There has been a whole lot of nothing going on this week so I am going to have to reach into the recesses of my mind for 5 Friday Favorites. This is actually a good thing because Friday Favorites are partially about making a list of things that I’m Thankful for.
I look forward to seeing what I come up with ☺️
I started a new book this week.
Favorite # ONE
A New Book
This Book Made Me Think of you by Libby Page has 4.32 stars on Goodreads
I’ll let you know what I think in a future post.
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LB wants to travel. In my heart of hearts, I want to stay home. LB has an intangible bucket list. Coincidentally, I have a bucket list in my blog website [here] that I created in 2019. This bucket list DOES include travel.
That said, we have begun planning a big trip.
Favorite # TWO
Planning a Trip
LB has a theory that after retirement, there is a window that will close causing the retiree to not want to do anything anymore. Interestingly, I found that window before retirement lol. But I suppose I do need to continue to cross off some of the bucket list items.
More to come.
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Favorite # THREE
The Ninja CREAMi
The Ninja CREAMi is basically an ice cream maker. I received mine as a Christmas gift a few years ago. This is a perfect appliance for people who want to try to eat clean. Lately LB and I have been using this fairly often. There are many recipes on the website and on Pinterest. You’ll need to plan and prep ahead to freeze for 24 hours. And then enjoy while you watch your favorite Marvel movie.
Favorite # FOUR
Easy Recipe
by Ninja CREAMi
Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) cream cheese
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips, for mix-in
Instructions
- In a large, microwave-safe bowl, microwave the cream cheese for 10 seconds. Add the sugar and vanilla extract and with a whisk or rubber spatula, combine until the mixture looks like frosting, about 60 seconds.
- Slowly mix in the heavy cream and milk until fully combined and sugar is dissolved.
- Pour base into an empty CREAMi® Breeze™ Pint. Place storage lid on pint and freeze for 24 hours.
- Remove pint from freezer and remove storage lid from pint. Please refer to the quick start guide for assembly and unit interaction information.
- Select ICE CREAM.
- With a spoon, create a 1 1/2-inch wide hole that reaches the bottom of the pint. Add chocolate chips to the hole in the pint and process again using the MIX-IN program.
I’m not gonna lie. I’ll try this with substitutions: almond milk and Stevia.
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So I was thinking about what I spend most of my time doing and the answers were cleaning my house, tending to my kitten, and working in my yard. I am thankful for the opportunity and ability to do each of these. Today I’m focusing on working in my yard, as my favorite.
Recently I asked ChatGPT to help me landscape the west side of my pool enclosure. This is one of the photos I submitted
This is the landscape plan ChatGPT returned…
and this is the photo of me working on that landscape plan that ChatGPT returned…
Favorite # FIVE
of course I don’t wear makeup when I work in the yard, and I typically have my hair up and sunglasses on, and I will NOT be kneeling down in my yard since I saw a snake yesterday.
But I like the photo better than anything LB might have captured 🤪
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Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog.
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