Busy..Busy...and Owls

Sorry I have been able to post anything up lately, but I have been work on a new layout for the blog. What do you think? There is more to be added, but I have been busy with school lately, I'm just trying to catch up with everything because I have majority of my text books except for one.

   But I will be posting things up by the end of the week. So keep an eye out. And fro readers out there, if go to community college do you have any tips for other students? If so email me @ sakuragirlwind@hotmail.com
    I putting together so tips for new students.
Now here is a picture of me with a Owl named Einstein I'm also wearing a owl necklace ^^:

Tortilla Pizza

So I got bored one day and I didn't have any more dough to make pizza, I used tortillas instead to make this personal pizza. It came out just as good as regular pizza. It is great when you have all the ingredients in your refrigerator and pantry! This recipe is for the oven not the microwave.

Ingredients:
 2 tortillas (for each per
 1 Jar of Pizza sauce
Cheese (mozzarella melts better)
 Toppings of your choice (I used pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, and black olives.)


1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. I used a old long cookie sheet covered it with foil. Take the first tortilla and put pizza sauce on it spreading it out evenly. Cover the sauce with cheese.

2. Put your toppings on the tortilla with the cheese and sauce. Do over do with the toppings in case it gets too soggy. Put more cheese on toppings. 

3. cover it with the second tortilla. Repeat steps 1 & 2. Put in the oven for 10 to 12 mins, until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are browned not burnt.

Wait for a few minutes to cool down, and Enjoy!

Favorite things: London Calling


In celebration of the Olympics in London, I'm choosing things that I like about my number one place I would like to go.


1. I love British themed party. I would love to do this one day.

Source: migy.com via Ariel on Pinterest

2. I love this artwork! I would love have it hanging on my wall.

Source: harrods.com via Ariel on Pinterest

3. My aunt found one of these beefeater bears from Harrods at a thrift store in United States and I love it. I named him Barnaby. I got a another one not from Harrods and I named him after Benedict Cumberbatch.

Source: target.com via Ariel on Pinterest


4. I am obsessed with books and these book ends that they used to have at Target would be perfect!

 
5. I love this trio! I can't wait for the next season! Too bad Rory and Amy's Journey is going to end this season. 

Working on new layout

Sorry if everything is not up. But I'm trying to put everything together while I have internet and soon it will be up a fully running. I'm sorry for not updating my favorite things. My internet has not always been around so stay tuned!

Caged Bird Travels: California Missions


    I went on a trip with my aunt to the coast, more like a trip to the California missions. I have not been to the beach in about six years and when I first saw the sand I wished I could jump out and around barefoot. Unfortunately there wasn't enough time for us to do that.
      I've been to the missions before in fourth grade when the beauty of these didn't occur to me until I went back older, and along with the beauty of the places there is always the horror stories that don't tell anybody.
 
       The first mission we went to was San Juan Bautista, it's located right by the San Andres fault. I was amazed to find that the mission had Alfred Hitchcock's Death mask there, apparently he filmed his movie Vertigo there.When we went to the cemetery next to the cathedral, you can here the ominous silence. The term "silent as the grave" came to mind.
      Shortly after we left San Juan Bautista, we went up Monterey Bay and went the Fisherman's Wharf there. My Aunt was look for a specific place that she always went to. She didn't recognize is until she walked up to this place that she thought was it and turned out to be the right place. The place is called Liberty Fishing Co. and the food is really good; so good in fact we had a guest right outside the window, a very cute and friendly seagull who is named after one of their regulars. We had a amazing lunch, and we walked down to the beach after that, I was unable to take off my shoes, but we had fun running away from the water and I found a few mollusk shells. We walked away with salt water taffy before heading to Carmel.   
       Our next stop and final trip, before we went home was the Carmel Missions a few miles from Fisherman's Wharf. The Missions double as a school but luckily it was a Saturday. From the outside of the place it looked small but as you walk through it you begin to realize how big really is and all the oohss...and aahhs can come to mind compared to San Juan Bautista, they had a lot more people in History visit including Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pope. (Not the current one) When we got to the courtyard, the we had found a garden where there rose as big as our hands! They where going Artichokes from a single artichoke plant it was a amazing.
     In another courtyard by the entrance of the flower garden there is a tree there that was swarming with moths that seemed pretty to look at. I was amazed by the flowers there. While were we there we had seen this man with two German Shepherds they were huge! One of the dogs was four years old (who looked the size of a wolf.)and the other was four months. We talked to the owner who was from Germany as were the dogs too. (who were very friendly) Next thing we on way home. Around six o' clock we stopped at Casa de Fruita and got some really good sandwiches, and home to suffer from our dreams of wanting to touch feet in the sand and running away for a couple of hours out of the bus. Instead we got two or three out of the total eight we on the bus.
     So I'm going to save money to go back again and go where I want to go next time and hopefully be walking barefoot in the sand finally.

Five Favorite Things Vol 1



The Wombats in San Fransisco 
I love the Wombats! I would really like to see them in San Fransisco on the 7th.

    I love going to the zoo. I always get amazing pictures there.

This is cute. I love constellations and I love to write.

watch once upon a time
 Once Upon A Time is so great I can't get enough of it!
I would love to get one of the SMASH journal sets. Alas...I am too poor.

my poor computer

My poor computer has broken down and everything that I had on it is now gone. I wish it was all still there, it's going to take me months to get all the episode that I had on it, all the fonts, and photoshop projects. Joy. I have been trying to change the layout of my blog and working on a new blog that was going to be starting in the next month or so but I guess it's going to take long than I expected, becuase of my computer. So for know this will be the last post for the month until I get everything sorted out with my computer.
Sincerely,
Ariel

I am a bookaholic

I am obsessed with books. I had to leave some books with my family when I had to move, but know the pile has gone from about the same amount that I had to leave behind. 




This is an old picture, but what it was not that long ago. When ever I have change and I go to the library I can't help but find a book or and author that I really like and buy it from the withdrawn section. I even lost count on how many library books I check out. Okay not really. Besides fiction, I have text books, manga, guide books, even a couple of language books and it is growing by the week. I haven't read all my books! Really soon every month I'm going to be reviewing the books that I read for the month and add to my bookshelf page. If you have any recommendations for me let me know. I read mostly read sci-fi, fantasy, romance (not the cheesy stuff), comics
 Sad thing is I don't have a physical bookshelf to put all my on there all stacked underneath my desk, out of the way.

20 things before I'm 21

I Finally have my list of 20 things to do before I'm 21. I actually thought all of this through and I really hope I finish them all on my birthday October 5th! I will add more detail to them later as to why for each choice.
1. Lose the weight I gained in high school

2. Change my wardrobe

3. Have two successful blogs

4. Learn a language during my free time

5. Read all the books on my list

6. See all the movies that I want to see in theaters

7. Makeover my bedroom

8. Finish one of my stories

9. Dye and cut my hair

10. Do 26 braided hairstyles

11. Try to do Galaxy nails

12. Make a dress or two

13. Draw a coloring book

14.Learn to walk in heels 

15.Finally open my handmade indie biz
16. Make craft space in my room

17. Finish my desk
18.Take out an one of the old bikes and get fixed up to ride it

19. Make Macrons SUCCESSFULLY
20. Finish making a costume

Things to come for Caged Bird in 2012

    There are many things that I'm planning to on Caged Bird this year. One of the things is I'm planning to update the layout of the blog. (I hope I can get a charger soon.) I'm trying to open a cooking blog for those families that live on  welfare, food stamps and food boxes it's called Cooking with Change. So I will be spending as time on there as am on this blog  I'm also planning on more posts some of which in include daily posts and weekly posts.
    Here's a taste of what's to come:
  In the spring I will be posting up post about my outfits everyday. (if possible)
  Book posts every month, they will be added to my bookshelf page.
*(posted every 1 week)
^ (posted every 2 weeks)
Sunday- * Recycle and Restyle (this will be explained on the first post about it.)
Monday-  My Art
Tuesday- Feature Recipe from Cooking with Change
Wednesday-  ^26 Braided hairstyles
Thursday- ^Thrifty Finds (explained in the first post)
Friday- *Five Favorite things
Saturday- ^DIY Projects
And there will posts every once in a while that I will be posting about myself, so you can learn more about me.
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