New look and explanation

Tonight I have no boyfriend so I'm going to dedicate myself to my blog and,since I don't like the old template anymore,I'll try to make some changes and find sth more catchy! I know it's not the usual time for spring-cleaning but I'm really fed up with this misty boring dull month and need some colour therapy! And I also need to explain some things I always put off,so it's time to make things clear. Apples have been a long-standing thing,one of the most long-lasting and harrowing hate-love mental relationships I've ever had (or at least until I found the true,full-time,exhausting love!). But mine was not a thing hanging down an apple tree. It had legs,arms,heart and it was supposed to have brain too but,thus far,I'm not really sure:-)!I took a fancy so huge to it that I started thinking and dreaming about this damn fruit day and night,day and night,almost challenging all the laws of nature. A human and an apple.Wtf is that???Two separate worlds,mammals and vegetables,no no no no!!! Even Snowhite warned me showing evident signs of a serious allergy to apples. Thus,no way: apples are poisonous! To cut the story short,the thing went on and on until one day I decided that I'd better give up all that stupid obsession or I'd probably died of a broken heart (or of an anaphylactic shock!). Indeed,apples are not famous for their passionate nature..nay they don't have a heart,maybe a kind of cellulose clot,but anyway it's not enough for me! So no more apples in my life from then on,except those I usually eat in my REAL life

Ok,I think I've explained how things went..and do you wanna know the truth?I don't mind having thrown away so much time and energy in that thing. It helped me mature, and maybe ripen the apple too! A laugh will make everything disappear.

Well,stop talking about the past and go straight forward!

Since I cannot change my url, I wanted to change the look at least without upsetting the outfit too much.

Here are some attempts..

Some are pink. The first is the most sober and chaste template ever tried. Honestly I don't go crazy for it but maybe it's the most easy-to-read of all..will think about..anyway,go on!

Some are flowery...I love poppies,would have poppy fields all around my house and poppy wallpaper into my room..and poppy scent on my skin! I almost forgot,I bought a super freaky sexy lovely set of sheets and blanket with poppy fantasy...forbidden amazig dreams are coming (in italian would use a perfect pun.."stupefacente"=narcotic/amazing, here has a double meaning like italian, damn eng.!!!)

Some are dull and quite boring..

Some are relaxing..

Some are paw-print

or simply bizarre!

So...which one fits best my blog?? I really kenot choose..Will you help me to decide? I go to bed now coz I'm falling asleep on my laptop and think my pillow is more comfortable that this keyboard..I'll sleep on it and maybe tomorrow will have the answer!

Sweet dreams to you all!

Zzzzz...

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Nails

Hi, today's another bloody rainy day! It's so sad to begin a week with a cloudy rainy sky when all you want is ray of light, even if just one!! If only the sky had a different color, I don't know, maybe beige or pink or gold..an attractive shade of gold or greyge would be more in fashion! I am highly disappointed! Hey you up in the sky, turn your tap off! We're drowning in our own shoes!!

Anyway it's not so bad, if you cannot go out you can always try to do many other things! I promised myself I would study at least 5 hours today..ahahahahaha,I should stop talking craps!! I've been doing bimbo things all day long and now I'm going to bimbo post about this:-)!

Yesterday I posted after almost 1 year of inactivity and I should tell you more about my new passions/obsessions! I gave up that thing of apples and picked up a new (or should I say many new) one(s)! Lets' start this new topic with something intellectual,or at least I'll try! In my language when you're in love with one thing so much you can't really stop thinking and dreaming and dribbling and thinking again about it (that is, you're OBSESSED by it!) we say that we "abbiamo un chiodo fisso", in en. it becomes "we have one-track mind" or more funnily "we have a bee in our bonnet". Every sign of "chiodo" disappears, too bad:-(!! Now, the translation of chiodo is nail, and if you strive a lil' bit you'll guess what's my new obsession...

three...

two...

one...

any idea??

Yessssssss!!!

Nails,haha!!

I'm very poor in creating puns but I think this time I couldn't help it, it doesn't work all the same (although it would be nice to say "I have a nail in my mind"!!)

Actually, I tried to do some nailart decoration last summer and these are my first attempts

#0 Beauty kit (Kiko can bless me!)

#1 Ocean blue with starry sparkling night (and shiny moon)

#2 Spring blossoms

#2 Close up (bleeeah cuticles, how disgusting!)

#3 On the Wall (in green)

#4 Again in pink and glitters (I'm definitely in love with this match!)

#5 Christmas' time: I didn't like it so took off immediately

#6 Halloween's snake appeal. I made this manicure to a friend of mine,thrilling!

#7 Winter's flower power!

Doesn't it look like a sunny side up flower??

#8 My latest manicure,pink,glitters,rhinestones and flower stickers! Isn't this a real obsession?!?

That's all for now..I'm gonna try something new as soon as my ebay purchases arrive..but this is another obsession I'll talk about later;-)!

Stay connected to check out my last creations and happy shimmering wonderful night to you all!!

Anna

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Tarte Tatin!

Hey-ho,hi everybody!

Merry Xmas and Happy New year to you all (I know it's late but take my greetings all the same!). I've been quite busy in the last few months,how many things happened,how much to tell,OMG it will take ages to do that!!! New love, new friends, new wardrobe and..new obsessions of course ^_^!!

Do you remember my insane love for the fruit of sin,apples da? I would say I gave up with all that stupid things (Yeeah, I got definitely well!)and I'm gonna turn it into sth more useful and..tasty! Today I'm hungry and I need sth sweet, so I'll make a pie, a yummy tarte tatin! What we need is 4 juicy apples (yellow ones or my lovely "pink ladies"!), 100 gr of butter, 300 gr wheat flour,130 sugar, a pinch of salt, cinnamom powder and..some relaxing music!

Let's start! First: peel off the skin of the apples and cut each one into 6 pieces.

Take a pan (I used an old pan both to caramel the apples and to bake the pie),grease it with butter and finish putting some butter flakes,

add the sugar and the apple slices putting them with the concave side upwards.

Heat the pan and cook until the sugar candies, it will take about 10 minutes. Now we have to make dough. Take the butter out of the fridge and cut into small pieces, put it in the mixer together with the flour and a hint of salt and mix for 3-4 minutes.

Zooming..

Switch off and pour the rough dough into a bowl,knead adding 75 ml of water and give the dough a round shape.

Let it stand in the fridge for 1 hour and then roll out giving a rectangular shape.

Cover the pan with the dough, paying attention to stick it well to the edge of the apples.

Heat the oven and cook at 220° for the first 15 minutes, then lower the temperature and cook at 180° for other 15 minutes. Turn off and wait until it colds,then turn it over on a flat dish and..you're ready to taste it! Serve with a hot cup of spicy tea and...enjoy your break!

The leftovers! I didn't even had the time to take the final picture..what do you think? Is that good:-)??

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