Happy January! I awoke this morning to . . . wait for it . . . a dusting of snow! The first of the year. It was enough to turn the ground white and slushy, really just an inch but it pleased me immensely. I didn't even mind the feeling of freezing water seeping into my sneakers (foolish I know) as I rushed about running errands this morning.
Yesterday I forgot to post the rules for the Joy In January blog project. My apologies. I was supposed to let you all know that the three winners would be drawn and posted on January 19th. Each comment was to include a name or nickname and an email address. Oh well, no harm done. Please check back on Thursday when I'll post the winners using your comment name. Make sense? Winners will be chosen at random from the comments posted for that days giveaway. So if you only leave a comment on the first day you'll only be eligible to win that days prize. Whew, glad we got that out of the way.
I've decided to make up a pot of chili or spicy Asian mushroom soup today to help warm up. Spices such as cayenne and ginger are fantastic antioxidants and are even shown to increase metabolism, just what we need when it's cold outside! Something warm and hearty with a kick. Keeping with this idea of spice today we will give away a 6 ml. atomizer of Ginger Lily edp.
Ginger Lily is a unisex perfume, a fresh clean oriental blend with spiced ginger lily, allspice, clove, ylang ylang, rose, black pepper, amber and vetiver. It's one of my personal favorites and has garnered many loyal fans over the years. I find it's scent clean and uplifting. Would you like to try it? If so, please leave a comment with your favorite spice. This spice could be your favorite to cook with, to wear in a perfume, to eat, to sniff, to uplift. Whatever you please. To start the ball rolling, one of my favorite spices is cardamom. I love cardamom! I add it to steel cut oatmeal and once made a killer cardamom scented whipped cream! I'm guessing the increase in metabolism from the spice will not offset the fact I'm eating whipped cream :(
How about you? What spice do you adore? Please visit these perfumer's blogs for more uplifting scents and giveaways:
22 comments
Yeah, you finally got a dusting! Your idea’s for today’s meal sound very good, the will add a little something extra to the aroma in the house on a perfect day. I go through stages of different spices that comfort me. Right now it is anything cinnamon. In fact I was totally thinking of baking snickerdoodles today :)
ooh I LOVE cardamom.
my favorite spice: I will share a ‘recipe’ with you :)
we heat the house using a wood stove, it is recommended to place a dish of water on the stove, to help humidify the air.
i put a dish of water, and in that dish i put (aside from the water) peices of fresh ginger, cinnamon, allspice (you can also put a small ammount of clove, cardamon, any warm, sweet spice) and i leave it cooking there all the time.
when i leave the house i take a thermos of it with me, it makes you so warm after drinking. besides the fac that it’s a warm drink, it’s warming herbs. get;s your blood flowing to all the peripherials.
I love spices.