Guess what! Today is my blog’s third birthday! Thank you so very much for reading. I have stuck with it for so long thanks to all your encouraging comments, emails, tweets, pins, and facebook messages. Each one means so much to me, so thanks a million! I’m starting a new blogiversary tradition—feasting on a huge [...]
Happy blogiversary to me! It has been a great two years! Since July 20, 2009 the blog has had 902,266 visitors from 194 different countries. Thank you all for being so delightful and for giving me so much encouragement! I feel a giveaway coming on! 3 jotters, 3 winners, 1 jotter per winner. The prizes will ship [...]
I was going to make a berry cobbler this week, but all my fresh berries turned to mush before I could use them. Don’t you hate it when that happens? So instead I’m satisfying my berry craving by drooling over the photography on the Tartelette blog. I think Helene’s food photography is the best I have [...]
Using a flat iron is pretty much the extent of my hair styling capabilities, although I can manage a simple bun or pony tail. Last week I came across Hair Romance where the author is on day 24 of posting 30 different hairstyles in 30 days. She will publish an e-book in June with styling [...]
You know the expression “there’s more than one way to skin a cat”? Thanks to Jen Peters over at a hoot a day we can change it to “there’s more than one way to draw an owl.” Cat lovers rejoice. I’ve been keeping an eye on Jen’s blog since the beginning of January when she [...]
This weekend my MacBook power cord melted and caught on fire. It was a tiny fire (mostly smoke), but it was big enough to make my computer useless until a replacement cord came in the mail. Then I realized it’s November, and I don’t have my holiday line up in the shop yet! Ahh! So [...]
A jar of homemade plum jam from Jillian at The Noisy Plume arrived in my mailbox today! The wrappings are so sweet that I can’t bear to open it. I think I’ll admire it on the counter for a few days before I have my jam feast. Daniel and I have been following Jillian’s blog for [...]
A few weeks ago I decided not to keep desserts around the house anymore (well, mostly), and strange things have been happening. Instead of constantly craving sweets I am dying for healthy foods. In fact, a few nights ago I roasted kale for a midnight snack! Imagine my delight (I almost peed my pants!) when I [...]
I read a lot of blogs, but one of my favorites is Smitten Kitchen. Every time Deb posts a new recipe I can barely keep myself from drooling on my keyboard. What I wouldn’t give to lick the bowl! Isn’t her photography stunning? Top left: grilled eggplant and olive pizza Top right: chocolate yogurt snack [...]