Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,

doorbells and sleigh bells and bright woolen mittens

brown paper packages tied up with strings...

just kidding.

Theses are my real favorite things lately..

My brand new Professional Kitchen Aid.

(thank you Paul)

So far I have made a few loaves of sourdough bread

and some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

Athena said we must have done something wrong

because the cookies were too thick.

Finally I made cookies that were not flat!

My wine. 3 litre box of Shiraz.

I usually prefer Cabernet Sauvignon but

that does not come in the handy dandy box.

Lint rollers. I use them all the time but now that

we have a dog (who sheds copious amounts of hair)

I use them even more.

If you have a dog, please tell me how you deal with

all of that hair. I now vacuum every other day

so my work load is exponentially increased.

Yeah me.

I still cannot believe that I have a dog!

My three stones.

They just bring me joy to look at them.

I found them in Summerland BC

which is one beautiful place!

Actually, those are my Peace River AB stones.

Another beautiful place but in a different more rustic way.

Live Clean products.

These are the only body care products I use.

Athena and I both.

Shampoo and body wash in one.

Gentle enough for my face even.

And the baby lotion is my whole body/facial moisturizer.

My skin has never been so good as far as eczema goes.

I don't use anything else!

Lindt Chocolate.

I try to have these bars in the house at all times.

All dark chocolate.

We like the chili, intense pear and intense mint the best.

One square after dinner almost every day.

Full fat dairy products.

I must say, low fat anything tastes just awful.

I am convinced that it is not fat that makes people fat

but trans fats and processed low fat foods.

My cast iron frying pans.

The big one is only a month old but seasoned okay.

The small one belonged to my Grandmother and has the

best seasoning. I can't imagine not cooking with cast.

Once you try it for yourself, you'll never go back.

Just scrape out the food residue, rinse under hot water

wipe with a cloth and let dry.

Season with oil and put it away until next time.

Brilliant.

These are just a small sampling of things that make my life

run that much more smoothly.

And please, comments welcome about the dog hair. :0