Define Sassy. Get Lucky.

I love to cook. And I love to eat. But I love it most when my fellow diners are full and happy with the food served. I haven't been able to browse a lot of food blogs though. I hope to. Might add a little "spice" to my cooking. How do I make my cooking "sassy"?

Define Sassy. According to Merriam-Webster, sassy means distinctively smart and stylish, vigorous, lively, impudent. Hhmm.

Let me tell you though that Sassy Chef is feeling generous and will end her 2010 by giving away a couple of great finds.

A Thank You from Faye

The Happy Wife or Faye is very happy with the success of her blog and her blog contests. What more to do to celebrate this is, yes, hold another giveaway! Lucky for me, and all her readers, local and international.

Don't look away now, but she's giving away 3 great items:

Cheesy As Cake

I'm doing a late post. And I wanted to test how well Posterous auto-posts to another platform dear son asked me to experiment with. I'm not experimenting with its interface but relying solely on Posterous doing its job and communicating with this other platform. Thanks Posterous. I'm excited to see how this will turn out. Auto-posting is one thing, but I will want to check how it lays out, as it is another thing. I will write about the Blogger thingie in another entry.

For now, let's enjoy a slice of cake. We had this cheesecake recently. And I wanted to share this photo. And then some...

This is a basic cheesecake with a basic recipe -

Fairer Skin, More not Less

I'm a gramma in my golden years, my utmost concern now is minimizing age spots and deep-set lines. I've been through peeling, skin discoloration, even acne in my younger years. But I am over all of that now. My regimen involves maintaining my skin with moisturizers and hydrating essences. We hear age defy, age defense and anti-aging products now, they're the hype. And all for good measure. Around the world, it's the time for baby boomers, and everywhere!

I look around me and I see fair-skinned Pinays - natural and otherwise. Media is such an influence. And even when I don't look around me, I see it in my daughter, my daughter-in-law, my nieces, even my younger friends and former colleagues. It's the IN thing. Maybe no longer the most novel thing for me, but still, to some extent, fairer skin seems to be THE ultimate.

I do say to the younger ones in my family - be content with your own skin shade and wear your skin as you would your clothes. Your skin is your best fasion accessory! And I do, but I will succumb to the fact that even at my age, fairer skin may be beneficial to even out my darker spots with my natural skin color. Like Earthlingorgeous I want 50x more fairer skin.

photo from earthlingorgeous' flickr

Blog Turns 5! Great Job canDIshhh!

To celebrate 5 years of blogging, canDIshhh is giving out some goodies!

12 - J&J Mini Body Lotions
1 - Carmex Lip Balm
2 - The Face Shop Masks
1 - Amu'in Insect Repellant
1 - Amu'in Body Mist

You can join too if you're a Philippine resident! Until November 29, before the clock strikes 12 midnight!

Golden Things for a Golden Woman

 

Can a woman in her golden years have these please? I am joining this online contest my dear son told me about. He's trying his chances as a surprise for a special someone in his life. Maybe I should tell him he should win this for me too, hahaha. Thank you to Phoebe Ann for her great November contest.

How Easy is it to Start Facebook?

I have started to learn about electronic mail and just recently, how to post a blog entry with just using my email. I found it cool and it limited by interaction with the internet to a minimum because of this auto-posting wonder. Dear son told me it's not just with Posterous because it's become an auto-post network with social networks. But still, I am amazed with this idea.

Email to Posterous Using my Mobile

I've shared before how I learned basic email skills. Being a text-crazy country that we are, SMS is a breeze.

 
Another tip from my son, I can combine my email aptitude with my WiFi mobile and send email just like texting.

Have Email. Will Blog.

Not too long ago, I learned the basics of email. And truth be told, it's just the basic-est (pardon the non-word) and purest form of using electronic mail. Toyed with Outlook before but failed. Miserably. But typing is no problem. I learned from the masters of touch-typing using the manual typewriters of the olden days. And my English serves me well. Most of the time. I think.