{"id":6493,"date":"2011-07-10T17:39:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T23:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2011-07-10T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T23:39:53","slug":"apple-picks-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/10\/apple-picks-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Weekend, everyone!\u00c2\u00a0 Just as my early pregnancy tiredness was starting to wear off (I&#8217;m 11 weeks now, yay!), I got hit with a cold\/cough\/fever\/sinus junk that seems to be going around.\u00c2\u00a0 Normally, I&#8217;d just take the usual cold and cough medicine and clear it right up, but due to the pregnancy I&#8217;ve had to just tough it out.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had countless cups of hot honey lemon water and been fortunate to have lots of grandparent help this week with The Littlest Apple so I could rest.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s left me behind once again on all things blogging, but here are a few posts from around the blogosphere that caught my eye this week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimaginationtree.com\/2011\/07\/mini-discovery-boxes-for-open-ended.html\">Mini Discovery Boxes for Open Ended Play<\/a> @ The Imagination Tree<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notimeforflashcards.com\/2011\/07\/fun-pre-writing-activities-without-worksheets.html\">Fun Pre-Writing Activities Without Worksheets<\/a> @ No Time For Flashcards<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picky-palate.com\/2011\/07\/05\/gooey-cookies-and-cream-double-chocolate-cake-bars\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PickyPalate+%28Picky+Palate%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Gooey Cookies and Cream Double Chocolate Cake Bars<\/a> @ Picky Palate<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfulorder.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/boxes-bins-baskets-and-more-storage.html\">Boxes, Bins, Baskets and More Storage<\/a> @ Delightful Order<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenovicechefblog.com\/2011\/06\/lemon-blueberry-buckle\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNoviceChefBlog+%28The+Novice+Chef+Blog+%282%29%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Lemon Blueberry Buckle<\/a> @ The Novice Chef<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/crockpot365.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/sundried-tomato-and-artichoke-slow.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AYearOfCrockPotting+%28A+Year+of+Slow+Cooking%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Sun Dried Tomato and Artichoke Slow Cooker Dip<\/a> @ A Year of Slow Cooking<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teachertomsblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/paint-skiing.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TeacherTom+%28Teacher+Tom%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Paint Skiing<\/a> @ Teacher Tom<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/10\/apple-picks-29\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Weekend, everyone!\u00c2\u00a0 Just as my early pregnancy tiredness was starting to wear off (I&#8217;m 11 weeks now, yay!), I got hit with a cold\/cough\/fever\/sinus junk that seems to be going around.\u00c2\u00a0 Normally, I&#8217;d just take the usual cold and cough medicine and clear it right up, but due to the pregnancy I&#8217;ve had to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6493"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6498,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions\/6498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}