Been Awhile!

Oh goodness!  I have been away entirely toooooo long!  How did this happen?  I've seen it all before where bloggers get in a rut and disappear for months and we all know that life just gets busy.
All I can say is I've missed you!!  My blogging community isn't that big over here but I have met some treasured friends through the blogging world that I have truly enjoyed knowing.  I'm still doing a few craft swaps here and there and meeting my good photographer friend when we both have time...

Here's a few photos to share what's been keeping me a bit busy and off of my blog...

Remember my parent's puppy?  She's now over a year old and more adorable and ornery than ever!  I'm currently puppy sitting for a bit and I have definitely been challenged in the roll of pseudo fur ball mama!  She is a "Yorktese" or "Morkie" and boy oh boy I'm getting a taste of what it's like to have a terrier breed.
Just today I caught her with a disgusting snake carcass in her mouth and she wouldn't release it for anything in the world.   One minute she is loving and angelic and the next she is bouncing up and down like Tigger and tearing the inside of my shoe apart or running off with my slippers!  LOL!

I'm so used to having poodles who just want to melt into your lap and be held like a little baby all day.   I will say she is easily forgiven and I just love her to pieces!

See these fun sparkly dipped Oreo pops?  A wonderful gal from my small group made them for a baby shower we had for another small group member in Virginia - via Skype!  Technology is so cool!  We had a good time and even played some games.  We opened presents up in front of the computer and heard oohs and ahhhs over all the cuteness.   I hope we get a follow up Skype appointment to meet the little one soon!

Since we are on the food photo trend... I've been having so much fun making some recipes off of Pinterest as well as some old standbys from the Weight Watchers books, too.   My brother absolutely loves this skinny unfried chicken breast recipe.  There are so many variations out there but this one has cornflakes, garlic, mayo, etc..  Delish!
My BFF also turned me into a quinoa fan and I've made what is called "quinoa cups" which are like mini crust less quiches.  So check it out!  Maybe I'll figure out how to put a Pinterest badge on this blog and you can follow me...  I need some geeky tech support for sure. I have over 5,000 followers and apparently I'm an excellent pinner.  Crazy!

It seems like even as an adult I still love my mom's pretties...   She has the loveliest shabby-chic trinkets in her home.  I'm a complete sucker for beautiful things like painted porcelain figurines, plates, etc.

She also has fantastic light pouring into her front room - a photographers dream!  I felt led to grab something to photograph recently and voila!

I hope to get my nice camera out soon - looking for more green to show up here but for now we just received some additional snow on the ground (it melted thank goodness) and even though it says April and Spring on the ol' calendar - it's not looking like it at the moment.
I'm sure there will be inspiration all around me soon.  For now I'm just enjoying the cheerful songbird chirps early in the morning and know sunshine and tulips are just around the corner!