Mischievous Words

This is not a special year in itself. This is just the calendar turned. Therefore, if you think that this year it will make you happy, I will bet that today, the third week of this year, you slowly doubt it. I am telling you that the year by itself does not carry a magic wand. Even better, because if this year had a magic wand, it would scared you at the end. Fearing, does not the next one carry some kind of fatal wand? Because they convinced you that after laughing, there was crying. Do not trust them. Well, sure, if you want nice packaging, feel free to use the story of the all-new, fresh year. Which really gives you the empty days. The brush of the new year is in your hand. You are the one who is painting it. You choose colors, themes, and notes that you will paint in it. You will find some days that in which it will surprise you, maybe you will not like it. Do not despair; it would not give you a blank canvas, a brush in your hand, and an opportunity to paint at all if it doubte...

Most of us ended up with one and the beginning of next year in preparing new year's decisions, setting goals, and reflecting on whether or not they have achieved their goals so far. This year I have decided to reverse some sort of order and not look at what I'm not, but only what I am. So I decided to write a letter to myself. A script that is distinctly different from those letters that I have written in my head all these past years of my life. And never wrote. If I had, it would be a letter, in the sense that you could have been better and you could be more. This year I feel significantly different. The following is a letter to me in connection with the year that is already over. Dear I, it's been another year of our trip. I look forward to the next one with you. But first and foremost, I want to thank you for the last year. Thank you for every moment of which you, and when it was worst, pulled the best. Thank you to each of our fall this year, and especially for g...

This bread is great for kids and those cold winter nights when you just want to have a warm cup of tea, a cuddle blanket and a house full of fresh baked bread smell. It is easy to make and it will last you a few days, if you keep it in a paper bag covered with a cotton cloth. Ingredients:  500 g or 18 oz of plain flower 1 bag of dried yeas Half of the cup of sour cream 100 ml or 3,38 oz of oil 200 ml or 7,76 oz of water or milk 1,5 tea spoon of salt 1 tea spoon of sugar Preparation: Melt the yeas, sugar and 1 spoon of flower in a little bit of warm milk or water. Leave in a warm place to activate the yeast. I a deep bowl mix the flower and salt Warm the rest of the milk (water) together with the oil and mix in the sour cream. The mixture should be lukewarm. Add the activated yeas to the flower together with the milk (water), oil and sour cream mixture and make a dough. Transfer the dough on the work surface and work on it until it does not stick to the ...

As you can guess this year I have chosen to make my family and friends homemade Christmas gifts that they can either eat or drink. On my blog there are already two recipes for delicious jams that can double as perfect Christmas gifts for your love ones. This receipt I got form a very special aunt that has been making it for years. I never make any other that this one, I stick to a bullet proof receipt that is easy to make and the result is a brilliant, fine and fragrant cherry liqueur. I bring you a recipe for a smaller amount, if you want more than one liter, just increase the ingredients. If you have a homemade plum brandy, use it, it is the best type of brandy for all homemade liqueurs. Instead of homemade brandy you can use other alcohol drinks, like vodka, especially if is cherry flavored vodka. You can prepare this simple recipe in your backyard, in the apartment, in the home - there is not much mess and really does not take much time. Enjoy! Ingredients: 2...

Hello reads and book lovers. As you have guessed by now I am a huge fan of reading and books. For a long time I wanted to write a book review, but I couldn’t choose which book I should review. And today it hit me as I am reading one of the, in my opinion, best books that was ever written in the modern age. Also I am reading it for the second time. The Miniaturist is truly a world literary sensation. It really surprised me. I bought it because I was really interested in what was so good in that book. And then it “shook” me good, but in a positive sense. With the certainty I can say, I've never read anything like this. This is something really special. I was looking for a good word to describe this book, and I think "unexpectedly" described it perfectly. The Miniaturist is really something new in literature, something completely marvelous. When I took The Miniaturist in my hands, I did not know what to expect and how it would eventually turn out. Mostly, when you rea...

This quince and apple jam is like an ode to the end of autumn and beginning of winter. It is full blown quince and apple season and as the weather is getting cooler and the first frost is approaching we do not have much time to eat them all. As I really do not like to throw fruit, food in general, I often choose to cook marmalade. That is how I came to an idea to cook a jam from quinces and apples, but not one that is ordinary and common, but the one that is full of fragrance and smells like gingerbread and cinnamon.  I've already imagined a snowy winter morning, warm coffee, toasted crunchy bread, butter and this marmalade. I cannot wait. To tell you the truth I already had it this morning for breakfast because I could not wait to try how it turned out. I cooked this marmalade last night in an hour, including sterilizing jars. Wondering how? - by using Dr. Oetker Extra Gelling Sugar 2 in 1 or for you that are in USA it is jam sugar.  My husband was out and honestly...

When I was a kid, it seemed that the real life started when you start elementary school. When you get the first class schedule, your first official assignment schedule, and then when you learn a multiplication table, and that is going to be like reaching the top of the world in your highest and thinnest high heels, but then they told me I was just ridiculous because the real life will start when I start high school. When I started high school I thought this is it because I am now a big girl who goes to a big school and who, like Blair Waldorf, can sit on the stairs of the school and drink coffee. Soon I realized that this was not it. When I started collage in a newer and bigger city, I thought I finally reached that best life time, but then they told me that it was nothing because the real life is when you have a job and you had a full pay (if you ever succeed finding a job) because then you can afford a lot more than you can afford as a “poor” student. When I started my first payin...