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By Aimee, May 2, 2011

What happens when you have a colder, wetter, spring than usual? Weeds attack the garden!

This is what our front walk flower bed looks like right now. If it weren’t for the curbing it would be hard to tell where the flower bed even was! And as you can see, the grass is loving it too (it hasn’t been mowed in weeks).

I am beyond ready to be able to get out and do some serious weed pulling. Yes, pulling. I don’t use weed killer in my flower beds because I have ground cover and bulbs in there too. Luckily I actually kind of enjoy pulling weeds. Time playing in the dirt is always time well spent.

Due to the colder than usual April we have had, a lot of the things we had been planning for our garden have been put on hold. We even had SNOW on Saturday. What is it like where you live? Are you experiencing signs of spring yet?

P.S. Thank you for the well wishes for my dear sister in law. She is doing remarkably well, and may even be going home from the hospital tomorrow.

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By Aimee, May 1, 2011

One of my favorite blogs, Carrots ‘N’ Cake, is now a wonderful book! Carrots ‘N’ Cake: Healthy Living One Carrot and Cupcake at a Time includes personal accounts of how Tina and her husband live a healthy life without cutting out everything fun and tasty!

It was a fun read, and I really loved that recipes were included in the book as well. In fact, there are over 50 recipes that even include desserts. Healthier versions of course, which is just plain awesome, since I think we would all love to eat healthier foods without sacrificing our favorites.

It’s not just about the food though. There are also great ideas for living well and making time for working out, keeping a good attitude, and putting your most important relationships first. I liked the idea of distraction over snacking, since so many of us eat out of boredom sometimes.

I haven’t been reading Tina’s blog for very long, so a lot of the information in the book was new to me. And as much as I adore her blog (and blogs in general), it is really so nice to have all the great recipes in a book that I can pull of the shelf anytime I want to create something healthy and need inspiration! Carrots ‘N’ Cake: Healthy Living One Carrot and Cupcake at a Time is a great little book for anyone looking to add more healthy habits to their lives.