Dear 2011,
It’s been fun, strange, and terrifying, but most of all, exciting.
It’s been a year of change and discovery.
Thanks for everything.
Dear 2012,
I’m not big on resolutions, I feel like they’re just a set-up for failure. So, I’m keeping my goals for the year simple:
patience, patience, patience. learn some.
eat a few new vegetables
be nicer to my body
get back into arts/crafts
learn to temper chocolate
try to remember that comparison kills joy
I’m looking forward to this new year. Let’s get into it.
Dear Friends,
I can’t even begin to get into how much your comments, and the fact that this little blog is even on your radar, mean to me. It’s a big, bad world of blogging and there’s a ton of things to look at, read, and be inspired by. Your support means the world.
I thank you from the deepest reaches of my little, ol’ heart. Truly.
So, to cap of 2011, I say we have a drink. I know many of us will be popping the corks off of some bubbly tonight and toasting to a brand new year with the ones we love the most.
My favorite guy and I will be staying in, after a long and much needed trip back home for the holidays. We’ll be lounging and sipping these cocktails with our pups. Soda water makes it bubbly, rosemary + ginger syrup bring aromatic, herbal sweetness, there’s a little squeeze of lime for some tang, and gin makes it all boozey and right.
Cheers!!
XO Cindy
Rosemary-Ginger Gin Cocktail
makes 1 drink
ice
2 ounces gin
1 tablespoon rosemary-ginger syrup
1 lime wedge
soda water to fill
Fill a rocks glass with ice and pour in the gin, syrup, squeeze the lime over the top, fill the glass with soda water and stir to combine. Toast and drink.
Rosemary-Ginger Syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
2 inches ginger root, peeled and sliced
2-3 sprigs rosemary
Add sugar and water to a small saucepan and stir to combine. Add ginger and rosemary, heat to dissolve the sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, then remove from heat. Allow ginger and rosemary to steep in the syrup as it cools to room temperature. Once cooled, remove ginger and rosemary (strain if needed) and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Megan
Oh man. This syrup would make every drink the dreamiest. I love your resolutions too. Remembering that comparison kills joy is a good thing to remember. Way to be! Let’s hang out soon!
cindy
Thanks man! We definitely need to hang out soon!
Sugar and Spice
You’re one of the nicest and sweetest bloggers I know. It’s been a pleasure reading following your blog. Here’s wishing your 2012 be exactly the kind of year you hope it to be, Cindy! 🙂
cindy
Thanks Shirleen! Happy New Year to you as well!
Joshua Beck
Happy New Year! Can’t wait to read about all the delightful delights you will whip up in the coming year! Love you always!
cindy
you know me and those delightful delights! happy new year Josh!
Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen
I love your resolutions! Especially the “comparison kills joy” bit. Truth.
Happy New Year 🙂
Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen
Whoops, not resolutions…goals 🙂
A much better word!
cindy
true that! happy new year maggie!
Punctuation Mark
i always used agave nectar on drinks and it’s fantastic… try it out! Happy 2012!!!
cindy
Yes! Agave nectar is great, especially for cold drinks. Thanks for the comment!
nadia
wishing you a wonderful 2012.
yes comparison kills joy i must remember that!
i love your site- every time i come to it!
and your pics are rockin!
cindy
this comment makes my day Nadia! Thank you!
NicoleD
This drink sounds amazing and I love your 2012 goals. I want to learn to temper chocolate, too! I very much enjoy your blog and love everything you do here 🙂 You’re awesome.
cindy
Thanks Nicole! I am so glad we got to meet–we must get together again, soon!
Terris-FreeEats
Happy New Year Cindy! Looking forward to following you and your gorgeous little blog in 2012.
This drink is so my kind of drink. I just finished off Joy’s Rosemary-Lime cocktails, and can’t wait to try your combo!
cindy
Happy New Year Terris! Thank you for all of your sweet comments 🙂 Cheers!
Ana_IloveTdP
I love this gin-ginger!! It must be delicious! And happy new year!!
Cheers! 🙂
Jenny (VintageSugarcube)
Love the new blog design and your pics of those drinkies is beyond fab. Wishing you a wonderful New Year and sooo look forward to more post/pics and recipes from YOU!
cindy
Thanks Jenny! Happy New Year to you as well!