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  1. Winter Snow

    Saturday, February 23, 2013

    This winter in Chicago has been seriously lacking in snow. We've only had a few decent sized snowfalls. I read that the average snowfall for a Chicago winter is 89 inches, and this year we've only had about 15 inches so far! Ridiculous. Everywhere else seems to be getting dumped with snow and then the storms go around Chicago and onward. We've only been getting the traditional cold. Not fun. Although I will say that the one thing I don't like about snow is that it is not fun to push a stroller through un-shoveled sidewalk snow.

    We just got about 6 inches of snow from a storm now headed towards the east coast, so I made certain to take some photos of the white wonderland.





     



     


  2. Thrift Store Finds & Sharpie Mugs

    Monday, January 7, 2013


    I love checking out the thrift store on half-off Mondays  I always find the best stuff. I mostly find shoes and kitchen supplies, but I do get the occasional clothing item, toy or DVD.  I have found and bought THREE Pyrex glass baking dishes [on separate occasions] for under five dollars a piece. As well as a Pyrex glass pie  pan. This time I found a small, white ceramic pitcher and a tiny handled jar with a screw-on top with holes. 





    I went to the thrift store to looking for plain white mugs so I could do this project. The mugs I got didn't match but I think I like them better this way. As they said in their instructions, some people had problems with the marker washing off. I didn't have that problem until I accidentally left one of the mugs sitting in some soapy water that had bleach in it.. oops. It only slightly faded the marker, which I was able to correct by re-writing on the words and baking the mug again. Presto. All fixed.


    We are tea drinkers for the most part, the only coffee either of us consumes is the occasional Starbucks. And I'm really the only steady tea-drinker. My fiance really only drinks tea when he's sick. I love tea. I have collected a great amount of tea, all varieties, although my supply is starting to get low. I've already requested my father buy me some Jasmine tea pearls in China when he goes there next for work, but I won't be getting that until the summer. Otherwise we have a variety of herbal and fruit teas, Indian loose leaf black tea, and from China, lychee and rose tea. And then of course honey/lemon tea and Chai are made from scratch. 
    Chai recipe coming soon.