tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57558804117141333102024-02-18T21:58:33.525-08:00Lu3Lus CrossingLu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-25980636480489186432013-07-08T06:36:00.003-07:002013-07-08T06:36:20.897-07:00"We can count on so few people to walk that hard way with us" <div style="text-align: center;">
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Hard, particularly lifes hard, is relative. Your hard, my hard, their hard, is not the same, but whatever the case is, it is often that the quote above is very true.<br />
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I have been spending a lot of my time lately, call it reflection or the pause before the big jump, thinking about the people in my life that I have come a long way with, and while the list may not be as long as forever, there are a handful of people I can point to and that I know I will always be able to point to. But this hasn't always been the case. We always come across people, some we may even dare to call best friends, that come in to our life and make us feel or think we have found the real meaning of lifelong, but then something happens, big, small or nothing at all that makes you realise "we can count on so few people to walk that hard way with us"<br />
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Maybe it is something to do with growing up, in fact scratch that, it has everything to do with growing up. The more you do it, the fewer friends you do it with. Your priorities change, and what you start to look for in friendships have changed along with them. So when I reflect on the almost friendships and the lost ones too, I realise why they may not be such a bad thing.<br />
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I only want a few people to walk the hard way with me, and there are only a few people that I want to walk the hard way with. While I may not believe in 'no new friends' I believe that when you find the friends that encourage you, support you, believe in you, make you a better person, and generally make lifes hards easier then keep that circle tight.<br />
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We sometimes fool ourselves in thinking that we need so many people around us to not feel lonely, but there is a power in only having a few friends. A power in not having to count on so many people, because really if we are being honest, people often cannot be counted on to be counted on.<br />
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XxLu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-56268808431183937262013-06-19T05:15:00.001-07:002013-06-19T05:15:09.938-07:003 Things I want To Tell Kim Kardashian Kimberly Kardashian recently gave birth to a no name baby girl that was expected in July, and ever since this glorious day in entertainment, I have been prowling all sorts of gossip blogs and so on just to find out anything that I can about this child. It's really shameful, I know. I am almost certain when it is Kate Middleton's turn I will be none the wiser. But any way, I love babies, so maybe and just maybe, this is what my obsession is about. I am quite excited for Kim, as if it were one of my friends, so if I could, I would say these things to say to her<br />
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<b><u>1) You must be glad it's all over</u></b><br />
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I am not a mother, so I don't know what it's like to carry a person for 9 months, especially during those last few months, and maybe the paps just caught you on really bad days, but you looked like your life has never sucked more, and it couldn't have been easier with the whole world weighing in on your life. I know I did a time or two, especially during the MET Gala, oh, and when you wore those shoes too small for your feet. You didn't make it hard for us to be honest, but if I am being real, no one deserves that kind of bashing, even if they did sign up for it. So now that the pregnancy has come to an end I can imagine you must be relieved, you are only human after all, and choosing to live your life in front of the cameras and at the mercy of peoples heavy opinions doesn't change that. So, even though you might still end up on worst dress lists and appear on magazines covers for having an ass too fat, (you know it's not going to end) it's not going to be because of something you couldn't control.<br />
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While it must have been super annoying to have people compare your pregnancy to your sisters, there are some things you might just want to learn from her, and the most important one of all is to not hide your baby from us. Can you not see how in love we are with Mason, and Penelope's fat cheeks? I'm almost positive we will adore K..... (since you don't want to give us a name yet) and see, this is what I am taking about, it's been 5 days now and we still don't have a baby name. It's just a name Kim, and even Beyonce who is better at this game than you told us right off the bat what her little one was called. So please, just give us a name.<br />
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<b><u>3) You are stronger than we gave you credit for</u></b><br />
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Over the years people have come to know you as one thing, a sex symbol. And your pregnancy, it kind of started to tear at that image, and not so nicely. You came under attack for all the wrong reasons, almost like it was unheard of for a pregnant lady to get fat. But in the midst of it all you seemed put together, you were not going to let people dictate who Kim should be, but instead show people that they can talk all they want to but this is who Kim is. And maybe I am comparing you to the likes of me, who would have probably chosen to take a nine month vacation in a cave, but it was nice to see. You did something that was clearly hard for you, in the open, all day everyday, and didn't allow people to dictate that. Go you!<br />
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LuluLu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-11337292354018452222013-05-22T00:45:00.000-07:002013-05-22T00:56:35.921-07:00Durban's Zulu white boy Joins Gagasi FM<br />
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I've only ever heard of him in passing, but most of you avid followers of South African local entertainment would have seen Wade, who is also well known as "Skhokho" or
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And according to him, he is very excited to be back on radio, and of course would like to thank the man above his friends and Gagasi FM for believing in him. Congratulations Wade!<br />
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Follow Wade on Twitter <b><span style="color: #990000;">@Wade_Delagey</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-15452975611576189522013-05-15T07:14:00.000-07:002013-05-15T07:14:42.516-07:00Wednesday Motivation <div style="text-align: left;">
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These words are something I am going to hold on to from now on. Life and our parents and our teachers, they all teach us that nothing worth it is easy, and seeing this was a friendly reminder! Sometimes we all get stuck in wanting to get 'there', that we forget what made us want to get there in the first place... So for all my creative friends, you writers, poets, photographers, fashion heads, etc... This one is for you. </div>
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-5893024626472064052013-05-12T07:34:00.000-07:002013-05-12T07:34:15.581-07:00Mothers Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Happy Mothers Day to all you beautiful mothers out there. I can't imagine it being an easy job, but I can imagine it being the most rewarding! I can't wait until I am a mother myself and can get to experience the joys of motherhood, but till then I'm going to let y'all handle business. </span></div>
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-40902484518352000772013-05-10T03:21:00.000-07:002013-05-10T03:21:31.099-07:00Becoming a Great Guest Blogger Hey guys!<br />
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I'm excited to bring you this weeks guest blogger because it is a little different, even for me. My friend Sandy, who I present to you this week, is a social media expert and loves, eats, breathes, and sleeps everything social media, and for good reason. Today he shares with us some tips and tricks on<span style="color: #990000;"><b> becoming a great guest blogger.</b></span> I thought this would be a good fit for today because a lot of people recently have asked me about being a guest blogger, what they would need to do, what I want them to do, etc... and there are some things that come with giving your article to be submitted on another site, and Sandy explains it here in this weeks guest post. For more you can visit his blog <a href="http://www.sandynene.com/">here</a><br />
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Hi guys, I'm Sandile Nene, better known as Sandy. I am 20 years old, I love, blogging, tweeting and reading, and today I want to share with you some Guest Blogger tips that I found. </div>
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1) <b>Search for blogs relevant to your audience.</b> It doesn't have to be your exact niche, but you will want to only guest post on blogs that
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It's Mothers Day coming up, and while I was scrawling the Internet for Mothers Day ideas, because you know, since the invention of Google we don't really have minds of our own. I came across the sweetest thing, and speaking of Google they take the credit on this one. They recently made a video clip called 'Here is to all the Mom's' in celebration of Mothers Day. It captures such adorable moments between mother and child and I just had to share.<br />
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So just like them, this Mothers Day video I dedicate to all the Mothers out there, old, young, expecting, hoping to expect.. all of you, this one is for you, and I know we have three more days to the actual day, but let me just be cliché here in saying, every day is Mothers Day. Am I right?<br />
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-2151739782491694502013-05-09T02:45:00.002-07:002013-05-09T03:05:59.700-07:00Blog Lovin' Hey guys,<br />
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Just a little update to let you know I am on bloglovin' now, so you can follow my blog through there as well. Got a little heads up from a fellow blogger that Google connect will be shutting down in July, so I needed to act quick. I'm not too sure how far these rumours are true, you know I heard some Facebook shutting down on the 7th of May rumours and a few Twitter rumours too, so maybe the social networking gurus are trying to play a trick or two on us, but those of you who also want to switch quick, and don't want to leave anything to chance, then check out bloglovin' too! You will definitely find me on there under <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Lu3Lus Crossing. </b></span><br />
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-86212388543452540912013-05-07T07:15:00.002-07:002013-05-07T07:15:36.871-07:00Selfie Esteem <br />
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So like, the selfie, we all do it, no matter how hard we try not to turn the front camera on and become self employed as a model and photographer, we all do it. I didn't realise till the other day how conditioned I was to seeing selfies (it's not like I don't see about ten different selfies on Instagram a day), until someone who I don't know followed me and I had to start searching through their pictures for a selfie just so I could see.</div>
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I'm not opposed to the selfie, sometimes we really do have a fabulous lip colour or hairstyle that we would like <strike>to show off </strike>our friends to see. I do it all the time too. I may not post all of them to social networks but anybody going through my phone is going to think I am absolutely obsessed with myself. It's fun.. camera on, lift, pout, flash, <b>next one</b>; camera on, lift, smile, flash, <b>next one</b>; camera on, lift, stare into nothingness, flash. </div>
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At first every time I even thought of taking a selfie I felt like a vampire trying to walk in the sun. Felt like I was going to get burned for it, because we've all heard what they had to say about the selfie. Don't do it. They say that this (especially posting them online in lure of getting above 10 likes, just me?) is pure narcissism. And I realise that after saying the whole 10 likes thing, maybe just maybe they have point. But also when we completely ignore this point they are trying to make, they really don't have a point. When I take a selfie, I am either completely bored out of my mind, I have no one to take this photo of me and I have just GOT to show you my new bangs (I really don't) or I honestly just like the way I look and my Instagram is my Instagram after all, so naturally I just upload it, crop it, filter it, caption it and post it. How does this make me a narcissist? It's basically just a whole bunch of, it's my account, I can do whatever I want with it, it's for me not you anyway.<br />
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I don't really believe this whole, I'm posting this for myself stuff that we like to feed ourselves sometimes. Yes I'm posting up the picture because I want to, the application does say 'upload picture' any way but ultimately the I-don't-care-what-no-one-thinks thing is a little hmm. My logic is, if we put anything online it becomes everybody's, it's not just for ourselves otherwise it wouldn't be up there.Would you put up your latest diary entry online, you know, the one about the boy, your secret crush, the one who is dating your friend? No, I didn't think so. So this stuff online, is not just for ourselves. So we care a little what people think, because you had to think about it. You had to think about the right angles, filters, photo tricks and captions to be able to put your best self face forward.<br />
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But we have heard all this before right? blah blah blah selfie, blah blah blah, social approval, blah blah blah vain. And to that I say.....<br />
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-13824878457393455272013-05-06T12:06:00.000-07:002013-05-06T12:14:31.904-07:00Favourite Things You know those things, yes those things, that can turn any bad day good, put a pep in your step, keep you way occupied and make you that much happier... well yes, I have a few of these things I call my favourite things. Lately I have been indulging in quite a few, and I wanted to share with you some of <strike>my latest obsessions</strike> the things that I can't live without.<br />
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Can't say nothing else except for <b style="color: #990000;">I am addicted. </b>I spend most of my time on this app,<b style="color: #990000;"> </b>when I am not tweeting or chatting. It has given me the excuse not to have an excuse to 'use my phone' when I see someone I do not really want to talk to, or when I find myself in awkward situations, because now I can just. I can literally stay on Flipboard days on end and only come up for air when I have been <strike>rudely</strike> interrupted.<br />
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I love that I can create my own magazine, with all the stuff that I find on the app and on the Internet. If you ever need inspiration, fresh ideas or just knowledge from people within the same 'industry' or people who have the same passions and interests as you, then this is the app for you.<br />
I've created three magazines so far {below}, and while I am still getting the hang of being my own magazine curator, I am enjoying the hell out of this app, flip after flip.<br />
If you are on Flipboard too, let me know, and please stop by my magazines and let me know what you think. <br />
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Another social media platform... I am beginning to wonder what social media platform I am NOT on. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Keek, the list just goes on, but you name it and I am on it. Is this even healthy?<br />
I have to say though, some of my favourite social media apps are ones you can get creative with, like Pinterest, Instagram and now Vine, I just love it.<br />
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I was introduced to it by one of my friends, and at first I hadn't a clue what to do with this thing, {not like I am much different now}, but this is app is slowly becoming one of my latest addictions. See, I am not so much a visual, that means photography and film, kind of person but the whole art interests me. So whatever chance I can get to play with one of these photo/video tools, count me in.<br />
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Joy is what I feel in my heart when I look forward to the next couple of days, weeks, months. Being engaged has changed everything for me! I haven't been one to start planning her wedding day from the day she was born, but along the way I have come across friends and people {of course I mean him} that have got me excited at the prospect of planning a wedding... My one friend is obsessed and her obsession has become my obsession, if not for the fact that she sends me every bridesmaid fabric, wedding dress design and wedding location picture out there. She and the fact that this is all real now, makes planning my wedding one of my favourite things to do lately.<br />
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Just as much as coffee addicts need their coffee to get them through the day, I need my cups of tea, and if it is vanilla I can do just about anything. I am a tea lover for sure man, even on the hottest day. I believe that you can find the answers to life at the bottom of a tea cup. Some say wine glass, I say tea cup.<br />
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I was pretty disappointed with the music that was coming out at the beginning of 2013, till Justin showed up. I love this song, it's everything you need in a love song and more.<br />
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I am a reader, I love to read, books, magazines, blogs.... I read it all. So as I heal myself with a cup of vanilla tea I like to indulge in a few magazines and blogs. Lately my favourite magazine has been ELLE UK. I have always bought the South African edition because it makes more sense to me. I'm here, it's here, perfect pair. But I recently got the UK edition and was amazed by their editorials, it wasn't the first time though, but I realised why I need to do more of it. What an amazing read.<br />
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And lately my favourite blogs are, Fashion Toast, Song of Style, Wendy's Look Book, and The Glamourai. These blogs make having my flipboard app that much more fun. Lot's to flip and lot's to be inspired by. It's amazing when you can get lost in a world that someone else has created for you, and enjoy your stay.<br />
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So yes, these are a few of my favourite things. What are some of yours?<br />
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Sick", I thought it was some new American one-hit-wonder artist. My
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Anybody that says age is a definition of success obviously
hasn't heard this 19 year old's music. Blending music elements of Blues, Smokey
Jazz (I seriously didn't make that up), good old fashioned Swing and Pop to
create a powerful album titled 'Hungry'. This album has hit singles such as Home Sweet Home,
Sick Sick and Walking Away which in my opinion were catchy enough to make her rise right up the pop
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ChianoSky draws her influence from classic artist such as
Etta James, Marvin Gaye as well as modern songstresses Adele and the late Amy
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Bagging a EMI recording deal, hundreds and thousands of
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years??! ChianoSky is living proof that having a dream and working hard towards
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It's been almost two years now since I started blogging and I just hit the 100, 000 page view mark. I know I am a little bit of a turtle, some have hit this mark in 6 months, others in 14 months, <b>Don't Judge Me.</b></div>
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I opened up this blog at first as a dare to myself that I can do it, and keep it open, and now 100, 000 page views later here I am. I still don't know what I am doing with these pages, and sometimes I still go on a sabbatical, because the blinking cursor with no words following literally sets me on fire, but I know for certain that this little piece of the Internet is mine for the keeping and I have big-ish plans for the both of us. We have been baby stepping our way this whole time, and the more I read other blogs and pay attention to the voice inside of me that keeps pushing, I know what I want for myself and this blog. </div>
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Look out for creative of the week features and guest post features more often from now on, and MORE about fashion, style, women, love and health, and whatever else comes to mind. </div>
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To 100, 000 more! </div>
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XxLu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-1128636811402960782013-04-26T02:23:00.000-07:002013-04-26T02:23:58.843-07:00This Winters Healthy Comforts<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello all, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today's guest blogger is Michalah Francis who hails from Cape Town. She blogs over at <a href="http://www.mystylememoirs.blogspot.com/">My Style Memories</a>, so do check her out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is almost, (and I say that lightly) winter over here, and Michalah knows just what a girl needs to get through some of these winter days. Check it out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This Winters Healthy Comforts</span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-US">In summer
there was a fruit overload, health smoothies, organic fruit juice and iced
lemon water was all that I drank and there was no shortage of salads in my
life. Healthy eating just seemed so easy in summer, but now with the fast
approaching winter I seem to be stoking up on the carbs and I'm excited about
spending my cold days with hot chocolate and marshmallows. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I'm sure
many can relate to this, it’s a wet, cold weekend and you decide to stay in and
re-watch all your favourite movies. Slowly but surely, as that movie marathon
continues, so does the snacks your “nibbling” on, they continue to pile up in front
of you, and before you know it there’s wrappers and papers everywhere. You’ll
feel guilty for about 5 minutes but then a few weeks later this scene will
repeat itself, and you’ll be comforted by the idea that you can hide any KG’s
gained under layers of winter clothing. And as welcoming and cozy as this idea
might sound, most of us will regret this winter binge when summer comes
knocking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When food
is involved regrets is what we want to avoid as food is not the enemy. Instead, food
is the best friend who we all need. This winter I have decided to beat the
binge and climb back on my healthy horse. How? By making my own winter comfort
foods! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Allow me to
introduce you to a good friend of mine, the Banana and Berry Oats Bake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I love this
recipe for multiple reasons. The most obvious reason being that it’s healthy
and the oats keeps you full for longer, preventing unnecessary snacking. This
bake lasts for about a week as the recipe makes a large portion. The bake could
be eaten for breakfast, saving time and energy because nobody really likes preparing
breakfast on a cold winter morning. With this bake it’s simply reheat and
enjoy. It could also be a dessert topped with some of your favourite treats; my
personal favourite topping is plain yoghurt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cups of berries. Because I like variety, I used 1 cup of gooseberries and 1 cup
of </span></b></div>
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cup of uncooked oats<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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cup of raw, sliced nuts. I used almonds as they are a favourite and blend well
with the </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"> oats.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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tablespoon of cinnamon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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tsp of baking powder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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cup of coconut milk. Here you could use any milk of your choice, the coconut
milk just </span></b></div>
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egg<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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tsp vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of salt</b></span></div>
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Method:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">-Preheat
your oven to 180° C<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">-Spray your
baking dish with a non-stick cooking spray. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">-Slice the
banana’s and then line the bottom of the dish. Top the banana’s with just over
half of the berries which you have decide to use and then add ¼ of the cinnamon.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span>-Cover this
with foil and bake it in the oven for 15 minutes. </div>
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bananas and berries are baking, you now mix the other ingredients.</div>
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different bowl mix together the oats, nuts, rest of the cinnamon, baking powder
and salt</div>
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second bowl mix together the egg, milk and vanilla.</div>
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15 minutes are over, remove the dish from the oven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your dry ingredients over the baked bananas, berries and cinnamon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pour the wet mix on top of that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this, place the rest of your berries.</span></div>
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The best
thing about this recipe is that it can so easily be changed.</div>
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-If you’d
like the final outcome to be crisper keep the bake in the oven for up to 30
minutes longer.</div>
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-For a bake
that’s perfect for breakfast 30 minutes in the oven will be perfect.</div>
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-You could
serve the bake with yogurt, ice cream, or any topping of your choice.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Michalah <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-35324226798336391402013-04-25T12:31:00.000-07:002013-04-25T12:31:30.828-07:00Guest Blogging & More Hey ya'll<br />
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A little while back I mentioned that I would be interested in having people<a href="http://lu3luscrossing.blogspot.com/p/contact-me.html"> <span id="goog_1210148394"></span>guest blog</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1210148395"></span></a> on Lu3Lus Crossing. I have fallen in love with a lot of blogs recently and I think that it is about time to get started with this series.<br />
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So from now on, on Fridays I will have a guest post up, starting tomorrow. I just want to thank those who have been interested in taking part, the response so far to my quest for guest bloggers has been amazing, and I also want to welcome anyone else who might want to join in too.<br />
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I think guest blogging is a great way to meet and get to know other bloggers and encourage and support each other. I for one am really excited to get started and looking forward to having them here.<br />
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I'm also starting a new series called 'Creative of the Week' in which I will be interviewing or 'getting to know' people in the creative industry here in South Africa. This series will be taking part on Wednesdays and hope to get it started this coming Wednesday the 1st of May. This is something else I am excited about because, being a lover of the creative industry and wanting to be a part of it myself I love getting inspired and learning from what others do.<br />
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So I hope you enjoy them both!<br />
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Lu3Lu<br />
Xx Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-83508029321038614582013-04-02T06:43:00.000-07:002013-04-02T06:49:21.851-07:00Get The Look Even though celebrity red carpet fashion is a joy to watch, you know, seeing who wore what outfit, by whom and how, and OMG did you see her dress! But, it doesn't really tell me anything about a celebrities sense of style, other than the fact that they have a wonderfully talented team behind them, and of course I am only talking about those who actually look nice on the red carpet.<br />
I'm saying, celebrity red carpet fashion is just glitz and glam, it doesn't go much further than the dress, suit and tie, and I can't connect, which is why I personally like to style stalk celebrities off the red carpet, because for me when they are going on coffee dates, heading to the club, running errands or dodging the paps, that's when you can kind of tell what their real fashion sense is like.<br />
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I have put together some of my favourite and inspiring off duty celebrity looks this past month, and although the past couple of months back there have been award season, these three off duty celebs caught my eye and made me want to GET THAT LOOK!<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>Khloe Kardashian</b></span><br />
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I love the shirt dress thing she has going on, and more so in print. I have been trying to find myself something similar for ages now and I just can't seem to come across the right kind of one. Khloe makes me want to steal hers which is why I think she looks so good here, and there is just no fuss or muss about the outfit, you can tell she didn't just get out of bed and throw the first thing on, but still looks effortless.</div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>Katie Holmes </b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/katie_holmes_get_look/set?.embedder=2430920&.svc=copypaste&id=77603680" target="_blank"><img alt="Katie Holmes: Get The Look" border="0" height="429" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/zUaX2TQ11Pk8koRRh64yg/cid/77603680/id/MhYMKxDNR3iBzdGiNHyaXg/size/c600x429.jpg" title="Katie Holmes: Get The Look" width="600" /></a></div>
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Even though it doesn't really show in my choice of outfits lately, I am in a black jeans, black leggings phase and this is why I love what Katie is wearing. I feel like a pair of black bottoms takes the pressure off any outfit, because all I have to do after that is just find a cute top {which she did} to match it with, and what doesn't match with black?</div>
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I want this outfit.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>Zoe Saldana </b></span><br />
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I'm sure most of us all know how hard it is to find a fashionable bag at a reasonable price, which is one of the reasons I have fallen in love with Michael Kors products, because even though they are pricey, they remain fairly affordable.<br />
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I have just spent most of my time assuming that this sort of luxury was 'above my pay grade' {I have always wanted to say that} and not something that I should be even looking twice at, so when Nicki Minaj sang "Couldn't get Michael Kors if you was f**king Michael Kors" I felt like I had to pay attention. But boy was <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>I almost kind of sort of wrong</b></span>, because yes their bags cost between 10, 000 to 7,000 South African Rands, and yes this is generally the price range you need to be prepared to see when you Google 'how much is a Michael Kors bag' and then quickly Google after that 'No, how much is it really'...<br />
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Lu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-56131207214425860812013-03-12T05:59:00.001-07:002013-03-12T05:59:41.903-07:00Dinner Party Guests: Marilyn Monroe & Audrey Hepburn<br />
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Ever think of who {dead or alive} you would invite to a dinner party? I do, all the time, and even though my list changes changes quite often, almost all the time Marilyn and/or Audrey make the cut.<br />
My mild obsession with Marilyn Monroe started after I watched <i>My Week with Marilyn. </i>Such a beautiful movie, and naturally {because I felt she was a very close friend of mine} I morphed into a mini detective trying to solve the age old mystery of her death. Audrey on the other hand, after finally watching <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's</i> {which I made a promise to do <a href="http://www.lu3luscrossing.blogspot.com/search/label/Audrey%20Hepburn">here</a>} I finally got what all the fuss was about. I get that it was a movie, and none of it was real, but I just imagined myself hanging out with the lady on the screen and having an absolute good time.<br />
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Regardless, there is a reason why we as women use many of the things Marilyn and Audrey said then to apply to our lives now, because despite being popular for their acting, singing, fashion and style these women inspire young girls and women, in love, friendship, life, and womanhood.<br />
I can definitely raise my hand to testify to this. I have caught myself a time or two relating to something they have said, sticking by it, and trying to apply it to my life, I mean no wonder I want to have them at my dinner party. What other secrets to life are they holding back?<br />
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<i>"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they are right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together" </i></div>
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Beyoncé Knowles is the name on almost everybody's lips lately. With her <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bowl/0ap2000000135280/Beyonce-s-Pepsi-halftime-performance">epic super bowl performance</a></span> not so long ago, her announcement of <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://ryanseacrest.com/2013/02/04/beyonce-announces-the-mrs-carter-show-world-tour/">The Mrs. Carter Show</a></span>, her <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.ballerstatus.com/2013/02/17/beyonce-interview-oprahs-chapter-full-episode/">interview</a></span> with the queen of television Oprah Winfrey, and her much anticipated documentary on <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/beyonce/index.html">HBO 'life's but a dream'</a></span>, it is no surprise. This woman has it all and then some. If there was anybody I could be for a day, at this very moment I would pick Mrs. Carter.<br />
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I haven't laid my eyes on either her interview with Oprah or her HBO documentary yet, but it is the March 2013 <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/beyonce-knowles-the-queen-b/#1">“Power Issue” of Vogue</a></span> that has left me stunned right now. I have to admit with some reluctance that I am such a prier, an A grade celebrity stalker, I want to know the very intimate details about a celebrities life, only because they seem so far away that knowing what makes them human, just like the rest of us, makes the difference. And in this issue, Beyoncé did that for me, even though there was still more to be revealed through 'Life Is But a Dream' I felt an honest picture of Beyoncé Knowles carved through that article. Especially the love she has for her family. That Beyoncé and Jay-Z kind of love, that Beyoncé and Blue Ivy kind of love. Yes please. Reading things like this make me excited to have a family of my own, be a mother, be a wife, and just feel a different kind of wholeness and happiness.<br />
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XxLu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-28605997526025841592013-02-14T12:08:00.001-08:002013-02-14T12:08:38.751-08:00Happy Valentines Day! Happy Valentines Day!<br />
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It's already the end of the day and here is hoping you reading this are smiling from the inside out. Hope lots of love, kisses, chocolates, flowers and happiness came your way, if not, it's never to late to spoil yourself with a bottle of wine, a huge slab of chocolate and tub of ice cream to drown thy sorrows. An intake of yummy calories is sure to solve that problem.<br />
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As for me, I'm a cheesy girl, I love love and it only makes sense that this is one of my favourite days of the year. 'Love' for me in this case is just that love, love for family, friends and significant others. I'm not going to lie though, by the time this day comes around we are like friends, family what? where is that man? So yes, having that significant other makes a difference on this day for most people, especially with Hallmark throwing their <i>'to my perfect girlfriend</i>' cards in our faces. YES I want one, and NO I don't want it signed your best friend Lola!<br />
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Before I sound like I was lonely this valentines, let me get to the real reason behind this post. I've been listening to a lot of love songs lately, you know, getting into the spirit of everything, and being as sappy about love as I am, of course I made a valentines day playlist. This list is in no means saying these are my favourite love songs, just ones that currently fit my mood as a love struck 20 something year old on valentines day.<br />
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I might just be the only one who hasn't proclaimed {at least out loud} that 2013 is their year. I'm just not too sure about putting so much pressure on a year with the off chance that it might all fall to s**t. I'm happy to welcome 2013 as my year, when it becomes my year, but till then I am happy just working at making it so.<br />
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My 2013 will be one of immense growth, and this I am pretty happy to state out loud. I've spent the past couple of years doing the same things, particularly surrounding myself with the the kind of people that are just not good for any kind of mental, emotional or spiritual growth, because either <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>1)</b></span> they are so self involved that they don't even realise that this world hosts other human beings, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>2)</b></span> they have no idea what the word progression means <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>3)</b> </span>they use, abuse and misuse people for their own benefit, or <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>4)</b></span> they have more faces than the Lord intended, basically, small people.<br />
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I mean it is no secret that we are not getting any younger, and it makes no sense to just grow in age and not have anything mentally to back that up. A lot of us are now at the age we are trying to grow ourselves, become career women, family women and maybe this is the needy child in me speaking but it is at this time you need to surround yourself with people that make a difference. We need people that are going to support us, rejoice in our achievements, encourage us when we have low spirits and be rocks when all we see around us is shaky ground. This is what we need, but we are also at that age where we should not be afraid to walk alone and we should not be afraid to like it. It's been a reality to many and a reality I am starting to notice for myself, which is why I love this particular quote by Mark Twain that states<br />
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This is my 2013 in a nutshell. I am going to grow in this, because there I believe at this point in my life there is nothing truer. I am thankful for the friends who are all this and more to me. Here is to a great 2013!<br />
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XxLu3Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874964791086125843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755880411714133310.post-63620433925388124752013-02-05T02:58:00.000-08:002013-02-05T02:58:18.689-08:00Hi There You Fabulous Month You <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In all the times I have seen her gracing the covers of magazines, our TV screens etc, she always looks dashing and needless to say quite classy.<br />
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I've always found her fashion sense really inspiring, simple yet extremely fashionable, definitely something a 30 something 49 year old should be wearing. Even I would house myself in one of those gorgeous overflowing gowns she loves to wear.<br />
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Here is a happy belated birthday to the 1st lady of elegance.<br />
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I'm going to use the word 'new' here loosely, because this really is new to me, but I really am loving this new denim on denim trend. Over the past few weeks I've spotted a lot of denim on denim fashion on my television, in magazines, on the streets and on runways, and I'm taken. At first, much like the print on print trend, this trend wasn't something I would naturally just think of pairing together for the fear of being over-matched. I mean, I thought that was something we were all meant to stay away from, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>DON'T MATCH</b></span> they said, so I became one of those people wrinkling their noses and making funny faces every time I saw this denim on denim trend. How wrong was I though, there is something so effortless about this trend that makes it okay to match. The reality is {Justin and Britney} it is in fact a rather stylish trend if you pull it off correctly.<br />
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TopShop South Africa, which I had the pleasure of visiting the other day, {pretty shop, even prettier things to buy} I've just learnt is having a competition. They have partnered with one A-List Hollywood celebrity in their TopShop Christmas Film set to premiere on the 4th of December, and they have done a good job at keeping who this A-List celebrity is quiet, leaving us the crowd guessing #WHOSTHATGIRL? As part of their #WHOSTHATGIRL campaign TopShop SA has asked fans to guess who the celebrity is. So far they have released two teaser videos off their original TopShop Christmas Film, </div>
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And fans are meant to visit the Topshop South Africa <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TopshopSouthAfrica">Facebook Page</a>, click on the #WHOSTHATGIRL tab on the homepage, fill in the entry form, and the name of the celebrity you think is featured in the video and then just cross your fingers and hope to die that the prize is yours. <b>The prize?</b> R5 000 TopShop shopping spree. I'm pretty sure I am going to attempt to enter, I mean, R5 000 to play around in TopShop is all the Christmas present I ever need. However my guessing game abilities are a little rusty.. So let me quickly go play a game or two of memory and I will be good to go. </div>
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