Hey awesome ones. Hey awesome ones. I'm Heather and I'm Bill and you know a while ago Bill and I we made
up our bucket list for things that we want to do this holiday season. And some
of them we've already done yeah and and then we thought hey why not do a video
and share those top ten things with you. So and they're you know...there's nothing
extravagant, it's just every day real things that make the season. Absolutely
and it all starts in just a few seconds.
All right, for number one well we've already done it. We have already
decorated our home and I actually did do a video on that....on how we decorate our
home. I'm going to put the link up there for you, but you know there's it's a
crazy crazy world out there right now and it's so nice to come home to a home
with you know your Christmas tree and lots of sparkly lights that twinkle and
shine and a little bit of comfort and joy. So my suggestion for number one is
get those decorations up early and truth be told I start just a few days after
Halloween. Maybe you don't want to make it that early, but I'll tell you it
really really changes your state when you walk into a home that's uh very very
merry. So number two is have some fun and a little whimsy along the way. I just
got this crazy...I guess they call it an ugly Christmas sweater and this is my
first one. I cannot believe it took me this long to buy a crazy funny Christmas
sweater and I absolutely love. It makes me feel really really good when I'm
wearing it and also of course I have my Christmas socks and all that kind of
thing to really really feel like I'm happy and joyous and really into the
holiday spirit. Now a few other things that I do with Christmas is I put Santa
hats on various items around the house and what about those crazy melted
snowmen Christmas cookies that I made. I'm having a lot of fun here. So number
three is get glamed up. I am wearing more red lipstick this season that I think
even in when I was modeling in the 80s more than even then. I am loving it. I
have done a little bit of a darker eyebrow and I just love it. So this is
the time....hey even wear that red lipstick to the office and enjoy. And
actually tonight Bill and I were going to a get-together, a Christmas party and
I'm really really looking forward to it. And make sure that when people are
asking you to RSVP you do it. You know go have some fun...take in those parties and
maybe even a New Year's ball. I actually did a video on...just in case you
have nothing to wear and you're looking in your closet and you're going, I don't
know what I can wear. I did a video on some inexpensive and form
flattering pretty outfits. So if you think you don't know what to wear this
might really help you out. You know what life...life is a celebration and
especially this time of year and you know I've said before we only
have so many summers. Well we only have so many holiday seasons...New Year's
parties that sort of thing in our lives. So get out there get glamed up and
have some fun. So for number four, we're sharpening up our skates, aren't we? We
are indeed we are indeed. I remember that date that we had where Bill and I
had I think we'd only been on a couple of dates and then he said let's go
skating. And this was like the first real date you know and yeah I took Heather. I
said let's go skating and....do you want me to say it....Heather wasn't a great skater and
I'm a pretty good skater and so I had a feeling she'd probably
have to hang on to me. Hold my hand or something and but yeah it was fun you
know, it was nice being outdoors and fresh air. And you were so smooth you
know, like you just thought, yeah I'm gonna have to hold her and all that kind
of stuff and it worked. We've been together now for 21 years but yeah go
skating and you can also rent some skates as well at a lot of these rinks.
And it's kind of...I don't know the exercise is fun but also just skating
around with a cold little nose and then afterwards getting some hot chocolates.
And I like putting the marshmallows on top too. So talking about hot chocolate,
my number 5 on the bucket list is to make up a new festive drink and it
doesn't have to have alcohol in it either. So what I did was I went on the
world wide web and I found some really neat kind of recipes. This one is talking
about eggnog this is kind of a warm mulled wine and this one is a new take
on a mimosa That looks kind of cool for New Year's Day morning or even New
Year's Eve. So what to mix with eggnog. So what alcohol goes best with eggnog?
Bourbon, rye...really they're looking for the darker amber kind of liqueurs, Irish
whiskey, blended Scotch whisky, brandy and it also says here that to put of course
in nutmeg and cloves and cinnamon that sort of thing, but also other goodies.
Coffee...hmm that sounds really interesting. Recommended with maybe maple syrup so
let's just kind of mix something up here. I think what I'm going to put in this
drink is again this is called Crown Royal. It's um it's a whiskey. So I'm
going to put a little bit of that in there. You can add ice-cubes if you want.
I find with eggnog I really kind of don't like ice cubes in mine, but it's up
to you. You could also maybe put around the rim some nice cinnamon something
like that and all I'm going to do here is I'm
going to add some coffee. Now Bill made this coffee this morning,
it's cold but I'm going to be making a cold drink. And if you haven't seen how
Bill makes a French press coffee, he's actually a pro at it. I'm going to put
the link up there for you to take a look at it cuz it's really really good.
I'm just gonna pour a little bit of coffee in here.
Okay and I'm going to do the maple syrup thing that sounds really really
interesting. So again quite the measurer I am, but it gives it a little bit more
sweetness and the eggnog...hmm that looks delicious and I'll give it a little stir
here, a little bit of nutmeg on top, just a sprinkle on top and I just realize
these are really really small. I think you can get larger ones. Hold on for a
second I'm gonna just do something because that's not gonna work...we can't
do that. All right I'm back. Remember the Christmas cookies
that I made? Well I've got a little... what I would do with this was...I put a
little candy cane in there. I can't do it right now, but let me just have a little
taste of this...because I can't unwrap all this. Oh my gosh! Oh Bill after this you
have to taste this. This is really amazing. let's make another one and you
know what. I've even got some whipped cream here if I wanted to get
kind of fancy. I could put some whipped cream on top and then put the nutmeg on
that. So you could just imagine it's kind of serving that to somebody it would be
a really really nice drink. All right so let's try something....
let's like try something a little bit warmer. And it's always nice if you have
the right glasses. So of course you can use a mug like the Awesome Over 50 mug.
It's nice to have the glass ones and what I'm going to do here...this is going
to be really easy peasy. I'm just going to pour in some wine.
Now what you can do with this wine is you can...I know a lot of you are cringing
when I say this...you could put it in the microwave to warm it up or you could
have had the wine on the stove where you just stir it and warm it up. Again
this is absolutely lovely with a little bit of nutmeg on top. Sometimes what
people do...you know, again find something that's a little bit longer than these
little guys, but you never know what you're buying at the grocery store
sometimes. And what I do is I just kind of warm this up maybe put some little
orange peels or something like that in and this is absolutely wonderful just to
sit and relax on a chilly day. Okay I'm not finished yet. I feel like I'm finished
but I've got one more to show you and that is the mimosa idea that I found in here.
And again all of these recipes and ideas... just go scooting around on the internet and
find out what you're looking for. This one is going to be my take on a mimosa
and I absolutely love mimosas with orange juice, but I got these little
little screw-top of champagnes, which for Bill and I, this is about our size, right
Bill. We're not big on you know finishing a whole bottle of champagne. So what we
do is we're just going to put that in there and we're going to this time
add cranberry juice to it. So all you do is add a little bit of cranberry juice
and you could put whatever you want in there as well. They say maybe sprigs of
rosemary, they have some pictures of... maybe you might want to put some fruit
inside a little bit, but I'm going to give that a stir up and as you know
cranberries are really really good for you cranberry juice so and they say
especially for men. I'm just going to see what else. A little bit of a lime, 1/2 a
lime would be in here, but it also calls for a little
bit of sugar. Now I'm just using regular sugar, but I know we do have the extra
fine sugar as well, but I'm just gonna put a little sprig in there
and give this a stir and again garnish it any way you want and Happy New Year
everybody.
Mmm Bill you're gonna like this one. So for
number six, experiment a little bit. Life is a buffet, so just experiment with
some different kind of hors d'oeuvres and by the way if you are having a get
together and you are just kind of putting out the finger foods in the hors
d'oeuvres...... you usually count on eight hor d'oeuvres
per person, because a lot of people are talking, they're not eating as much, but
that's a little bit of a standard cue to go with. Now this year like I've
always got you know the chicken wings in my freezer. I usually have some samosas
that sort of thing, but really what I want to do this year whether I make a
new kind of cheese ball or a new kind of hors d'oeuvre along with the regular
bacon and scallops and everything else. I have found for this year...this is a three
layer spread red pepper and it just has the cream cheese on it
I also found these jalapeno poppers with cream cheese and bacon....
that's going to be delicious and I'm sure everybody's gonna love those and
then I also found these puff pastry canapes. They're goat cheese and
anyway tomato and double cheese spinach and ricotta and sweet pepper and tomato.
So and a lot of these they're ready in about 15 minutes. So you know head off to
the freezer section this year and take a look at all the different things that
you can get in. Try something different. It's the spice of life. I'm a city
girl and one of the things I remember at Christmastime was my mom would take me
out and show me the department store windows that were all dressed up for the
holiday season and bill and I've already done this now and I remember looking at
them and knowing that after we saw the windows I was going to go and see Santa
Claus. So it's a very very special time to
share with maybe children or grandchildren or just to enjoy yourself
and feel like a kid again. So talking about feeling like a kid again....at number
eight is and I've already done this. I've done the prequel to the baking
cookies with my kids and my kids are all like my daughters are almost 30, so I
haven't done this tradition and this year I said I'm doing it so right around
Christmas time we're going to bake some cookies and I gotta say my trial run.....
I'll show a little bit of what happened during my trial what run. Well they were
a little bit messy. A little bit weird looking, but you know what, it's all in
the fun. And I had to laugh at Bill because he says....
ya know Heather... they're really looking terrible and I think there should be a
video where we warn people that you haven't done baking in 40 years and
don't try this at home. Well as soon as he said that I just started belly
laughin. I'm like...tears are coming down because I'm laughing so hard. And you
know what? Laugh at yourself. These cookies were delicious. So if you say, oh
I'm not a baker...go for it. Go try it out. It's fun and they're delicious. So number
nine...you're not gonna believe this, we have put on our bucket list....poor Bill, but I
think he's okay with it...we're going to watch 20... count em, 20 Christmas movies
and like you said it only takes a
couple of hours and a lot of times we're watching them from 8:00 p.m. until 10:00
p.m. and a lot of those hallmarks sappy movies. I think I kind of dragged
you in to watching them, but now what do you think. Well you know there's no
special effects you know pyro techniques, but you know what? It's good, it's nice to
see in this day and age you know, just some peace, love and joy and some humor.
Absolutely and we really enjoy that but then of course in that part of the 20
we're going to be watching some of our favorite. Like I was gonna say The Family
Man. I love that movie. And you know whats the other one you like...Christmas Vacation...
and I think I have to watch this every year is It's a Wonderful Life. Yeah that's what I was
trying to say. Its a Wonderful Life. Classic and you know what all of those
movies they just...they bring you back to the real values and the real values of
how to have a wonderful life. So what's number 10 number? Ten is just
relax. Absolutely...you know what... busy busy busy......
oh I got to do this I'm gonna do that. I've got to clean up after Christmas.
I have to get ready for New Years.......... stop stop what do we do on New Year's
Day? Nothing.....nothing. It's the one day we've kind of tried to reserve for ourselves.
Everything's closed and we just want to relax. Absolutely so we generally just
cuddle up on the couch and with our little cuteness factor here Little Hurricane
....you get to cuddle up on the couch lots of pillows and blankets and we usually
have some food in the fridge that's leftover. So I'm not cooking and it's
just amazing. And a lot of times we just sit there and binge watch what's ever on
TV. I've never seen a game of Thrones. I've never seen a House of Cards. So you
know sometimes we could do that, just kind of binge watch those crazy shows and
apparently they're pretty good. Yeah there's just so much entertainment
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