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For a few weeks now some of my friends have been playing tennis out in the suburbs and I finally decided to join them. I’d not played tennis in… I don’t know how long. I may have played it a little in high school, but promptly forgot it. Other than that I think my dad tried teaching me when I was five years old. Basically, I had next to no knowledge about it, but it was fun anyway, although I spend a lot of time swinging the racket in the air as the ball went past me. I also chased a lot of those balls that went past me as they hit the back fence. After a couple hours of swinging at the air and chasing neon green balls I called it quits and took photos of my friends, who played much better than I do.
I should add that my friends are total characters too. Merkel and Kelsey before the last match I played against them.They won. Jule and I weren’t coordinated enough.
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Sometimes it’s necessary to take some time out and indulge a little from the hum drum of daily activities. I like to take everything off my desk and create a special zen time for myself every once in a while. Instead of the computer, I get out my fountain pens and moleskine. I take my time and enjoy tea or coffee with a few treats. It’s more about making myself slow down and absorb everything around me. Recently, I made a coffee snack time for myself. I poured soy creamer in the silver plated creamer bowl, placed a little spoon in the sugar bowl, and when the coffee percolator was done, placed it on a crochet mat on the table. Instead of filling up a mug with coffee to down in one go, I half filled one of my tea cups a few times to go through the procedure of pouring the coffee, the creamer, adding the sugar and so on. It’s therapeutic to make myself go through such a ritual. Yes, it’s more to clean up when I’m done, but that’s not the point. Slow down, relax, enjoy.
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Hello. Been a bit silent here. For those who may have happened by the site lately it was in quite a bit of disarray. I was attempting to change the site design, but the one I chose ended up being a headache and a half to get sorted. So many elements of it weren’t working for me, so I ended up trashing that whole idea and going back to the design I’ve been using. The past week of mucking about with a new design I really wanted to work has left me rather frustrated and feeling as if I’ve nothing to show for myself now that it didn’t work out. Funny how site design changes, even when unnecessary, can make one feel defeated in that worthless sort of way. Hence the post title. So melodramatic and fatalist, no?
I have made a few little adjustments now I’m back with the old design again, customizing it a bit and I hope it looks good for everyone to see. If something is amiss, let me know and I’ll see if I can sort it out.
All this boo-hoo-ing aside, I have decided to add a section to the site that might perk up a few ears. If you know me, then you know I love me some good breakfasts. I’m so going to let the awful grammar in that last sentence stay that way. Just let it sit there. Let it simmer a bit…. Yep, ok, moving on….
Breakfast page! Yeppers! There will be a breakfast page (or two or three) with recipes and a small gallery because I honestly don’t think I have it in me to basically upload the equivalent of my ginormous breakfast set from flickr. I think my eyes would fall out and I’d start stabbing myself with spoons if I did decided to make a gallery that big (752 photos thus far…. eugh…). So think of this as a sort of homage to my breakfast addiction. 
Also, I’m starting to twitch a bit with the freaking-out-ness because we’ve less than TWO WEEKS before our vacation to Yosemite!
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I took another trip to Tamanend the other day. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find my extra camera battery before I left so of course that meant the battery would die on me – and it did. I didn’t get too many photos, but I’m happy with the few I snatched of all the pretty azaleas around the history farmhouse in the park. Oh, and as typical with every other trip I’ve taken to Tamanend – it was raining.
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Storms passing through mean cloudy mornings with chill breezes through the windows and hiding under the covers for longer than is justifiable. Epic sleep-ins happen when Zach stays on his days off instead of going to his parent’s house. He complains of the cold while I put on a sweater and open the windows further to let in more air. It’s cold and I shiver, but I like the smell coming through the windows. That rainy spring smell. I also know the days of this kind of happy-melancholy weather are numbered and the harsh hot breezes of summer will soon be around the corner. I try to enjoy my cool rainy days while I can.
Full breakfasts with pots of tea and honey make relishing these days all the better.
His breakfasts are usually minimal. A bowl of granola or sometimes only a glass of orange juice. He tends to eat his in bed while I have mine arranged precariously around the keyboard on my desk, hoping I don’t have one of my “klutzy” days and spill tea everywhere. He had the last cinnamon roll from a batch I made from scratch.
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As Zach and I were heading out the other day I noticed a parcel sitting on the radiator in the foyer. I figured it was for the downstairs neighbors (as usual) but when I saw Sephora on the box I had my doubts. I looked at the address and it was for me! Jenny sent me all sorts of loveliness in the post.
Not everything I got is shown in the photos, but I received a roll of Japanese masking tape (!!!!), a box of Jasmine tea, some beautiful needlework scissors, a mug (much to Zach’s chagrin – my tea cabinet is overfilled already and he never fails to mention this whenever we do the dishes), an adorable thermos with a black cat and roses printed on it, and a really nice mini sketch book.
The sketchbook came wrapped in this pretty paper and I LOVE the cat tape on it.
This tape is really adorable. Thank you so much Jenny!
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