Sprinkle a little flour on your counter and unroll 2 sheets of thawed puff pastry from an 18-ounce (500 g) package. Try to keep your work surface cold or roll the pastry out on marble. Set each assembled sausage rolls on a baking sheet and put the sheet in the refrigerator. Chill the rolls until the pastry hardens.

Summary: Preheat the oven to 400 °F (204 °C) and get out the puff pastry. Chill the sausage rolls for 20 minutes.


Use distilled white vinegar. Mix the ingredients together until they are well-combined.  Alternatively, you can plug up your sink and fill it with the water-vinegar solution. Depending on how much water you use, you may need to use more vinegar like 1 cup (240 ml). Make sure the pine cones are totally submerged. If they are not, then fill your bowl with more water until they are. At the halfway mark (15 minutes), use a spoon to stir the pine cones. This will help loosen and remove debris and bugs. It is normal for the pine cones to close up while they are soaking. As you are placing the pine cones on the newspaper, shake them to remove any excess water. Alternatively, you can place them in a strainer to remove excess water before placing them on the newspaper.

Summary: Fill a large mixing bowl with warm water and ½ cup (120 ml) of vinegar. Place them in the bowl. Soak them for 30 minutes. Remove and place them on a sheet of newspaper.


Click or double-click the Microsoft Edge app icon, which resembles a dark-blue app with a white "e" on it. In some cases, Edge will resemble a dark-blue "e". It's in the upper-right corner of the browser window. This option is at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It's near the bottom of the Settings menu. This option is about halfway down the screen. Click a search engine that you want to use as your default. This button is near the bottom of the window. Doing so sets your selected search engine as the Microsoft Edge default for any future searches performed in the address bar.

Summary: Open Microsoft Edge. Click ⋯. Click Settings. Scroll down and click View advanced settings. Scroll down and click Change search engine. Select a search engine. Click Set as default.


Once you're exactly sure of where you want to go and when you want to go where, where you want to stay and how you want to get around, make your reservations. For flights, again, book around two months out. And don't wait till the last minute for your hotels either – you don't want them to be booked or almost-booked (because then prices skyrocket). And anything else for that matter, too. Many attractions have ticket sales online where you can skip the lines and go right in. Sure, the idea of waiting in line right now doesn't sound so bad, but for three minutes of work right now you can not waste hours of your vacation standing in a line with strangers wishing past you would've had better sense. While you may not want to pay premium rates for something that might not happen, you should nonetheless have some protection in case you could not travel during the time your tickets are booked for. The average one week vacation will cost you in insurance needs approximately $75 dollars. This is not a lot of money considering the security it buys you. Only you know if you are one of these people that changes their mind often, or often does re-scheduling – or if you are one of these people that will fly out in a hurricane, no matter what! Some countries require a visa to enter and exit the country. Does where you're going require one? If so, do this as soon as possible. If something is to come up and you don't have one, kiss your trip goodbye. Barring countries that take monetary bribes, they will tell you to turn around and get a flight back home if you don't have one. Keep your passport, travel documents, visas, and similar items in a safe pouch. You may want to make copies, too, and keep them in a safe place. It will make it so much easier to replace anything that you lost. For starters, notify a friend or family about your leaving. If possible, leave them a contact number or address. If anything goes wrong, you'll be able to hear about it. And if anything should go wrong on your end, they'll be able to take care of business back home. If applicable, put vacation notices on your e-mail, and remember to set your answering machine. Those messages will just have to wait until you get back.
Summary: Make your reservations for flights and accommodations. Consider travel insurance. If traveling internationally, make sure your documents are in order. Notify the right parties that you're leaving.