Merry Christmas! and ponderings before the new year

Christmas break has arrived! Which means a wonderful break from living in the library and going over countless facts until my brain feels like complete mush. It can drive a person crazy eating subway that many times in a week!! But it's time to kick back and enjoy the holiday home. It's definitively different this year since my brothers and sister are older and have their own lives and loved ones now...it's never as grand as when you were a kid it seems. But we all get older and in a way that comes with many great things too. I've come to appreciate being with people more than presents at all. Having ones you love around you is more you can ask for than any material gift they could give me... BUTTTT I did pick out a pretty banging Coach ring that is super fabulous in my eyes. It is the following one but in White and silver.
In other words, I just wanted to say that I have a secret.
The other love of my life is indeed cooking :) I have a passion for it and it really is more of a stress reliver and a creative outlet for me than most people know.
My goal this break is to look into getting some recipes tried out from the Julia Child book "Mastering the Art of French cooking" which is right now at Barnes and Nobles awaiting me to pick it up and try it out.
I am also looking into cooking classes I can take and me and my mom may try out making homemade pasta with a pasta making machine soon! So stay tuned.

I know that I haven't really written much but hopefully this break I can get back on the wagon a bit.
Watch out for me fashion and fun and now food tips...
and remember
Poise is something that you create within yourself. It's inward out. Each day try to live more, try more, listen more, and you will become a sponge for knowledge. In this way you are becoming more poised...and more happier at that.
Ciao!