It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday I was completely lazy. There. How's that for confession? At the end of the day, though, I gathered my energy and settled into the kitchen for a birthday gift cooking fest. I drank half a pot of coffee to keep me OUT of taste-testing.

*Monday I was completely productive! I got to be on air with Lynne for a very fun open phones show. And after work (as you already saw) I wrestled the first mowing out of the yard and then I was so worked up...I went for a walk! And then I went shopping! And then I did chores! (Whew. Tired just writing about it.) And check out this bit of non-Lent-breaking goodness! My work buddy Jill had a birthday on Monday and brought this for her treat. It's a blueberry/strawberry/frozen yogurt (not the ice cream kind...the regular kind put in the freezer) delight.

* Tuesday evening I met my parents for dinner (sort of an impromptu thing...as in Mom said "we'll buy" and I said "OKIE DOKIE!!!") and then I scurried home for my phone call/Bible study with Olivia. We were having the nicest conversation when someone ELSE in my house decided to have a nice conversation with the neighbor...a conversation which resulted in much hissing, window smacking and an eventual grounding for the resident member of this photo:

* Wednesday afternoon, Lynne and I had a cooking fest! In preparation for our interview with Sophie and Katherine from the show DC Cupcakes, we tried their salted caramel cupcakes. We also made a "box" version...to compare taste, cost, and time. We thought the from-scratch version won...hands down! Here's a picture:

* Thursday night I went to a poetry reading, which featured my good friend, Susanna Childress. Susanna was a year behind me in college and is whatever comes a step after brilliant. And yet...so funny and down to earth. I am not really capable of comprehending poetry, but I do love to hear her, so Rachel and I went together and sat in on that. I was going to have my picture taken with her but she was pretty popular after the reading, so I didn't ask. So...(imagine picture here).

* Friday after the show....Lynne and I hit the open road!We are blurry...sorry...my camera is big and hard to hold with one hand. Anyway. We headed out to Lima, Ohio for the Fresh Grounded Faith Conference. More on that next week, but let's just say Lynne is fun to travel with! There was much giggling. MUCH. And Cal. Oh dear Cal. (My GPS.) He doesn't do any better with names in Lima than he does in Indiana.

* Saturday was day two of the Fresh Grounded Faith Conference. It was a beautiful conference, both days, actually. God gave me quite a bit to think about through Jennifer Rothschild's words, so I'll be chewing on those things in the days to come. The conference ended at noon and I was home by about 5 p.m...only to find my internet modem was broken. Welcome home!!

One Thousand Gifts. This week they overflowed in my journal! I think my favorite was the road trip with Lynne. I looked forward to it all week...was so excited to spend that time with her, and then the trip was everything I thought it would be! We laughed until we cried, and we just thoroughly enjoyed being together!

Pinterest Inspiration. I went the food route this week! Jill, as I said, had a birthday this week and I decided to make these for her:

They were inspired from this pin:

Source: bakedperfection.com via Rebekah on Pinterest

I didn't get to eat them, because of Lent, but I heard they were very, very good, and they sure smelled good! The only complaint I had was that despite my super-spraying of the mini-muffin tin, they did stick to the tin. Next time I think I'd use little mini muffin papers.