Ahhh! Weather is back to feeling good, as evidenced by these two blissful sunbathers!

This morning Jeff and I got dressed early and headed over to Decatur’s outdoor farmer’s market. There weren’t too many vendors out today since spring hasn’t officially sprung, but we were still able to snag a few special items.

I’ve been wanting to get my hands on some farm fresh eggs for a while now! These were so beautiful in their varying colors and shapes.

You can really feel how much thinner and more delicate the shells are since these chickens haven’t been fed a bunch of crushed oyster shells, bone meal, and calcium tablets like the factory farmed chickens are.

Can’t wait to eat one of those nearly raw tomorrow morning over rice for breakfast!

We also got some awesome granola full of candied ginger. I’m such a huge ginger fan, this is going to make me very happy sprinkled over a bowl of chopped fruit and drizzled with almond milk.

And when we saw a vendor selling fresh tamales, we had to restrain ourselves from buying more than one pack! These will make a delicious dinner for tomorrow night.

After we got home and put everything away it was time to meet up with Emily and John for brunch at Java Jive.

Jeff and I had never been here before, but I heard about the charming 50’s diner decor and antique kitchen appliance memorabilia online.

We waited in a cute little area surrounded by old pastel-colored stoves and rusty old oscillating fans.

Everything was so cute! I loved all the silly knick knacks and charming collectibles.

I did quit snapping pictures long enough to eat. I started out with a latte and the garden scramble.

I loved all the fresh veggies, and that biscuit you see there is easily the best I’ve ever had! It was the perfect flavor, texture, doneness, butteryness, flakiness imaginable!

Jeff got the gingerbread waffle with lemon curd. Oh yeah, it was amazing!

It had a great spicy flavor and was perfectly crispy on the outside while soft on the inside. I kept sneaking little dollops of lemon curd to put on my biscuit, it was delightfully tart and not too sweet.

We loved Java Jive and will definitely be going back. Now what to do with the rest of the day?

Tonight’s my blogger meet-up with other fellow Atlanta bloggers, some that I haven’t had the chance to meet yet, so that should be a good time. Tell you how it went tomorrow!

March 12, 2011 Alayna Discussion 3 comments

Guess where we were this morning?

Yep, started off the weekend with an early morning trip to the vet for both of the little bunnies.

Jeff and I love our vet, Lucas and Liam though, not as much. They spent much of the visit hiding behind the computer nestled amongst the warm cables and had to be plucked out each time they needed to be poked or prodded.

All in all they were very good though. At least they’ll spend the rest of the day snoozing away after such a traumatic morning.

I may be found snorgled up with them doing the same. It’s a dreary and cold weekend and we have no plans as of yet. A nap on the couch covered in warm fuzzy babies sounds wonderful.

What are your weekend plans?

March 5, 2011 Alayna Discussion 6 comments

Sittin’ here eating my breakfast and realizing that I haven’t blogged in a few days.

Oops!

Here’s a recap of some of the stuff I’ve been up to:

Worked on a web project with warm fuzzy baby in lap…

Liam likes to perch himself half in and half out of Jeff’s lap. Weirdo.

I practiced a half hour of yoga yesterday morning before going on a 2.6 mile run! My calves are so mad at me.

I really feel like I’m starting over with running a bit. That’s ok though, I’ll get back on track as long as I stick with it.

I’ve also been working on a new recipe that hopefully I can share with you later today. Here’s a little peak…

Hmmmm…wonder what those are! Delicious, that’s what.

Right now I’m headed up to the post office because I got a notice yesterday that our tea shipment has arrived from China! Can’t wait to get my hands on our new baby teapot. I’m gonna stick my whole head in that box of tea an inhale the heady scent of all that dusty and leathery-smelling pu-erh!

Any guesses as to what my mystery recipe will turn out to be?

February 16, 2011 Alayna Discussion 1 comment