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With the biggest gift- ing season of the year behind us, you may be breathing a big sigh of relief, and rightly so. It feels great to know you have eleven months to get ready for the next go-around, right? Not so fast! Your gifting breather may be short- lived, as the spring gift- ing season is just around the corner! I'm talking about holi- days like Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Eas- ter. Spring is the season for bridal showers, baby showers and graduations, not to mention the un- ending parade of birth- days and other occasions for celebration. It does seem as though there is no end to the situations and occasions that we need a small and under- stated but lovely gift. I have a wonderful solution for your consideration. Gifting friends, fam- ily members, co-workers, teachers and others with your own signature hand and body lotion will def- initely put you on the map. It's that good. Not particularly crafty? No worries. If you can assemble, empty, stir and mix well, you've got what it takes to make dozens of these gifts start to finish in a single evening. The best part is it costs about $3.50 per gift depending on where you buy the ingredients and containers. Here's the routine: Purchase the ingredients, mix them together, di- vide between your choice of small containers, ap- ply a label or gift tag and embellish with a ribbon. There you go. Done in no time. Handandbodylotion —Any 8-ounce tube of Bath & Body Works Ul- tra Shea Body Cream (This year, I'm using its new fragrance, A Thou- sand Wishes, because it is fabulous. It costs about $12. You need this high- quality shea cream as the base for your product.) —Any brand 4-ounce jar vitamin E cream (costs about $6) —Any brand 18-ounce fragrance-free baby lo- tion (costs about $6) —Any brand 32-ounce fragrance-free hand lo- tion (costs about $7) —One 4.5-ounce tube Vaseline Jelly Cream (costs about $4) —Any 4-ounce lo- tion jars with lids (costs about $14 per dozen) Tools —Large mixing bowl. —Electric mixer or hand whisk. —Gallon-size zip-close bag or other plastic bag. Instructions • Empty the five ingre- dients into the bowl. • Using an electric hand mixer or whisk, mix together until well-in- corporated, or about five minutes. • Fill a large zip-close bag with the lotion. Close the top. Using scissors, snip off a small portion of one of the bottom cor- ners to create a simple piping bag. • Fill your jars or con- tainers by gently squeez- ing the lotion from the piping bag. • Give your signature lotion a name. Create small labels or tags with your message of choice. • Embellish as desired. That's it. You've got beautiful homemade gifts that will be very well-received due to their high quality. Because all of the ingredients ex- cept for the shea cream are unscented or nearly so, your lotion will have a very light, subtle fra- grance — not overpower- ing or offensive but sim- ply lovely. This recipe, as stated, yields about 16 4-ounce jars of fine hand and body lotion. You can find pictures and links to products at www.ev- erydaycheapskate.com/ bodylotion. Your volume may vary depending on how long and vigorously you whip the lotion. Be careful to not make it too fluffy. I find that no more than five minutes is ideal. Enjoy. Would you like to send a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@ everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Ste. B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. EVERYDAYCHEAPSKATE A homemade gi you'd actually love to receive The Rooster Tails Fish- ing Club monthly break- fast will be held at the Au- burn Elks Lodge on Jan- uary 20 and is open to club members, spouses and non-member guests. Doors to the Lodge will open at 7 a.m. and a $13 wide-selection buffet breakfast is served at 8 a.m. followed by a 9 a.m. guest speaker, pro guide Brett "Bones" Brady of Bare Bones Fishing Guide Service. Brady will give a spe- cial presentation on fish- ing for white sturgeon. Reservations are not necessary to attend the breakfast, but attendees are encouraged to arrive by 7 a.m. for a good seat. One of Brady's special- ties is fishing for sturgeon on the Sacramento River from Verona to Colusa when they start moving up the river in January to spawn. These elusive fish are cautious and dif- ficult to catch during day- light hours and the rea- son Brady prefers to fish for them at night. Sturgeon can live more than 100 years and weigh more than 500 pounds, reaching a length of 15 feet. Sturgeons have been referred to as prim- itive fishes, since there characteristics have re- mained relatively un- changed since their earli- est fossil records, and are literally living dinosaurs. They are prized for their quality table fare as well as for their roe — caviar — and their rod-bending fight when hooked. Anglers may take or possess any legally caught white sturgeon within a slot target be- tween 40 and 60 inches long measured from the nose to the tail-fork, all others must be immedi- ately released unharmed. T he 3 0 -y e a r - old Rooster Tails Fishing Club of Northern Califor- nia, Inc. is a non-profit organization that meets the third Friday of each month to educate, enter- tain and enhance fishing experience. The club pro- vides a balanced mix of fishing techniques pre- sented by fishing experts targeting a variety of fish species on multiple types of waters. For more information, call Jim at 530-887-0479 or visit www.roostertails- fisingclub.org. ROOSTER TAILS Mary Hunt Be ready for a winter adventure at the 18th an- nual Snow Goose Fes- tival of the Pacific Fly- way Jan. 25-29 in Chico. This action-packed 5-day event celebrates the re- markable journey of mil- lions of waterfowl and raptors along the Pa- cific Flyway that call the Northern Sacramento Valley their home during the winter months. The festival is located in an amazingly diverse area, with habitats that include rivers and wet- lands, sweeping plains and grasslands, roll- ing foothills, sheltered canyons and mountain peaks. Attendees can choose from more than 70 field trips and workshops that are sure to please a wide variety of interests and ability levels. In addition to numer- ous bird-watching field trips for waterfowl, rap- tors and songbirds, you might choose to take a guided tour of a na- ture preserve, visit a lo- cal vineyard or hike the scenic Sutter Buttes in search of lofty views and resident wildlife. Workshops offer some- thing for everyone. Learn about nature photogra- phy, bird carving, how to record nature sounds and how to identify those backyard birds. Free na- ture activities are offered for youth, as well as arm- chair adventures for all. This year's banquet will feature a keynote ad- dress from international bird guide and author Al- varo Jaramillo. For more information, visit www.snowgoose- festival.org, call Jenni- fer Patten at 345-1865 or write to info@snowgoose- festival.org. WATERFOWL Th e 18 th a nn ua l Sn ow G oo se Festival of the Pacific Flyway Watershed groups that are grassroots, non-regu- latory entities are eligible for the Bureau of Reclama- tion WaterSMART Phase II Grants. These grants provide up to $100,000 for 2-year programs to address crit- ical water supply needs, water quality and ecolog- ical resilience. The pur- pose of this program is to support established wa- tershed groups in imple- menting on-the-ground watershed management projects. Funding will support the following types of pri- mary projects: Improving stream chan- nel structure and complex- ity: activities that improve channel structure and complexity to improve or maintain habitat and re- store conditions support- ing a healthy river chan- nel, protect and stabilize stream or river banks, de- crease sediment, and im- prove water quality and temperature Restoring or enhanc- ing floodplains: activi- ties that reconnect flood- plains to the current chan- nel to provide floodplain habitat, reduce flood risk downstream, and improve water quality and temper- ature Restoring or enhanc- ing vegetation: activities that restore vegetation to improve the health of wa- ter sources and riparian ecosystems, reduce ero- sion, reduce flood risk, in- crease drought resilience, improve water quality and temperature, and restore habitat Controlling invasive species: activities to pre- vent or mitigate the im- pacts of invasive species likely to negatively impact the river, stream, or ripar- ian ecosystem Improving ecological resilience through water conservation activities: activities that conserve water through small-scale water delivery system im- provements to improve ecological resilience Improving ecological resilience through water management activities: water management activ- ities that benefit aquatic and riparian ecosystems within the watershed Addressing water qual- ity through mitigation: activities that prevent or remediate downstream contamination from ag- riculture, forestry opera- tions, wildfires, and min- ing Applicants must pro- vide 50 percent of the proj- ect costs via non-federal cash or in-kind contribu- tions. 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