O maior conquistador não é aquele que conquista grandes coisas, mas sim o que conquista as pequenas e as torna grandes!


domingo, 15 de agosto de 2021

Sophia Loren - She was a struggling actress known as Sofia Lazzaro before changing her moniker to Sophia Loren, shortly after meeting her longtime partner Carlo at a small town beauty pageant in 1950.

 



 Sophia and Carlo, pictured in 1957, fell madly in love while 
making the classic film Woman Of The River


Upon meeting Carlo, Sophia knew he would be someone
 in her life forever.


Sophia and Carlo publicly tied the knot in a civil wedding in
 Sevres, France. 1966, 


Loves of their lives: The lovebirds were married for 41
 years and have two sons together







sábado, 14 de agosto de 2021

Cream Cheese Apple Coffee Cake

 


    • Cake Ingredients:
    • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
    • 1/2 cup brown sugar
    • 1/4 cup white sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
    • 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
    • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
    • 1 1/2 cups chopped apples (chopped small)
    •  
    • Cream Cheese Layer Ingredients:
    • 8 oz. softened cream cheese
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 3 tablespoons white sugar
    •  
    • Streusel Ingredients:
    • 3/4 cup white sugar
    • 1/4 cup brown sugar
    • 1/2 cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/8 teaspoon salt 
    • 6 tablespoons cold butter
    •  
    • Directions:
    • Preheat oven to 350ºF and grease an 8x8 inch square pan. 
    • Combine the butter and sugars for the cake and mix until fluffy. Add the egg, oil, and vanilla and mix until combined. 
    • Stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon and stir into the butter mixture, mixing just until combined. Stir in the chopped apples. Spread into the prepared pan. 
    • Mix together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla for the cream cheese layer and spread over the cake batter in the pan. 
    • Combine all the streusel ingredients using your hands or a pastry blender until well combined. Sprinkle over the cream cheese mixture. 
    • Bake for about 45 minutes or until the topping is browned. 
    • Can be stored in the refrigerator.
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Woman's Luxury Fashion

 











Vintage Jewellery Adverts from the 50's

 












Here's a dozen of my favorite things never to apologize for:


1) Never apologize for acting on your instincts.
2) Never apologize for being passionate.
3) Never apologize for being smart.
4) Never apologize for demanding respect.
5) Never apologize for saying no.
6) Never apologize for not embracing someone else's agenda.
7) Never apologize for disagreeing.
8) Never apologize for your faith.
9) Never apologize for your own sense of creativity.
10) Never apologize for ordering dessert.
11) Never apologize for being funny.
12) Never apologize for living your truth.


Every one of us casts a shadow.

There hangs about us, a sort of a strange, indefinable something, which we call personal influence--that has its effect on every other life on which it falls. It goes with us wherever we go. It is not something we can have when we want to have it--and then lay aside when we will, as we lay aside a garment. It is something that always pours out from our lives . . . as light from a lamp, as heat from flame, as perfume from a flower.

The ministry of personal influence is something very wonderful. Without being conscious of it, we are always impressing others by this strange power that exudes from us. Others watch us--and their thinking and actions are modified by our influence."

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Ephesians 5:15-16

~J. R. Miller, "The Shadows We Cast"

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