Eww, Daiya. The only vegan cheese I would eat was my homemade cashew cheese.

Gosh, I love baskets! My dad owned a small oil and gas company. His potential clients and/or clients desiring to be repeat ones, would send basket after basket of Harry David stuff, specialty cheeses, caviar, flowers, pine trees, poinsettas. He died and the following Christmas we got nothing. I miss those baskets. I…

My wedding playlist was this for the first 10 songs:

That's awesome. I'm hanging in there, but I am right there with Ann Perkins. AT WHAT COST?!

Yeah, exercise and I aren't close at all- yoga, pilates, ballet, karate, etc., ew. I usually dance around my house for about an hour a few nights a week, but since I got married a few weeks ago, I feel this weird urge to be healthy. I am quitting smoking and trying to run, and thinking about slowing down my drinking…

How long does it take to become "addicted" to running? I picked it up a week ago, and I have run a mile everyday but one, and I still hate it. I guess I'm obsessed with the idea of being a runner, but not "addicted" to it like a lot of people say they are. I could totally live without it, but I want to know why people…

I don't want to go out! I can't find my charcoal Spanx! I want to put on my sleep scrubs! I want to catch up on dumb as hell DVR'ed t.v.! I want to be alone! Damn moral obligations.

I love Oklahoma. We have tornadoes, insane fires and now earthquakes! I've never experienced the wall-decor rattling here until now in Ok, but, awesome! (my dad was a geologist so I grew up interested in earthquakes and volcanos). Bring it on, fracking!

I turned the t.v. onto Scarface. I had to change it, because 4 years ago, I was in Colombia, and instead of drinking games we had cocaine games and would do a line any time it was mentioned. Now that I have a degree in Latin American Politics and Spanish, I wouldn't even think about touching weed, much less cocaine,…

Thanks! I'm doing it whether I like it or not. I need to stop being so lazy. I "work out" at home by dancing crazily for 30 minutes when I drink so I can get to know the music my students listen to, but I wanted something healthier than drunk dancing, though it wears me out.

I looked that up, but there are so many couch to 5k sites out there, I got confused. I'm just walking briskly for a few minutes, then running for about a quarter mile, then walking again, then running another quarter mile; I'll just work my way from there.

Ugh. That's forever. 26 days?! Ew. But, I want to WANT to do it, if that makes sense, so I'll keep doing this shit.

Thanks for the motivation! Haha. Yeah, I like comfort, but I'm comfortable smoking and drinking and teaching. I guess being newly married made me want to do...stuff. Like healthy stuff or something. Also, I have a lot of free time and don't know what else to do, and I wanted to see what all these marathoners are all…

I decided I wanted to be a runner this morning. I ran 1/2 a mile, and it sucked. How long does it take to actually like it? People do marathons for a reason, I'm sure, but I'm not feeling it yet. I'm going to keep on going, even though it sucks ass. I have to counter all this beer drinking with something positive!

Live in Oklahoma? I want to have ESL classes, but the metro library system offers them regularly for free, and I don't want to step on toes, since I love the library. I think intensive classes are the way to go. I learned 70% of my Spanish from intensive courses in Colombia and Mexico over 4 months, even though I got…

I was in a wedding and I bought a gift for the shower, but not for the wedding. Write a heartfelt note, because the bride and groom will get plenty (I got married on Sunday, and loved the money, but also the sweet cards from friends. Equally. Words are certainly enough). Your friend knows you've invested a lot, so…

I am NOT a rep, but Scentsy or however you spell it is nice. I just get the on-sale stuff online. Also, I've noticed soy candles are a lot more pungent. I have to be careful because I have lots of furry friends, so I prefer the Scentsy to the open flame.

I've also found it works well for party food. Just slather everything onto your puff pastry, then cut into 2 inch slices, roll them up like a jelly roll, cook, then stick them on a plate! Puff pastry is the best party food. You can put anything on it, even simple jam, cut it, roll it and stick it on a plate and it's…

Thank you! It's such a mishmash of things right now, but it makes me not loathe my current job because I'm working towards an idea I am in love with. My husband wants to open his own restaurant, so we'll have a few crazy years ahead of us, but we support each other's passions, ideas and aspirations. They are 5 year…

Also: Get some puff pastry sheets and let thaw. Caramelize one red onion sloooooowly (thinly sliced, for about 30 minutes on low). Mix an egg into a cup of ricotta cheese and spread onto puff pastry. Add onions, then shave parmesean on top. It's easy and amazing. Sometimes I add sundried tomatoes to the onions for…