My Gas Bubble Is Gone!

So excited (yes, this is the extent of the excitement in my life) to report that the gas bubble put in my eye during my surgery a couple of weeks ago is gone!  I'll be back to golf, tennis, and running this week, and my recovery is just about complete.  The only thing I still can't do is fly (something about changing pressure), but hopefully I'll be able to by May 1 - considering my Denver trip is a week later!

The weather has been beautiful here in Charleston, and it was so nice to finally get out of the house this weekend with my diminishing gas bubble.  Before that, everything was so blurry that I'd get disoriented easily and being out and around just wasn't enjoyable.  Last weekend was opening weekend for the Farmer's Market, so there was a delicious Kudu latte and stops to pick up fresh fruits and veggies, pasta, and my favorite Arnold Palmer popsicle.

Obviously, we still spent our fair share of time on the couch this weekend.  Luckily, over the last three weeks there has been plenty of basketball to watch then the Masters!!  I am totally craving these baby sammies I made with Callie's pimento cheese for the weekend, and how do you like the little pin flags I made??

We finished another puzzle, too!  2000 pieces - bam!  This one kicked my butt and not being able to look down for 3 weeks, it was a lot of Mike, but I swear, I helped.  We bought two new ones: Charleston skyline and tons of hot sauce bottles.

My girls have been such great company during my whole recovery time.  I should train them as therapy cats - I don't think that's a thing - haha!

Charleston looks so beautiful this time of year.  I love all flowering trees, bushes, and well, flowers, and I cannot wait to do all of the landscaping this fall so we'll have wonderful blooms like these next spring!  Speaking of the house, there is so much to update, and I will definitely be sharing tons of photos next week.

Last but not least, with springtime here, I was excited to choose a selection from Blogging for Books all about celebrating delicious fruits.  When I first opened the book, I loved that it was separated into sections based on season.  Who likes cooking with frozen fruits when you can use fresh ones?!  Arefi did a fantastic job of pairing together flavors and ingredients that you can find together at different times of the year.  While I was excited to see what recipes for "pies, cakes, tarts, ice cream, preserves, and other sweet treats" I could try, I was a little disappointed in how extravagant every single recipe was.  I couldn't really see myself making a lot of these recipes and using this anthology as a cookbook, but instead, because of the beautiful photos, I definitely see it more as a coffee table piece through which company can browse.  This book would make a great gift for a housewarming!