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bestbuyozau · 1 year

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Top Gear Picks Backpacking Gear Reviews & Tutorial

Whether you might be watching 4th of July fireworks, or camping out by the lake, these cool gadgets for camping have extra pockets than you’ll ever want, and table room for even more. If you love toasted sandwiches and tenting, then you'll love this cast iron sandwich maker. You’re going to really feel like you just sat down at the bar if you order up a hot sandwich. Fire is one of the most necessary tools for survival, and the flexibility to start out a fireplace on short notice can generally imply life or demise.

Keep ‘em wrapped up together, and safely packed away from kiddies palms with this polycotton roll up 5 piece utensil set. Complete with a 12cm campfire knife, a sturdy oak spatula, fork, and spoon, and stainless steel grater, this set has all of your tenting meals coated. If you’ve ever skilled condensation inside your tent, you’ll know it could put a damper in your sleep. The repair is a tent fan to keep your tent breezy instead of stifling and scorching.

When we hit the trail, that is the equipment we feature in our packs. Unlike the CleverHiker Gear Guide, the place we highlight a broad range of outstanding decisions, this web page is where we discuss our personal favorites www.bestbuyoz.com.au. Of course, you can add far more to this record, relying on what you intend to be cooking and how many people you’re cooking for. If you’re after simplicity, simply look for an excellent tenting cooking set that comes with every little thing you’ll need. A liner in your sleeping bag provides further comfort and warmth in much the identical way your bedsheets do. Not only will a liner help to extend the quality of your slumber, nevertheless it additionally plays an important part within the yucky enterprise of keeping your sleeping bag clean.

These helpful little multi-tools are full of every thing you may need in your journey, all neatly packaged in a compact and foldable device that is sufficiently small to fit in your pocket. Including instruments similar to a knife, small saw, screwdriver, bottle or can opener, scissors, cutlery, and even pliers, these sorts of tools can be an absolute lifesaver out on the highway. If you’ve ever packed towels to go in a suitcase, you know the way much space they take up. So we determined it wasn’t a good idea to hold five ordinary bathtub towels on our travels. A battery isn’t precisely low cost camping tools, so the worth was a major consider our selection.

The complete system breaks down to five super simple to clean parts that neatly retailer away inside themselves. One of the best outcomes of this new regular we're all living has been the possibility to rediscover nature. Where I would sometimes be filling in my calendar with journeys to new cities and good dinners around New York City, I've now been backcountry tenting and climbing to new watering holes. I've all the time liked nature and being surrounded by greenery, however I never actually knew the extent of this outdoor person who was someplace inside myself .

This five-pound charging machine is nice for weekend warriors. The Yeti 200x holds 187 watt-hours of power to rapidly juice up your telephone, laptop, tablet, digicam, and different gadgets. And identical to all that tech, the Yeti has a rechargeable battery. Power up at home in four hours or in the area with a appropriate photo voltaic panel.

If the climate is good, you'll have the ability to take away the rainfly and let the no-see-um mesh maintain pesky insects at bay. We also love the overhead Light Pockets, which use a light-diffusing fabric to create a delicate glow at night time. With a high record worth, this 2-person tent is clearly not aimed at the common camper. But for serious adventurers who want a tent they'll hand around in for days when climate will get tough, the Hubba Tour 2 is value each penny. The intensive array of cool tenting gear that’s out there now, more than 30 years later, would have blown our minds. Wet socks are good for preserving toes heat in moist weather, and are additionally great to wear on cool nights when you’re tenting.

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akzfineart · 4 years

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Summer of CanLit is a blog series where I spotlight KidLit books by diverse Canadian authors.

Announcing my next Summer of CanLit pick: LOVE FROM A TO Z by S. K. Ali! I’m so happy to be spotlighting this book, especially when the paperback was released with a brand-new cover just under a month ago. I’ll always love the original but this new cover is just as stunning and unique. Be sure to add this to your summer reading list!

Original hardcover release

Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali

Salaam Reads | April 30, 2019

Buy: Amazon | Book Depository | Chapters/Indigo.ca | B&N | Kobo

From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is The Sun Is Also a Starmeets Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.

A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.

An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are.

But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. She’s angry.

When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.

Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer” version of herself in a place where no one knows her.

Then her path crosses with Adam’s.

Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam’s stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister.

Adam’s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father.

Alone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals.

Until a marvel and an oddity occurs…

Marvel: Adam and Zayneb meeting.

Oddity: Adam and Zayneb meeting.

New paperback cover for LOVE FROM A TO Z!

Photo Credit: Andrea Stenson

S. K. Ali is the author of Saints and Misfits, winner of the 2018 APALA Honor award, the 2017 Middle East Book Honor Award, and a 2018 William C. Morris Award finalist. Her second novel, LOVE FROM A TO Z, a story about finding love in the time of Islamophobia, was an Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Young Adult Book of 2019. She also has a picture book co-authored with Team USA Olympic Medalist, Ibtihaj Muhammad, THE PROUDEST BLUE, which debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. Releasing on May 5, 2020 is ONCE UPON AN EID, an anthology of joyful stories by 15 Muslim creatives, edited by S. K. Ali and Aisha Saeed. She lives in Toronto with her family, which includes a very vocal cat named Yeti.

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads

Don’t forget to check out Sajidah’s other books!

Summer of CanLit: Love from A to Z by @SajidahWrites is my next pick! @SimonTeenCA @simonteen Summer of CanLit is a blog series where I spotlight KidLit books by diverse Canadian authors.

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yukashiobara · 2 years

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VOCA展2022

left→ “ordinary, yeti, Syriac, bestowal, complimentary, deformed, fury, bring, turbaned”

right→ “great deal, dog tooth, worry, amazingly”

2021

2273 × 1818（mm）

oil painting and oil pastel on canvas

photo by NORIHIRO UENO

#2021 #voca展 #voca展2022 #yukashiobara #塩原有佳

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sunken-standard · 7 years

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Drabble Meme Prompt Fill

Requested by @saffysmom: Hello! Can I please request 104 from round three? Thank you😍!

"Remember that really embarrassing memory you told me to never speak of again?"

"Did you get one of these?" Molly asked, holding up the invitation.

"No, as you can clearly see on the envelope it's addressed to the both of us. Apparently they think I live here now."

"Yeah, how would anyone get that idea?" Molly asked, glancing at the dressing gown thrown over her chair, the lists and crime scene photos stuck to her fridge, the four pairs of size-Yeti shoes by her door and Sherlock himself (in a t-shirt so ratty it must have followed him from university) leaned against her breakfast bar while he drank orange juice straight from the carton.

Granted his family—Cousin Kath in this case, oh lovely—didn't know about all that, but still. Well, Mycroft did, but he hardly counted.

"It's a christening. She was definitely not pregnant the last time we saw her. Or seeing anyone," Molly said, thinking back to three months ago, when there'd been that anniversary party. Disturbing, that she not only knew names, but also remembered things about each of them, now.

"Oh how joyous, celebrating the unwitting indoctrination of a helpless infant into shared delusion. And of course she wasn't pregnant, she probably expelled her own uterus in one of her more violent bulimic episodes whilst trying to get a Vogue cover back in the 90s."

"She was a model? You know, I kind of thought she looked familiar, but I assumed it was just the family resemblance."

"Frankly, that's insulting. And she thought she was a model, but mostly she just went to parties and slept with photographers. I'm sure she flew to the flavour-of-the-month in the third world and brought the baby back on her broomstick."

"You really love alliteration, don't you?"

"Conversations would be much more interesting if they all rolled trippingly off the tongue."

"So are we going in with a plan this time, or are you going to wing it?"

"I never wing it."

She looked at him.

"Why, did you have something in mind?" he asked.

"Acting normal. That's your plan," Sherlock deadpanned into the mirror, tying his tie like he was on the gallows being forced to tie his own noose.

"Think about how unsettled they'll be. They'll spend the whole time waiting and wondering and the longer it goes on, the sense of impending doom will just keep getting bigger. Then we'll just leave and they'll wonder what the hell happened."

"Remember that really embarrassing memory you told me to never speak of again?"

"Going to have to be more specific on that one," Molly said, edging him out of the way so she could check her dress. The pattern of the fabric mostly hid the lines of her pants, but she wondered if she should go with a different pair instead. Or go the Kate Middleton route and go without entirely.

"The thing at the anniversary party, against the door."

"Oh."

"I would do that again right now because you're an evil, brilliant woman."

She tried not to look startled; Sherlock hadn't ever said anything like that before or even alluded to actually having actual sex. Which she wouldn't be opposed to, per se, but it still caught her off guard.

"So you'd whine your way through all forty-five seconds of a blowjob while one of your aunts bangs on the door yelling about her diverticulitis."

"That's not what happened!" Sherlock said, making a face like a sad Ludo minus the horns.

"That's exactly what happened and that's why we never speak of it."

"I take it back, then, you're not evil, you're just mean," he sniffed, pulling the knot on his tie tight.

"Still brilliant, though."

He shrugged one shoulder and pursed his lips while rolling his eyes, yes, fine.

"Maybe don't smile," Molly said as they walked up the flagstone path of the church.

"You said act normal. Normal people smile."

"Yeah, but you look like you're about to steal all the presents in Whoville when you smile, so just... don't."

Sherlock let his face go slack.

"Try not to look like you've just had a root canal, either."

He rolled his eyes.

"Or your brother."

"I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now."

"Well, you didn't burst into flames when you walked through the doors, so I think we're ahead so far," Molly said, shuffling into a pew near the middle of the small chapel.

Mycroft dropped down from the ceiling like a spider to land next to her on the pew. Really, he just pushed past a grimacing (was he grimacing or was it just the dentures? there wasn't one single Holmes with a face that made any kind of logical sense) Uncle Somebody to take a seat next to her, probably thinking he'd use her as a human shield if Sherlock decided on dynamite vest for the occasion.

"So what do we have to look forward to today, brother dear? Whoopie cushions on the pews? Tripwires in the aisle? Red dye in the font water?"

"Bugger, wish I'd thought of that," Sherlock muttered to her before leaning around her to address Mycroft. Molly patted him on the knee in a 'there, there, dear' gesture. "I'm not doing anything. I'm going to sit through the dull little ceremony quiet as a churchmouse, make bland, lukewarm conversation over our equally bland, lukewarm meal, and then we're going to make a very normal exit with handshakes and cheek kisses all around at the socially appropriate time."

Mycroft narrowed his eyes, then looked to Molly. "And you're just going to go along with this."

"It was her idea," Sherlock said, smiling as he put his arm around her and pulled her closer.

"Mm, yes, quite," Mycroft said, appraising. "And she's still sober. Neither of you will last an hour."

"Was that just you proposing a wager, big brother?" Sherlock asked cheerily.

This is going to end bloody and sad, Molly thought.

"The stakes?"

"Oh, one of your 'favours' I should expect, legwork, anywhere in the world this time. South Pacific, South America, South Pole, wherever. Even the moon. You won't be winning anyway."

"And if, by some miracle, you win?"

"No more CCTV surveillance and you stop tracking my phone."

"And his weight in Belgian Chocolate," Molly added. It was a longshot, but her Gran always told her to dream big.

Mycroft and Sherlock gave her twin looks of "really?"

Molly shrugged.

Everyone was on the edge of their seat as the vicar took the baby and held her over the font; not because anything about the very ordinary, textbook-standard ceremony was that engaging, but because he looked to be a centenarian at the youngest and had hand tremors so pronounced they could stick him in the corner of a hardware store to replace the paint shaker.

Sherlock leaned into Molly. "That baby is going in the water," he said.

"Shh," she said, turning her head. His face was right there next to hers and there was a weird little moment before they both turned back just in time to see the vicar drop the baby into the font.

There was a collective gasp from the entire extended Holmes family. She looked to Sherlock; he had his lips pressed so tightly together the area around his mouth was white while the rest of his face flushed with the effort to hold in what would undoubtedly be a bray of laughter.

She looked at her watch. Fifty-six minutes to go.

"Oh my God, it's a macaron croquembouche," Molly said when they walked into the reception hall.

"Technically I think it's just a macaron tower, croquembouche is specifically choux pastry and spun sugar."

"I don't care what it is, I'm going to eat at least a third of that."

"No, you're going to eat four at the most, and take lady bites instead of unhinging your jaw and swallowing things whole like a snake eating an egg. We have a bet to win," Sherlock said, his hand on her lower back as he guided her to her chair. Which he then pulled out for her. And then pushed in when she sat down.

It was her plan, but it was still unsettling. Sherlock, being Mr. Grace and Charm. She shivered with the chill that ran down her spine.

"Are you cold? I told you you should've dressed warmer," Sherlock said, taking her hands in his to warm them.

Beyond bizarre.

She looked longingly at Mycroft's plate, piled high with macarons and handmade marshmallows and chocolate truffles.

"I say, they're setting up the build-your-own sundae station. Have you ever had a fresh waffle cone straight from the iron, Ms. Hooper? Simply amazing," Mycroft smiled, his lips coated in powdered sugar.

Molly scowled at him and worked a grape off her fruit skewer. If she ate her way through it fast enough, she could use it to poke out his eye. "You better eat a lot, I want you one stone heavier for the weigh-in," she said to Sherlock, who was nodding along to something Cousin Will was bleating about tariffs and Scientology and why Britain needed a space program. She didn't feel sorry for him at all.

"Don't count your chocolate eggs before they hatch, dearest," he said through gritted teeth. "I may yet commit a very brutal act of murder before the hour is up."

"Good, do it before all the desserts are gone and they stop serving champagne."

"Three minutes, you can do this. Eyes on the prize," Molly said in her tough-as-nails coach voice, her forehead leaned against Sherlock's and her hand grasping the back of his neck.

"Right, yes. Yes. Three minutes," Sherlock said before straightening and tugging his jacket to resettle it. He plastered on a smile as Cousin Kath glided to their table with the baby.

"—And I named her Estonia because I wanted her to be connected to her heritage as she grows up. I love the former Soviet countries, you just pull out a stack of Euros and you can get anything."

"Actually Estonia has one of the fastest growing econ—" Sherlock began, until Molly cut him off with a fork to the thigh. This one wasn't plastic.

"Thirty seconds," she said under her breath. "Oh, she's simply darling! And heritage is so important," she gushed.

Molly thought Kath narrowed her eyes just the slightest bit. Hard to tell with the combination of Botox and Holmes DNA, though. "Yes, and your people are... Irish? You are rather... plucky."

"She is, isn't she? I do so love a spirited woman," Sherlock said, snaking an arm around her shoulders and clamping his fingers over her upper arm, effectively trapping her in her seat. "Oh, look at the time, dear, we really should be going, lots of normal people things to do yet today like washing the car and pruning the rose bushes and walking... dogs... I don't really care. Molly, get your coat."

"Don't run, we can't run or it counts as losing!"

"Race-walk, then, stumpy!"

"I would show you just how plucky I can be if I wasn't this close to 175 pounds of Belgian chocolate right now," Molly said as Sherlock dragged her along.

"I'm sure you will after you get a fifth of whiskey into you. And it's 173, I weighed myself this morning."

"So your vanity is worth more than two extra pounds of chocolate?"

"I'm not vain."

She let that one go; they were still in earshot of the reception.

"Why do you have so many flowers?" Sherlock asked when he walked in. "And why is there so much fruit on your breakfast bar?"

"So, funny story, apparently everyone in your family thinks you're dying." She held up a stack of Get Well Soon cards all addressed to Sherlock.

"Why?"

"The normal thing worked. Two of your cousins sent business cards for neurologists and Aunt Wilfred sent a printout of an article about early-onset dementia research that she found 'on the Google.'"

"What's in the crate?"

"The chocolate, I think. I was waiting until you got home to open it, just in case it was actually a bomb or a cursed mummy or something."

"I am feeling a bit peckish, actually. Hammer."

She handed him the hammer sitting on the worktop and watched as Sherlock inspected the crate before prying off the front panel, which caused the other three sides to fall away dramatically. Good thing it was in a clear spot of the lounge.

"Wow," she said.

Sherlock was actually speechless as he stared at the life-size Belgian chocolate version of himself. Then, "Why am I wearing a bow tie? I never wear bow ties."

"Bow ties are cool," Molly said, coming closer to peer at the truly uncanny likeness of Sherlock. "Really seems like a shame to eat it, it's so pretty."

"You think I'm pretty?"

"Just admiring the workmanship," Molly said, putting on an innocent face.

Sherlock looked at her like he couldn't decide if she was joking, then leaned into himself and bit off a section of his own ear.

"Should have known you were one of those kids," she said, hoping he didn't damage the face any more. She wanted a selfie. And maybe she'd snog it a bit, because who wouldn't? Even if it was kind of weird. Oh God, Sherlock was looking at her again. She really hoped she hadn't said any of that out loud.

"I could hardly start feet first, now could I? Besides, only savages eat an Easter Bunny like that. Ears taste the best."

He had a point. Molly shrugged and stepped in closer to the chocolate statue, pushing up on her toes and using her fingertips on its chest to balance as she bit off her own piece of ear.

Sherlock made a strangled little noise behind her.

"I really don't know if I want to make a joke about cannibalism or being a man-eater first," she said after taking the hunk of chocolate out of her mouth. She turned to face him. He was giving her the oddest look.

"You feeling alright? You look a bit pale. It's not actually poison chocolate, is it?"

He paused for a second as though he were thinking, his mouth part-way open. "No. Not poison," he said simply.

"Here, have some more ear, it'll make you feel better," she said, holding out her chunk of earlobe.

(yeah, it was a real thing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32158043/chocolate-model-made-of-benedict-cumberbatch-for-easter)

#saffysmom #drabble ask meme round 3 #sherlolly #sunken's secret stash

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jacquettamatias-blog · 6 years

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taniasinel · 6 years

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COTE DE TEXAS 2017 GIFT GUIDE

Now that Thanksgiving is over – everyone is putting out their Holiday Gift Guide. I thought I would do my own Cote de Texas – Gift Guide for the Holiday Season. This way, for Christmas, all I have to do is read my own blog to do all my shopping! I WISH it was that easy!

Still, isn’t Internet Shopping the best? The thought of going to the Galleria to shop for all the holiday gifts seems so daunting now. How did we ever survive before Internet shopping????

The biggest and priciest item on my list is this 55” flatscreen that the New York Times says is their favorite TV. I’m including it because it is ROKU READY.

Roku? What is ROKU?

Mr. Slippersocksman and I are ADDICTED to Roku. Thanks to Roku, we are thinking about going off the grid – and telling Uverse to go stuff it. We already get HBO on Roku instead of Uverse and we watch Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, and Amazon on Roku. I have even stopped watching movies on On Demand – the buffering is awful, but on ROKU, we don’t have any buffering at all. Roku is the future. I think.

To order this TV just click on the photo.

To order ROKU - you have to have a smart TV.

AND, remember vinyl? Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York, Carole Radziwill, has a turntable that she keeps on the console behind her sofa. Her turntable is quite contemporary, of course. Carole is so hip - I’m not surprised she listens to vinyl. If you want to join in on the latest trend – be sure to get a turntable that is Bluetooth ready – it will connect automatically to your speakers.

And, it’s so much fun dragging out all your old albums.

Click on photo to order this Bluetooth ready turntable.

For the holidays, I love to give candles. Everyone loves a candle!

I have two favorite candles. First, there is – NEST, Bamboo scent. Such a gorgeous scent. This candle will make the entire house smell of bamboo. What exactly IS a bamboo scent? Who knew bamboo had a scent? All I know is this candle is wonderful and I have Shabby Slip’s Renea Abbott to thank for turning me on to this candle years and years ago.

But, my all time favorite candle is the Kenneth Turner – Original Scent. For years, this candle was a must have in Houston. The multi wick round candle was in a round terra cotta tub, placed in a wicker basket. Below, designer Carol Glasser’s Kenneth Turner candle is plainly seen on her black chest.

Today, that terra cotta/wicker candle is no longer made for some insane reason. You can still get the Original Scent, but just not in the beautiful package.

Instead, you can order this five wick Kenneth Turner Original Scent candle in this pretty and very elegant glass bowl with a chrome base and lid. Not cheap, it’s for that very special friend or yourself! Click on the photo to order.

My favorite treats for the body are by Laura Mercier. Anything by Laura Mercier. But, I happen to be especially partial to her Crème Broule Soufflé Body Crème. To order – click HERE.

Or, if you can’t decide between all the delicious Laura Mercier choices – why not try this Sampler where you can enjoy them all - HERE.

This is a real treat – the Oribe Gold Shampoo and Conditioner and Shiner

. It’s not cheap, but it’s the most fabulous smelling shampoo in the world, ever.

When I was much younger, I used to be addicted to Pantene. It was such a wonderful smelling shampoo. But they sold the company and the shampoo was never the same again. Pantene went from being fabulous to being ordinary. Now we have Oribe instead.

BEST SMELLING SHAMPOO/CONDITIONER/SHINER EVER. Order HERE.

I love the Monique Lhuillier collection at Pottery Barn. I especially love the blush pink Hemstitch napkins. Order HERE. The entire blush collection is beautiful. Aw. to get married again!!

This is a great Mother’s gift, wife’s gift, or gift for your husband! Breakfast in Bed! HERE

And I love this Zebra skin Tray – although it’s really cowhide. HERE.

I actually need one to stack papers and magazines in.

I love a home baked pie – who doesn’t? But this pie dish with the scalloped edges makes it look even tastier.

To order, click on the photo above!

This is a pretty gift – paired with a real or faux succulents. S, M, L, HERE.

To decorate the Christmas table, I love this centerpiece HERE

For a longer table, I would use four or five and place them in a long line.

The most elegant gift for Christmas or a birthday or if you are a house guest – is a piece of Juliska. Any piece of the glass line will do – but this vase is especially pretty and not too expensive. HERE

Another elegant gift I love to give is this box of monogrammed soap. Who wouldn’t love this for a powder room? Order - HERE

Wisteria has these wonderful Santos. I’d keep them out all year long. The antique Santos are so hard to find now and these are a great alternative. HERE

Darling Uggs come in black, white and my favorite blush pink. Order HERE.

I am addicted to these fun furs. For a daughter, a sister, or you? PINK FUN FUR HERE

How about a fun fur for the sofa or the end of your bed?

ASSORTED FAUX FUR THROWS. HERE

A cashmere wrap is a classic, this one is oversized and greatly discounted, in black, gray, or beige HERE.

I’m obsessed with this triptych behind the sofa.

The art work HERE

And the light fixture for a modern look – Love it!! HERE.

Perfume? My signature scent is Aromatics Elixir. I never wear another scent and have worn this for decades. To order, click on the bottle. The elixir is intense – a bottle lasts for years and years.

OK. This is a gift for you only! You’ve seen this on TV ads. It makes bags under the eyes disappear. It makes wrinkles less noticeable. In other words, this one works better than any other. Wonder Lift for wrinkles. Click on the photo to order!!

This is my daughter’s favorite gadget – she doesn’t leave home without it: The Yeti Tumbler – in cute colors like this turquoise blue. LOVE! Keeps drinks cold or hot forever. Be sure to order their straws and holders. This also comes in different sizes for different occasions.

To order the Yeti, click the photo!

AND – this is another new gadget that we are loving at home! SodaStream. You make your own carbonated drinks! Or just plain carbonated water. So easy.

To order the SodaStream, click on this photo above.

The NY Times named “Haute Bohemians” the Design Book of the Year. I agree it’s a fabulously beautiful book filled with Miguel Flores-Vanna’s photographs that remind us how truly rare a good design photographer is.

To order, click on the photo.

While “Haute Bohemians” is a favorite of mine, I am naming “Out East” Cote de Texas’ Design Book of the Year. I love the collection of Hampton houses and gardens shown inside these pages. There are two houses in particular that are worth the price of the book. I keep this close by and open it often to dream and get inspiration from.

Click on the photo to order.

Everyone knows that I am addicted to the Starz series “Outlander” based on the series of books by Diana Gabaldon. While I often recommend the TV series – I don’t talk about the books much, but for the past few years, I’ve bene reading and rereading them.

Diana wrote the first book, “Outlander” as a test to see if she COULD write a novel. That just amazes me. Million of copies later – she proved she could write and then write some more.

If you like a good romance and time travel and Scotland and handsome warriors, this is for you. I highly recommend it.

What is YOUR favorite gift to give???? I’d love to hear what you like to give again and again. Share it with us all in a comment.

from COTE DE TEXAS http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2017/11/cote-de-texas-2017-gift-guide.html

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taylessss · 7 years

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So, I’ve been mia for a while. But for those of you who have kept in contact with me over the last several months or those who have tried and everyone who has messaged me with questions in between, I’m finally answering everything now. But first I want to thank everyone who has taken the time out to care and to be concerned with what’s going on with me. A lot has happened in the past year; and people have been asking about college, where I’m living, who I’m dating, what happened with jake. And this isn’t just directed to tumblr alone, I’ll be posting this to all social media that I’ve gotten comments from. So, a year ago this month, June 30th to be exact, I met Jake. I was at a summer event for the incoming class at UAH, I was with my friend Maci and we saw a cute group of frat boys; they were all in shorts and frat tshirts and chacos and looked like your typical cute college guys. But there was one, one guy out of the ordinary, one guy I was making fun of because it was 100+ degrees and there he was wearing khaki pants, a yeti tshirt, a backwards hat, and boots. He looked liked he was one of the country guys I went to school with and I thought he was an idiot for dressing like that when it was so hot, but I thought he was the cutest thing..His hair was messed up from where he put his hat on, he had a stupid water bottle sticking out of his back pocket, and every time I saw him laugh at his friends and he smiled I thought I was going to melt. Mind y’all, I was literally on week 1 of having my damn braces and my shirt was soaked from sweating. But my friend Maci wouldn’t let us go without me asking them to play volleyball with us, so I did, and they did. Now, one of the guys with Jake, his name is Tyler; I owe everything to Maci and Tyler. Maci is the one who pushed me to even talk to Jake, but Tyler is the one who talked Jake up and encouraged me. And sure enough Maci made me go up and ask Jake for his number before we left and he gave it to me, he actually gave it to me. Fast forward a few weeks and it was the first time we ever hungout after that, I was back at campus with my friend Cierra (she was dating a boy from the same fraternity) and me, her, jakes little brother in the fraternity and jake himself went out to eat, followed by a concert that night. That night my head was spinning, I had butterflies; for someone who had always been homeschooled and never had any freedom, it all came rushing at me. I was finally starting college and experiencing all of these things and I had this gorgeous frat boy?? It was unreal. Now we didn’t start dating right away, but within the first couple of weeks of school I started staying with him in the fraternity more and more and eventually I never went back home. Life was amazing. I was really in college, I was making all of these friends, I was going to real life college parties, and I had a college sweetheart. Jake was and is my best friend completely and totally. As far as college, It ended up being too much for me to handle, I didn’t have the support of my parents at the time, I was more focused on partying and working full time, so I failed everything. And currently I’m not in school but I plan on going back next fall. Following my leaving school, Jake and I continued living together. Jake, myself, and two roommates eventually signed a lease for our first apartment In december; no sooner did we all sign the lease we left for Colorado for Christmas break. Colorado was amazing, I felt closer to Jake’s sister in law than I ever had to my own sister. It was my first plane ride and my first major trip, and I will always cherish those memories with Jake and his family. It makes me excited for all of the many more trips we’ll go on together. Now, this all sounds amazing and perfect and a fairytale come true. But it wasn’t, and it’s not. Right now, Jake and I are not together, and it’s no one’s fault but my own. I moved back home in February and started going to a therapist (which I still go to). Jake and I had our problems, he has his faults, like never putting away laundry, or remembering to help clean, and not always being responsible..we were trying to live this grown up life and while we both wanted it neither of us were truly ready. I got irritated at his drinking, and that he tried to keep up with his friends or changed himself to fit in, he never saw that. He never saw how he changed, but he also still doesn’t see himself for who he is. He is genuine, and kind; he always knew which movies to put on for whatever mood I was in, he brought me my favorite treats, he took care of me, he loved me, God did he love me. People should have been lining up to be his friend, he makes amazing grades, better than I could ever live up to. He was a beyond amazing thrower for track, and he did so good his senior year. I never told him enough just how proud I am of him. What he’s going to school for is going to change peoples lives. He is that great of a person, I was so so lucky that I was able to call him mine.Talking about this in past tense kills me the more I go on. Jake had and has his faults, yes. But it was me that ruined our almost year together. It’s me that never communicated, and took my anger out on him, and got jealous because I was insecure, and accused him of cheating everyday, and picked fights just because I wanted to. It was me that didn’t show how much I loved him, it was me that hurt him, it was me that moved back home, it was me that ignored him, it was me that lost him. And while I’m sure he’s fine and doesn’t think twice about me I’m writing this, and I can’t shower without crying. I can’t sleep without a sleep aid or else I’ll wake up at night crying and in a sweat from another dream about him. I’m the psycho who won’t stop texting him because I’m terrified that if I never annoy him with another text then I will never hear from him again..I keep posting photos with him because he is the love of my life. I’m young, and my life isn’t over, I know that. And I know people keep telling me to move on, but the thing is I don’t want to. I’m 20 years old and I know who I want to grow with. He’s about to go off to grad school next year and I haven’t even made it through one semester of college; but his support is what I want. I want to follow him to grad school, I want to travel to all of the places we said we would. I want to fight about me never putting toilet paper on the roll, I want to argue about him never hanging up clothes, I want to argue over how something should be cooked. I want my life to be with him. Everyone posts about living with the love of their life eating cereal in bed on a sunday morning, I had that, and it is the most beautiful thing in the world. I know people think I’m crazy and pathetic by this point, they have to, but I honestly don’t care. Until he flat out says that he has moved on and is dating someone, or he doesn’t love me, then I’m going to continue to have hope. I’m going to keep the picture of us next to my bed. I’m going to keep wearing his patagonia and feel just a little closer to him. I’m going to keep posting the pictures. I’m going to keep praying that one day he will forgive me, that one day he’ll say he loves me again, that one day he will post a photo out of nowhere. He keeps saying he needs to be alone right now and I get that, I really do. And sometimes I go back and forth between ‘if he still loved me he would say it’ and ‘he just needs time’. If he needs time I’ll give it to him. I have an interview for a great preschool this week and hopefully I’ll get that and I can put all of my energy into that and when he’s ready he will come back to me. Timothy Jacob is one of the best people I have ever come to know and whether we end up together or not I count myself lucky to have gotten to be with him for the 8 months we were, I’m glad I got to know what someone truly loving you feels like. He gave me so much in such a limited amount of time. I will always love him, I will always regret losing him and hurting him. I will always want to be with him. He’s a person worth knowing. So that’s what I’m dealing with currently in my life. That is the past year of my life summed up. But tonight I’m actually going to delete him on facebook, and everything else. If he wanted to talk to me, he would. Or if he wanted me back, he would have told me. I’m not giving up hope on us because I know our story has not ended yet. But I am being realistic and accepting that right now, he just doesn’t want anything to do with me. And that’s my fault. I did that. It breaks my heart and I wish like hell things were different but they’re not and I have to deal with it. And me constantly messaging him is probably making things worse. For those of you who follow me on twitter you can continue to see updates there and for those of you who I’m closer to you can always text me for details.

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