National Hot Tea month

Last month of National Hot Tea month! 

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Twisted

PERFECT!!!
That is exactly what I have always told some of my friends.

once you get the message, pass along with the next person, the messages always are not EXACT...same with social media(facebook), rumors, and many more!

first messages to end messages are TWISTED... first get the facts before you go further!

don’t call me a hoarder!!

Carnation Day

January the Birth Flower is a Carnation.

Today is Carnation Day. 

For those who thinks it's the "cheap" flower.  

Look how beautiful is.

Clutter

one of my family members called me a “hoarder”.

i am NOT a  hoarder.  i am just messy and clutter.

let me show you the picture different between hoarder and clutter.

Snowflakes

Comic Strip

Betty Crocker's Fruited Tea

Much less formal, but still traditional, is she intimate tea for a few friends. At such a get-together just tea is served to a group of five or six, who are usually gathered around the living-room coffee table. The food consists of a few delicate sandwiches or cookies; the hostess pours. This is also the perfect time for the true tea-lover to offer her guests the more exotic brands of tea.
Betty Crocker Hostess Cookbook, 1967



Hot Fruited Tea

5 cups boiling water
5 tea bags or 5 teaspoon tea
10 whole cloves
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup lemon juice
1/3 cup orange juice
3 unpeeled orange slices, cut in half

Pour boiling water over tea, cloves, and cinnamon.
Cover and let steep 5 minutes.
Strain tea; stir in sugar and fruit juices.
Heat to just below boiling.
Serve hot with an orange slice in each cup. 6 servings.

Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook, 1967

National Pie Day

In celebration of National Pie Day - which is today, January 23rd.

Did you know the term "upper crust" comes from the world of pies?  It seems that in earlier times, few Americans could afford ingredients for a double-crust pie, so the term "upper crust" was born.

Greeting Card

I love to collect tea themed greeting cards.

National Hug Day

January 21st is National Hug Day! 

In honor of National Hug Day, give someone you know a squeeze. Hugging can ease your stress and anxiety, lower your blood pressure and boost your memory. Go on -- it's good for your health!


Hugs leads to happiness.
Hugs lead to a longer healthier life.
So give your a hug to anyone.

National Tulip Day

 National Tulip Day celebrate every third Saturday in January in Holland.

I saw, I like, I share...

 

TOMATO TULIPS

Ingredients:
(13 Tulips)
13 large cherry tomatoes
14 stalks of chives
200g cottage cheese
1 cucumber
½ teaspoon dried basil
salt
pepper

Directions:
Slice cucumber very finely or grate.

Stir in cheese and basil, season with salt and pepper.

Cut tomatoes on the one hand in the shape of a cross. On the other hand, bore a hole in the stem of chives.

Fill tomatoes stuffed with cottage cheese.

Szczypiorkowe stick on the stem, place on plate and tie a bouquet last chives.

Inner Beauty

Hello Friends!

I am WONDERFUL! I am proud of myself.

You are wonderful! You are proud of yourself!

I want share the scripture with you y'all.

Read: 1 Samuel 16:7

God is more interested
 in the inner beauty
 of a person
 than the outer.

Winnie the Pooh Day

Winnie the Pooh Day celebrated every year on January 18th.

A.A. Milne's birthday is January 18th.

A.A. Milne is the creator of this wonderful little bear and all his friends. Most everyone grew up with Pooh and Christopher Robin and all their adventures in Thousand Acres and enjoyed the stories and movies.

I collects Winnie the Pooh greeting cards.

Still today Winnie the Pooh is as popular as ever!

Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low

(1860 - 1927)

Founder of the Girl Scouts of America in 1912.

Before she married to William Low. She was suffered an ear infection that damaged her ear to cause her to lose her hearing in that ear. After the wedding, the rice thrown into Juliette’s good ear. When the rice was removed, her eardrum was punctured that cause her completely deaf in that ear. She became deaf for the rest of her life.

Tea and Girl Scout Cookies, a great combination! Did you know the Founder, Juliette Low, loved tea. So am I. I love tea! I love Girl Scout thin mint cookies. Cookies make me feel good.

So I drink a cup of tea with girl scout cookies to honor her.

Is there any deaf leader around here? If so, please let me know.

Tea Tips

For white tea, heat water until just before boiling and steep thirty seconds to two minutes.

For green tea, heat water until just before boiling and steep one to three minutes.

For oolong tea, heat water until just boiling and steep three to five minutes.

For black tea, heat water until boiling, steep three to five minutes.

For herbal teas, heat water until boiling and steep for five minutes.

Cut your tea caffeine by eighty percent by pouring a small amount of water over the tea, steep for thirty seconds, pour out that first round and refill your cup with water to steep for the full three minutes. Most of the caffeine is released from the tea in those first thirty seconds.

Clutter books

Did you know January is Get Organized Month.  

I love books. I have few resource books how to organize.

reading them inspired me to start organize my clutter area.

I read FB news feeds about Transformation and Organization. Her post inspired me to start organize my clutter area.    

Before i had a stroke. i usually dropped magazines off at the table in my father's office. End up pile high. I realized that there is no more room for one more. I have to learn to stop buy magazines. 

The verse she wrote on her post touched my heart. I immediately pulled out my bible and read.

Transformation and Organization is a good time for me to start clean up the clutter in the cold winter day.

Recipe

A Loving Recipe for a Perfect Cup of Tea

I -- willing friend who loves to sit and share
I -- grateful heart to have a friend that cares
I -- beautiful garden to show us God is near

Cinderella

dream is a wish...

A dream is a wish your heart makes

When your fast asleep

In dreams you will lose your heartaches

Whatever you wish for you keep

A base in your dreams and someday

Your rainbow will come smiling through

No matter how your heart is grieving

If you keep on believing

The dream that you wish will come true

Snowflake

Tea Humor

Tea Humor
Here are the tea jokes.

What does a teapot say to it's lover? O, dajarling!

Who is the teapot's favorite actress? Tea Leoni.

Why did the tea bag have to do it's laundry? Because it was stained.

What is a baby teapots favorite game? Pekoe-boo.

How long does it take to ship tea from China by slow boat? Oolong Time!

What does a teapot say to her hairdresser? Don't teas

What kind of music do teapots like? Jasmine!

“me” time

Snuggle up with a warm cup of tea. Take a special moment just for you.

Brewing up a cup of this tea will make you think the world has stopped.

So sit back and enjoy, take time to bring a little magic into your day.

It is the perfect tea to drink when you want to warm up during a winter's day and have some special "me" time.

Snowflake

YOU’RE LIKE A SNOWFLAKE

Snowflakes are incredibly beautiful
and upon close inspection, although
they are seem the same, all we
wonderfully unique.

God created snowflakes as
nature’s reminder to us, that,
Although in many ways
we are the same, we too are
incredibly Beautiful and Unique!

All snowflakes have six uniquely symmetrical arms.

No two snowflakes are alike just like people.

Each of us is special. There's no one else like us anywhere in the world. Even people who look alike, such as identical twins, are different inside. We're like snowflakes. Did you know that no two snowflakes are alike?

Just like the snowflakes, we're all different. We all have things that make us special.

DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE TO BE JUST LIKE YOU
No two humans have the same fingerprints and there are no two snowflakes alike.

Each Christian is like Jesus in the world. We are His legs, arms, eyes and ears, etc. Each one of us has a very important role to play in God's plan. If we were all alike, how could God gather all
His children back into His kingdom? Not all of us can be preachers, doctors, missionaries, gardeners, or teachers. God gave us each unique gifts and qualities and He intends for us to use the ones He gave us and no one else's.

You are uniquely you and no one else. Your qualities and gifts are no better or no less than your fellow brothers and sisters in the Lord.


Romans 12:3-8 - Because God has given me a special gift, I have something to say to everyone among you. Do not think you are better than you are. You must decide what you really are by the amount of faith God has given you. Each one of us has a body with many parts, and these parts all have different uses. In the same way, we are many, but in Christ we are all one body. Each one is a part of that body, and each part belongs to all the other parts. We all have different gifts, each of which came because of the grace God gave us. The person who has the gift of prophecy should use that gift in agreement with the faith. Anyone who has the gift of serving should serve. Anyone who has the gift of teaching should teach. Whoever has the gift of encouraging others should encourage. Whoever has the gift of giving to others should give freely. Anyone who has the gift of being a leader should try hard when he leads. Whoever has the gift of showing mercy to others should do so with joy.



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National Hot Tea month

Hot Tea in Dead Winter tea party

Come and join me to celebrate National Hot Tea month

January is National Hot Tea Month. As many of you know my heart does the happy dance. I love hot tea. I thought I would share some interesting facts I have discovered about the precious teacup. So sit back and have a cuppa with me.
Mo

Copied from the website.

It's time to set the record straight so the poets, painters, and musicians among us can begin our immortalization of the teacup!

- If standing, you must lift the saucer with the teacup when drinking.
If seated, you can simply pick up the cup.

- Pinkies should not be extended (despite what everyone wants to believe.)

- A teacup is not held with both hands. Rather you slip your index finger through the handle and placing your thumb on the top of the handle.

- Do not lift a tea cup while wearing gloves.

- No making music! Gently swish your spoon back and forth in the middle of the cup.

- Do not leave your spoon in the cup, but place it on the saucer behind the cup, preferably with the handle of the spoon facing the same direction as the hand of the cup.

- Do not swirl the tea in your cup.

- A cup of tea is not meant to be a thirst quencher or a means to wash down bites of food; it is to be sipped. (This can prove difficult if you've been served a very dry scone!)

- No looking at others over your teacup. Look into the cup as you drink.

- Fill teacups only 3/4 full.

- If you've been given a tea bag and not a small plate or saucer to put your used tea bag upon, it is appropriate to ask for one. Putting wet tea bag on your saucer will only cause you troublesome dripping a few moments down the road.

- Regarding the milk or tea first controversy - according to current American etiquette - it's the tea.

- Use milk sparingly at the tea table, or as Victorian mothers were said to admonish their daughters, "You might be taken for the daughter of a dairy maid."

- And lastly! When toasting, one does not actually clink the teacups (or any glasses for that matter). This was done in the Middle Ages to spill a bit of what had been poured into your cup into another's so you could be sure you were not being poisoned. Unless you find yourself at a surreal Agatha Christie murder mystery/tea, no clinking of cups!

Epiphany Tea party

A virtual tea party is a relaxing time without leaving your home or comfy chair. Have your tea anywhere you like. Dress up or dress down or wear PJ's. Anything you name it. Enjoy a few minutes of your time.

Come and join me for

Twelfth Night Tea

Monday, January 6th

Anytime from Sunrise to Sunset

Epiphany Menu:
Hot tea - Pear flavor
Two turtle doves (chocolate candy)

A Year of Tea Parties

Dear Friends,

I want start a Virtual tea party via blog for this year, 2020. My own tea party.

I want to be happy therefore I have to be creative with tea theme.

Won't you come and join me for Virtual Tea Party. You don't have to leave your home. Join me in your comfy chair and drink a cup of tea!

Tea

Teapot is on, the cups are waiting, Favorite chairs anticipating, No matter what I have to do, My friend, there's always time for you.

- Author Unknown

New Year Budget

New Year Budget



"Daddy opened his hand, and pointing to each finger as he stated each principle, he said, “Spend some, save some, tithe some, invest some, and give some away. If you do this, you’ll never have to worry about money.”
~~ Luci Swindoll

Welcome 2020

Howdy - Welcome to my blog spot!

I plan to write here next few days while having a cup of tea! I have no idea what to say. I'll do my best to mention tea somewhere along the way.

Yours in Tea and Friendship,
Maureen