My Life List

Make a life list!  You can document and look back at the life changing things you have done, and plan into the future for those yet to be accomplished.

After researching the possibilities I choose My Life List.  The site  assists in meeting your goals in many ways such as having you list the three things you will need to do to make something on your yet to do list happen, and allowing a way to reflect after you have reached a goal.  Plus it makes you post a pic for each goal accomplished which is a great way to reflect once you have many goals/pics posted.  And for every goal you can choose if it is public or private.

One thing I completed recently was to spend time with pandas in China which you can see in the pic above.  Take a look at my life list for inspiration.

Love Birds - Save Money

The cats (Cle and Ceas) and I love to watch the birds at the feeder every morning over coffee.... But we have some really messy friends!  The goldfinches excel at the sport of seed sprawling.  All we get from that is lost seed ($$), sprouted ground cover, and mold when the rain comes.

Of course Wild Birds Unlimited Corvallis came to the rescue and suggested SeedHoop.  We choose the smaller one to hang on the tube feeder - great fit!  Can't wait to post some pics of the finches hanging on the hoop.

HINT: To attract birds make sure to sprinkle some seed on the hoop.

Explore in comfort

The Wrap -- Three dresses in one (Portrait, Zen and Strapless) and made from bamboo jersey!  Available in 5 colors this is a STYLING  find...  Check out the videos on the site!

Fav Dress of the Summer

Wow -- can't wait to travel the world in the PrAna Quinn dress -- SO comfortable and what a fit!  Love it in "espresso" color.  Its very true to size and has great support in the top.

Buche de Noel

The home of King Arthur Flour provides a good description of the Buche de Noel:

Long ago, the winter solstice was celebrated with bonfires honoring the god Thor and reminding the people that the sun and warmth were again on the way, even during the darkest hours of winter. The tradition was carried on in private homes with the burning of the Yule log, often a piece of the family’s Christmas tree. The log was intended to burn all night from December 24th on into the 25th, and the ashes were often saved for the year and used in medicines and poultices.  As the populations in Europe grew and smaller homes were built without fireplaces, the French began to replace the real log with roulades of cake and icing, decorated with “mushrooms” of meringue and “pine cones” of sugar work. You have to love the French. Not many people will look at something as common as a log, and think “I can make that into dessert!”

This holiday season I made a Buche de Noel and it was not only beautiful but tasted great and was fun to create.  I recommend the cake recipe from Martha Stewart (the first recipe of hers I have tried), the leave and berry design of King Arthur, and the addition of leave sugar cookies (a recipe for no fail sugar cookies I will soon share).  See the pic above....Yumm!