The Good. The Bad. The Facts.
Written by joythebaker on November 9, 2008 – 12:18 pm -
Fact: I love this blog of mine.
Fact: I absolutely adore all of its readers. That’s you.
Fact: I’m obviously not very good at posting every day as NaBloPoMo would have me do.
Request: Bear with me.
Hope: This blog has always been about quality and not quantity.
Another Fact: I’m getting in the kitchen to bake right now- mostly because I’m starving, also because I’m thinking of you and what you might like.
Last Fact: I went through a serious sunflower loving phase in my early teens. I will admit that this phase included several straw hats with fake sunflowers glued to them. Painfully dorky, and now.. for you to know. Facts are facts.
Tags: flowers, Thoughts
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Ummm…
I may have gone through a “celestial” phase. Moons and suns with faces. Everywhere.
I also may have had a problem with “Dead Poets Society”. Like a big one. Like I may have had a custom t-shirt with “Carpe Diem” written across the front.
It’s ok. I understand.
haha I had a denim hat with a giant sunflower glued on the front- I’m pretty sure denim trumps straw when it comes to lame hats…
Sadly, I’m still in that sunflower loving phase. And we won’t mention my denim jacket with a sunflower on the back. You’re a braver woman than I to commit to doing NaBloPoMo. See you in January!!!!!
i discovered your blog a few weeks ago and added it to my google reader… it’s something i look forward to oogling over and losing myself in after teaching 11 year olds all day.
definite quality.
love, love, love your blog!
I went the sunflowers phase as well. And the DRESS that matched the hat. Yeah…..
I think it would be really great if you posted a picture of you in one of those hats!!
You love me? You really love me… ???
I am trying out the NaBloPoMo thing this month but we’ll see if I can keep it up. Its harder than I thought! Definitely agree about quality over quantity but sometimes its nice to see if you can do both, right?
/Clara
Quality always trumps quantity. I have you bookmarked. LOVE your blog.
I absolutely LOVE that I bring up some tiny but incredibly awkward tidbit from my life and that inspires you all to share yours. You have no idea how you all make me laugh!
Sarah- I totally feel you with the moons and suns with faces. I think I used to doodle those like… nonstop! And Dead Poet’s Society!? We SO would have been best friends for life!
Emily Rose- Thanks for the tragic reminder. I had a denim hat too. The kind that flipped up in the front with a flower glued smack in the center. Classic fashion.. right? WRONG.
Shaw Girl- Now you’ll be forced to wear that jacket in January for my visit. Seriously.
angela- rock and roll! thanks!
Erin- You best believe that I made my Mom sew me a sunflower dress to match my hat. Ooooooh yes. There are 6th grade graduations pictures somewhere. I thought I was so hot.
Lorie- Great idea, and by great I mean mortifying! We’ll see…. maybe.
CB- Yes. Love.
Syd- Sweet. Sweet. Sweet!
I had the denim hat with sunflower, too. And I was homeschooled for awhile. Know what that means? Cheap sunflower fabric made into matches dresses for the family. My eyes!! My eyes!!
You’re definite quality, and we greatly apreciate your efforts.
I have the same problem with my blog although mine is less because I’m not cooking everyday and more because I have the worst light in the world in my apartment and so if I want to photograph anything it has to be done in the morning meaning I can’t devour all of my cookies in one sitting fresh out of the oven (more difficult than you might think)
I too went through a horrid teenage phase although mine was moons and stars rather than sunflowers and it manifested itself in an far more noticeable and difficult to remove way than just hats. I couldn’t settle fro mere accessories, oh no, I went all out and painted my entire room bold and blue with little moons and stars and suns EVERYWHERE it took me years to finally get around to painting everything. Wow.
Anyway, I definitely appreciate the quality over quantity aspect of your blog. Your recipes are truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing them.
Always quality of quantity my dear.
I can completely relate to your quality over quantity approach to food blogging. Anyone can post a recipe, but not any recipe will do for me. So, take your time and keep the quality coming.
Sometimes posting everyday is hard. I love your blog anyways
Love your blog and your food.
I too am wrestling with quality over quantity because of NaBloPoMo.
ha ha ha…
you really crack me up! i remember the sunflower phase all too well…
denim hat with the sunflower glued on (ala “Blossom”), choker necklace with the sunflowers glued on, fake sunflowers sitting in a vase in my lime-green bedroom, and of course, Sunflowers perfume!
If sunflowers were cool, then sunflower EVERYTHING would be way cool, right?
Oh those were the days.
Yeah, I had a denim dress/overall/jumper thing I wore, and it wasn’t cool enough so my mom sewed some sunflower fabric trim on it for me. To be worn with the hat with sunflowers on it.
NaBloPoMo is hard, but I’m determined to catch up. I think it’s extra hard for us food bloggers what with the baking/cooking/photo taking/editing/writing/more editing/posting… phew! I’m exhausted just writing that out. So no worries. Not judging. It’s always lovely!
I’d just like to say that if you’re doing NaBloPoMo and you aren’t having trouble, I would like to give you a mouth-kiss, because you are on in a million. Otherwise, this is a baking blog, not a Pot & Kettle blog.
i had many a hat with fake sunflowers hot glued on. my mother styled my look after ‘blossom.’ this post really brought a smile to my face.
i have a hard time posting a lot too…life just gets too busy. i have a full time job still, though i wish my blog was my full time job!
i agree, quality, not quantity!
Wow. That is all I have to say. Your website is just absolutely amazing!!!
I was looking for a good cookie recipe for Christmas, and I found this site, and it is amazing! I love how you put pictures up of the process of baking the thing, and the end product, because a lot of sites don’t have pictures up at all, so I won’t know if I baked the thing right or not.
Any ways, I just love your website and thank you for all of your great recipes!