Doing the laundry...

Cats are so easy to please some days.

Merry Christmas from Us

This Years Christmas Wish

Dear Friends and Family,

'Tis the Season to give gifts to your neighbors and friends... and while I love that, I'm looking for a simpler healthier Christmas this year. That is why I'm going to ask the following favor:

If you want to give us a gift, please don't bring candy, cookies or baked goods to my home as a gift they will just be thrown away. It sounds harsh, I know, but fact of the matter is I can't eat them and john should not eat them by himself. 

Instead I'd like to see things like homemade gifts or mixes, maybe your favorite recipe... or, perhaps the best gift of all, a personal card with your sentiments or a hug and a Merry Christmas are just as perfect too. 

Remember, Christmas isn't about the food or the gifts or the toys, it is about our Savior and His gift to us. Lets not make this season more complicated than it needs to be. 

Merry Christmas to All.

Liz & John

Stuffed Peppers - Eating with Liz 2013

Yum! Stuffed green peppers.

Filling:
6 oz chicken precooked.
1 carrot.
1 celery stalk.
1/2 onion chopped.
Some chicken broth to keep moist.
all sauteed together with some olive oil until soft.
add 1 cup quinoa cooked.
Stuff two good size green peppers.
Bake 30 minutes @ 350° until peppers are soft.

Eat. makes 2.
Easily multiplied for more.


Yes. I improvised the entire recipe.

John added Parmesan cheese and soy sauce. But it is good without.

Put your best face forward

Was this a good makeup day?

It's true. I don't wear make up. I don't really like it. I buy it periodically, but very rarely does it end up on my face. I personally believe that I have a nice face and don't need to add the junk.
I haven't always believed that. I used to cake my face in Jr. High and High School for occasions that called for it.  There were some days that I wore TOO MUCH, and other times I think I got it pretty right.
No one ever taught/showed me HOW to wear makeup. It was all trial and error on my part.

No makeup makes me happiest.

I'd layer on the base. Add some Blush. A little more blush. Eyeliner. Eyeshadow. Lipstick. (Always lipstick. If I heard anything my Mother and William Shatner ever said to me was that "You always feel better with lipstick.") Then layers and layers of mascara. I have nice eyes, but my lashes leave something to be desired. 
My makeup collection has slimmed down over the years to lip stains, eyeliner and mascara and that seems to work just fine for me.
Recently, I was provided a free sample, courtesy of Influenster, to try out Rimmel London SCANDALEYES RETRO GLAM MASCARA ...and I have to say... I am in love with this stuff. 
Its non-threatening black exterior gives no hint to the awesomeness held within.

Here are my application tips for Retro Glam Mascara:

1) apply liberally to lashes
2) be fabulous

It seriously only takes one application to get your lashes looking huge and awesome. 

I was honestly contemplating getting lash extensions the last few weeks after getting to try some out. Lash extensions can start as low as $79 for your first full set, and then there is the maintenance that runs about $40. But then BAM!! This happened. Rimmel Mascara is available for less than $7 most places. 
It also doesn't look terrible under my glasses. Which is a reason I don't wear mascara that often. Being a glasses girl creates all sorts of limits to what you can and cannot do with your eyes. I'm impressed that this mascara is so light, non-clumpy, drys fast, and only takes one application, to make my eyes look so great. 
Remember back at the beginning of this post when I said I don't wear make up very often? Well, this stuff has been worn every day since I tried out out on Monday, and I am pretty sure it will continue to be used.

I did receive these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes. They did not influence my opinion.