Seven reasons why being sick isn't so bad

I caught some annoying bug on Thursday and just can't seem to shake it.  It's not terribly debilitating, but it certainly doesn't make me want to do much.  

As I was moping around, I started thinking of all the nice bits of being a little under the weather.

1.  There's actually an excuse to watch TV/movies.  All.  Day.  Long.  Usually if I were to do this, I would feel quite terrible about myself and immediately head to the kitchen to do some dishes.

2.  Tea.  Lots and lots of tea.

3.  Sweaters.  Even in Hawaii, I'll find as many reasons as possible to pull out the bundling clothes.

4.  Naps.  Because who doesn't like a good nap?

5.  All that reading you've been putting off.

6.  No housework.  It may pile up, but you have a good reason to let it.  Sorry, but "I have to go feed the feral cats, I can't do the laundry today" just doesn't cut it.

7.  Free back rubs.  Being sickly and mopey does earn some added attention.

//Best of the best//4

I haven't been doing a good job of taking pictures these days, but I'm trying!  Here are some of the bits and pieces from the last week (or two).

(left to right, top to bottom)


1.  Ever since the month of spending every single day in Starbucks for internet access, Erik and I haven't really gone in a long time.  But since it was his birthday last week and he had a free drink, I stepped foot into one and didn't mind--too much.


2.  Remember strawberry jam being on my list of to-dos?  Here it is, cooking away.  It turned out very good, if I do say so myself.


3.  I told myself "once we run out of butter, I'm making some."  So I did.  I found the recipe here and it turned out pretty well!  I think I'll let the cream sit with the yogurt a little longer next time, to give it a bit more flavor.  Also, I ended up with buttermilk, which made some excellent waffles for the next morning :).


4.  My entirely homemade breakfast--yogurt that I made last week along with the jam.


5.  We're slowly starting to gather items for a backpacking trip.  Here's my new backpack!


6.  Darn slugs.


7.  After losing my phone, I realized there wasn't a very good way of identifying it.  Can't really miss this phone now, can you?


Happy Sunday!

I forgot about this top and pulled it out of the closet yesterday.  I love the bit in the back, and the stripes are always nice.  Who could say no to stripes?  I found it while browsing through ebay at some point last year.  I quite like it! 

I was also having a grand time with picmonkey (and the camera).  As is my usual answer--what else am I supposed to do with myself at home?  :).  

Happy Thursday!

Summer inspired

Blogging has just been last of my list of to-do's for the past week and a half.  I'm mostly at a loss as to what to post about, so I guess I'm not feeling terribly inspired.  Maybe I wore myself out last week cooking about every single thing I could think of.

So here's a little summer inspiration today--Because I may not be the only one who needs it.

visualize

Dashing

eighteen25

weheartit

citybeat

indiefixx

kittenkaboom

wolfandwillow

fatfreevegan

Happy hump day!

This week in crafting land..

Not only was I busy cooking, but I wanted to keep on spicing the house up.  The living room/dining room area is especially lacking in the decor department.  Here's what I did!

I found this DIY for yarn covered wine bottle vases and decided to give it a go.  I always knew there was something I could do with wine bottles but never had the inspiration--until I found someone else's idea!

Another DIY that I found was how to tint your own mason jars--because buying them is expensive!  I got some globbed mod podge at the bottom, but when they're filled with flowers or stones, you can't tell.

And finally, for the new table I pulled a few ideas in.  I've seen tons of people using cake stands to use as a centerpiece but those are expensive.  I just took one of my plates and hot glued a candle holder to the bottom.  It worked out pretty well!  And you can see one of my homemade tinted jars is on the table, too.


I linked up to Not Just a Housewife's link party