Good Things

Feel free to say the title of this post in your best Martha Stewart imitation “it’s a good thing” voice. :)

Today, the weather is quite glorious. Spring really makes my heart sing; as cliché as it sounds, everything from the trill of a red-wing blackbird to the carpet of neon green grass gives me a little joy inside.
(See, I wasn’t joking about the color of that grass. I took this photo earlier today.)

And look at the beautiful sunshine streaming through! I love how it makes a pattern from the glass. [I know, I’m weird.]  
 
Speaking of spring, we all know (I hope!) that spring = Easter=bunnies=carrots=cake. Maybe I’m not as bad at math as I thought. ;]

That’s right—carrot cake. I made Katie’s “Bugs Bunny” version yesterday, with a few modifications. It was wonderful.  I would tweak a few things next time, but overall, it was another successful vegan baking experiment! 
There’s a lot of good stuff in this cake: carrots, crushed pineapple, raisins, spices, walnuts. That’s what I love about it.
 
Another good thing: tea.  The other day I received a lovely package from LeafSpa. They sent three varieties of loose leaf organic tea: a tin and container of Yunan Gold Black Tea, a tin and packet of Silver Needle White Tea, and a packet of Rooibos Long Cut Herbal Tea.

They also included a box of chlorine-free tea filters.
I am sipping on some of this tea right now and I love it! The black tea is my favorite, because of its strong flavor (or perhaps I just brewed the other two varieties too weakly?). The “T-Sacs” are very handy, as well. You just put the loose tea into the little pocket, dunk into water and brew! 
Mmm, delicious!!! I’ve really come to appreciate tea in my old age. :) I never used to like it as much when I was younger as I do now. I love how warm, comforting, and fragrant it is…and there are so many yummy flavors to pick from! Plus, it becomes a completely new drink if you add sweetener or a plant based milk. I enjoyed these samples with just water, though, and they were perfect. It looks like LeafSpa has a big variety of teas; I’d love to try some of the others someday. That’s another good thing about tea: it’s ever new, as brands, flavors, brewing, and harvesting can each alter the taste so much.

Today my math tutor came and it helped a lot. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have help. Slowly (but surely) I got another assignment done today. I think I’m going to make it through this math class, after all. I guess I can do some hard things. :)

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Okay, so how am I doing with trying to be positive in appreciating the simple little “good things” of today? (That’s rhetorical; you don’t have to answer.) Not that I’m making this up or grinning through the tears, so to speak. It’s just that not everything is hunky-dory in my life (as if I don’t moan enough for everyone to know that already).

But, hey, I’m getting by. There are a lot of great things in my life, but a lot of uncertainty, too. Especially as I try to decide what to do next year. I find this verse to profoundly comforting. I think I might frame it and hang it on my wall. It’s that great.

What good things have you been grateful for today? (I feel like I ask that question a lot.)

 
Disclaimer: the tea I reviewed in this post was sent to me, free of charge, by LeafSpa for the purpose of reviewing on this blog. Thank you!

P.S. If anyone wants a chance to win some “good stuff”, be sure to enter my Go Max Go vegan candy bars giveaway.

P.P.S. I just realized how similary—like shockingly similar—today’s post is to this one. I think I need my head examined. :P