Makeshift Surfaces: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Things I Love - Fancy - Letterpress Magnets

(238) Fancy - Letterpress Magnets:

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Things I Love - Fancy - VHS Video Notebook

(238) Fancy - VHS Video Notebook:

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Today's Smoothie - Pineapple Mango

Made the same way as yesterday's--

1 c frozen pineapple-mango blend
1/2 c vanilla almond milk
1 pk maple-brownsugar breakfast mix yogurt

Blenderize! This one took a little more blending but came out just as smooth and delicious!

Today' Tea - Bigelow Vanilla Chai

This one smells like a cookie! There's all the usual chai flavors, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, but they're all blended so that they're mellow and sweet even without sugar or milk. It stays mellow even when it's left in the pot to keep brewing and it never gets that medicinal quality that spice teas can get.

I love it!

Thankful Thursday - Week 5 2013

Today's journal prompt* from Mari and Create Write Now fits today's theme perfectly:

Take some time today to express gratitude to the universe for the people that crossed your path way back when. As you give thanks, you might think of one characteristic of each person and how that quality still contributes to your life today.

So here's my list of things I'm tankful for today, in the them of Way Back When:

My eight grade English teacher who used to let me hang out in her classroom when I didn't want to go home, and talked to me about books
My tenth grade English teacher who knew I was mostly writing a novel when I was in class and didn't once tell me to put it away and take notes on class
My cousin who gave me the entire Narnia set when I was ten, and changed my idea of good books
Whatever germ laid me up when I was twelve, so that I was too sick to go to school but too restless to just lay around, because that's the day I started writing
That childhood that let me travel all around the world, gathering images and ideas and scraps of mythology to build what seems to be a much more interesting world view than most people have!
Mom, when she gave me a little diary when I was nine or ten, and told me I could write whatever I wanted in it because it was mine--I mostly tracked my dreams in it when I was much older, because ten year old me left most of the pages blank, but I kept it and I remembered that it was mine
My second-grade teacher who taught me origami and didn't seem to mind when I made hundreds of tiny cranes and stars, and who taught me all about science, giving me a clear, optimistic view about the future and what science can do with it

What are you grateful for in your past today?

*I know I said no more journaling stuff here, but this prompt was just too perfect for the Thankful Thursday stuff!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Smoothie Time! - Strawberry Banana

I just got a smoothie blender because I realized that, like, three of the ones by the expensive place by the gym would cost the same as the blender! And this morning, I made my first smoothie for breakfast!

Strawberry-Banana Smoothie
1 heaping cup frozen strawberry-banana-peach blend
1/2 cup vanilla almond milk
1 pack yogurt-- I used Activia breakfast blend Maple Brownsugar because that's what I had, but probably anything that would match with your fruit would work

Put everything in the blender
Blend to desired consistency--I like mine smooth

There's no ice in here because a) I hate icy smoothies and the fruit was frozen so it was unneeded, and b) I can't handle the sound of ice in a blender. But it turned out delicious! And there will be more! Once I get the hang of it, I'll be making more adventurous ones, too!

Makes a pretty bug cup, but only 305 calories!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Linkery

Happiness:

Life:

Organization:

A big collection of daily planner downloads from all over the web

Journaling: (note: this is the last time I'm having journaling stuff here; this topic is moving over to my writing blog from now on!)

Social:

Ecology:

Humans Can Live With Giant, Hungry Predators, We Just Need To Take Different Shifts

Freelancing:

How to be a Happy and Creative Freelancer

Geek:

Friday, January 25, 2013

Today's Tea - Tetley, because it's super-wintery

Here you see my fab tea jar, which I picked up, like three or four of for a dollar at a thrift store and want more of, and below that, some of the day that requires such tea!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Thankful Thursday - Week 4 2013

- That there are nerd-centric shows on tv this season, especially Nerdist and King of the Nerds

- That A2 thought it was hilarious when I taught him that milk can also be called "moo juice"

- That I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow, when we're supposed to have a bad ice storm*

- That mom and dad decided to get Chinese for dinner!

- That those back-curved digitigrade stilts are something that exists.

- That JJ Abrams is going to direct Episode Seven of Star Wars! Maybe it'll end the Star Wars-Star Trek feud once and for all!

What are you grateful for this week?

*Bad enough that schools are closing after half a day preemptively!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday! - Things that make me itch

Because I'm currently itching, and it has to have something useful about it!

Cold weather
Super-dry air, like from a heater, or in the desert
Hot weather
Sunburns, even before the peeling starts (and I burn super-easily!)
Detergent that isn't color- and scent-free
Every biting insect ever
Thinking about every biting insect ever
Grass
Tree pollen, especially pecan
Extreme states of nervousness

What makes you itch?

Things I Love - Modern Eve

Modern Eve:
Trend-Spotted-Intergalactic

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

For you

Coolest Things - The Tortoise Beetle - Amazing Metallic Arthropods ~ The Ark In Space

The Tortoise Beetle - Amazing Metallic Arthropods ~ The Ark In Space:

Click through for lots more of these awesome little bugs!
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Happiness - [Manifesto] 10 Timeless Principles For Lasting Happiness

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Natural Living - Honey Face Wash Link

Indie Fixx » Blog Archive » Honey as face wash? DIY: "Twice a day, I squeeze a tablespoon of honey into a damp washcloth. In circular motions, I scrub my face, avoiding my eyes and my hair. I rinse the washcloth off and wipe off the honey and then I splash water on my face for a better rinse."

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