  I come across many things I like on Pinterest and even have a board titled "Pretty Things" which can include flowers, jewelry, fashion, lace, and many other girly type of things.

I hope you all are okay with me changing my blog up a bit!  Obviously, this also calls for a name change, but I still haven't thought of one I really like.  Stay posted for that!