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Oldest daughter wanted some hot dog earlier in the week so husband and I went to Costco and got their famous hot dog and buns. I thought it would be cool to get a hot dog roller and bread toaster so I found this cute Oscar Mayer one on Amazon. It was not advertised to... Continue Reading →
Title: Journey to BethlehemDirector: Adam AndersGenre: Live-action Christmas MusicalDate Released: November 10, 2023Date Watched: November 29, 2023Rating (1-didn’t like; 5-excellent): 5 I went in watching this movie not knowing that it was a musical and was pleasantly surprised. I only figured out it was a musical when Mary began singing along with her sisters. The... Continue Reading →
Today I want to share with you how I track the books I read. This little weeks notebook cover holds two notebooks. One is a Hobonichi Weeks and the other is a Kinbor from Ali Express. Initially, I avoided the Weeks because I thought it was too small. I needed the space, especially in the... Continue Reading →
Title: The CreatorDirector: Gareth EdwardsGenre: Sci-fi Action Thriller; DystopianDate Released: September 29, 2023 Date Watched: September 29, 2023, on IMAX The Creator is a sci-fi dystopian movie about artificial intelligence. The U.S. blames New Asia for a nuclear explosion in Los Angeles, CA and is out to stop them from creating more AI because they... Continue Reading →
I rarely paint in acrylic anymore (I mainly use acrylic for mixed media...like this) but decided to try my hands at it with this magnolia. After painting in gouache for some time now, I was surprised to find that acrylic felt like gouache. I thought gouache would feel more like watercolor, but I'm beginning to... Continue Reading →
I've been watching a lot of movies these days (as well as reading) and I'm thinking of adding movie reviews to my blog. Hope you enjoy these! Title: OppenheimerDirector: Christopher NolanGenre: Epic Biographical ThrillerDate Released: July 21, 2023Date Watched: July 23, 2023 Oppenheimer is a film about J. Robert Oppenheimer from his studies at Harvard... Continue Reading →
Around the same time I made the second lemon blueberry cake, I made rye bread. I love the way rye tastes with caraway seeds so I put quite a lot in. Initially, I was going to make it in a dutch oven but husband knew a little bit about how to make bread (he once... Continue Reading →
A few weeks back, I made a lemon blueberry cake. After buying blueberries from Costco and no one eating them I decided to make a cake with them because I didn't want them to go bad and have to toss them away. I followed a recipe on Youtube, here. It looked easy enough to make... Continue Reading →
Our last stop on the cruise was Cozumel. We sat by the beach, was served lunch, and relaxed. It was a nice end to our cruise. The water wasn't as clear as we had expected, but we were still able to go in and swim. This is the view of the ship docking. The lamps... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DczGDUDkFU I'm so excited to finally have this beautiful leather notebook cover in my hands! I ordered it early in February, and because this is a small business owned by Monique (aka Lady Falcon) and Martijn in the Netherlands, I expected some wait time. The company is called Falcon Travelers and they make leather traveler's... Continue Reading →
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