A leaf! A leaf! and other random things...

I spied with my naked (is that the right part of this saying?) eye...
a budding leaf on the hedge in front of my house.
It is a glorious day in hedge land...
The hedge! It regroweth.

In other news...
last week I went out on two dates with two different people.
Both lovely.
Both times I left with a "let's do it again" ending.
And, several days later...
Neither have called.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.

In other other news...
I haven't slept well for several days. I don't know why.
Perhaps this is why the random things are pouring out today.

In other other other news...
I made some super tasty gluten free muffins today. Ever since I have been gluten free (three years now) my health has improved significantly. But, since I come from an ancestral line of bakers (my family still owns a bakery in Sedlice U Blatne, Czech Republic, thank you very much) and I love me some bread, giving up gluten was not easy. Most of the gluten free products on the market suck the big one. The breads are especially heinous -- gritty and gnasty with an oh so lovely over-quinoa aftertaste.

I decided to give up and try to make my own.

Since I have few cooking / baking skills (apparently I did not inherit them) I have to rely on a recipe. I have found some good gluten free ones on the back of Bob's Red Mill gluten free flours as well as in Clean Eating and Living Without magazines.

And I rely on a little help from my friends... who give me recipes.

Ok.

The Target ads with the "goodbuy" theme have got to stop.

And so does the 94 children in my neighborhood bouncing basketballs in front of my house at all hours of the day.

Perhaps I need to get out more...
And I need some sleep.