I’m desperately behind in my blog reading this week. It was one of those super busy, deadline filled, crazy weeks that flew by, and before I knew it Sunday morning was upon me. If I missed something amazing you wrote this week, please let me know. Now onto the favorites that I did get to read this week.
Recipes That Made My Mouth Water:
- Spiced Chipotle Honey Chicken Breasts with Sweet Potatoes and Winter Squash by Joanne at Eats Well With Others. Oh my. It’s on our next menu plan. Oh my.
- Angry Birds Cupcakes by Kristan at Confessions of a Cookbook Queen. I’m never going to be able to create those, but they made me smile so hard.
Fire/EMS Blog Posts That I Particularly Enjoyed or Think You Should Read:
- At the sharp end and its follow-up, At the sharp end II by Kal at Trauma Queen. First off, these are both intense posts that made my stomach lurch for a fellow blogger and friend. Secondly, these two posts are evidence of crazy amazing writing — not just within the fire/EMS blog niche but in general. This? Is good writing. Read it. It’s the best fire/EMS post/series this week.
Photo Blog Posts That Inspired Me
- A Taste of Spring by Sarah at One Starry Night. While Sarah isn’t solely a photo blogger, she is an amazing photographer. This post made me long for spring which, I’m hoping, is right around the corner.
- Overcoming Fears | Foundation Workshop 9 by Mary at Birchtree Photography. Not only are the photos that she shared moving and amazing, but the words she shared about fears and photography are inspiring.
Books I’ve Read/Book Posts I Liked:
- I finished reading The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels –A Love Story
. I adored it for many reasons, but mainly because I loved the post-wedding stories the best as I related — so deeply — to the immediate pregnancy (though we had three months alone), postpartum depression, general woe but still full of love tone of it all. Read it!
- I reviewed As Simple as It Seems by Sarah Weeks at Chronicles. It was my 4th Adoption Reading Challenge pick (3rd fiction) and 4th Young Adult Reading Challenge pick. Note: I didn’t like it.
- I discovered this book blog written by an 11-year-old girl this week. If you’ve got some teens/tweens/YA readers in your house, you may want to read this blog!
My Ultimate Favorites of the Week:
- Dear Author by Sassymonkey at Sassymonkey Reads. If you missed the drama created by author Sylvia Massara, you are out of luck. The author bashed “unprofessional reviewers,” which created a crazy amount of comments from bloggers all over the web — book or otherwise. But then the author deleted all of those comments. You’d think author’s would know to “own their words.” All the same, I enjoyed Sassymonkey’s letter.
- Parenting. Try It Some Time by Lindsay at Suburban Turmoil. Considering I’m one of those pesky, interfering, opinionated parents, I wanted to give her a standing ovation at the end of her post.
- How to Make Flubber, Glurch and Other Fun Art Supplies at Home at Ohdeeoh. A bunch of links to the recipes for all those fun things (including chalk! and watercolor paint!) all in one place. Definitely bookmark this one.
- Alternately titled How Jenna doesn’t really want the Steelers to Win Super Bowl XLV by my mean friend Heather at Domestic Extraordinaire. (She’s not really mean. Promise.) It was funnier before the Steelers dropped the ball — literally and repeatedly. Then it was sad. It’s back to being funny now. But I promise you: We are not now nor will we ever be Browns fans. Ick!
- Love Thursday Bonus: Simple Photo Valentine’s Day Card for Kids by Karen at Chookooloonks. Still trying to figure out what to do for your kid’s Valentine’s Day cards? Know your way around a camera and a printer? Get to work!
A Few of My Favorite Photos This Week:
Not technically great photos, but, OH! Spring is coming! Magnolia buds!
In love with this one. The detail in his eye made me swoon. Flickr sharpened it a bit on upload, but it still resides in my Project 365 Favorites set.
Snapped this from the passenger window as we whizzed by on our Date Day.
Hopefully I can keep up with my feed reader this week. I feel awful knowing that I likely missed some great stuff from some great people. As such, if you wrote something amazing or read something great from another blogger, please feel free to leave me a link. I promise to make time and read it!
