(Part 2) Top products from r/entwives

<3 Some extra lighting could help, and maybe even set aside some cash for one of those sun lamp type things to make the shorter daylight hours in winter more bearable.

If you haven't already, investing in one or two plants that don't need a lot of light can add some cozy comfort to a room too.

What are your favorite colors? Can you decorate within those to create a happier space? I really like yellow and turquoise, and am always trying to find things in those colors. Even just a few throw pillows or knick knacks and a brightly colored cozy blanket can help. Throw down a cute dollar store blanket or some cheap cozy pet beds for the puppers to cuddle with you too!

...and maybe some brightly colored dollar store baskets to help organize your craft stuff and/or stash :D

IF you're able to, get outside as well even for 10-15 minutes during the day when the sun is out. Even if you're not smoking, but toking in your new cozy spot, and then trying to adventure out. It makes a a bit of a difference to get a change of scenery.

Edit: If you could find even just a futon mattress in good shape on Cragislist or something, you could fold that against the wall, hang some lights, put down some blankets and throw pillows, and call that a lounge/smoke spot too. If you Google reading nook ideas, you might be able to get some more inspiration on how to convert that into a smoke spot ;)

/r/treecipes is a good reference. When I make butter (which you're reminding me I should do soon......), I use about 1/8th of vaped bud to maybe 1/2 cup of butter... maybe a while cup of butter... I think it's different every time and I use the big blocks of butter. Anyway, you boil water and plop the butter in and then the bud and let that simmer for a few hours then strain it through cheesecloth (to get the herb out) into a tupperware and pop that in the fridge overnight. Wake up to butter that has solidified atop water. Pop out the butter and use in regular recipe for choice baked good.

I typically use 1/2 cannabutter and 1/2 regular butter (or crisco) in whatever given recipe I choose. Peanut Butter cookies are my favorite things to make since the vaped bud butter flavor blends nicely with peanut butter. Do you own a cookbook - like Betty Crocker's Big Red Cookbook or something similar? I grew up with the classic Betty Crocker binder (my mom's from the 70s, she still has it and uses it) and I have my own updated one my mom gave to me in 2004. They now have ring-bound (non-binder) versions that will probably last longer (my binder ring's haven't closed right since 2006 while my mom's original binder book is still in great condition... better quality back then I suppose).

Sorry for getting side-tracked... but I own dozens of cookbooks and use most of them semi-regularly but if the house was burning and I could choose to save one (priorities, right?), it would be my Betty Crocker. Well, it would also be my Great-Grandma's handwritten cookbook and other family cookbooks because I'm selfish and I'm already in the kitchen grabbing cookbooks...

Anyhow. I'm a Betty Crocker girl, it's where I learned all the basics and essentials. I highly recommend picking up one of these or similar online or at a bookstore (they're often in discount bookstores too!) to help kickstart your kitchen adventures. Far better for a beginner than any celebrity book or specialty book I can think of. Or just find some cookie recipes online or try making some brownies from scratch and substitute 1/2 of the butter called for with cannabutter.

I HIGHLY recommend getting this book! I had my first daughter last NYE and this book was the saving grace of my pregnancy. Anything you can possibly think of is in there; stages of pregnancy for your body and baby, what to/not to eat, how certain medications affect you, suggestions on how to deal with multi-religious families, lists of what to buy and lists of the fun extras, and on and on and on. Every twinge I felt, every bump, gurgle, heartburn, fart- it was all explained in there. Very, very helpful were the recall lists and why certain baby toys/furniture/etc. are dangerous.

One thing I learned: when you get pregnant you stop shedding hair at the rate you normally do (everywhere on your body!), and then after you give birth it goes back to shedding like normal- it appears that you're losing all your hair and going bald when it starts falling out again, I swear! :)

Congratulations!

This is the first DVD I used to try and learn belly dance (and to work out) and I loved it! I even like her warm up. The turbo hips is very hard as a beginner, but I liked it because it meant I had could keep using the dvd after I was more skilled. I checked it out initially on Netflix and they have a pretty large selection of belly dance dvd's to rent, so you can try a bunch of different styles without having to buy a lot of dvd's or attend a lot of classes. Then you can figure out what style you enjoy the most and focus on it, or start fusing all the styles!
http://www.amazon.com/Bellydance-Jillina-Shape-Hip/dp/B0014XOQUC

We buy the Duplos when they're smaller because we don't want them to choke on the pieces or whatever, but we still can buy all different sets and add to sets they already have.

We try to pay attention to what they like. One niece is very girly, so we get her dolls that she really loves playing with. Her little sister is into bears and dinosaurs at 2 years old, so she got a stuffed bear from the World Wildlife Federation (so it was kind of pricey, but it goes towards a good organization), and a book called Dinosaur Vs. School or something along those lines.

Edit: Found the book!

Good morning! I am a coffee shop manager irl so my work day is me rolling out of bed at 4:45am and driving to work in a tired stupor. There I can fuel my soul with espresso before making sure hundreds of other people have awesome mornings. I ❤️ coffee more than life itself.

On my days off we either go out to eat at a local breakfast diner where they have raspberry waffles and an omelette stuffed with hash browns. Sometimes we cook....usually breakfast potato skillet. No matter what...more coffee is involved.

I have a super rad mug collection but I'm on mobile and photos are hard to do :/ but this one https://www.amazon.com/Vandor-18062-Hello-Kitty-Ceramicl/dp/1223069818 is my favorite mug in the whole world. Pink, sturdy, and thanks to its shape holds 18oz but is still normal cup sized!!!!

I especially liked Swallow Me Whole and pretty much anything from Adriene Tomine. But if he wants to get into graphic novels, I suggest just looking at what's out there and picking up whatever looks interesting to you ;)

You might really enjoy a great book I recently read: "The Mindful Marijuana User" which discusses this sort of experience.

The Mindful Marijuana User: A New Perspective & Realistic Approach https://www.amazon.com/dp/1941768199/

I had breakfast for lunch, it was awesome!

Have you ever heard of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations? I used to spend hours thumbing through my copy.

"If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” - C.S. Lewis

Wow. This is such a beautiful book, I got the new one too - it's called Enchanted Forest. Incredible.

Coloring books! So relaxing. This is my favorite one http://www.amazon.com/Mystical-Mandala-Coloring-Dover-Design/dp/0486456943

They also make a Witches’ Date Book which I love!!! I’ve had one for the last couple of years.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738746169/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_JHCyCbZ6G0QY0

Chiming in to suggest another coloring book. Its the stoners coloring book and it has a bunch of really cool and trippy artwork :)

Has anyone considered short stories? I'm a huge fan of them. I'm currently going through this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Prize-Stories-2013-Including/dp/0345803256/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417565785&sr=1-2&keywords=Henry+Prize+Stories

May I also recommend "[Unicorns Are Jerks](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1477468528/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_hqu-ub1PFE228
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1477468528/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_hqu-ub1PFE228)".

I started off with Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy since I have a history of depression... the principles are solid, and it's something I continue to work on every day. It would be silly to expect decades of negative reinforcement to be rewired instantly.

Other books:

The Power of Now

The Power of Habit

And this is one I haven't got yet but it's next on my list: Paddle Your Own Canoe because Nick Offerman is a BAMF.

I got the connect the dots book as a gift; ones full of cities and the other is pets. Super cute. Did a quick Amazon search and found the one I’m working on: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626860661/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_LUENDbN4S1FZB

I feel what you’re saying, but I sadly have very little room for allowing people to remain shitty after they are grown. I am understanding through your 20’s but after that, I’m not sure blaming your upbringing is anything less than a cop out. My upbringing was shitty, full of neglect and abuse and I worked my ass off to be the human I am. It’s a choice. I know it is because I’ve chosen, so has my Brother and countless other people I know with shittier situations than me. I realize it sounds harsh, but at what point do we take control of our lives and stop pointing the finger at other people?