Warm Feet, Warm Heart

Heated bed pads are 35,000 - 115,000w.

There are tricks to living in the cold.

Here is one I've often used.

When I was in Alaska 

I did it with a sleeping bag and a dog.

However, in Korea I use 

a comforter and a heated bed pad.

First, turn your bed heater on a low setting.

Second, take your fleece trousers and a lovely sweater,

fold them up nice and place them where you sleep.

Third, place your woolly slippers next to your clothes.

Mine were felted for me by my Aunt in Alaska

and I love them with every inch of my heart.

But I digress...

be sure not to stack everything 

or make it into a ball.

It needs to be laid on in a line for best results.

 

Fourth, cover the little, lovelies with the comforter.

When you arrive home 

your bed, your clothes, and your slippers 

will be toasty and delightful.

Since most of us don't keep our 

apartments heated during day in winter

this makes coming home just delightful.

It also doesn't run your electric bill up,

so win-win.

Comfort Cabinet

$2 at Daiso. Use makeup sponges instead of brushes for easy painting.

A Drama's set is very important.  

It's as much a character as a place.

It reflects the priorities of the players,

and the direction of the story.

Which is why my Drama's set is always changing,

because so am I. 

Since joining Pinterest,

this evolution has taken on an a life of its own.

Starting with my Comfort Center

which holds all the things for making 

my winter days at home a little more fun:

TV

Chocolate

Music

Booze

Cookbooks.

One problem though,

its UGLY!!

and it makes my living room look like a college dorm.

 

However, no matter how ugly it is,

I don't want to spend money on it.

So, a quick look at the DIY porn on Pinterest, 

a quick run to Daiso, 

and three hours later we have this!

Painted the insides black and added a pretty paper to give contrast. Added extra storage below.

The room feels much more grown up and settled.  Less like I make beer runs at midnight.

Empty pasta sauce jars wrapped in juk calendars make the feet :)

I added a tea box to save room in my kitchen.  Also keeps my tea nice and dry.

It's true, me on Pinterest
is like handing a crack pipe to an addict.
I'm already looking at my rumpous room doors wondering,

"How can I make those prettier without losing light?"

Looks like I need to go check out some more DIY porn.

This Entertainment center cost:

$18 for shelf turned on its side.

$1 paint

$1 sponges

$2 for pretty contact paper

$8 for orange runner

$10 for baskets & boxes

$50 speakers

$5 Christmas decorations

Shot glasses gifts

TV comes with apartment

Cable comes with apartment

Internet comes with apartment

DVD Player gift

Misc decore student gifts

Booze gifts

Wine glasses gifts

Chocolate gifts

Tea gifts

Books brought with me

Feet recycled.

$100 TOTAL

Now THAT'S what I call comforting.

How To Justify An Addiction

A few ways your 

Gringos Korea Burritos 

can make your life better beyond the plate.

Here are three ways 

I recycle 

my shipping supplies

and add storage to my apartment.

End Table With Storage

Always looking for new ways to hoard delicious food stuffs.

Toss a scarf over it and it's a beautiful, hand little table.

Coffee Nook

The perfect home for my coconut sugar and Alaskan roasted beans.

The cubes allow me to add and take away from my kitchen storage as needed.

 Never Enough Tubs

There are never enough tubs in the house.

There is always something I need to store.

Since Kit just hand delivered 

new dry ingredients from the states 

I'm going to need more kitchen storage.  

Looks like I'll just have to order some burritos.  

Darn, my luck.

Finishing Touches

The bedroom was depressing.

After two weeks of sleeping on the sofa 

something had to give.

Before

After

Of course, now I never want to leave the bedroom.

It's just delightful.

The poor sofa 

is all alone now.

Dig'n The New Digs

Waiting to learn what my apartment would be

was like waiting to find out if Santa

thought I had been naughty or nice.

Would I get coal or candy?

It seems I was a good girl this year.

Digital flat screen TV and digital cable.

New furniture to mix with my lost and found pieces.

A well planned and useful kitchen.

Another beautiful bed which I don't really use yet, my sofa is so nice.

Spacious area for doing things. 

How Does Your Day Start?

All Quiet on Set

In the first season, you will remember

 the main character of My Drama spent a lot of time alone.  

This year, however, the set has been re-designed

to make room for all the new plot lines.

Check out the hot new photos!

Siting Room / Dining Room/ Library

 Sofa by:   Road Side Trash

Chairs and Table by:  Ben's Kindness & Harry's Brawn

Bookshelf by: Apartment Recycling

Bedroom / Guest Bed / Lounge / Office / Entertainment Center

Mirror by:   Road Side Trash

Giant Gator by:  Rebeqa

Wall Memory Garden by: A Great Life

Books by: The Best Cousins Ever

Garden / TV Room / Project Area

Dressing Room / Gym / Brewing Area

 Everything is now in it's place and ready for action.

It's already proved to be more conducive to:

Build-Your-Own-Mandu parties

Creating and consuming home brews

Curio gardening (name per Landino)

Law school crisis management

Just because the space is small 

doesn't mean your life has too be!

(Not pictured: Kitchen, Entry, Walk-in closet, pantry, storage, reading area, laundry)

Ginger Beer, Get In My Belly

  

There is just no reason to not enjoy Ginger Beer in Korea.

We have plenty of ingredients and the perfect pots.

What I wanted:

I want to create an alcoholic Jamaican style ginger beer 

with similar qualities too 막걸리.

So read up on different versions and tested one of my own.

Friday I should be able to test and see how close I am to my vision.

 For those of you who want to try this at home.

Here are a few good resources.

http://www.jamaicans.com/cooking/beverages/gingerbeer.shtml

http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/ginger-beer/

http://www.girlcooksworld.com/2011/04/jamaican-ginger-beer.html

http://www.forgreenies.com/how-to-make-old-fashioned-ginger-beer

Things to consider before choosing a recipe:

• Alcoholic v. Non-Alcoholic
• Speed v. Flavor
• Yeast v. No Yeast
• Beer v. Ale
• Strong v. Subtle