3 blogs i am crushing on...

I have been trying to get back to reading
other people's blogs & online journals
and am always on the lookout for new blood.
I have kept a list of the blogs
that i followed
since I started blogging (over 10 years ago)
and I realize that along the way...
some of those sites are no longer in existence
much less active.

When I first started this little journal,
I had no idea what or why I was doing...
some days, I'd say that's still the case
but I've invested too much time now to give it up!
But I had started at a good time.
Blogs were a thing.
They were popular and active and so much fun.
They were yesterday's instagram...well...technically
I guess Flickr was yesterday's Instagram but you get my drift, right?

And I have heard murmurings online
about how maybe blogging is making a comeback!
(ok...or maybe I am trying to start such a rumor...
but same difference.)

So all this to say...I thought I would share 3 blogs
that I am totally crushing on right now...

A BOOKISH BAKER

Helen describes herself as a seasonal storyteller, writer, reader, notebook hoarder & a chicken & duck keeper.

Um.  Can we best friends?

Go and check this girl out. 
You're welcome.
BLOG
INSTAGRAM

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MY GIANT STRAWBERRY

How can you immediately not be drawn in
by a blog that is called my giant strawberry...
I mean...doesn't that make your mouth water already?
And then she tells you that when she was a kindergarten kid
she got in trouble for telling stories about the
enormous strawberry in her backyard.
Awwwwwwww!  How cute is that!
And she paints and makes lists and what more do you need!
Go check her out!

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KATE'S CREATIVE SPACE

Kate had me at this sentence:  " I’m Kate; a mum, a wife and a career woman who dabbles in many different things and doesn’t necessarily excel at any of them." 
This I totally relate to.
And she made a giant paper mache hot air balloon for
a tiny family of mice.
oh.  my slightly jealous little heart.

happy blog-hunting!

wordless wednesday...

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tuesday truths...(the culinary edition)

► I ate roasted broccoli for the first time tonight and IT WAS SO GOOD.
How did I not know about this?  I tossed it with some olive oil, lemon juice,
smattering of salt and pepper and a heaping (yes, heaping...I can't help it)
spoonful of garlic.  And, even though I suspect I cooked just a tiny bit too long,
it was still SO GOOD.

►  I am not sure that I will ever remember how to spell broccoli. 
I get so confused on how many c's and how many l's.  Sigh.

► If you know me at all...you will know that I tend to order chicken fingers
when I go out to eat.  I love chicken fingers.  Or a chicken burger.  Fries.  No vegetables...
unless the vegetables are corn...I like corn.  Never any sauce for my chicken fingers.  Just salt please. 

I tried sweet and sour sauce tonight though...and I liked it.

My taste buds must be growing up!

►  In the past month, I have eaten pretty much a full family size box of chicken fingers
BY MYSELF.  Mostly with 5 minute fries.  Always with a can of diet coke.  That's healthy, right?  I mean, sometimes there's corn.

► OH!  & totally not related to food....but AJ  Finn liked my tweet about his book!  :)

whatcha readin'? {2018::books 1, 2 and 3 - goal 24}

First week of February and already
I have gotten 3 books under my belt.
Maybe I will actually hit 24 this year!

I read the last two Harry Potter books in January...
and I know I said this already,
but I was surprised at how much I loved them.
And also surprised when I caught myself
crying
at one point.
I won't say what point...but there were definite tears
and maybe a few loud sniffles.

I read "the woman in the window" in pretty much
one sitting.
It's one of those fast paced what-is-going-on
who-did-that-what-will-happen-next kind of books.
It reminded me a little of Gone Girl...
dark and riveting and fast.
I would definitely recommend.

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s (for all three!  that's a good way to start the year!)

NEXT UP:  HOW READING CHANGED MY LIFE - ANNA QUINDLEN

what about you?  what's keep you up reading at night?

wordless wednesday...

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