NEWS + EVENTS

Hi Grown-up, when was the last time you colored?

Ok, spoiler alert, we're talking about coloring! Meditative Coloring to be more specific.

According to the Mayo Clinic, Coloring can help you be more mindful. Mindfulness is the ability to focus and stay in the moment. …because you're focusing on color choice and staying inside the lines, you're only thinking about the present moment. You can shut off the noise around you, and give your mind the gift of focusing on the movements, sensations and emotions of your present moment. Sounds logical, eh?

And, there's no time like the present for a present—gift-giving season is already in swing afterall. So, for a limited time, I'm gifting you a lil kick start stress reducer. A FREE preview my Meditative Adult Coloring Book! <<Click that!

Do it! For you! Download. Print. Grab those colored pencils, pens, and old broken crayons from your kid's supply box and get coloring like a toddler who's just discovered markers!

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Too many years in the making, but at long last we have some music for your listening pleasure! All the favs. Five, Hubert, Hayhay, The Fourheads and many others! Drops June 8. Subscribe, Follow, and all that stuff so that you can access absurdity whenever it's needed.

And since it's on Spotify, it can also be used to accompany all those genius posts you make on any of your social platforms. So, go hit FOLLOW now!

I also posted a little behind the scenes on IG. Check it out!

When I was young and naive, I thought that when I had my own family, we'd solely do homemade gifts. None of this consumerism. None of this running around or clicking around. Then...when I found myself with a family, that thought went out the window. And here I am, nine years later, making homemade gifts for the first time. And they aren't even for my own family! They are for my daughter's friends! (insert crying laughing emoji). How did I get roped into this? #suckerforamom

Anywho, my dear friend gave me some Terrasoul Raw Cacao Butter and I didn't know what to do with it so I went to the ol' Google and found this recipe from Navitas Organics. 

WHIPPED BODY BUTTER

Ingredients

• 56g Cacao Butter
• ¼ cup unrefined coconut oil
• ¼ cup sweet almond oil
• ¼ tsp. favorite essential oil (optional)

Directions

1. Melt cacao butter, coconut oil and almond oil in a saucepan over low heat.
2. Pour into a mixing bowl and place in the refrigerator until mixture begins to harden, about one hour.
3. Add essential oil, if using, then whip with an electric mixer on high until light, fluffy peaks form, scraping the sides periodically with a spatula.
4. Let the mixture cool completely. Spoon into a glass jar, cap and store at room temperature.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Oh yeah, that's something I've picked up since being a mom. I'm so embarrassing.

Click here to see me literally whip it up in a flash!

If you're entertaining this holiday season and want to stock your bar for your Scotch-loving friends, (i.e. me) always grab a Scottish single malt. Forget that blended stuff. And always, from Islay. Lagavulin 16 year. Laphroaig 10. Ardbeg 10. Caol Ila 12. Even Bowmore 12.

Why? Because if it has peat, I'm instantly snuggle-transported under a Teddy Bear Sherpa SHH™ Blanket by a warm crackling fire while I peer out a picture window of snowcapped mountains listening to a tweed-wearing piano player tapping a Steinway baby grand singing to me with his velvety voice not unlike the late Mark Sandman. Now that's holiday. 

If you have someone who can bring this dream alive, take me with you. And, perhaps use this card to invite yourself.

Yo yo yo! Or is it ho ho ho!?
It's Holiday Market Season with FAD Markets!

Come see The MoMeMans this weekend in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn at The Invisible Dog Art Center. I'll be hanging by a table in the way back looking for friendly faces! And while I'm super captivating for conversation, you can also do some legit gift shopping too! Support your local solopreneurs. They appreciate the sales more than a puppy likes a belly rub. Fo realz.

Plus, once you make your rounds, you can pick up a ridic yummy Banh Mi Sandwich at my favorite Vietnamese sandwich shop, HANCO's. It's right around the corner!

Mention this post and get 20% OFF your entire purchase! And if you can't make it or live somewhere else, you can still get 20% OFF your entire purchase when you use the code: HOLIDAYBLOG. This Saturday and Sunday only! Dec 2 8:00a-Dec 3rd 11:59p.

Feeling festive yet?! I'm catching the fever! (No, not a real fever, just a festival fever.)

See ya soon!

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