When I Think Of Traveling... THIS, Is What I Think Of

I've got some praying and listening to do.

Yup. Lots of it.



 From the web site...

THE WAY is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son (played by Emilio Estevez). Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage "The Way of St. James" to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact this trip will have on him. Through unexpected and oftentimes amusing experiences along "The Way," Tom discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose.”

Inexperienced as a trekker, Tom soon discovers that he will not be alone on this journey. On "The Way," Tom meets other pilgrims from around the world, each with their own issues and looking for greater meaning in their lives: a Dutchman (Yorick van Wageningen), a Canadian (Deborah Kara Unger) and an Irish writer (James Nesbitt), who is suffering from a bout of writer's block.

From the unexpected and, oftentimes, amusing experiences along "The Way," this unlikely quartet of misfits creates an everlasting bond and Tom begins to learn what it means to be a citizen of the world again. Through Tom's unresolved relationship with his son, he discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose."

THE WAY, written and directed by Emilio Estevez, was filmed entirely in Spain and France along the actual Camino de Santiago.
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I just finished up this moving early this morning.

All I can say is...

Watch it.

My life might not be a "Disney Show", but it just might be an Emilio Estevez  movie.  :)

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Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman’s Manifest Destiny!  (click on link to see more), was a temporary cabin placed on the side of a building in the crammed downtown area of San Francisco.

Brooklyn-based artist mark reigelman, in collaboration with architect jenny chapman, have conceived 'manifest destiny!'.
The installation, whose structural engineering was provided by paul endres, seeks out areas of unclaimed territory for establishing a new home front in the remaining voids of san francisco, california.

Annie Sloan At Her Shop

I can hardly breathe.

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"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. 

I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. 

      What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

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Best Chocolate Ice Cream Eva!!!

Makes almost a quart

You'll need:
1 can (14-ounce/400 grams) sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup (180 grams) whole milk
3/4 cup (175 grams) heavy cream
6 ounces (170 grams) bittersweet chocolate, chopped finely
1/4 cup (25 grams) cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder (or two tablespoons freshly-brewed espresso)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
A pinch of fine sea salt
5 teaspoons (12 grams) cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water

In a heavy-bottomed large pan, whisk sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and heavy cream until combined. Set the pan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.

Take off heat and add the finely-chopped chocolate, cocoa powder, instant espresso powder, vanilla extract and salt. Whisk until the chocolate melts and the cocoa powder is completely dissolved.

Mix cornstarch and cold water in a bowl with a fork until completely dissolved, and add to the ice cream base. Whisk until combined.

Place the pan over medium-high heat and cook, whisking constantly, scraping the sides and the bottom of the pan to prevent burning, until thickened, for 8-10 minutes.

Transfer to a heatproof bowl and set aside, uncovered, to cool for half an hour. Don't worry if a skin forms on top. When the bowl is cool enough to handle, cover with plastic wrap and chill thoroughly--preferably overnight--in the refrigerator. 

Before transferring the chilled ice cream to the freezer, stir or whisk to dissolve the skin on top and scrape into a container. Cover with plastic, this time pressing the wrap against the ice cream to create an airtight seal; put the lid on (or cover with an additional layer of plastic wrap) and freeze until firm enough to scoop.

By Cenk for Cafe Fernando

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Bookcase Tutorial

I don't know about you, but...

I. LOVE. BOOKCASES!!!

Blue Eyes has built many while our family was growing up because we read all the time.

In our moves through the years, I have gotten rid of many books, collected more, but saved the peeps favorites from when they were little.  I stumbled upon Ashli, at MiniManor

Her affordable, beautiful tutorial is one we could all do with "built-in" results...

The attention to detail without spending a ton of $$$ is right up my alley.

Click on over to her blog... Mini Manor.  Let me know if your installing bookcases soon.

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Today Was A Whoopie Pie Kinda Day...

I've had whoopie pies on my mind for a little while now...

It was one of many things our mom use to make for us when we were kids. 

I don't have "her" recipe, but the one I do have has to be pretty much it, because they taste like my childhood.

In the midst of baking, and mixing, my hand held mixer broke.  Yup, all over the place.

I don't know why I don't already have one of those 5 million dollar Kitchen Aid ones...

I do believe I will be getting one soon.  Well, at least by next Christmas.  :)

These are so yummy... always reminds me of my mom.  Always nice.

Oh yeah... now that I'm looking at it, I need a new coffee maker too. ;)

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