Happy Wednesday dolls!  I hope everyone is making it through the week without suffering too much from the heat.  I have lots of wishes running around in my head right now, but this is my number one:

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I wish I were backpacking through the Mediterranean countries.  I fly into Athens, and catch the Eurorail and travel extensively throughout Greece, Italy, Spain, and finally make my way into Northern Africa. I stop in many small cities, getting to meet the locals, and embrace their cuisine and their customs.  I have all the time in the world, and naturally an unlimited supply of income.  I spend my days wandering through worn down cities and towns, making new friends, drinking local wine, and tasting all the food that comes my way.  My nights are spent dancing until 2 AM.  I take photos, and blog about my adventures all along the way.

Now, tell me all about what you are wishing!  What do you want to be doing more than anything in the world right now??  After you share your wish and outfit here, don’t forget to add it to our Polyvore group!

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♥ Keep a journal and pen next to your bed so you can write down your dreams as soon as you wake up.

♥ Grab some shades, a floppy hat, and your favorite book. Go to your local ice cream parlor, buy the biggest cone you can, and sit outdoors, eating and reading to your heart’s content.

♥ Rent Harvey.

♥ Write your best friend a letter telling them how happy and lucky you are to have them as a friend.

♥ Buy some picture frames from the thrift store. Spruce them up with some paint, glitter, and whatever else suits your fancy. Fill with pictures of your pet.

I actually shared this quote a few days ago on my Tumblr page, but I think I like it so much, I had to share it on here as well.

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

1. An Idyllic Norfolk Country Cottage, 2. Summer Seedlings, 3. Proseks Garden Shop, 4. Mountain Village Catches Late Afternoon Sun

Hello my darlings! I can not even begin to tell you how much I have missed each and every one of you. I apologize again for the break, but I really needed to sort some things out, and attempt to figure out directions I want to take in my life. I am half way through my summer school class, and just registered for a full load of classes in the Fall.

My hands are still very full, but I have missed you all too much to stay away any longer. Expect to start seeing regular updates on here again–but possibly a few less per week because of my busy schedule.

And now back to our regularly scheduled Friday Favorites! Here are some of my favorite things this week:

♥ A few weeks back I was interviewed for an online publication about thrift store shopping. Shopping Thrift Stores Takes a Strategy and Patience.

♥ This Rose Infused Strawberry Sorbet sounds absolutely incredible. I must make some of that, now!

♥ I have been thinking about making my own homemade pita bread for quite some time, but after reading this post from Bread & Honey, I definitely am going to give it a try!

♥ Design*Sponge posted a darling DIY tutorial for these darling Picture Frame Trays.

♥ Read 57 Reasons to go Vegan.

♥ Zen Habits posted another amazing article called How to Get a Lot Done- 7 Tips to Achieve More.

♥ 50 Ideas for a Healthy Lifestyle That Take 10 Minutes or Less. Pretty self explanatory…go check it out!

Now that you got through all that please, please, please update me what you have been up to since Summer began! I hope everyone is well, staying cool, and having lots and lots of fun!

xoxo,
Cedar

I apologize for doing this so late (I know it has been almost a week since I posted!), but I wanted to stop in and say I am taking a small break from this blog–before you all think that I fell off the planet!

I have a few reasons, one being that I am going back to school, and am in the process of readjusting my life.   Somewhere deep inside I have goals, and now I want to try to follow them!!  Another reason being a lack of motivation.  Now that summer is here I have been finding it incredibly hard to sit down and do much more than sleep!  I don’t want this site to disappear, but at the same time I feel it needs some change.  I would love for it to become more community oriented, and am thinking about ways of doing that.

I love you all so dearly, I have made so many amazing friends, and hope to continue to do so in the future.  I would more than love for you to drop me an email (cedar@misscedar.com) updating me on your life, follow me on Twitter, watch my Tumblr page, or read my personal site in the meantime.

I feel very sad for having to take a short step back like this, but it is very much needed.  I hope you all understand, and thanks for the wonderful support!

xoxo,
Cedar

Happy Wednesday dears!  I hope everyone is having a lovely week thus far.  I am really, really wishing my wish were true this week….

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I wish that I were in the LAX airport.  I am sitting patiently, reading, and every minute or so glancing around to see all the faces that I will share this flight with.  It is going to be a long flight.  24 hours including the layover in Frankfurt, Germany.  I look calm on the outside, but my heart is racing a mile a minute.  I can barely read my book with all the thoughts of the adventure that awaits me flying through my head.  There are women with saris, businessmen, and loads of small children.  It is going to be a noisy flight.  A voice finally comes over the loudspeaker announcing that it is time to start boarding.  I stand from my seat, take one big breath in as I say goodbye to my country and begin boarding the plane.

Your turn!  What are you wishing for this lovely Wednesday??  Don’t forget to add your outfit to our Polyvore Group!

♥ Take a photo every day. Even if all you have is a camera phone or a disposable. You will not only have wonderful memories of your life, but will also improve your photography skills.

♥ Start a tumblr page for inspiring photos, art, music, quotes, and anything else you find online.  Once you start your page, be sure to add me and share with everyone else your page!

♥ Rent (or buy) the Darjeeling Limited and watch it over and over and over.

♥ Buy some fun or funky patterned linens from the thrift store.  Use the fabric to make fabulous summer tote bags.

Here we are in the third installment of the Indulgences Weekly Challenge, and it is only getting better! If you have yet to participate now is a great time to start. While we all love to hear about how you interpret the challenge, whether or not you share your results is entirely up to you. Everyone is here to support each other, and to make each and every one of our lives more fabulous, and more indulgent!

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Write someone a letter.

Is there someone in your life that taught you a lesson that changed your life? Have you continuously looked to one person when you needed a shoulder to cry on? Is there someone who has been a continuous source of advice or inspiration? Think of one person (or more if you would like) who has had a huge impact on your life, and let them know on paper how important they have been in shaping your life, and how much they mean to you. Make your letter as long or as short as you want it to be, but write from the heart.

After you have written your letter come back here and tell us about it, or share the whole letter and the story about this important person. I plan on writing a letter to my grandmother, who sadly is no longer alive, but she changed my life and opened up my eyes about so many things in life. I feel I have so much to say to her, and so much to thank her for.

Well, what do you know, our second weekly challenge has come to an end. I decided to keep the new challenge, and the challenge results separated each Monday, so we can use this area to talk about our results!

I had the most incredible picnic. I had originally planned on doing it Saturday afternoon, but at the last minute rescheduled for Sunday so that two of my friends could come enjoy the park with Russ and I.

We had the most amazing feast of Indian food. I made potato kurma, spinach dal, onion chutney, and rice pudding. My two friends brought some flat bread, rice, a cucumber salad, and an Indian roasted cauliflower. It was incredible–and the sort of event where you sit around an eat until you are sick because everything tastes so good.

We lounged around for a few hours, listening to music from the lap top, eating of course, and enjoying the nice warm weather. I am already looking forward to the next picnic!

Now tell us all about your picnic, what you ate, who you invited, where you went–everything! If you have photos share those as well! I hope everyone had a wonderful picnic!

It has been a while since I wrote up a movie review and I have been really wanting to sit down and watch a good b-film for a few weeks. Well, today I finally did, I present you with Lady Frankenstein.

This 1971 film stars Lady Frankenstein (Tania), the beautiful, but demented daughter of Baron Frankenstein. After arriving at her father’s home after leave, she tells him that she plans to follow in his footsteps in his strange experiments on animals. After witnessing a hanging, Baron decides to steal the body for his experiments. The Baron and his assistant Marshall (who also happens to be Tania’s lover) feed life back into the body, thus creating a monster. The monster gets loose, kills a bunch of people, and eventually kills Baron Frankenstein himself. Tania quickly decides to start to take over where her father left off in his experiments. She decides to use Tommy, the handsome but ’slow’ stable boy, as her victim, in order to provide pleasure for herself. After a bit of convincing Marshall allows her to transplant his brain and heart into Tommy’s body. All goes well with the operation, but the monster is still on the loose. The townspeople who are fed up with these killings decide to take action….

This movie started out quite slow, and we were very tempted to turn it off at one point, but not long after that it started getting good. When I say good, I mean funny. The movie is of poor quality, but the premise of the movie really makes the film. What could possibly be better than a beautiful mad scientist creating a monster to satisfy herself??