Just a Minute...

Jen formerly of August Street, now Crafty Type, used to have a Just A Minute feature, which I enjoyed.

Reading... The Science of Parenting by Margot Sunderland

Making... goodies for Kirsten's Easter basket and decorations for her birthday party

Watching... Firefly, I've seen it before, just rewatching

Listening... to Kirsten goofing around, making up silly stories about a dragon and her baby

Loving... getting ready for Spring

Dreaming... of the day we get a call about our next little bundle of joy

Planning... Kirsten's Hello Kitty birthday party and the garden layout for this year

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Alicia's gorgeous garden, you really should go take a peek at Posie Gets Cozy. I love her blog, it was one of the first I started reading. Mine will be a big tilled up patch of soil at my in-law's farmstead, so not very pretty, but quite functional nonetheless.

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Baking... test runs for Kirsten's birthday cake

Lamenting... the demise of Google Reader and finding a new RSS feed reader... so I'm trying out Bloglovin this week. Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Just a Minute... in May

Jen formerly of August Street, now Crafty Type, used to have a Just A Minute feature, which I enjoyed. She is no longer doing it, but I think I'll go ahead and reflect on my months just the same.

Reading... The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby and Beyond Snapshots: How to Take That Fancy DSLR Camera Off "Auto" and Photograph Your Life like a Pro by Rachel Devine and Peta Mazey

Making... travel packages for our trip to Iceland

Watching... Once Upon A Time

Listening... to I've Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra

Loving... dinners on the patio and playing with Kirsten in the backyard

Dreaming... of Skyr, Kleinur, brúnterta and skólaostur

Planning... our trip to Iceland, preplanning plenty for air travel with a toddler

Baking... Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Just a Minute... in April

Jen formerly of August Street, now Crafty Type, used to have a Just A Minute feature, which I enjoyed. She is no longer doing it, but I think I'll go ahead and reflect on my months just the same.

Reading... Tumble Bumble, Nursery Rhymes & Jamberry constantly

Making... decorations for Kirsten's birthday party

Watching... Downton Abbey on Netflix and loving it

Listening... to Kirsten's giggles and laughter and a puppy snoring

Loving... all the natural light for photos!

Dreaming... of tulips and daffodils

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Planning... Kirsten's birthday party and a trip to Iceland, leaving at the end of next month and I'm preplanning plenty for air travel with a toddler

Baking... Swedish Almond Cake

Just a Minute... In April

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ust a simple reflection on April, I'm joining in with Just A Minute over at August Street.

Reading... lots of magazines, as I play catch-up... and Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks, sent to me by my dear friend, Tamy

Making... handmade pay it forward packages, yes, still. I'm about halfway done.

Watching... green bits peeking up in my flower beds, the allium are always the first to start stretching their green stems towards the sky.

Photo from Wikimedia

Listening... to birds chirping in the mornings, they are finally back for the summer.

Loving... that the sun is still shining when I leave work! and, running around town without a jacket (yes, maybe it's still a little too chilly to be doing that, yes, I do it anyway!)

Dreaming... of paint colors since we're painting the exterior of our house this summer! Yay!!! Not terribly fond of the color it is now.

Planning... a trip to Minneapolis to see Kiy, a camping trip for the second weekend in May and recipes with Becca and Jen for our first Kitchen Comforts dinner on Saturday night.

Marshmallows - First Time Camping photo by Barca

Baking... Bagels, it was an early morning and I just couldn't sleep anymore. I was having a craving for a fresh bagels. I kept it simple, a basic water bagel. So, perfectly soft, chewy and crisp all at the same time, smeared with a bit of my favorite vegetable cream cheese. I could close my eyes and imagine I was in New York for about 5 minutes.



Eating... lots of soups this month for some reason. That's usually a fall/winter thing for me. It's crisp and cool in the air, and I've had leftover ham to go through from Easter. So, last week I made a ham and bean soup, and last night I made a ham and potato soup, recipe will be posted next week on Kitchen Comforts.



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Just a Minute... In March

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ust a simple reflection on March, I'm joining in with Just A Minute over at August Street.

Reading... the Twilight series, borrowed from a friend. I just finished book 2, no spoilers please.

Making... handmade pay it forward packages

Watching... My Boys, season premiere was March 31! Monsters vs. Aliens was cute!

Anticipating... Where the Wild Things Are



Listening... to "Raisin Girl Mix" a mix CD from my sister.

Loving... tumblr, yeah I'm cheating, I mentioned that last time too, but I'm REALLY, REALLY, REALLY loving it. The Inspiration Board icon over in my left side bar takes you there as well. I'm saving all my favorite bits that I come across there, so of course I'm loving it.
I'm also loving Caribou Coffee's white hot chocolate thanks to Kim. Anyone have a recipe to replicate it? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Oh, and the peek Blaze gave us of her new work soon to be available in her etsy shop.

Dreaming... of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings. Well, obviously not, just in a very "Alice" mood.

Illustration courtesy Victorian Web

Planning... my move to a hosted WordPress

Baking... a peanut butter/banana muffin version of Becca's Banana Bread, bran muffins, and a french silk pie.

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A day late posting this, sorry about that.

Just a Minute... In February

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ust a simple reflection on February, I'm joining in with Just A Minute over at August Street.

Reading... through all my magazines, cookbooks and recipes, paring down and being ruthless about what to keep.

Making... a package to send to Florida with cute magnets, paper toys, doodling placemats and assorted goodies for my niece and nephew.

Watching... my favorite shows aren't on right now, so I've been watching American Idol and reruns of The Big Bang Theory

Listening... to Alison Krauss in the evenings to help me sleep, her voice is sooooo soothing.

Loving... tumblr, I finally decided to see what the big deal was... I love it... look there for a photo or two or three each day.

Dreaming... of a latte in a not so quiet cafe in downtown Charleston, SC, spending an hour perusing the selections in Manifest (which is probably no longer there, but hey, I'm dreaming), sitting on the steps of the Customs House watching the people milling around on Market St.

Baking... cream buns for Bolludagur, spring cut-out cookies for above mentioned package

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Just a Minute... In January

Just a simple reflection on January, I'm joining in with Just A Minute over at August Street.

Reading... Inkheart, Inkspell and Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke. I wanted to finish them before the movie was released and I just made it. We're going to see it this afternoon and I can't wait.

Making... I've been working on updating our adoption profile. I'm not quite finished yet, but I'm almost done.

Watching... Inkheart this afternoon, otherwise my favorite shows aren't on in January, so mostly I've been watching old movies... Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Brigadoon, Holiday Inn and The Shop Around the Corner to name a few

Listening... to a mix CD "Leaves are Falling" from Blaze

Loving... this breakfast nook I found on Better Homes & Gardens

and this papercut titled Autumn Kiss by Tina Tarnoff

Dreaming... of spring, tulips, crisp white linens, open windows, green grass, and reading in the backyard warmed by the sun with the pups playing, my bare toes being tickled by the grass

Planning... to finish all of our bathrooms before summer. Need to touch up paint on the ceiling in the guest bathroom, finish walls in the master bathroom, and we're about half done with adding a full bathroom to the basement (sheetrock is up, bathtub is in, everything is purchased except for tile)

Baking... the first Wednesday in February is my treat day at work, so I'll spend this afternoon baking cookies and planning a few cakes.

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