Six Word Saturday

Oh no, a daffodil allergy? Really?

Beautiful offenders

One of my coworkers sells daffodils for a fundraiser every year. Bright, gorgeous, fresh daffodils. This year I was the first person he hit, so he didn't have change yet, so I got two bunches. Because, you know, I can handle an extra dose of pretty! For sure. We got the daffodils this week and they are so very gorgeous! Unfortunately they are having a not-so-gorgeous effect on my respiratory system, so I think they're going to have to be gifted to some friends when they come over tonight.

This post is brought to you by Six Word Saturday! It's harder than it looks (but also really fun :) ).

Tina's Terrific Team!

I mentioned a bit back that I am participating again this year in the April A-Z challenge. A lovely challenge that involves writing a post for 26 days in April (every day but Sundays), with topics that go in alphabetical order. In an interview on the A-Z blog, I mentioned my theme for the year, but what I didn't mention is that I've decided to get a little more involved in the Challenge. When the lovely Tina asked me to join her team of minions, I immediately said yes. I mean, who doesn't love to be a minion once in a while? Check out our neato blog badge on the right!

I encourage you to visit Tina, as well as the other minions in our group. It's an eclectic and lovely team. I'm excited to work with them and to help keep the Challenge running smoothly :)

Andrea of Maybe It's Just Me and I Like it On the Table
Hilary of Positive Letters... Inspirational Stories...
Jolie DuPre of Precious Monsters (Gotta love someone with an awesome name like that!)
JoJo of Tahoma Beadworks and Photography
and
PV Ariel aka Philip of philipscom

Still have a lot of writing to do to prepare - it's going to be great. :)

Overengineering the house

It is always so exciting to get house projects done! These are the hooks we just added on the way to the basement, to catch hiking backpacks and as a home for the broom. Happy to take care of a few more bits of clutter :-)

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Getting ready for June.. Without distractions?

My super-crazy-busy part of my job is from the end of May through the beginning of August. So if you can believe it, I'm already in full swing getting ready for summer. This week I tried really hard to remove distractions in order to concentrate fully on my summer preparations, and did a pretty good job. I got a couple of important things done which makes me feel much better. Still lots to do, but headway was made!

One Grain More

Just stopping by quick to post this gem of a video that my friend Amanda shared, from Fooducate. Funny how many familiar products are in here.. Also, Xanthan gum does *not* get rid of baking soda taste! haha.. Actually if you put too much in, the taste of Xanthan gum is quite unpleasant. Worse than the baking soda, I think. Enjoy!

Six Word Saturday

Welcomed a new decade

without angst.

This week I turned 30. And.. didn't feel as freaked out about it as everyone seems to think I should have been. They say that your 20s are crazy, all over the place, figuring things out, and they definitely were that. But then your 30s, they say, are when everything fits into place, you figure out who you are and what you're about, and life really gets fun without the angst of the 20s.  My last month in my 20s was a little rough (right up to the flat tire at 9:30pm the night before my birthday), but I rather feel like it has tempered me a bit. On last bit of flame to strengthen me as I head into my new decade. 

Welcome, 30. How's about we chill out for a bit?