I have been so annoyed with myself since I haven’t updated this blog in almost a month. The truth is I have been overwhelming busy between work, school, and roller derby. Work eats up my weekdays, school takes up a couple of nights a week, and roller derby wants to control whatever time is leftover. Poor Hanford (my boyfriend) has to fit in there too. It’s no surprise to anyone that knows me that roller derby take up a ton of my free time. In the span of the past month I have coached two bouts, attended a double header, and have been planning for the Silicon Valley Roller Girl’s first double header (May 2nd at San Jose Skate in San Jose). In between all my activities I have managed to squeak in some much need time in the kitchen.

Here are some quick updates for April:

• I ordered a beautiful new apron off Etsy! Natalie at bakeanddestroy.net held an Apron Deathmatch on her blog and I instantly fell in love with the style of Boojiboo’s Aprons.
• I made a wonder pumpkin pecan loaf of bread for a trade that I did with one of the ladies I coach. I traded her the loaf of bread for some white caps for my knee pads (my black ones mark up the rink).
• For Easter I indulged myself with a chocolate assortment box from Choco-a-go-go. The box came with an assortment of truffles and was pretty amazing! I also ordered a peanut butter filled chocolate bunny (not pictured).
• Also for Easter, my parents surprised me with an awesome Easter basket filled full of dried fruits, vegan gummy candy, almonds, and pez. My parents were out of town on Easter and hid the basket in their hall closet. When I went over to their place to check up on their cats my mom texted me to let me know that they hid an Easter basket (I felt like I was 5 again).