Older But Wiser

Whenever my mom looks at the mirror and put on her wrinkle face cream, she can’t help it but to realize she is old. She often advises me to live my life according to what I want and not with what others want. There are so many wisdoms she can share when you talk to her. I feel that her words are more inspiring than any other book I have read -maybe because she is my mother. So whenever she tells me she old, I would tell her that she maybe old, yet she is wiser!

Online Shopping

I just had an online shopping for my sister. Her internet connection was down so she asked me to do the shopping for her. I didn’t want to at first because I will be using my spare time for some online games, thinking she could shop when her connection gets back. But she was persistently bugging me. So I did what I was asked to do. I bought her a couple of kitchen wares, china wares, plasma mounts and whole lot more. I was surprised to see that almost all of the items were on sale. I realized why she was persistent in asking me to shop for her. That’s my sister, she knows how to save! LOL!

Autumn Punch

Ingredients

* 2 teaspoons whole cloves
* 1/2 of a vanilla bean, split lengthwise
* 1 64-ounce bottle apple-cranberry juice
* 4 medium purple and/or green plums, pitted and sliced
* 1 750-ml bottle Gewurztraminer, or other fruity white wine*
* Ice cubes

Directions

1. Place cloves and vanilla bean in center of a double-thick 6-inch square of 100-percent-cotton cheesecloth. Bring corners of cloth together; tie closed with clean string. Pour apple-cranberry juice into a large container or pitcher. Add plums and spice bag. Cover and chill for 4 to 24 hours.

2. Remove and discard cheesecloth bag. Stir in Gewurztraminer. Serve beverage and plum slices over ice. (Or omit the ice and heat the juice mixture and wine in a 4-quart Dutch oven until hot. Serve in heatproof mugs.) Makes 10 to 12 servings.

*Nonalcoholic Option: Substitute two 12-ounce cans chilled ginger ale for the Gewurztraminer, and serve over ice.

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