My apologies...

Wow.  I have had a week and a half from the deepest bowels of my own personal hell.  And because of this, I have vanished from Blog-dom and left everyone hanging about the Give-Away.  For this, I completely apologize.  This was obviously not my intention, and I feel really horrible about it.  Sometimes life just truly gets in the way, and one has to clean up the mess it makes while it runs through.  So, instead of giving you a play-by-play of the last week or so, I'm just going to say I am very sorry I vanished, and will get the winner of the give-away posted just as soon as I pick her/him.  Which, I plan on doing this weekend.  I will see if Jamie over at Scissors & Steam will announce that the winner is posted, just so those of you who came from there don't miss it. 

Thank you in advance for the understanding, and I can't wait to get the box-o-fun-stuff out to you!  Have a great weekend!!

~j.b.

Breakfast of Champions...

Greetings, my lovelies, on this nearly bright Tuesday morning!  This is what I had for breakfast.  It was meant to be my dessert last night, but I had a migraine, in its place.  Go me!  I think it may have been worth the wait, though...because I think I may not have snapped a picture of it last night.  And I would be sadly unable to blog about it.  And what would my life be then? And yours?  Lacking, for certain.

Anyway, while this may seem highly inappropriate for breakfast, this is from the woman who would gladly eat pie or ice cream in place of more common breakfast goods.  Such as cereal or *gasp* toast!  But, before you cry "but it's whipped cream" at me, know that it actually isn't.  It's home-made greek honey yogurt.  I'd like to claim I made the yogurt -- which is on my to-do list -- but I bought it at Whole Pay Check (tm).  I did however mix in Honey, a teeny tiny bit of agave and some vanilla extract.  It's a much cheaper way of getting the yogurt we love without having to spend as much or visit multiple grocery stores.

As far as the fruit goes.  *giggles maniacally*  This is soooo good!  I cored and sliced strawberries.  Macerated them with sugar, a splash of orange juice, some vanilla extract and some orange zest!  They are ridiculous, and should be illegal.  In fact, I'm sure they are in like three counties.  But I don't care.  Because they're delicious.  Very.

At any rate, I am loving all the comments my giveaway post is receiving.  This makes me a happy person.  Which is what you want.  Well, it's what I want in any case.  There's just a couple more days left to sign up, so go...leave a comment.  I promise I won't bite.  Mostly.  On a good day.  Haha!

Happy Tuesday!
~j.b.