It almost seems like a reward for starting the new year off right! This is just one of the gorgeous sunrises we’ve seen in the morning while on our morning exercise jaunts. This was taken with my iPhone, right inside of our complex at home!
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Ed’s 2009 Auto Industry Recap/2010 Thoughts on Fox Business News
Today Ed appeared on Fox Business News again to talk about this year – and the year ahead – for the auto industry.
Check out the segment here:
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Songs I Liked in 2009
It just wouldn’t be the end of a year without some sort of a “Best of” list. So this year, I decided to compile all my favorite songs of 2009 into one playlist. In no way am I claiming these all as this year’s best of the best – they are all just my own personal favorites!
Since I like to share, here you have it. :)
Don’t need (or want) every song? Right-click to download by track:
track 01: Feather, Little Dragon
track 02: Sing Sang Sung, Air
track 03: Love Letter to Japan, The Bird and The Bee
track 04: Microphone, Coconut Records
track 05: No One Does It Like You, Department of Eagles
track 06: New Moon Rising, Wolfmother
track 07: Treat Me Like Your Mother, The Dead Weather
track 08: Dragon Queen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
track 09: Help I’m Alive, Metric
track 10: Happy Up Here, Röyksopp
track 11: Bourgeois Shangri-La, Miss Li
track 12: Born on a Day the Sun Didn’t Rise, Black Moth Super Rainbow
track 13: Jaykub, (Jason Lytle of Grandaddy) Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse
track 14: While You Wait for the Others, Grizzly Bear
track 15: Silver Trembling Hands, The Flaming Lips
track 16: 40 Day Dream, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
track 17: Crimson & Clover, Prince
Christmas Goodies!
In the spirit of keeping traditions alive (and having lots of fun getting into the holiday spirit), Mom & I collaborated once again to do a little holiday baking. We decided on sticking with cookies this year. My all-time favorite flavor of the season is Peppermint, so I had to break out Martha’s recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Cookies! Also on the agenda were big and soft bakery-style Sugar cookies with red sugar on top. For good measure, Mom also decided to whip up some Peanut Butter cookies and Pumpkin Spice cookies!
Yes, I enjoy the baking – but I have to admit that part of me does it only to have an excuse to come up with the packaging! This year, I went with craft-brown cupcake boxes, layered the bottom with red/white polka dotted vellum paper, stacked 8 perfectly shaped cookies on top of each other and tied them up with red and white bakers twine. Then, I added round stickers to the outside (alternating between red and white) and made a tag to keep things simple that just said YUM!
Both mom and I agree that Martha’s recipe is a little labor-intensive, but they sure are YUMMY. (They certainly were not as simple as last year’s goodies). The cookies are really soft and super chewy like fudge – and combined with the crushed peppermint candies in the mix, we think they are a perfect companion to your morning cup of coffee!
Thanks for all the help, Mom!
p.s. In other crafty baking news, I am so excited that Amanda from Bake it Pretty added my little lemon cakes to the gallery! (I’m photo #7) I LOVE this site and if you’ve never browsed, you should! Amanda is a totally a rock star in my opinion!
Ed on Fox Business News – successfully handles a curve ball!
Ed was asked to appear on Fox Business news again to talk about Ford and future automotive trends this morning. However, once he got to the studio, all Brian Sullivan wanted to talk about were union negotiations with Ford!
It’s a good thing that husband of mine is so smart, maybe he was not as prepared to talk about that, but he did just great! As Ed said this morning after the interview was over, “That’s show biz!”
Check out the video here:
If you have trouble with the video player above, click this link to watch on the Fox Business news site.