tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9348104817606504172024-03-14T11:55:35.835+01:00Tarte Aux FraisesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.comBlogger317125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-15304895734400528132016-06-17T20:29:00.001+02:002016-06-17T20:29:43.679+02:00Snapshots #1<div style="text-align: justify;">
I have been having problem with my inspiration. Which is why I written and deleted the short intro I wanted for this post too many times. Words are just not forming into right sentences for me. Not in Icelandic, not in English and even not in my dreams where I have been mixing all my languages together. </div>
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It might be just exhaustion from the stress and the effort that went into writing my BA essay, which I why I decided to take a break from writing and creating for a month. For that month I focused on getting my life organized and I can honestly say that I succeeded. Or I think so, I still am waiting for a confirmation on what I will be doing next semester. But generally, I got things under control. </div>
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Usually when I have things under control I can write and I can create. But this time around everything is sucking. When I can write a sentence or two, they are absolutely horrible. Instead I have been reading, baking, and of course talking long walks. </div>
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Which brings me to what I actually wanted to write about today, on my walks I have been taking pictures of what is around me and I wanted to share them somehow without overflowing my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tafraises/" target="_blank">Instagram account </a>of random pictures of Reykjavík. Instead I decided that I wanted to post once in awhile on this abandoned blog my pictures, seeing if that will push me into being inspired again. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. We'll see.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-67481636038161004732016-02-18T15:35:00.001+01:002016-02-18T15:35:18.922+01:00A Look Into My Planner: January 2016<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I thought this might be a fun way to talk about my past month and give you a peek into how my planner looks at the end of the month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted January to be blue, blue like the sky from the airplane window, blue like the ocean I flew over, blue like my heart. Ehhh, that might be a bit too melodramatic, I just like blue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, January, what can I say?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first week and a half were spent in Massachusetts and therefore my planner doesn't actually start until the second week of January.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Luckily my second week was quite smooth, which was great because my jet lag was intense. I feel like it becomes worse every time I get back. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I started my classes, got my syllabuses and had to start studying again. I needed to get back into routine and do some paperwork.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to start blogging again, something that I didn't actually accomplish until later on in the month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By the third week things got kicked into a higher gear. I had a meeting with my BA advisor and it reassured my that I really chose a fantastic advisor and I am quite pleased with what I am writing about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had also my first exam in the most annoying class that I have ever had to take, philosophy. I can read a novel in couple of hours and tell you EVERYTHING you might need to know about it and write an impromptu 2000 word essay in less than four hours. But with philosophy I am sweating over the books and notes and by the end if you would ask me anything my face would be blank and my answer would be "uuuuuuhhhhhhh". But luckily I passed that exam and now I have only 5 more exams and then the final left. Merde.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I realized also that I definitely wasn't drinking enough water and decided to record how much water I was drinking, one cup equals 500 ml.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And in the final week of January I decided I needed to start exercising. I decided to start slowly and it felt good. I am not one of those people that like the exercise pain. I want my exercise and the days after to be as pain free as possible, thank you very much! Therefore, in January I only exercised for 33 minutes. For me it was a great start into exercising.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I also realized I am absolutely horrible in drawing water cups and decided to do something different for February.</span><br />
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As I mentioned in my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6qm-vLUD4" target="_blank">January favorites</a>, this month has been a month with mixed emotions. I am happy and I am sad and I am excited and I am filled with dread. It's complicated being an adult.<br />
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So that is my January, I was going to post this in early February, but February has been rough. Something I will write about in the February Planner post!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-52496175699889727432016-02-08T17:37:00.002+01:002016-02-08T17:37:08.517+01:00Review: Physicians Formula - Shimmer Strips Eyeliner - For Green Eyes<div style="text-align: justify;">
I haven't written a makeup review (or even a review of anything) in a really long time. The last review I wrote was <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.is/2014/08/book-review-sinner-by-tess-gerritsen.html" target="_blank">a book review in 2014</a>. Today that will change!<br />
As the title of this post says today I am reviewing the <i>Physicians Formula - Shimmer Strips Eyeliner - For Green Eyes.</i></div>
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I had heard so many great things about these eyeliners before I got them so when I finished the last eyeliner that I had I knew that I really wanted to try these.<br />
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When you buy them you get three in a pack and in the greened eyed bundle the colors are: black, green and purple.<br />
There is also bundles for blue, brown, and hazel eyes.<br />
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The packaging is alright. I keep them in my makeup bag and the black eyeliner is the only one that is showing some wear and tear.<br />
The eye pencils can be rolled all the way up and then down again, something that I oddly prefer. I hate when I cannot roll them down again!<br />
And of course on the non-eyeliner end there is a sharpener, but who uses those anyway?<br />
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The black and green shade have a little bit of shimmer in them but it isn't really that noticeable and the purple one doesn't have any shimmer.<br />
Which is quite odd since they are called <i>Shimmer Strips Eyeliner</i><br />
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What I really love about these eyeliners is how incredible creamy and smooth they are. They really glide on easily both on the eyelid itself or when I use them to tightline or on the waterline.<br />
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They are also incredible smudge proof and don't transfer from my eyelid to my upper eyelid.<br />
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The ones I prefer are, without a doubt, the purple and black ones, mostly because the green doesn't really do anything for my green eyes whilst purple and black really makes them pop.<br />
I still reach for the green eyeliner frequently because even though it isn't my favorite it is really nice!<br />
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What is your favorite cruelty-free eyeliner?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-80131074599518132762016-01-25T17:09:00.001+01:002016-01-25T17:09:23.488+01:00Winter Goals (21st December 2015 - 20. March 2016)<div style="text-align: justify;">
I promise this is the last post for awhile that is all about my goals, I just like setting myself goals. As I mentioned in my previous posts I decided not to set any new year resolutions this year but instead focus on seasonal goals. </div>
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By setting myself seasonal goals instead of yearly it is easier for me to follow through since 3 months feels like a long enough time to accomplish my goals but not too long so the goals aren't relevant anymore and I lose steam. </div>
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I decided for this winter to set myself six goals, these are all something that I have thought about and something I really want to accomplish and at the same time something I am pretty sure I can accomplish.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Stay on schedule with classwork and essay.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Write 7500 words.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Start a workout routine.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Start a reading journal.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Start blogging again.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Upload a knitting pattern.</li>
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I've started working on all of the goals so that is something and I am sure that I will accomplish all six. </div>
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That's all for today, I wish you a wonderful day :) </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-26154803306914085002016-01-24T17:56:00.002+01:002016-01-24T17:56:59.789+01:0015 Goals for 2015: End of Year Update.As I mentioned in <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.is/2016/01/2015-what-year.html" target="_blank">my previous post</a> even though I was sure I had not really accomplished most of my 2015 goals I still wanted to see what I did accomplish.<br />
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<b>1. Move & 2. Get married</b></div>
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I started this one strong and though I might accomplish this but what really happened is that I always forgot to write down what films I had seen and therefore have no idea if I even came close. I'm not a huge film watching person.</div>
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<b>6. Reach my makeup/nail polish inventory goal</b></div>
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This actually happened and I have the video to proof it (<a href="https://youtu.be/zPxjy5R7Tq0" target="_blank">see here</a>)!</div>
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When I thought about this goal I wasn't really sure what kind of style I wanted to have. I know it now but at the same time I am going to continue with my "lazy & exhausted college student" style and when I graduate I am going to go into the style that I know I want.</div>
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<b>8. Finish writing a novel</b></div>
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I did not accomplish this one BUT I did write a short story and I was really happy about it.</div>
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<b>9. Fall in love with blogging again</b></div>
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This did not happen and I know why. When I spend the entire day writing and editing and writing and reading and writing and banging my head on my keyboard and hope a coherent sentence was formed I just don't have the mental energy or will to start blogging again.</div>
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It isn't that I don't like blogging (I love it) it is more that my brain just needed a break,</div>
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<b>10. Start working on having a Capsule Wardrobe</b></div>
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This one is pretty much accomplished, I have a capsule wardrobe, it just is in the aforementioned "lazy & exhausted college student" style.</div>
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<b>11. Open up my online handmade store</b></div>
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This is again failed because of time, in 2015 I had no real free time.</div>
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<b>12. Post a picture on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tafraises/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>every day.</b></div>
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This one started great and then I just stopped, I was having a problem with my instagram on my phone since it always stopped my WiFi working so I could never really answer and comments and it was being all buggy so I needed a break from it, I still now post instagram pictures regularly and I figured out that I can answer comments if I am in my kitchen or on campus,</div>
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<b>13. Learn to embroider</b></div>
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This is something that I had planned on doing when I moved, but since I didn't move it didn't happen.</div>
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<b>14. Lose 15 kg (33 lbs).</b></div>
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This one I started strong and lost something (no idea how much) and then I just stopped, it had a lot to do with free time and just me not really being motivated. I haven't stepped on a scale for probably around 4-5 months so I have no idea, my jeans fit as before so I guess I am around the same weight. At the same time I don't really care, I would like to be healthier and work out more and eat healthier and that is something that I am working on now but the scale is no important. </div>
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<b>15. Close Caption all my YouTube videos.</b></div>
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This is something I just forgot to do, I started strong but didn't do much really. It is still something I would like to accomplish.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-68257802770312771902016-01-21T08:24:00.000+01:002016-01-25T23:32:32.012+01:002015. What a Year. <div style="text-align: justify;">
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In 2015 I decided to keep on going with my YouTube channel and I've really been enjoying editing videos and just doing something I fun.</div>
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2015 was also a year of a lot of studying, I finished two more semesters at university and now I am working on my final semester. I am absolutely dumbfounded by it. I love this university and whilst I am happy that I am finishing I will miss the Professors, my schoolmates, and the cafeteria.</div>
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2015 was a year of not being afraid.
I started volunteering in a charity shop and I love it. It really helped me being more open to strangers and being friendlier.</div>
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Even though I probably didn't reach any of my 2015 goals (I can't even remember what I wanted to accomplish) I'm really happy with how my year was and I am looking forward to what this year has to bring.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-54191524946006229452015-04-21T01:24:00.001+02:002015-04-21T01:24:03.899+02:00Pantry Challenge: Introduction <div style="text-align: justify;">
I love setting myself challenges, I am not very competitive with anyone else except myself. This challenge was a mixture of me being lazy and me wanting to save some money. But it is more about me being lazy, I have to walk for about 15 minutes to get to the closes grocery store. It isn't that far, but I cannot be bothered to do it too often and especially not during my finals.</div>
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What I decided was to see how long I could sustain from the point where I looked into my fridge and decided I needed to go food shopping (Sunday) to the time I went food shopping. I definitely want it to last from Monday until Saturday, since on my walk home from volunteering I will pass a grocery store. So I will have gone 2 weeks without grocery shopping. </div>
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<li>Only eat ONCE in the university cafeteria, and get whatever I want. (Preferably this won't happen, but since I have an 3 hour written exam on Friday I might need something extra to survive that).</li>
<li>Do not go to the bakery before volunteering.</li>
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The first thing I did was assessing the food situation. None of the items I had were full, and most of them were pretty much empty (except for the sugar, I have way too much sugar).<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-33379206148515855442015-04-10T23:35:00.000+02:002015-04-10T23:35:07.554+02:0015 Goals for 2015: 100 Day UpdateToday is the 100th day of the year, and isn't that just a great day to start blogging again? I think it is. Ignore the facts that finals are on their way and I should be writing some essays!<br />
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I wanted to do an update on how the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year are going. I might even start doing more regular update on these!<br />
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Instead of writing about the things I haven't accomplished I wanted to write about the things that I have accomplished, or I am working on. <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.com/2015/01/15-goals-for-2015.html" target="_blank">If you want to read all the goals you can just click here.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've watched quite a lot of films this year (thank you Netflix). I had to watch, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Blade II for a Vampire class I am taking. I am still counting them as films I have watched this year but I think I am going to choose T</span>he Big Lebowski as the film I chose for the letter B. I am only counting films that I am watching for the first time.<br />
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<i>The Big Lebowski</i> (1998) - hilarious! HILARIOUS! I can totally understand why this is such a classic film.</div>
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<i>Blade II</i> (2002) - I don´t really know what I can say about this film. I think the homo-eroticism of it just pushed everything else away. I didn't like it at all, the graphics were horrendous and it had too many plot holes.</div>
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<i>Bram Stoker's Dracula</i> (1992) - again, another really bad film, maybe they just don't age well. But the fake accents were horrible and the film wasn't very faithful to the novel, which bugged me since I was reading the novel around the same time. <br />
<i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> (1992) - such a bad film! It is the predecessor to the Buffy franchise and written by Joss Whedon but it is just horribly bad. The script is so cliche, the acting horrible and the vampire concept too fake.<br />
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<i>Enough Said</i> (2013) - I liked it, but I am an avid fan of <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Julia Louis-Dreyfus. I found it to be a really good romantic comedy. It didn't really fall into many of the pitfalls of romantic comedies and it was just a really good movie. I liked the script and of course the actors in it.</span></span><br />
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<i>The Lifeguard </i>(2013) - this movie was disturbing on so many different levels and I think the message from the movie isn't easily accessible and it just confuses people. It has the premise of a regular romantic comedy but the fact that the woman is almost 30 years old and her love interest is still in high school should show the audience that this isn't a romantic comedy but a drama.<br />
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<i>Zoolander</i> (2001) - I thought this was quite a funny film. I don't really have anything to say about it, it made me laugh and that was it.<br />
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I wanted to have this in my list today because even though I haven't finished writing a novel I wrote a short story. I started it, wrote it and finished it. For me that was such a big deal, I can't remember when I last time finished a fictional piece of work (compared to the essays I keep on hammering out) and it felt great. This semester I have been enrolled in a creative writing class and I feel like I have really grown as a writer.<br />
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<b>12. Post a picture on Instagram every day.</b><br />
I am shocked to say that I have managed to do this amazingly, some days are harder then others. Mostly since I spend all my days studying there isn't really anything picture worthy around! You can check out my Instagram account <a href="https://instagram.com/tafraises/" target="_blank">here</a> and hopefully when finals are over there will be something interesting on there.<br />
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Last time I weighed myself I had lost 3 kg (6.6 lbs). Since then I have been to the doctor to get my blood checked and there we realized that my hypothyroidism had reached the level of me needing medication. I am quite interested in seeing what the medication will do in consideration with my weight. I have already noticed a huge different with other life aspects.<br />
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This is slowly happening, I finished writing subtitles for 2 of my videos (of 79). I am trying to trick my boyfriend into helping me, it strangely takes a lot of time transcribing my videos. I think this summer I might be able to do one a day (or every other day) and when I've done all my old videos I can easily transcribe my new videos as soon as I upload them.<br />
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That is it for today! I have planned some other blogposts that I want to write so hopefully I will find the love for blogging again!<br />
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Bisous.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-29775596587583243152015-01-06T21:57:00.005+01:002015-01-06T21:57:49.297+01:0015 Goals For 2015<div style="text-align: justify;">
As I mentioned in my final post for my <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.com/2015/01/26-things-before-my-26th-birthday-final.html" target="_blank">26 Things Before my 26th Birthday</a> list I wanted to change the format for my 2015 goals. I am going to continue several things from my previous list, I am planning on continuing with setting myself monthly goals even though I might change that format a bit also. I think 2015 is going to be a year of changes for me. In January I will write a more detailed oriented plan for my goals and they will follow the S.M.A.R.T. goal setting plan.<br />
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These are also a year-long goals, not just until my birthday in the beginning of December since I always have exams and final project around that time and I just feel to stressed to even think about what I would like.<br />
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1. Move<br />
2. Get married<br />
3. Write an article for a magazine<br />
4. Watch movies from A-Z<br />
5. Go to 7 museums<br />
6. Reach my makeup/nail polish inventory goal<br />
7. Reach my clothes inventory goal<br />
8. Finish writing a novel<br />
9. Fall in love with blogging again<br />
10. Start working on having a Capsule Wardrobe<br />
11. Open up my online handmade store<br />
12. Post a picture on Instagram every day.<br />
13. Learn to embroider<br />
14. Lose 15 kg (33 lbs).<br />
15. Close Caption all my YouTube videos.<br />
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So that are my goals for the year!<br />
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Bisous.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-34708600304540738462015-01-04T15:04:00.003+01:002015-01-04T15:04:47.959+01:0026 Things Before my 26th Birthday: The Final Post<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">I feel like this year was quite hectic. I had a lot on my plate and still managed to accomplish a lot of things that I didn't think I would accomplish this year. So over all I am happy even though I didn't too super well with my goals.</span></span></div>
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<strike>Only buy Kindle books (University books excluded)</strike>: This wasn't really hard, I still bought a lot of real books that I had to read for my classes but I even managed to buy some of those for the Kindle.</div>
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<strike>Only buy Cruelty Free products</strike>: I am going to consider this one accomplished since I pretty much only bought Cruelty Free products.</div>
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<strike>Finish a full year of University (60ects)</strike>: Accomplished and super happy about it!</div>
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Have 500 posts on my blog</div>
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<strike>Read 12 books</strike> and review them: I read more than 12 books but I didn't have time to review them! But I think I might review them on my YT channel this year. </div>
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Re-style the blog</div>
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Advertise on 12 different blogs</div>
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Have 12 sales in my store</div>
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<strike>Have 50 YouTube videos</strike>: Check! </div>
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Post 12 recipes</div>
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<strike>Do a spending ban challenge</strike>: Check! </div>
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Finish my novel</div>
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<strike>Do a project 26 pan (without choosing items)</strike>: This took me a good part of 2014 but I managed, this year I have different plans and just want to keep on going.</div>
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<strike>Do a 30 day photo challenge</strike>: Check, I have uploaded the first 5 pictures and will keep on uploading the rest in January.</div>
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Photograph my outfit 52 times: So I managed to do 4 of those and I was loving it, then I moved. Two things happened when I moved, my boyfriend moved to a different country and couldn't help me with these anymore and my setting was completely different and I haven't managed to set my dorm room up in that way where I can easily take outfit pictures.</div>
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<strike>Write 10 monthly goals post</strike>: I am going to consider this one accomplished. I really liked writing down monthly goals and I will continue doing that in 2015 but I think a bit differently than I have before. </div>
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Reach 100 000 hits on my blog</div>
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Get to a healthy BMI</div>
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Write a food journal for 100 days</div>
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Write in a journal for 100 days</div>
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Wake up at 5 am for 30 days in a row</div>
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Have 10 photograph posts about places I have visited (<a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.ch/2013/04/geneva-harbor.html" sl-processed="1" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">like this one</a>)</div>
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<strike>Be more of a minimalist</strike>: Totally accomplished, I feel like I am in such a better place with this and I am going to continue and I am loving being a more of a minimalist.</div>
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<strike>Grow out the dye in my hair (as much as possible in a year)</strike>: Yes! I cut my hair short in June and that took a huge chunk of the dyed part away. There is still some dyed hair left but I think in a month or two when I get a haircut again it might be all gone!</div>
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Finish writing a children's book</div>
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<strike>Do 10 weekly vlogs.</strike>: I am going to consider this one accomplished, I have at the moment 8 vlogs uploaded on my YT channel, one in editing and one that will be edited next.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-58329343901827612642014-11-14T20:14:00.000+01:002014-11-28T16:03:58.731+01:0030 Days in Pictures: Days 1-5<div style="text-align: justify;">
The item number 14 on my <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.com/2014/02/26-things-before-my-26th-birthday.html" target="_blank">26 Things Before my 26th Birthday</a> list is to do a 30 days photo challenge and I have started that numerous times but frequently failed! But this time I am in it to win it! </div>
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I decided to split the 30 photographs into bundles of five and here are the first five!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1/30 A view over Reykjavík</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2/30 Meatballs for lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3/30 A knitting project I just finished.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4/30 Keflavík Airport, picking up my dad.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5/30 Háteigskirkja</td></tr>
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Those are the pictures that I took over the past five days, some better than others!<br />
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Bisous.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-85390464629282157682014-11-06T17:20:00.001+01:002014-11-07T14:24:50.353+01:00My Monthly Goals: October Review and November Goals<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">October where did you go? I had a marvelous October, I was for almost 2 weeks in Massachusetts on vacation and it was amazing. I did however not blog at all, which is a shame but I just haven't had the time nor the will to blog. I don't really know why, but somehow since I am not really living the life I wished I was living right now I just don't feel like sharing. At the same time I want to share what is happening and this is quite an important part of my life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">1. Upload and write 4 weekly vlogs and blogs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted this to happen but I ended up not having time to edit videos and write anything else but essays!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">2. Upload my closet organization video.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I need to film this video and upload it, I am really happy with how my clothes are organized.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><strike>3. Enjoy my vacation.</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, I really enjoyed my vacation! Can't wait for the next one!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><strike>4. Get my blogging mojo back.</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like I did get my blogging mojo back, and I have organized what I want to write about and have started taking pictures for some posts! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">5. Start taking outfit pictures.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't found the right spot for my outfit pictures, I rearranged my room so I think I might find a better spot soon!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">6. Go to the gym 4 times.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Didn't happen at all, I didn't even go once! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><strike>7. Get to a better sleeping schedule.</strike></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Check! I did have some jet lag issues, but otherwise it is going better than before.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><strike>8. Walk 100 000 steps.</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Check, I walked 103978 steps, I had two days when I forgot my phone at home and therefore didn't count how many steps I had taken those days.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><strike><strike>9. Eat more vegetables.</strike></strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check, vegetables is something I always need to think about but I have been eating more of them!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">1. Keep a photo food diary for 2 weeks.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">2. Drink 2 liters of water most days </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">3. Walk 120 000 steps</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">4. Start waking up at 5 am</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">5. Film MakeUp Inventory and set myself future goals.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">6. Write my children's book.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">9. Attend 100% of my classes.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">10. Catch up on university work, and prepare for finals.</span><br />
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September Goals:<br />
1. Go to the gym 4 times.<br />
<i>I almost did it! I went to the gym 3 times! In September!</i><br />
<strike>2. Organize my closet. </strike><br />
<i>Check, hopefully there will be a video on it in October. </i><br />
3. Organize my desk.<br />
<i>As I look over at my desk I can say without a doubt that I did not accomplish this goal this month!</i><br />
4. Get a job.<br />
<i>I applied to a lot of jobs but no luck! </i><br />
<strike>5. Start knitting again.</strike><br />
<i>This I did accomplish! Since I love knitting it wasn't a hard task to accomplish! </i><br />
6. Buy myself winter shoes.<br />
<i>I was planning on buying the new shoes in Iceland but I found the ones I wanted in Target so I will buy them when I go to the states</i>.<br />
7. Start a regular blogging schedule again.<br />
<i>I wish I had accomplished this one, somehow I just haven't been in the mood to write anything.</i><br />
<strike>8. Start on my photo challenge.</strike><br />
<i>Check! The first post about my photo challenge should be up this week!</i><br />
<strike>9. Set up an area where I can easily take pictures of products that I want to review.</strike><br />
<i>Check, at the moment it isn't completely ready since my desk is a mess! </i><br />
10. Start reviewing products again.<br />
This hasn't happened, I have couple of products that I want to review so that is something.<br />
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October Goals:<br />
1. Upload and write 4 weekly vlogs and blogs.<br />
2. Upload my closet organization video.<br />
3. Enjoy my vacation.<br />
4. Get my blogging mojo back.<br />
5. Start taking outfit pictures.<br />
6. Go to the gym 4 times.<br />
7. Get to a better sleeping schedule.<br />
8. Walk 100 000 steps.<br />
9. Eat more vegetables.<br />
10. Start organizing my life again.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-7144967393048423322014-09-18T17:40:00.001+02:002014-09-19T17:57:21.720+02:00Trashy Reykjavík<div style="text-align: justify;">
I wanted to talk about something I have noticed here in Reykjavík, I might be bit biased because Geneva was kept clean, the streets were cleaned twice a day and there were trash cans everywhere! I feel like the attitude towards trash in Reykjavík is a bit different like the nature should just take care of all the trash that is thrown at it. First of all I haven't seen or heard a street cleaner since I came here, and second of all where are all the trash cans?<br />
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I arrived to Reykjavík about a week after the Gay Pride Parade, and there were still gigantic pieces of confetti everywhere. And even now I still see some confetti flying around. It wouldn't be so noticeable but that confetti is made out of plastic and isn't going to disappear anytime soon. </div>
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Only if the trash problem in Reykjavík ended there, which is doesn't. Reykjavík is extremely trashy and I am shocked that people aren't more ashamed of it! Because this is something tourist will notice and it doesn't really show a great picture of Iceland.<br />
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I walk around quite a lot, since it is something I am used to and something I like doing and during couple of those walks I have picked up a piece of trash planning on throwing it into the next trashcan only to end up holding on to it until I reach my destination.<br />
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And on one of those walks I actually decided to take couple of pictures of the trash that was lying around, I started just taking couple put at the moment I have tons of them on my phone! There is just so much trash everywhere!<br />
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So I ask myself, is this what Icelandic people want the tourists to remember? And why aren't there any trash cans?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-71979014146248146352014-09-15T10:00:00.000+02:002014-09-15T10:00:00.250+02:0026 Things Before my 26th Birthday: 9. Have 50 YouTube videosAt last I managed to finish one of the items of my <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.com/2014/02/26-things-before-my-26th-birthday.html" target="_blank">26 things before my 26th birthday</a> list. It came as well during a good time when I had started doubting myself! But at last, some success. So if you want to check out my YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TAuxFraises" target="_blank">here is the link</a>. At the same time I reached this goal I as well reached 10 000 views in total on my YouTube channel which made me super happy!<br />
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It started by my friends calling me and asking if I wanted to join them in watching the fireworks that were about to happen during Reykjavíks Culture Night (Menningarnótt). I jumped on the offer since I had been moping all week since I was alone (<a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.com/2014/08/weekly-vlog-5-1408-2108-on-being-alone.html" target="_blank">I talked about that in my last vlog</a>). I was as well facing couple of my anxieties, crowds and going somewhere alone and hoping to find my friends.</div>
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As it was the last week before my classes would start I had to do some paper work and as I was walking around getting things done I noticed how dirty and trashy Reykjavík actually is (and I will have a full post on that later) and I noticed as well one of the reason why it is so trashy! There are NO trash bins anywhere! </div>
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I as well did some necessary food shopping and realized even more how odd it is just to buy food for one and how much impact my betrothed had on dinner ideas. Even though I felt at times that I was doing it all by myself I can see now that that was all a lie!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-61489946193153600762014-09-11T23:58:00.003+02:002014-10-07T00:31:47.883+02:00My Monthly Goals: August Review and September Goals<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">August has (long) passed and September is on us! I am always quite </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">excited about September. For me (and many others) 1st of September feels like a new start and a great opportunity to review things.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>August Goals:</b></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike>1. Move!</strike></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>This happened! I have moved to Iceland!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">2. Go swimming</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>This did not happen and still hasn't happened, which is strange because I LOVE going to the pools here in Iceland but somehow I just haven't been yet.</i><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike>3. Start filming MYiI (I wonder what that could be :D )</strike></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>This I did and I have already uploaded two! The first one was about what MYiI is and the second one was about Kerið. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfHYv-hU3_9GQUm-5bZlTtP6TIAf6I3ez" target="_blank">You can see those here.</a></i><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike>4. Get ready to start my second year of University</strike></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Check! I just finished my second week and am doing great!</i><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike>5. Settle in my dorm</strike></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Check as well! My lovely boyfriend helped me get all settled before he headed off to his adventure!</i><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">6. Film Apartment tour (Geneva apartment)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>This did not happen! I was way to busy with everything that I just couldn't even breath.</i><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike>7. Write some book reviews (I have so many half written)</strike></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Check, if I can count some as one. To be fair to myself, I have couple that are almost finished they just need the finishing touches. </i><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike>8. Enjoy having nothing to do</strike></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Yes! Something I enjoyed and then got extremely bored! I am a workaholic like my dad, I need to be doing things!</i><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike>9. Try some new Icelandic skincare products</strike></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I did try couple of things and I am looking forward to trying more of Icelandic skincare products!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">10. Move my Gold Star Chart into my planner.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><i>No! I totally forgot my chart on the wall in the old apartment! Good job me!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">1. Go to the gym 4 times.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">2. Organize my closet.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">3. Organize my desk.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">4. Get a job.</span></span><br />
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Another week has passed and I am still in Iceland. We had a lovely weekend where we got to see some fun things (and I got to film some fun things for <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.com/2014/08/my-year-in-iceland-beginning.html" target="_blank">My Year in Iceland</a>). However, on Monday my dearest boyfriend left. It was quite odd to be on myself when I haven't had to be on myself for so long, it didn't help that Skype wasn't working well and there was only minimal communication between us. </div>
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Doing things by myself was quite odd and I won't lie and say I wasn't feeling horribly lonely, because the truth is that during this week I felt lonely. But time won't stop just because you aren't feeling the greatest so I had to shake it off and start doing things. </div>
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I went food shopping and that was such a huge culture shock! Not only was I having hard time finding where the food was located in the store but I as well was just shocked by the quality of the food and the store. In Geneva I always shopped at Migros since they had the lowest prices and were closest to where I lived. So in Iceland that store for me is Bónus. However, Bónus is so dirty and unorganized that I wasn't even sure if they still were actually selling food for human consumption! As I was walking through the store scolding myself for being such a snob and not appreciative of the fact that there was at least a grocery store in a walking distance from campus I managed to pick up some food for me to eat. So I would say that the grocery trip was somewhat a success. </div>
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I feel that a big part of my week was just me wandering around trying to find things. I have never lived in this part of Reykjavík before so I don't really know where things are. One of those things were a pharmacy, I walked what seemed to be a lifetime just to pinpoint down a local pharmacy that I had found online only to see that they were under renovation and of course they didn't mention that on their webpage. The other one was the bank, but I found that one quickly and was blessed with great service.</div>
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And talking about good service, I have been happily surprised with how great service I have been having here. Iceland is frequently known for bad service and I would in the past agree with that, however, I have been getting marvelous service this time around! People are actually polite and acknowledge the fact someone has entered the store. The only place where I have gotten repeatedly bad service is Hagkaup, which is both strange and not so strange. Hagkaup is supposed to be a better quality food type of store but at the same time it is mostly a facade of just upping their prices and pretending to be better and that is visible by their horrible service and quite rude staff. </div>
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I wanted to start a new series on both my blog and my YouTube channel about the year I am spending in Iceland. I wanted to do weekly vlogs (<a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.com/2014/08/weekly-vlog-4-0808-1308-fetes-de-geneve.html" target="_blank">like this one</a>) but I wanted as well to do something different. I decided it would be fun to to short videos where I show one specific place in Iceland a week and talk a bit about it. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-72373854843343515322014-08-22T14:17:00.002+02:002014-08-22T14:24:31.589+02:00Weekly VLOG #4 (08/08-13/08): Fêtes de Genève fireworks, packing up my stuff and moving to Iceland.I wanted to add a blog aspect to my occasional weekly vlogs and as well try to vlog more often whilst I am in Iceland. At the moment my vlogs are a week behind since it gives me time to edit them without being stressed and I like having a bit of a barrier between when things happen and when I share those things with the internet. I plan on having the vlog at the bottom of these posts and adding some pictures in the post that I haven't shared before on instagram.<br />
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Anyways, back to my week. Packing my things was strangely hard, when I started emptying my closets and drawers I realized how much stuff I actually had! It didn't help that the fireworks for Fêtes de Genève were going on and it felt like our windows would explode from the noise. I am not a big fan of fireworks, I might even say that I find fireworks extremely annoying and I hate them a little bit. I just don't see the attraction, they are loud and smelly and super wasteful!<br />
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Or flight was on Tuesday and we barely managed to pack all our things before we had to grab a taxi to go to the airport. We flew with Icelandair in a direct flight from Geneva to Keflavik. It was one of the best flights I have ever been on! Very calming and Icelandair has just the best food on board its flights.<br />
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When we landed in Iceland the weather was pretty nice, it was quite windy but not a cloud in sight. The first couple of days we were just hanging around, but I needed to get things sorted for my University housing and to see how and where everything was.<br />
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We took as well a lot of walk, and on one of our walks we saw a smack of dead jellyfish. I found it strange to see all of them just floating around lifelessly. Jellyfish are my favorite animal and I somehow just felt sad seeing them all dead.<br />
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I managed to do a lot of the paperwork and got the key to my dorm room! It was much bigger than I thought and even though I share a kitchen with 7 other persons I have my own bathroom.<br />
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Another review of a book from Tess Gerritsen! I know, I know, variation is important and all that but I wanted to finish reading all the books in the Rizzoli and Isles series before my summer vacation was over and I did so there will be some more of these coming!<br />
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The Sinner is the third book in the series and by now I have started to expect how the book is set up. The two previous books <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.ch/2014/05/book-review-surgeon-by-tess-gerritsen.html" target="_blank">The Surgeon</a> and <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.ch/2014/06/book-review-apprentice-by-tess-gerritsen.html" target="_blank">The Apprentice</a> are set during the summer and throughout the book they talk about how hot it is. In comparison, The Sinner is set during the winter and on almost every page there will be a mention of how cold it is.<br />
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I always like to add what is written on the back of the book (or as it is usually with the Kindle, on the first few pages of the book).<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.09600067138672px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They want us to know why they died... </span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.09600067138672px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Within the walls of a cloistered convent, a scene of unspeakable carnage is discovered. On the snow lie two nuns, one dead, one critically injured – victims of a seemingly motiveless, brutally savage attack.</span></span> </blockquote>
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Sounds interesting, and let me tell you, it really was! After reading The Surgeon and The Apprentice right after each other I was a bit sick of the story, it was just so repetitive. The Sinner however, kicks everything back into action.<br />
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As I mentioned earlier, the story is set in the winter and there is a lot of description of the cold and just the weather in general. The change in season in comparative to the first two books is not the only change that we get to experience in this book, the first two books were focused on Jane Rizzoli but The Sinner is focused on Dr. Maura Isles' life instead, it is a nice change and we get a better look into Maura's life. That doesn't mean that we don't get to follow Jane around as well.<br />
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As before in Tess Gerritsen novels, the murder cases and the lives of the main characters are somehow connected. In The Sinner it is quite visible both with Jane Rizzoli and with Maura Isles.<br />
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I really liked this book and found that it actually showed that Tess Gerritsen talent really grew between the books. I would as well definitely recommend for you to read The Sinner, especially if you have read the first two books and were quite bored when reading the second book (The Apprentice) since The Sinner doesn't dwell on the past as much as The Apprentice.<br />
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I didn't do as well as I had hoped with my July goals, I did do a little bit of everything but at the same time I really just haven't had the time to do anything at all.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">3. Write for 20 minutes a day</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">4. Finish setting up my personal planner </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">6. Post one recipe </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">7. Lose 2 kg </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">8. Do my Makeup Inventory</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">9. 7 Days of food diary</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">10. Write in my Journal at least 7 times</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">As for my August goals I wasn't really sure how I could plan my month with the fact that for half of it I will be in Geneva and the other half in Reykjavík!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">1. Move!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">2. Go swimming</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">3. Start filming MYiI (I wonder what that could be :D )</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">4. Get ready to start my second year of University</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">5. Settle in my dorm</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">6. Film Apartment tour (Geneva apartment)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">7. Write some book reviews (I have so many half written)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">8. Enjoy having nothing to do</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">9. Try some new Icelandic skincare products</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">10. Move my Gold Star Chart into my planner.</span></span><br />
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I am so excited for this month, I am so stressed about it all, stressed but happy!<br />
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BisousAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-6207997087306056092014-07-11T17:02:00.001+02:002014-07-11T17:19:47.292+02:00Fair Trade Friday #1<div style="text-align: justify;">
For a while now I have been really conscious about where my clothing is coming from. In March 2013 I wrote about why I would be <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.ch/2013/03/why-i-am-going-to-boycott-h-from-now-on.html" target="_blank">boycotting H&M</a> and I haven't bought anything from them since then. Since then I haven't bought a lot of clothing and I have been donating a lot of my clothing. Both because my style has changed and I am moving soon and I am a one bag kind of gal.<br />
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But as my stash of clothing dwindles I knew I needed to start to make a decision on what my plan for the future was. I have previously gone a year without buying any clothing (2010-2011) and for me that wasn't a problem. But I needed a plan for the future, not just for the next year or two. I needed a <b>sustainable </b>plan.<br />
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I want my wardrobe to be a fair trade wardrobe, but as much as I want that I have to be realistic about what kind of fair trade clothing there is out there. I have serious doubts that I can have a 100% fair trade wardrobe, there is serious lack of fair trade stables such as big bras. Something I cannot live without.<br />
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Therefore, trying to have a 100% fair trade wardrobe would end in failure, and I do not like failure. I decided that it would be better for me to aim towards a different number. I thought that 70% would be a more of an achievable number. So if I buy 10 things, 3 of these things are allowed to be non fair trade.<br />
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The seven things that will be fair trade can also be second hand clothing, mostly because buying second hand clothing can benefit both the environment and help charities. An extra plus is that no money is going from me to the clothing company.<br />
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Every single piece of clothing will be counted in this! Whether it will be underwear, socks, dresses or shoes!<br />
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As I try to get in deeper with being more of a minimalist I am not going to be buying many new outfits, but I wanted to have a plan on what I would or would not buy.<br />
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Bisous</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-44638518473087810852014-07-02T21:36:00.001+02:002014-07-02T21:36:12.703+02:00Wellness and Weight Loss WednesdayI was talking to a dear friend of mine the other day about weight loss and how I <i>know </i>how to lose weight but somehow I just can't accomplish it myself.<br />
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I know hundreds of weight loss tips and I have read so many studies for weight loss but I somehow just don't manage to lose weight myself. If you look back on my weekly weigh ins you can see that I have just gained weight. I get fatter and fatter by the year.<br />
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When I think about what it is that is making me fat I think I would say it is mostly Geneva, a city of extremely thin people is making me fat. I am not saying the thin people in Geneva are making me fat, but the fact that I don't feel safe in Geneva. I don't go out for walks because the parks always have guys masterbating or someone following me.<br />
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I don't go to a gym because the gyms here are horrifyingly expensive. So the only thing left to do is to exercise at home. I just never feel motivated to exercise at home.<br />
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I am hoping things will change when I move to Iceland, I will have the swimming pools and I will be able to go to a cheap gym, I as well will have friends to be motivated with. The only thing I worry about is that I find that the Icelandic cuisine is quite fattening and I know I will probably live of bread and ice cream.<br />
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At the University of Iceland they have a personal trainer team for the students that I think I will go to, both to get healthy and because they have as well recipes that are tailored for poor students.<br />
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Bisous<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934810481760650417.post-62398757296483472612014-07-02T00:49:00.003+02:002014-07-02T00:49:37.808+02:00My Monthly Goals: June Review and July Goals<span style="font-family: inherit;">I quite enjoy writing out my monthly goals and seeing the progress (or more the lack of progress), what I enjoy even more is looking back at my older goals and see what I chose!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, here are my goals for July and a quick recap on how I did in June!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">June Goals: </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>July Goals:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike><b>1. Get to a great sleeping schedule</b></strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I am always a bit sceptic about sleeping schedule, as usual I started out great and now I have had very bad insomnia for the past three weeks. But I am still going to bed at the same time and getting out of bed in the morning at the same time. Doesn't though mean I am sleeping well.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>2. Work out for 120 minutes</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I worked out for 8 minutes! EIGHT! I am just too tired to work out, I have no energy.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>3. Write 4 book reviews</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I wrote one,I wrote about <a href="http://tarte-aux-fraises.blogspot.ch/2014/06/book-review-apprentice-by-tess-gerritsen.html" target="_blank">The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen</a> and I have other ones half written. I am hopeful that I will be able to post the rest of the books I have read this year.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>4. Have 65 stars on my Wellness and Weight Loss chart</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I am still at 43, but slowly getting my 44th star.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike><b>5. Finish reading the Rizzoli and Isles book series</b></strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Check! I can't wait for the next one that should come out in December/January.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike><b>6. Write down everything I spend/earn</b></strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>7. Reach 300 blog posts</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I almost got this one, this post is number 295!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><strike><b>8. Reach 30 YouTube videos</b></strike></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Done, I have now 35 videos on my YouTube channel!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">9. Have a great morning workout routine</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Heck no, this just did not happen!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>10. Paint a chest of drawers</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">And no again, I guess I won't pain those chest of drawers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>July Goals:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">1. Pack my stuff</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">2. Practice Arabic </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">3. Write for 20 minutes a day</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">4. Finish setting up my personal planner </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">5. Start following my daily cleaning schedule again</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">6. Post one recipe </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">7. Lose 2 kg </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">8. Do my Makeup Inventory</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">9. 7 Days of food diary</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">10. Write in my Journal at least 7 times</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Do you have any goals for July?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Bisous</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393868251412965122noreply@blogger.com0