BOHEMIAN PPP

May 5, 2013 Laura Mazurek

outfit details: dress - ppp // leggings - f21 // boots - lulus // earrings - aurora shadow // necklace - roots and feathers

This is by far my alltime favorite Poor Pitiful Pearl dress. It is so insanely 'me'. And ridiculously comfortable. This was my first day of therapy outfit, haha. Im so deeply in love with these earrings from Aurora Shadow, along with everything else in her shop. She has such a vision and it really comes through browsing through her work. I love coming across artisans that have such a cohesive style and look.

Yesterday I celebrated the upcoming birth of my besties third child, a little boy named Navarro, at her baby shower. It was a huge success with lots of people and lots of gifts for the baby to come! It was really nice just to see my friend b/c it had been way too long. And her twin came home from California just for the shower, so it was double wonderful! I made her a wall hanging for his room and hand dyed and drew a baby onesie.

Then last night we headed out to Tarpley to hang out with our friends and watch our other friends play some good tunes. It was a very nice laid back evening, just what I needed. Oh, and James made some mean sesame chicken before we left on a whim, it was freakin amazing! Yesterday was a good day.

MY MAN IN THE KITCHEN

April 28, 2013 Laura Mazurek

These images above make me that happiest girl in the world. Something huge shifted in my marriage this past week. FOOD. Its always been a struggle with James and I b/c to be frank, he hates vegetables, and really only likes meat, pasta and bread. So I usually try to eat light and healthy during the day and then cave to his likings at night for dinner. Although for a while we were almost eating our own dinners everynight b/c I just didn't want pasta and chicken again. Alot of it is my fault in the fact that I get a bit lazy figuring out new ways to cook it. It doesn't excite me the way most veggies do. So, after having two really boring pasta meals in a row last week, even James got disgusted and angry at our eating habits. Then he went on a recipe hunting spree and by the time we needed to go to the grocery store the next day he had 5 recipes and a desert and salad (for me) all lined up. Honestly, at first I was a little nervous we would buy a bunch of stuff and then have it go bad in the fridge b/c of our deep eating habits. But OMG was I wrong! For the first time ever (besides making french toast) James has been in the kitchen cooking every dinner. I can't even express how this makes me feel. It only took almost 6 years, but hey, I don't care anymore!!! And of course all the meals he picked out were meat, but they are all super different and yummy, and its a really good start!

This meal above is the only exception to the meat. And the only one I didn't get a real photo of. He actually cooked this meal for our friends who came over that night, and it was his first time cooking pasta ever. It was baked spinach and ricotta stuffed pasta shells. I couldn't believe he picked a recipe that even had spinach in it! And he loved it! I don't think even he believed he was eating it. (Im hoping this is the beginning of him trying new things he thought he hated in new ways and discovering he actually does like them). And next I need to get him working on the side dishes, they were all after thoughts that were thrown together with what we had on hand.

Another thing he has recently discovered he likes after vowing he hates it is fish! He now knows he likes salmon and tilapia. But is still hesitant to try new ones. This was his first fish meal to make. It was broiled tilapia with parmesan and herbs. And I made some potatoes and green beans on side. He ate the potatoes. :) The parmesan crust on top of this fish was sooooo yummy!!!

This was his first ever attempt at cooking chicken! Of course, for his first time, he picked something we couldn't even pronounce... Roman style chicken saltimbocca. Which was prosciutto wrapped chicken with sage in a white wine reduction sauce. I couldn't believe that he was teaching me things on his first try!!! And you can probably tell, the corn side was an extreme after thought. We were so focused on the chicken. So I threw together rosemary corn b/c its super fast and easy. And this was the best chicken Ive ever had. Week one and the hubby is putting me to shame!

This meal we did together, actually mostly me. I really wanted to recreate the meal I had in Louisianna. It was parmesan mushroom risotto with baked eggplant and a fried egg on top. I made baked chicken for James part b/c he didn't thing he would like the eggplant. Although he tried mine and liked it. But this meal was seriously lacking flavor and it was dry. They had put a yummy cajun cream sause of some kind under their bed of rice and that really helped moisten it up. And I over cooked my egg, which was a huge bummer. So yeah, my one day in the kitchen this week was a bomb.

This was James second chicken meal. Neither of us loved the way the chicken came out but it was close to being great. Just a bit too much lemon. It was a marinade made with fresh squeezed lemons, oranges, garlic and soy sauce. On the side I made a medley of grilled green beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and goat cheese. I was definitely on the veggies side on this one.

Last night he tried making steak. Neither of us knew how to cook it on the stove so we looked up a few recipes and the one we went with was way wrong!!! He burnt it a bit... But it still had good flavor. He made a marinade for it with dijon mustard and honey, and a dipping sauce with the same but with mango in it. On the side I tried my hand at making homeade mashed potatoes for the first time in my life. For some reason it always intimidated me but it was the easiest thing ever!!! And James loved them, which he claimed he hated mashed potatoes! So win! They were goat cheese and rosemary mashed potatoes. And baked asparagus with a yummy balsalmic soy sauce drizzle. Asparagus is one thing James will never try he says. Never. ha ha.

Oh, and I didnt get a photo of it, but he also made Chocolate Earth Balls, which were yummy cookie dough like balls made from peanut butter, honey and cocoa powder. So good!

I know this all may sound really simple to most, but for us its huge. Like life changing huge. Im so proud of James. I hope this leads us into a new direction with food together. And I hope it gradually gets a bit more on the healthy side and not so much meat. But for now, Ill take it! James got most of his recipes from Whole Foods website.

A DAY WITH MY FAMILY

April 24, 2013 Laura Mazurek

The day before yesterday my Nanna, brother and nephew came up to the hillcountry to spend some time with me. We had such a nice day. We had lunch at my house and then we drove out to my parents house to hang out on the land. Aiden and I took a nature walk, we played mini golf on the porch, and just soaked up a little of the spirit that is out there. Then we came back to my house and got things ready to go fishing at the river by my house. Aiden was so excited to go fishing all day. He had his very own spider man fishing pole. He was so cute and so into it. If he could of, he would of sat there all day fishing. When we were done we went to James parents restaurant and got some food. A perfect day with my family. So so blessed.

I am so in love with this photo I snuck of my Nanna, reading a book by the window in my parents house. So so beautiful. I just love this woman.

Aiden had the best time playing the piano over there. He was naturally really good at it coming up with all kinds of tunes. So happy that my mom's piano will now be his.

One more of this sweet boy fishing. We couldn't get to any spots where there would actually be fish... (but he didn't know that) He was just so happy to put his pole in the water. I took some with my real camera too, I just need to edit them still. Love this little man.

In other news... I'm excited to spend some time with our friends tonite. Jonny is coming over to jam with James and Im delighted for them. They are both really excited to sit and write songs together.

Tomorrow I'll have the full moon reports from KV up! Such good ones this time, seriously. But then again, they always are. Truly a gift she has. I'll put up an announcement when they are ready.

And today is the last day for my huge sale in both of my shops! Use the code 'DREAMS' to get 30% off in Roots and Feathers, and 50% off in Violet Bella!!!

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

April 18, 2013 Laura Mazurek

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I thought I would share this image with you as a free download (for personal use only), as a little reminder to each of us that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Ive been thinking alot about this lately since I have alot of very big dreams floating around my head. Ones that are wonderful, but scary, life altering dreams. I have had so many moments of self doubt, doubt in others, and just monumental fear in general for making these changes a reality. I am here to remind myself, as I surrender to the universe, that anything is possible. When your dreams are so entangled with others, its hard to make a leap without worrying about each person's well being through it all.

While the world is buzzing around me, filled up with the firey aries energy of the past new moon, I feel myself at a standstill most days, still feeling the need to sit with myself, meditate and dream the possibilities, and not quite jump off of any cliffs just yet.

So for now, I share this thought with each of you, right along side you, to remind us that anything really is possible. I will keep this image in my mind as a bouquet of hope.

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