best church sign ever
remember:
it’s christmas
not ¢hri$tma$
man i’ve been missing this girl lately.
Easy Festive Palmiers
aka “elephant ears”:
- thawed sheet of puff pastry
- pesto
- chopped sun dried tomatoes (hate, so i subbed jarred roasted red peppers)
- crumbled goat or feta cheese
- pine nuts
toast pine nuts in skillet or microwave. lengthwise, spread half of the side with pesto (green). spread the other side with red mixture of choice. sprinkle with everything with cheese and pine nuts. roll short side halfway to center of pastry on each side. then, fold again until sides meet. slice, cover in foil, and chill for 30 minutes. place palmiers facedown on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. bake at *400 for about 14 minutes or until pastry is lightly browned.
i know he’s apparently really douche-y now but i would marry john mayer anytime, anywhere. just an FYI.
the church of what's happening now.
made two kiinda BIG mistakes recently. trying not to beat myself up for them (as that is my personality), these thoughts help me to realize the silver lining in almost any situation.
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navigating quicksand as a metaphor for living life*; what’s gone is gone and you need to make decisions based on what remains. the value of a mistake resides in your ability to learn from it and use it as a catalyst for positive change.
what if mistakes are the tipping point between who you are and who you want to be?
The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That’s all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it’s something you allow.
—Will Garcia
In our course we teach that “no thought lives in your head rent-free.” Each thought you have will either be an investment or a cost. It will either move you toward happiness and success or away from it. It will either empower you or disempower you. That’s why it is imperative you choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely.
T. Harv Eker.
Yesterday, our president mused about the inevitability of war, war’s instrumentality in the pursuit of peace and just wars. It is important for us to reflect on his words, because once we believe in the inevitability of war, war becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once we are committed to war’s instrumentality in pursuit of peace, we begin the Orwellian journey to the semantic netherworld where War IS Peace, where the momentum of war overwhelms hopes for peace. And once we wrap doctrines perpetuating war in the arms of justice, we can easily legitimate the wholesale slaughter of innocents. The war against Iraq was based on lies. Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan are based on flawed doctrines of counter-insurgency. War is often not just; sometimes it is just war. And our ability to rethink the terms of our existence, to explore the possibility of peace without war, may well determine whether we end war, or war ends us.
alcohol-induced acrobatics, take mcxvii
- Her: Dear god, what did you do to me last night? I have bruises all over my body.
- Him: Not sure but they are proooooobably from when you decided to do a pirouette on the rooftop last night.
- Her: Oh, right. The heel of my stiletto got caught between the wood panels and I bit it. Hard.
- Him: ..And then the DJ played Tiny Dancer.
- Her: Typical night.
President Obama — fighting wars in two countries — will arrive in Norway on Thursday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
—CNN.com … snarky! (but seeeriously)
Easy Holiday Gifts Under $10
Last night I needed to buy a white elephant gift for our holiday team party. Although the limit was cheap ($10), and I don’t know who the recipient will be, I wanted to get something practical rather than just a gag gift.
I ended up getting four v-shaped cocktail glasses ($1.95/ea) from crate & barrel. Aside from price, these are great because they are really versatile, have a good weight to them, are dishwasher safe, seem somewhat unisex, and are easily regiftable transferable. I got 4 and had them boxed at the register with a gift receipt. In the box I also included some neutral stones + 4 tealights that I had leftover from an old centerpiece, and printouts of recipes for my favorite holiday cocktail + an easy chocolate mousse to underscore the versatility of the glasses. The stemless wine glasses were also an option ($2.50/ea).
Other practical gift ideas that briefly crossed my mind during downtime at work included:
- Magazine Subscription (fill out form and include check in a stamped envelope and just have recipient fill in shipping address and stick in mail) - Amazon has some for $5/yr right now
- SomeEcard Merch
- Box of holiday cards + stamps
- 2010 Calendar
- Gift Certs
- Non-perishable ingredients for homemade cookies layered in a large mason jar with recipe (e.g., white chocolate oatmeal cranberry cookies - lots of mixins! or a basic sugar plus a festive cookie cutter)
- Cheap frame or album with credit for holiday photo processing
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