Quarantine
2020
So it’s now... May? How strange is that? Day : who the heck freaking knows of quarantine. I’m one of those people that’s constantly losing track of what day it is during all of this. Honestly I lose track of what day it is normally so this is no surprise. I went from working seven days a week to being unemployed now for two months and still counting. Quarantine has presented me with endless time to get my shit together but for some reason da blog never even crossed my mind. That is until now. So here we are, finally working on posts again in a probably futile attempt at making life moves. Might as well throw myself back into this blog by taking baby steps since its been so dang long. So this post is that first baby step, a simple picture filled post of where this quarantine rabbit hole has taken me. Enjoy my ramblings and maybe get inspired to pick up a book, paintbrush or maybe even some hair dye (my sincerest apologies to my v expensive hair dresser.. #quarantinemademedoit what else can I say?).
pink fur
If you’re basic and ya know it, clap your hands. *clap clap* I guess you could say I was following the trend but anyone who knows me knows I’ve been craving a good hair change for quite some time and this was the perfect opportunity to do just that. In my head I pictured all my blonde ends a lovely light pink shade but clearly thats not what I ended up with. Not mad about it though. I snagged some temporary pink hair dye off amazon (the Joico Color Butter to be exact) and attempted to heavily dilute it with conditioner. I slapped my concoction on my head with some gloves, brushed it through and left it on for wayyyy longer than the directions advised. Such a rule breaker, huh? This was the result. *This is also the only time in 2 months I have put on a full face & taken a curler to my head.
paint, dye & bleach, oh my
Besides coloring my hair, I’ve also decided to color the majority of my clothing, some of kyle’s, a pair of shoes and also a friend’s penny board. Trying to force the creativity to come back out, ya know? If you enjoy DIYing then hopefully something here can give you some sort of inspo. Supplies used include Rite clothing dye, Amazon squeeze bottles, cheap acrylic paint, Gac 900 fabric medium, leather paints, sharpies and bleach. Too bad I refuse to download Tik Tok or I could be one of those famous hardcore DIY chicks on there. Disclaimer: I went a smidge tie dye happy and even dyed our freaking dish towel so I’ll do you a favor and limit those pictures.
chef ash in the kitchen
Who am I? Typically Kyle does the majority of the cooking. Anyone who has tasted my chicken knows why. But with all this free time, I decided to try my hand at three of my faves: kale chips, gazpacho and cheesecake. Some of the easiest things to make but again with the baby steps here. Recipes used: Gazpacho & Mini Cheesecakes (had to do mini since I only had a cupcake pan). Kale chips: I don’t use a set recipe since it’s simple enough.. just wash & dry the kale, rip into smallish pieces, toss in oil and seasoning of choice (I definitely recommend some truffle salt. I use it on literally everything) then bake at 300 for 17 min or until crispy. Here are the results…
down, down, down
The rabbit hole has also lead me to pick up a few books, deep clean the majority of our little apartment, rearrange my bookshelf decor, take two online classes and binge watch an excessive amount of Netflix and Disney+ (if you haven’t seen Frozen 2 then go watch it now. Really, do it). Kyle, Collin and I also managed to cross off a weird bucket list item which was binge watching every single Harry Potter movie in a row. We started at around 9am and went until about 4:30am. *yawn* I never imagined that watching movies could be so exhausting. Thats 8 movies. Around 20 hours. Of course I started to fall asleep through the last two but whatever still counts in my book. Speaking of books, the two I recommend right now are ‘The Alchemist’ and ‘Supermarket’. I am also dying to get my hands on Danielle Bernstein’s (of WeWoreWhat) book as soon as its released. May 12th if anyone is wondering. Who knows if I’ll even manage to get this blog posted before then. Fingers crossed. Well this has been my life the past few weeks while stuck inside. Hope at least someone gets inspired to do something. See you all when the Q is ova. Stay healthy, friends.