Tip of the day

Tip of the day:
Softening your cookies!!

Coming up on Christmas cookie time soon, so today's tip of the day has to do with cookies!! Sometimes, no matter how perfectly you follow the recipe, your cookies are not as soft as you would like them. There are 2 sure fire ways to fix the problem.

Trick #1 Put cookies in a ziplock baggie with a piece of bread (I always use the end piece because it never gets eaten anyways). Within hours, your cookies will start to soften up!!

Trick #2 If you can't wait that long... All you need to do is set desired number of cookies on a plate, and cover with a damp paper towel. Nuk 15 seconds at a time until desired warmth & softness are reached. (be careful not to microwave too long, scorched cookies don't taste any better than crispy ones!!)

Reason # 1,468,521,432 I love Magic Eraser...

Magic Eraser before...

Gym Shoe Before...

Gym Shoe After!! Can be used again this year!!!

Poor, poor little Magic Eraser... You did your job well...

The flu strikes again!!

The flu struck me this morning. I wish I would have known this. Now you will!!

Tummy Tea Time

How about something that has all-natural ingredients and that will rehydrate you and rebalance your electrolytes even better than Gatorade?

INGREDIENTS:
~ about a cup of HOT WATER (not boiling! if it boiled, let it cool slightly)
~ about a half LEMON, squeezed in (more or less depending on your taste)
~ a liberal amount of SEA SALT (to taste, but do add a lot!)
~ a spoonful of RAW HONEY

Mix these up and sip slowly. The warmth itself is soothing, but the ingredients will work to actively settle your poor tender tummy.

If you can catch it at the right time between "bouts," a very small amount of this Tummy Tea can actually help stop you throwing up again. Wait until 10 or 15 minutes after throwing up, and have a small sip. After a few minutes, try another sip. Don't gulp big amounts of it! Continue to take tiny amounts at intervals and it will help stop the "something in-something out" cycle.

The warmth itself is soothing, but the ingredients work to restore the upset balance in your tummy, helping it stop the spastic cycle of overreacting to everything that comes in.