Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all had a great week. We are gearing up for a weekend of around 100 degrees here in the valley which is a first for the summer. Eek! What am I going to do? I guess I’ll being closing up the home and turning the AC on full blast. D will be working at the tasting room all weekend which means I’ll have a lot of time to get some things done with weekend. I’m repainting our guest bedroom a mint green. Crossing my fingers it turns out how I am hoping!
Here are my Feature Friday pikcs this week! Enjoy!
Feature Friday: My Current Blog Obsession
No Blog Obsession this week…no time to obsess 
Feature Friday: Instagram
On Monday I lost a very important part of me…my finger tip. I was slicing some zucchini with a very sharp Mandolin slicer and on the first slice, whamo! Gone!
Immediately it was gushing and after four hours it hadn’t stopped and I went into Urgent Care. Fortunately, I didn’t have to get stitches because honestly, there was nothing left to stitch, but they did have to cauterize it and wrap it up. It hurts, it throbs, and it itches. Not to mention, it’s pretty hard to type. BUT, it could have been worse and I consider myself lucky. I’m not joking when I say I cut myself EVERY single time I cook. It’s no wonder D wont teach me how to use the various saws in the shop. One day I hope.
Feature Friday: A Little Blog Soul Searching
Lately I’ve been giving my blog a lot of thought.Well actually, I’m always giving my blog some thought. To be honest, I’m not 100% happy with the direction I have taken it. I never intended to make it all about DIY or recipes but somehow I felt the need to always post about those things because it’s what people seemed most interested in seeing or because I could link up to more blogs and get a little more exposure. The original intent was not that though. I always wanted it to be a lifestyle blog featuring bits and pieces of all aspects of what our life is like, the good and bad, and especially focusing on the parts that reflected my transition from city life to country life.
I’m not saying I’m not going to post about the projects I do because really, that is a part of me I discovered when I moved into my own home as is our new journey of cooking vegan and gluten free goodies, but I am going to post a lot more on things going on in our life, on the vineyard and farm. I hope to share a broader picture and incorporate the bad as well as the good. Life is wonderful but there are moments that aren’t. That is life.
So here I am telling you all that I’m going to be a little more vulnerable starting now. The good, the great, and the ugly.
Life.
I want to share more on my struggles and more on my accomplishments, more on personal growth and when I feel lost along the way. I’m human and I’m not perfect and I never want to mislead my friends and readers that I think I am.
So here is to a little vulnerability and gettin’ a lil’ more real on here.
Cheers!
Although I’ve loved your DIY projects and recipes, the reason I fell so hard for your blog in the beginning was because of your storytelling and seeing more of your new life in the country. I’m SO excited to hear that you’ll be doing more of that (with a few DIYs and recipes still mixed in). I’m excited to see where this new direction takes you and us readers =)
P.S. OUCH! Get well soon, finger!!
I for one am looking forward to hearing more about your transition from city girl to country girl! I made this transition 2 years ago to a small 2 1/2 acres and we recently just bought 50 acres.
Branko and I always joke how Branko tells people ” I live in the country referred to as “godscountry” and I tell people ” I live just “outside” the city” LOL
Sorry about your finger by the way, I will forever stay away from mandolin slicers for fear of passing out in my kitchen and living 20min away from a hospital! LOL
I love this! As a city girl who moved to the country….I am looking forward to reading more about your journey!
Have a blessed and wonderful day!
karianne
Sorry about your finger. That is terrible! Glad it wasn’t worse. I like your blog but would love to hear more about day to day life even including the struggles. . . we all have them! Just blog about what you want and then you will be happy with it! Good luck!
I look forward to the “new” you as well. I love the more personal posts. I too sometimes feel like I am falling into the “traffic” trap of only posting things I think other people would like.. but the truth is that it isn’t the whole me. I completely understand the feeling of needing to be more “you”
Can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
Amanda!
This is great! Because I follow you to see your country life (I grew up near your acreage). Now that I am as far away from that piece of Oregon as I will ever agree to again (south orange county California) you are my connection to where part of my heart will always live.
Other parts live in Tacoma, WA and dream areas like San Francisco, NYC and recently eastern Oregon along hwy 82 (just returned from Joseph, OR).
Your recipes are just a bonus.
Cheers!