Week #1: My List of Fabulous Finds

I am going to try offering something new on Fridays. 

I spend a lot of time reading other blogs. 

If you enjoy this blog, I suspect that we have similar passions.  If I find something to be interesting or useful, I think you might as well. 

Throughout the week, as I meander the Internet, I plan to develop a habit of keeping a list of links to the fabulous content that I come across. I think it will be fun to share these links of my “fabulous finds” with you. Hopefully, this will be sort of like having your own personal research assistant!

I will publish these links each Friday. I look forward to sharing all sorts of recipes, tips, ideas, and thought-provoking articles from other websites; introducing you to some fabulous other blogs; and helping you navigate the internet quickly to find many ideas of how to make the most of every one of your moments!

When I began my Saturday Spotlight Posts series, I sort of had this idea in mind. Those posts, however, have evolved to spotlighting just one or two topics in a different way.  “Fabulous Finds” on Fridays will be a weekly list of some things that have interested me, even if I haven't yet personally experienced or tried them. Readers are more than welcome to share their thoughts or knowledge regarding each link, and converse about them in the comment section below each post.

Curation of good content is something I appreciate on some of the other blogs I follow. I'd love it if you'd leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this new post series. 

This Week's Fabulous Finds:

~ Sign your name.

Do you know how to add a handwritten signature (or one that looks handwritten) to a blog post or any document on the computer? Here's a really helpful tutorial:

 How to Add a Blog Signature to Your Posts. (from Kat, The SITS Girls)

~ The quest for perfect pie crust.

I am capable of making a pie crust, but I lack confidence in consistently producing top-notch results. A friend mentioned a secret ingredient that is the answer to perfect pie crust. I found a recipe that uses it, and another that offers some helpful tips that I haven't tried before.

It is 86 degrees outside and too hot in my kitchen right now to turn on the oven, but I plan to try both of these recipes when the weather is cooler. I will let you know what I think!

•  Christopher Kimball's Favorite Test Kitchen Discovery: Foolproof Pie Dough published by “The New York Times: Cooking.”  
• Extra Flaky Pie Crust - a Guest Post by Mimi (published on the blog, Cooking with Carlee.) 

~ Homemade Refried Beans sound fun to try.

Did you know that you can make your own refried beans? I can't wait to try!

• The Best Refried Homemade Black Beans from the blog A Bountiful Love.

~ Never forget that good idea again!

Have you ever come up with a really good idea in the shower, only to forget it before you have toweled yourself dry? Here's a few ways to prevent that from ever happening again.

• How To Take Notes in the Shower

~ The Mystery of Flight MH370
In March, 2014 I wrote about the unsettling disappearance of Malaysian Air flight MH370. The families of those passengers have remained on my mind, and I cannot imagine the agony of not knowing what happened to that plane. This article presents a theory - but the comments poke a lot of holes in it.

• Mathematician Theorizes What Happened to MH370

~ One year ago: Words to Live By

I used to do a post series on Fridays offering encouraging ways to “Live More - not Less.”  A year ago today I posted Week 12 of that series. I even included some advice from a few of my favorite bloggers.

• Words to Live By: More and Less. Week 12

~ Get down from that tree!
We visit Yellowstone National Park quite often, and on one occasion we saw a mama bear scolding her cub to get it to come down out of a big tree. 

• She didn't resort to these tactic though!

Have a Fabulous weekend!

Make the most of every moment of it!

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