Days of Christmas : Easy Hot Cocoa recipe

Hello everyone! Today I am due for a recipe post. What better than hot cocoa?! Alright, I'll not keep you waiting any longer...



Ingredients:
1 cup of any milk (I used almond)
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
3-5 tablespoons of sugar, depending on personal preference (or sugar-like substitute. I used xylitol)
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
pinch of salt (optional)
sprinkle of cinnamon (optional)

Instructions:
Combine all of the ingredients in a small saucepan on medium high heat, and heat (while stirring) until you've reached your desired temperature:

Pour into a mug, garnish with your desired toppings, and you're done!

 Yup, that's it! It's not called an easy recipe for nothing!

Tell me in the comments what your favorite Christmas treat is!

 

My favorite Christmas things~

Hello everyone! ^_^ I hope you're all having a fabulous day! :3 I'm super sorry about not posting last week :P
Well, since it's almost Christmas, I thought for a fun, Christmas-y post it would be good to share my favorite Christmas things! :D Let's start, shall we? ;)

My favorite Christmas song- Well, truthfully, it's super hard to pick a favorite, but I'll go with We Wish You a Merry Christmas :D

My favorite Christmas food- HAM. I love ham xD Annddd the good news is we're having that for Christmas this year! *cheers*

My favorite Christmas drink- Cocoa ;D

My favorite Christmas tradition-Probably opening presents on Christmas Eve, and doing stockings on the actual day. I really like that :)

My favorite Christmas decoration- I'm not going to say the family tree, because the Christmas tree is probably everyone's favorite decoration, so I'm gonna go with the miniature pink tree in my bedroom. That doesn't count, does it? LOL!

The best thing to get in my stocking on Christmas day- Probably EOS lip balm or lotion. I love their stuff and I usually get some of it in my stocking xD

My favorite Christmas story- For me, the story of Jesus' birth is my favorite Christmas story, since I'm a Christian :D

My favorite things to do on Christmas- Just hang out with family, read the Christmas story from the Bible, eat, and play with gifts!

I hope you guys enjoyed this simple, Christmas-y post :D
What are your favorite things about Christmas?
~jana

My Top 10 Favorite Things about Fall

Hello everyone!! ^_^
Today (since I've done a ton of nature photoshoots lately and it's time for a change) I thought I'd share with you my top 10 favorite things about fall! So grab a cup of coffee (or hot cocoa if you're not a coffee fan... LOL), sit back, and enjoy!!! :D

Alright, let's begin! :)

1. COOLER WEATHER! In the summer where I live, our highs are like in the 115's so cooler weather is much appreciated ^_^

2. Sweaters!

(sorry for the bad pic xD) 

I <3 my sweaters :D Oops- I realized I forgot to show my puffy ones :P Oh well :P

3. Leaves changing colors! The leaves in my yard are changing their colors, and I'm super excited! :D Here are some pics ;D

I wonder what bit out of this leaf... LOL!

You get the point XD

4. Hot cocoa! I LOVE hot cocoa. Mhhm. Okay, now I'm dying to have some XD

5. Fuzzy socks ;D I also have a strange obsession with them, LOL!

:)

6. CHRISTMAS!!! Yup, everyone is probably excited for that to roll around! Fall is super close to Christmas, so there's another reason to love fall ^_^  * starts singing Jingle Bells*

7. Being able to put away the flip- flops! Here in the summer you practically never get to wear close-toe shoes because it's just so hot! I loooooovvvveee to take out my Bob's/ Tom's and Converse. My favorite shoes are probably

:D

8. Garage sales! Garage saling is something I just love to do, and in the fall there are a bunch of good sales, unlike the summer ;)

9. Family get-togethers! Both sides of my Grandparents are visiting my family soon, and I'm so excited! :D 

Wow, that went fast! My 10th favorite thing about fall is how the sun rises in the morning so late, love that! In the summer I used to get up at 7 AM, and today I got up at 9! I love to sleep in ;D

Overall, I really love fall! The only reason why I don't like it is that now I can't swim in our backyard pool :( But at least my swim club is year- round, and I can still practice there! :)

Thank you so much for reading and have an awesome day! :) What are your favorite things about fall?

~jana