- chic motivational tips
- play music while you clean and organize. music injects energy into the whole process
- listen to an audiobook. think about how much you can accomplish while listening to a riveting story
- time yourself while you clean. figure out how much tmie you want to devote to caring for your home, set the timer, and get going
- assess and celebrate your progress. when you see visual evidence that your home is getting in order, you will feel the push to persevere
- chic houseplants
- orchids
- african violets
- ferns
- how to fold a towel
- start with towel laying flat
- fold in thirds lengthwise
- take the long ends and fold them to meet in the middle
- keep hot spots (where random things tend to gather) clean
- candles for the morning
- rose
- tuberose
- grapefruit
- gardenia
- lime
- violet
- lemon verbena
- albums for the morning
- les invites; accordean melancolique
- kreisler plays kreisler; charles o'connell, donald voorhees, victor symphony orchastra, and carl lamson
- bach for breakfast: the leasurely way to start your day
- pierre lapointe; audiogram
- enjoy the secret details of dressing every day. pick out a beautiful matching bra and panty set to wear today. wear your nice lingerie and spritz yourself with you favorite fragrance. then put your clothes on. enjoy these secret details
- music for the morning commute
- mozart for the morning commute: a lively bit of traveling music
- i love paris! classic gypsy swing and french accordian jazz; cafe chill lounge club
- putamayo presents: italian cafe
- club de paris: traditional french cafe music; cafe chill lounge club
- rooibos tea latte
- almost boiling water
- loose leaf rooibos tea (1 heaping tablespoon per person)
- soy, almond or hemp milk, warmed
- honey or stevia
- in a kettle, get your water to almost boiling, then pour into a teapot. spoon in your rooibos tea. let it steep for five minutes. pour the tea into cups, using a strainer to keep the leaves out. pour in your warm milk. add sweetener. use a frothing stick to froth to a delightfully effervescent texture. enjoy.
- albums for the afternoon
- cheek to cheek; vince giordano and the nighthawks orchestra
- le chant des coquelicots; amelie-les-crayons
- romance of the violin; joshua bell
- debussy for daydreaming
- tchaikovsky at tea time
- in a time lapse; ludovico einaudi
- in the evenings, when you are clearing away dinner, rather than storing leftovers in large containers, make individual plates you can heat up the next day for lunch
- candles for the afternoon
- vanilla
- incense
- sweet almond
- fig
- cinnamon
- honey nectar
- prepare meals in a slow-cooker when you'll be out all day, so there's a nice, warm meal waiting for your when you get home
- combine all your favorite recipes in a small binder and keep this as your signature recipe cookbook
- teas
- black tea
- english breakfast
- earl grey
- chai
- darjeeling
- assam
- ceylon
- lapsang souchong
- oolong
- green tea
- gunpowder
- drangonwell
- sencha
- jasmine
- white tea
- herbal tea
- chamomile
- ginseng
- lemon and ginger
- peppermint
- rosehip
- rooibos
- blueberry cake
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
- 2 egg whites
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour an 8-inch baking pan. cream the butter and 1/2 cup of sugar. add vanilla and salt. seperate the eggs and put the whites aside. add yolks to the sugar mixture and beat until creamy. combine 1 1/2 cups flour and baking powder and add it alternately withthe milk to the egg-yolk mixture. coat the berries with 1 tablespoon of flour and add them to the batter. mix with a spoon to avoid breaking up the berries. in a different bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. gradually add 1/4 cup of sugar and keep beating until stiff peaks form. fold the egg whites into the main batter. pour into your prepared pan. sprinkle the top with the last tablespoon of sugar. bake for 50 minutes or until the cake is set.
- albums for the commute home
- 100 most relaxing classical music in the universe
- chopin: the complete piano works waltzes
- relaxation: nature's soothing sounds
- native american flutes and the sounds of nature; jessica reyes
- the romantic harp
- elements; ira stein and russel walder
- albums for the evening
- beethoven: piano sonatas "moonlight"; "appasionata"; "pathetique"; vladimir ashkenazy
- petite fleur; sidney bechet
- chopin: nocturnes 1-9 four scherzi; arthur rubinstein
- japanese traditional koto and shakuhachi music
- kiri te kanawa: ave maria
- adagios for after hours
- call of the mystic; karunesh
- zenotes; nadamena and shastro
- candles for the evening
- lavender
- eucalyptus/spearmint
- pine
- sandalwood
- vanilla
- chamomile
- jasmine
oct 16 2016 ∞
dec 26 2017 +