Relaxation?

I am trying to just calm down but there's so much to do and so much to decide on. Today I was at my college (where I haven't attended in 2 years!) to speak to an advisor. I want to change my AA in elementary ed to AA in business. Unfortunately there was a mix-up in the sign-up sheet and unfortunately many people were upset.
I really want to figure out what classes I should be taking because I think I finally found a career I'll be good at. I don't have very much time to go to school as it is since I am working 40 hours a week, then come home and cook and clean. Then my evening are spent everywhere.
I honestly believe that you shouldn't need a piece of parchment that says you have a degree in something to be to have a job and make more money. There are so many people in this world who are just not able to get into college for one reason or another but they have unbelieveable talent helping people or managing or teaching or cooking... It just isn't fair that the only way to get anywhere in life is by bringing in a copy of your Bachelors Degree Graduation Certificate. What's holding me back from finishing college is money. Unfortunately my parents are in the process of losing their home. My mother is the main bread-winner spinning wires and my father is a struggling home remodeling and repairman. Financial-aide will not help my funding for school (even though i am living on my own and paying all my own bills) because I am under 24, not married, don't have children, and my parents make "too much".
So school stress plus the constant pressures to exceed as a preschool teachers, preparing my class for kindergarten. My fiance and I are also starting to struggle paying our $724/month rent but we're trying to find a way out of it.
There's just so much right now going on and I can't help but to ramble. I just need to remember to "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON"

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How I now eat

Michael Pollan's Twelve Commandments:

1. "Don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food."

2. "Avoid foods containing ingredients you can't pronounce."

3. "Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot."

4. "Avoid food products that carry health claims."

5. "Shop the peripheries of the supermarket; stay out of the middle."

6. "Better yet, buy food somewhere else: the farmers' market or CSA."

7. "Pay more, eat less."8. "Eat a wide variety of species."

9. "Eat food from animals that eat grass."

10. "Cook, and if you can, grow some of your own food."

11. "Eat meals and eat them only at tables."

12. "Eat deliberately, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure."

Source: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Surfer coffee house

My fiance and I are in the works to starting a coffee house with his father. We are still trying to determine what our customers would like. We don't want to be a Dunkin Donuts, nor do we want to be a Starbucks. Neither give the opportunity to befriend others in your neighborhood. We want a place to become friends with the customers and for our customers to become friends with eachother. We want an open atmosphere where an older man could sit down and talk with a few teens about politics, how life is and was...where anyone is free. Since the location will be across from the beach we will have a vintage surf feel for the place. The music people will hear could be from Bob Marley to Jack Johnson to Beach Boys to Jason Mraz. We hope that the furniture will also be focused in this category with tables made from old surfboards. Other than coffee, pastries, smoothies (made from local grown fruits), teas (hot and cold), soft-serve ice cream, and possibly gelato will be served. There are 2 possible locations though. They are in the same plaza right infront of a highschool and middle school. One is located on the very end corner with the availability for customers to sit outside and smoke if they choose...but that location would have to be sectioned off since it is part of a large add on to the plaza. The next closest store would be about 100ft, and it's Publix. The other location is next to a movie theatre and surf clothing store and is a recent closed down karate store. Unlike the other location it doesn't offer an outdoor seating area for smokers. Since it is an old karate place, the flooring needs to be removed, a kitchen will need to be added as well and cleaner new bathrooms, one wall has a giant mirror on it, the ceiling needs new grids, and there is a large japanese shinto shrine inside. So it needs major repairs.

I really don't know which of the two is a better choice.

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Have a lovely weekend

Doesn't Aubrey look so gorgeous and classic? Makes me wish I lived in an area I could bike more...

This is the first weekend in weeks that I'm not doing anything too exciting. My fiance and I are on a very, very tight budget...especially with rent due next week. I know that we will definitely be sleeping in. (Even on my vacation I woke up at 6:30 so I could spend time with my fiance before he went to work.) Tomorrow morning in laundry. Other than that we have nothing planned. At the moment we are watching a Michael Jackson Marathon on Fuse and soon heading out to Barnes n Noble to relax with some coffee business books and actually drink coffee. BTW, this book is amazing. Here's the website of their blog : http://www.laurenandemira.com/


Take care <3

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Bittersweet

Bitter- Michael Jackson has passed away at 50 years old. Of course everyone, their baby and their great great grandmother know this. Most favorite song-Thriller.

Sweet- Just convinced by my amazing future sister in law to go ahead with a BABS degree. It is a better choice than Elementary Ed in this economy...

I made an amazing meal

Here are the recipes in the case you want to surprise your hubby/boyfriend/family...

Roast Chicken with olives and thyme

and as a side

Roasted Tomatoes

add some delicious fresh baked bread and some red wine and voila.

(photo credits: http://www.realsimple.com/)

So excited...

These pictures make me want to see Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland so much sooner than March 2010! I love Tim Burton's movies, Helena Bonham Carter's movies and Johnny Depp's movies (especially when they're all combined---sweeney todd)

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