NEEDLE TEA (chop needles, add a bit of underbark)

• Scots Pine
• Eastern White Pine
• AVOID Yew, Juniper, Cypress, Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Balsam Fir, Jeffrey Pine

CHAGA TEA

FUNGI

• Chanterelles (flowered edge, all yellow, veins not gills, white inside, fruity smell)
• Morels
• Chicken of the Woods

AT HOME

• Cucumbers
• Tomatos
• Garlic
• Onion

~~~~GUYS~~~~

• Character controller handle
• New sneakers
• Monocular/binocular
• Pop up tent
• Leather jacket/cool hoodie
• Glow in the dark basketball
• Camping multitool
• Sharpie set
• Mini fridge
• Bean bag chair/gaming chair
• Drone
• Retro film camera, or Polaroid
• Heated/weighted blanket
• Nice headphones
• Gaming headphones
• Gaming messenger bag
• Season pass to theme park
• Plasma ball
• Blanket that looks like a pizza
• Dartboard

• Fresh salmon and halibut caught that morning (AK)
• Coconut water straight from a coconut (Bahamas)
• Egg pudding cooked in the egg shell (LA)
• Reindeer (AK)
• Real Mexican food (Mexico)
• Guinea pig (Peru)
• Alpaca (Peru)
• Sushi (Japan)
• Octopus and Squid (Japan)
• Peanut soup (VA)
• Smithfield ham (VA)
• Stuffed ham (MD)
• Blue crab (MD)
• NY pizza (NY)
• NJ pizza (NJ)
• Chicago pizza (IL)
• Suckling pig (numerous times)
• Raw horse (Japan)
• Khinkali and khachapuri (Georgia)

LOVE

• Daisy by Marc Jacobs
• Love Fury Kiss by Nine West
• Chasing Fireflies by B&BW
• Burberry Original by Burberry
• Desert Queen by Once in a Bloom
• Beach Walk by Replica

LIKE A LOT

• Baby Soft by Loves
• Luminous by B&BW
• Coastal Hydrangeas by B&BW
• Tulipmania by Byredo

IN USA

• ARIZONA: Sedona: Slide Rock State Park
• ARIZONA: Seodna: Devils Bridge Hike
• ARIZONA: Havasu: Havasu Creek
• UTAH: Zion NP: The Narrows, The Subway

ABROAD

• CANADA: Alberta: Moraine Lake
• SPAIN: Granada
• CHINA: Yangshuo

ISLANDS

• Bora Bora
• St. Kitts
• Turks & Caicos Islands
• The Maldives
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• Bali
• Pago Pago

Some of these I already know how to make ;)

• Butter Chicken
• Limonana
• Shakshuka
• Pierogies
• Stuffed flank steak
• Perfect pot roast
• Potato goulash
• Lumpia
• Green smoothie
• Gratin
• Lasagna
• Homemade chicken soup
• Perfect hamburgers
• Perfect roast turkey
• Cherry pie
• Buttermilk pancakes
• Sour cream raisin pie
• Macarons
• Shakshuka

USA

• ✔ Alabama
• ✔ Alaska
• ✔ Arizona
• ✔ Arkansas
• ✔ California
• ✔ Colorado
• ✔ Connecticut
• ✔ Delaware
• ✔ Florida
• ✔ Georgia
• Hawaii
• ✔ Idaho
• ✔ Illinois
• ✔ Indiana
• ✔ Iowa
• ✔ Kansas
• ✔ Kentucky
• ✔ Louisiana
• ✔ Maine
• ✔ Maryland

• Alexander
• Nicholas
• Gabriel
• Edmund
• Phillip
• Bernard
• Benjamin
• Nathaniel
• Frederik
• Rory

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• Madeleine
• Bianca
• Natasha
• Eleanor
• Anastasia
• Geneviève
• Indeannah/Indiana
• Dakota
• Theodora

VERY FAVORITES / COULD LIVE HERE

• Sedona, AZ
• Colorado Springs, CO
• Bethany Beach, DE
• Frederick, MD
• Eagle River, AK
• Santa Monica, CA
• Tucson, AZ
• Fort Worth, TX
• Coeur d'Alene, ID
• New Bern, NC
• Greenville, SC
• Big Bear, CA
• Italy, France, Greece, Spain.

INTERNATIONAL

• Tokyo, Japan
• Matsumoto, Japan
• Singapore City, Singapore
• Paris, France
• Zurich, Swizerland

Here are some ideas I've come up with and done in the past. I made this list because I'm trying to think of something new for this year!

• ✔ Soap Roses: I took glycerin soap, added rose-scented oil, and dyed 1 batch yellow, and 1 batch pink. Poured a teaspoon at a time onto waxpaper, making petals as it hardened, and carefully molded roses, 1 petal at a time around the ends of fake rose stems. I made this up and don't know a tutorial, but it's easy and people love them! Just watch out for when others start requesting them.
• ✔ Scrabble Pillows: I made some simple off-white pillows and took cloth paint and painted them to look like Scrabble tiles spelling out the word "MOM" (my mom loves that game)
• ✔ Felt Cupcake Pincushions: I made mine a chocolate cake (my mom's favorite) with mi...http://www.ehow.com/how_4470534_cupcake-...

• the air outside when the laundry is being done
• A thunderstorm coming in
• Suntan lotion
• Old books
• Gasoline
• Mom's perfumes
• Cherry blossoms
• Funnel cake
• Church incense
• Bonfires
• Tatami mats
• Lysol
• New Barbies
• Jamine flowers
• Rainforests
• Swimming pools

• Greenhouse
• Roomba
• Indoor pool
• Skylights
• Windows with big flat sills
• Tile or wood flooring
• Lots of windows
• Tile bathroom
• Vaulted ceilings
• Loft
• Covered porch
• Maybe the pool can be indoor/outdoor...
• Lots of trees in the front and back
• Plenty of outlets
• Ceiling fans
• Gas stove
• Recessed lighting
• Front loading washer
• A nice shed
• Basement or den with a home bar
• Inlaid shelving

• Ashes, cat
• Fratskie, cat
• Crow, cat
• Pinkerton, cat
• Adolf, cat (stray)
• Bastet, cat
• Sam, cat
• Bertram, cat (Lea's, lived w/ us)
• Prussy, cat (Grandma's, lived w/ us)
• Max, dog
• Dexter, dog(?)
• Millie, dog
• Danny, dog
• Thales, dog
• Buster, dog
• Chancey, dog
• Roxas, hamster
• Marluxia, hamster
• Xigbar, hamster
• Nicholas, hamster
• Toby, hamster

• a picnic by the water
• theme/amusement park
• museum hopping
• classic movies night
• baseball/football game
• local historical sites
• take a cooking / dancing / art / class
• karaoke
• mini/putt-putt or regular golf
• take a nap :)
• white water rafting
• build a dog house
• renovate furniture
• go wine tasting
• sailing
• go to the zoo / aquarium / arboretum
• make a music video
• have a cookout
• go to the playground
• go to the farmer's market
• cook an exotic dish

• Partied in Las Vegas
• Gone to Disneyland 1 last time
• Volunteered at Girl Scout Camp
• 5 road trips encompassing 23 states!
• Put my cat on a diet
• Went sailing
• 2 weeks traveling Peru
• Got a Global Business cert. from Harvard BSP
• Got a job with the government
• Volunteer work at Sotterly
• Shopping spree
• Bought a house
• Made a 3rd-place pie
• House-sat twice
• Got my diploma
• Filed a tax extension
• Emptied my deceased aunt's storage locker
• Gone to church
• Gone to 2 baby showers

• Go skydiving
• ✔ Have an herb garden
• Get a Ph.D
• ✔ Tell a man I love him
• Have a beautiful Byzantine wedding
• Have lots of children (and raise them right)
• ✔ Own a convertible
• Take a hot air balloon ride
• ✔ Go paragliding
• Go to a drive-in movie
• Take a train cross-country (any country)
• Go on a Baltic cruise
• ✔ Meet a celebrity
• Meet royalty
• Meet the Pope
• Read Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina’
• ✔ Touch an iceberg and/or glacier
• Volunteer at an animal shelter
• ✔ Sleep under the stars
• Build a dollhouse

MORNING ROUTINE

• cleanse
• tone
• serum (+ vitamin c)
• eye cream
• moisturizer
• sunscreen

EVENING ROUTINE

• cleanser
• toner
• serum (+ retinol)
• eye cream
• skin treatments
• moisturizer
• face oil

INGREDIENTS

• Tretinoin (wrinkles)
• Azelaic acid (exfoliate)
• Tranexamic acid (dark spots)

DIET

• Drink primarily water and unsweetened tea. Add 100% juice for flavor.
• Avoid: Artificial and Natural Flavors, Artificial Colors, Refined Oils, Soy, Corn Syrup, Artificial Sweeteners, Preservatives.
• Eat lots of leafy greens; incorporating kale, cabbage and spinach is easy.
• Keep cut up fruit in the fridge ready to snack on.
• Don't eat anything heavy after 9pm.

EXERCISE

• Morning stretches (10mins)
• Daily walk or other cardio (30mins)
• Facial yoga (10mins)
• Prayer/Meditation (10mins)

SELFCARE

• Supplements: Vit B, Vit C, Vit A, Hylaron...

• Kenai Premier Old Alaska Style Mild BBQ Sauce
• Sheetz Boom Boom Sauce
• Capital City Mambo Sauce
• Arby's Bronco Berry Sauce
• Whole Foods Garlicky Kale Dressing
• Alaska Seasoning Company Midnight Sun BBQ Blend
• Everest Spices (Indian Spices)
• MDH Spices (Indian Spices)

This video series (there are 8 videos) is one of the best explanations, * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5iRJ_cw...

• https://www.stbasilbyz.com/byzantine-his...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarcha...
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosis_...(Eastern_Christian_theology)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_...
• https://www.saintgeorgeonline.org/_files...
• https://www.saintgeorgeonline.org/_files...

Books:

• The Orthodox Church, by Metropolitan Kalistos (Ware)
• The Orthodox Way, by Metropolitan Kalistos (Ware)
• The Spirituality of The Christian East: A Systematic Handbook, by Tomas Spidlak
• Prayer: The Spirituality of The Christian East Vol. II, by Tomas Spidlak

Make it special: add a card, a mini balloon, a full sized balloon, a large bow, put it in a box, a fun pinwheel, a small boutonnier of flowers, an ornament. Remove all price information, include gift receipt, always always wrap in some way (paper, box, bag, cloth, basket, etc).

• A necklace of their hobby (dinosaur, cameras, cars etc)
• Buy a sweater and sew on new funky buttons they'd like
• A small tree wrapped in burlap with a cut ornament looped around the top
• Papal blessing
• Rein-beer 6pack
• A basket of their fav snacks!
• Scrapbook page in frame
• Soap and personalized monogrammed hand towels set
• Book + movie based on book (+ boardgame if it exists)

• Toddler House by Fisher Price
• Raggedy Ann doll
• A homemade dollhouse
• Glo-Worm
• A wagon, of course
• Cash Register by Fisher Price
• Train set
• Milton Moon in My Room
• Cupcake Dolls
• A CareBear
• Wish World Kids
• Toy piano

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• The Monster at The End of This Book
• In The Night Kitchen
• The Giving Tree
• Popcorn: A Frank Asch Bear Story
• Henry's Awful Mistake
• Little House on The Prairie

Liked:

• Soccer
• Tennis
• Karate
• Archery
• Volleyball
• Golf
• Sailing

Didn't like:

• Skiing
• Softball
• Basketball
• Racquetball
• Track

I've done some of these, but I'm mostly brainstorming for ideas this year.

• Make him his favorite meal (my dad loves steak)
• Get something for him that he has had a hard time finding locally (like a type of cigar...)
• Get him his favorite snack (my dad's is kimchee and peanuts)
• Find something of his that is broken, and get it fixed. Like a computer, pocketwatch, glasses, or transmitter.
• Add to his collection (my dad collects pipes)
• If his favorite book or movie has a corresponding movie or book, find it!
• Try to get him an autograph of his favorite actor
• Sit and chat it up all day
• Take something like a personalizable childrens' book about a daddy and full it out...

• REO Speedwagon
• Hanson
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Who's Bad
• The Rocket Summer
• The Decemberists
• The Beach Boys
• Stray Cats
• ZZ Top
• Boys Like Girls
• HelloGoodbye
• 7 Sharp 9
• The Pretenders
• Steve Goldberg & The Archenemies
• Ciao Roma
• The Johann Strauss Orchestra
• Kings College Choir of London

And a lot of Indie bands and various classical concerts.

• A plate of cheesy toasts
• 1/2 a roast chicken
• 1 bag of cat treats
• 1/2 can cat food
• 1/2 cup of dip
• Tampon(s)
• 1 Boston cream donut
• 1/2 bag potato chips
• 1 empty meatball bag
• 1 bag of deli meat
• Cat shit
• 1/4 bag dog biscuits
• Another 1/2 can of cat food
• 1 bag of dog treats
• 1 slice of pizza
• Actual dogfood(??)

• 1 large dead black beetle in a can of Spaghetti-O's
• 1 small dead worm in a gallon of milk
• 1 dead baby grasshopper on a frozen pierogie
• Dead baby spiders (with web) in a box of Bisquick
• 1/2 a dried up caterpillar in a packet of instant Quaker oatmeal
• 1 live bee that crawled into my Diet Coke (and thus into my mouth)
• Glass in chicken cordon bleu
• A bee in my Diet Coke
• Ants in my regular Coke

And the kicker: A small, human tooth in a Christmas cookie at church. I call it my Little Baby Jesus Magic Christmas Tooth.

• Audrilla Oceana
• Julius Ceasar Bonaparte
• Leonidas
• Augustus Cadwell
• Palmetto Beauregard
• Sophronia
• Red Augustus
• Iredelle
• Artamesia Frances
• Zedekiah
• Aseneath
• Jeremiah
• Rolf
• Ranulph
• Hugh
• Lionel
• Hawise
• Valentia
• Bartholomew
• Iddo
• Josiah

• Glenn Miller
• Deanna Durbin
• Bing Crosby
• Frank Sinatra
• The Andrews Sisters
• Johnny Mercer
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Louis Armstrong
• Dean Martin
• DukeEllington
• Tommy Dorsey

2024

• Hazbin Hotel

2019

• Last Man Standing
• Evil
• Over The Garden Wall
• 9-1-1

Original from 2009

• NCIS
• Ghost Hunters
• Monk
• Psyche
• Mystery!
• Doctor Who
• Fraggle Rock
• Fox News
• Jeopardy
• Jonas
• Wheel of Fortune

• Contract Specialist
• Contract Specialist
• Intervention Para
• Secret Shopper
• Dojang Before/After School Asst
• Lifeguard
• Sales Associate
• Pet Groomer
• Accounting Clerk
• Cashier
• Assistant Child Therapist
• Full-time Babysitter

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• MD State Parks Volunteer
• Receptionist
• Gift Shop Supervisor
• Horse Care
• Switchboard Operator
• Electoral Judge
• Special Events Crew

• Can them
• Fried green tomatoes
• Tomato gravy
• Caprese
• Tomato rice soup
• Stewed tomatoes
• Tomato pie
• Tomato sandwiches
• Salsa
• Marinated tomatoes
• Tomato jam
• Tomato hand pies
• Tomato rice

• do not put your hand into a chip bag, pour the chips out.
• cough into your elbow, not your hand.
• shower before and after swimming in a public pool.
• use a removable mattress topper between your mattress and your sheet to avoid stains or odors on your mattress.
• don't give your dog rawhide.
• open public doors without using your bare hands (push with your foot, pull with a fob or use a napkin/tissue).
• at a restaurant: 1) wash your hands before eating but only after you're finished using the menu, and avoid touching the chair with your hands. 2) place a paper napkin over your drink to avoid dust or spit landing in it. 3)
• don't wear shoes inside the house.
• wash hands after preparing pets meals or handling their treats/kibble.

KITCHEN/DINING

• Bean organizer
• Copper bottom cookware
• Wok
• Refrigerator liners

LIVING

• PLB
• Stand up lighted jewelry organizer
• A good mattress
• Hypoallergenic bed liners
• Bamboo sheets
• Organic cotton/linen clothes
• 100% soy candles
• Drain protectors
• Steam mop
• Septic/clog safe TP
• MatressFirm Naptoid #123 FIRM

HEALTH/BEAUTY

• Arch support inserts

• when people open gifts early, or ask others to open the gift they have early.
• people who complain but won't do anything about it even after being given something to fix it.
• Spelling "Aww" as "Awe"
• when someone buys something and then ends up with the wrong item or not needing it, and then won't bother return it/getting their money back.
• ^^ when someone is that way AND complains they have no money.
• throwing perfectly good items away instead of donating them.
• wearing shoes inside clean houses.
• coughing/sneezing into hands.
• not washing hands before meals.
• not using sheets.
• waiting too long to put a pet down/letting them suffer.
• not closing the toilet lid before you fl...

• Campground Owner
• Cow Therapy Ranch Owner
• Geologist
• Anthropologist
• Park ranger
• Humanitarian
• Wildlife rehabilitation
• Bereavement coordinator
• FSO
• Traveling nurse
• Travel agent
• Teacher
• Entrepreneur
• Voice over actor
• Photographer
• Something where I'm not behind a desk all day, can work from home sometimes, where I can see immediate tangible results, where I'm a go-to person, that I can easily leave for a few months at a time to travel.

• Animal care
• Archery
• Astronomy
• Blacksmithing
• Board Games
• Bowling
• Calligraphy
• Camping
• Cooking
• Cosplaying
• Cross-stitch
• Cultural studies
• Gardening
• Genealogy
• Geology
• Ghost hunting
• Golfing
• Gravestone design
• Health & fitness
• Hiking
• Horseback riding

• Snacks:
  • Taiyaki
  • Taro mochi
  • Nikuman
  • Melonpan w/chocolate chips
  • Creamed corn baguette
  • Dango (<3 Hanamidango <3)
  • Shu cream (esp from Beard Papa)
  • Inarizushi
  • Kappa maki
  • Gyouza
• Meals:
  • Omurice
  • Gyudon
  • Okonomiyaki
  • Mabudoufu
  • Ramen
  • Yakisoba
  • Hot corn chowder from a can

• Pizza Lunchables
• Hot sweet tea
• Dunkin Donuts Coffee
• Clove cigarettes
• Driving fast
• Loud music
• Bob Hope movies
• Sleep
• Tanning
• Disneyland
• Get up in the morning
• Text messaging
• Shopping
• Video games
• Shoes & Purses
• Travel
• Thunderstorms
• Gherkin pickles
• The beach

• Party in Las Vegas (again)
• Bought antique books for my collection
• Took bellydancing lessons (again)
• Got really, really sick
• Renovated my lawn/garden
• Got invited to Hugh Hefner's birthday party
• Became a Godmother

• Hazbin Hotel
• Pokemon
• Digimon
• High School Musical
• The Romanov Dynasty
• Lord of The Rings
• Kingdom Hearts
• Legend of Zelda
• Card Captor Sakura
• Anastasia
• Harry Potter
• Tenchi Muyo

• Animal sexuality
• Seafood
• Smoking indoors
• Bloodsucking insects
• Hair extensions
• Feet
• Internet-based relationships

• Mommy
• Photojournalist
• Astronaut
• Fashion Designer
• Storm Chaser
• Interior Decorator
• Photographer
• Producer
• Actress
• Realtor
• President of the U.S.
• Corporate CEO
• News Reporter

• Use old mismatching ornaments
• Always use an angel - stars are tacky
• Light candles in the windows
• Play classic Christmas songs from the 40's
• Splurge on some of those huge wine glasses
• Drink wine, meade, hot cocoa, and cider
• Hang big ribbons instead of garland
• Dress up and go to a fancy Christmas party
• Donate some gifts to charity
• Put a red bow on your pet's collar
• Put a train set out
• Write Christmas cards and letters
• Bake some cookies and/or a pie
• Invest in a beautiful Crèche
• Make your own wreath
• Go to church