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What!? This is too cool.

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Plum + Thyme Iced Tea

Serves 4                                    

Ingredients

• 2 tea bags (black or herbal)
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 plums, sliced
• 8 sprigs fresh thyme

Directions

1. In a large saucepan, bring 3 cups water to a boil. Remove from heat, add the tea bags, and let steep for 10 minutes. Discard the bags and allow the tea to cool to room temperature.
2. Stir in the honey, plums, and thyme. Transfer to a pitcher and refrigerate until cool, about 1 1/2 hours. Serve over ice.
3. For an instant cocktail: Stir in 1/2 cup bourbon before serving.

photo by Yunhee Kim, recipe by Sara Quessenberry for Real Simple

A Williams Sonoma Secret: Vanilla, Lemon & Rosemary Simmer

 Here is a fabulous recipe that comes to you from Morgan Moore of One More Moore. She let us in on a Williams Sonoma SECRET! This concoction has been attracting customers for years! If you want your house to smell like spring...and Williams Sonoma, look no further. Awww heaven!

You'll need a small stockpot filled about 2/3 full with water

1 lemon (sliced)

A few sprigs of rosemary

2 teaspoons of vanilla

Let it simmer all day long, adding water as needed. It's a wonderful scent of citrus with warm vanilla and rosemary...the rosemary just ties it all together. Your home will smell marvelous!

Pictures: One More Moore

             

Moss Graffiti

I found this recipe for Moss Graffiti on Instructables. 

In a blender combine: 

1 1/2 cups buttermilk

A few handfuls of moss

1 teaspoon of sugar

Blend until smooth enough to paint (mixture will be thick).

Paint on a porous wall (such as brick or concrete) and mist with water daily until it grows.

Paint freehand or use a stencil and tape if you want it precise.

I am so excited to try this out!

Pictures:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Orange Lips

I got myself a lovely orange lipstick yesterday (Revlon in Siren). What do you think about orange lips? A do or a don't? Personally, I think it looks fun and beachy as well as intriguingly sophisticated. I guess it just depends on what look your going for. For me, I like the sunkissed look with messy hair and some awesome orange lips! It gets me in the mood for summer.

Pictures: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Sailing And A Flying Jetpack! Sayyy Whaaa?

Daniel and I finally took a sailing class! We can now officially sail (somewhat) on our own! Yay! Here are some pictures of our 5 week class and all the fun things we learned. I can proudly say that we never capsized and we kept the yelling at eachother to a healthy minimal level. Ha-ha.

B-"No that's not how you do it!"
D-"Yes it is!"
B-"We're gonna tip!"
D-"Chilax "
B-"Arrrghhhh!"

but seriously, we had a blast.
and
Ahem...we were the best in the class.

Some basic knots we used in sailing

             Cleat Hitch                           Round turn and 2 half hitches

Clove Hitch

Figure Eight                                        Bowline

Square

Dan looking handsome

One of our many yachts...ha-ha



We sailed by this this guy that was wearing some kind of water jet suit! Blew my mind...

I researched it later and found out it's called a Jetlev Jetpack.

 

That was fun. What shall we try next Dan?

Love you.

Easter

A bit of Easter fun! Holidays with my giant family are the best. My mom is the youngest of 8 kids, and each of her brothers and sisters grew up, married and had 3 or 4 kids of their own and so on. So I have about 1 million Aunts, Uncles and cousins. During the holidays each family will bring something tasty to share. I love it -- so much laughing, food and family.