Gift ideas for your parents

Christmas gift ideas for your parents   I will be going out Christmas gift shopping today, but I dont really know what to get my parents this year.  I even tried to google "gifts for adult parents", and they all have the generic gift ideas.  So, I thought that in case anyone else was in the same boat I am in, I would post a list of some past gifts that me and my two sisters have given our parents.  Some were individual gifts...

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Cranberry apple juice

I am so excited for this time of year.  This is my favorite time of the year. Why you may ask?  Because, there's my birthday, Thanksgiving, black friday, and of course CHRISTMAS! The time we choose to celebrate the birth of my saviour.  AND ALSO because I get to make cranberry apple juice. I got my Breville Juice Fountain Plus earlier this year and I immediately ran out to buy apples and cranberries...but...uh... it wasnt cranberry...

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DIY Petroleum free jelly aka body jelly

Petroleum is not good for us and Dr. Oz says that it can cause cancer...BUT there are so many wonderful uses for vaseline....so I decided to create my own version of petroleum free jelly. Ingredients: 1/4 cup of beeswax (I ordered my beeswax on Amazon) 1 cup of carrier oil (or combination of oils: ex...coconut, almond, jojoba, olive, avocado, apricot, vitamin E oil etc.) essential oil - if you desire - I didnt use any on mine. So here's how to...

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Fish bowl - The Adult Beverage

I was recently in Virginia and my sister got a call inviting us to a bar to drink fishbowl drinks. We were super tired and decided not to go.  I just kind of thought that it would be whatever drink that you wanted and they place it in a fish bowl.  Little did I know, that they make it to actually look like a fish swimming in a bowl. SOOOOOO you know I had to try to make it. Ingredients: You can use anything - as long as it can...

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How I organize my makeup, earrings and nail polishes

Today, I decided that I would share with you all, how I organize my girly things.  I still dont have enough room for everything, so this organizational feature is still a work in progress. HOW I ORGANIZE MY NAIL POLISHES:  Nail Polish Organizer (sorry I cant figure out how to get it to rotate on Blogger, its rotated on my camera disc drive)  I have 2 of these nail polish holders hanging on my wall.  I've always...

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My Review: Jack Lalanne Juicer vs. Breville Juicer

I just juiced myself a nice carrot/persian cucumber juice and decided that I should right a review of my thoughts on the Jack LaLanne vs. Breville Juicer.     I had heard of juicing before and my interest in juicing was kind of peaked, but then I watched Fat, Sick and nearly dead on netflix and was convinced that I needed to get a juicer.  I have researched the benefits of juicing, and...

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31 Day Reset - Day 1

Hi Everybody, I am going to do my best to follow the 31 day reset as posted by Happy Black Woman. It may take me more than 31 days because I have some vacations coming up (Thank GOD!) that I wont have internet access, or I will be too busy having fun to check the internet. But here goes. Todays homework has 3 parts: 1) Choose a reset notebook 2) Choose a personal mantra 3) Choose a theme song So lets get started: 1) Choose a reset notebook - Part of my journey will be documented on this blog.  For the stuff that is too personal, I have...

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Manfreda Bloodspot Agave - growing it from seeds

So, we live in the High Desert area and I have been looking up cute plants that can survive in our area (xerioscaping??)  Our house has some red undertones (namely bricks) and my favorite color is red, so of course I was looking for some plants that would produce red flowers or have some hint of red in them. Then I came across the Manfreda Bloodspot Agave plant.  Look at her over there...isnt she so cute?  Plus, I havent seen...

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  So, I dont have a catchy title for today's blog....blame it on the chardonnay. I'm not sure if I told you all, but I work from 99% of the time...One of the perks of being self-employed.  I was feeling "some kind of way" today, so I decided that I would only respond to phone calls and emails today and not do any "actual work"....Instead today was my get caught up on magazines day, lol.  I read 8 magazines in my pile of unread...

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