Come in, pull up a chair. The kettle's always on and I just made cookies! You'll just have to excuse me for a moment while I squeal with excitement beause it's my SITS day!
As any of my regular readers will tell you, I'm interested in pretty much everything - which makes it hard to sum myself up in just three posts! But for you, I'll try.
![]() | I'm addicted to travel. We often end up holidaying in somewhat obscure places and Snow, Hiking, and Fear tells the story of a recent - somewhat terrifying - hike in the spectacular Faroe Islands. |
![]() | Looking a bit further back in my archives, Me, Art, and 41,000 LEDs is a post which combines my experience of art, my learning of photography, and my appreciation of all things geeky. |
![]() | And finally, this is clearly cheating, but the list of things I want to achieve by the age of 30 should give you a good impression of the variety in my life, from writing and crafts to household tasks. (Come back on July 6th for a progress report.) |
You might also like to check out the 'Themes' links at the top of my sidebar, for an overview of the kinds of things I tend to write about. Take a good look around; I'd be amazed if we don't have something in common.
I promise to come and return your visit as soon as I can - but I know how many visits a SITS day can generate, so please be patient with me!
229 comments:
1 – 200 of 229 Newer› Newest»Enjoy your SITS day!
I'll check out your 30 by 30 list. :) I have a 101 in 1001 days. That's my 35th.
Congrats!!!
I think I will be careful and not join a SITS but am glad that you have because this is a very interesting post. You take lovely pictures...have I told you that before?
I'm sure comments will flow into your blog today! I always find something interesting on your site...I didn't know about SITS and look forward to reading more about it! Thank you!
happy sits day! congrats!
i'm off to read that LED post :)
Happy sits day. I hate travelling but I love reading about other people's travels.
Happy SITS day. Enjoy!
Mary
happy sits day! whoo hoo for you!!!
Happy happy SITS day. SO exciting! I wish I could travel more. Color me jealous!
I'm a day early but still...congrats. It's gonna be a big day tomorrow, hope you have your schedule clear. ;)
Talented girl you are! I am not surprised you made it to SITS! SISta!
Congrats on your SITS day!
Thank you for stopping by my blog during my SITS day, it's been a fabulous day!
You are a true over-achieving renaissance woman!
I'm so sorry I missed your SITS day.
I hope it was phenomenal!
Happy SITS Day!!
Oh won't you please take me with you, tee hee? Happy SITS day ;)
Jamie :)
Hi Rachel-
What a great story, about your hiking trip. I love to be outdoors and would hike, climb, and do whatever I could to get to those breathtaking views you got photos of. Happy Sits Day. You blog is refreshing. I have become a follower.
Have a great day. You seem like a really nice and fun person. Please send me cookies any time.
Hello! I just discovered your blog yesterday, and today you are featured blogger on SITS! What a small world!
I'm visiting to congratulate you - I hope you have a great day!
I am still drooling over your peanut butter & chocolate cookie recipe.
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Happy SITS day!!!!
I just LOVE your photos. NICE!
Happy SITS day! Can't wait to read more of your blog!
Congrats on your SITS Feature Day!!
Happy SITS day girl :)
Have a wonderful day and I am off to have a read of your colorful blog :)
Stay in touch :D :D
Cheers!!
Happy SITS Day! going to check out some recipes :)
Happy SITS day! AH so jealous of all your traveling!
Oh, I want to travel so much! My parents both traveled around the world before they came to America (my Mom's from Sweden, my Dad from Denmark). Someday I hope to have the money to do just that. Have a happy SITS day! I can't wait to read more of your blog!
Hi there! It's my first time to your blog. I love it! Now I'm going to take a look around :)
Oh, Rachel! Hooray! Happy SITS day!
30 by 30...ahhhh, I guess I should do one for 40 by 40! Inspiration maybe? Well...Congratulations on being the SITS girl of the DAY!
Happy SITS Day! Have a great time!
Happy SITS Day!
Congratulations on your SITS Day! I had a list I had to accomplish by the time I was thirty.
I was successful with marriage, kids, career and I still need to purchase my home. We're renting! Once I own my home I'll be complete for a while! I started a small biz last year, I can add wanting to succeed as an entrepreneur to the list! *smiles*
Happy SITS day! Enjoy it! I've had a look around and you've got some great stuff here! And you made coconut ice - I haven't had that in years!!!
Happy SITS day! :)
I know I'm a bit late here, but Happy SITS Day!
xo,
Ali
Now that you've hit big Rachel, remember the little people at the bottom. Happy Sits Day! I'm happy for you!
Anne-Marie
Coming over to wish you a happy SITS day! Your pictures are stunning and I can't wait to try your cookies. I'm a baker too! :) xoxo
Happy SITS Day and congratulations on the well deserved attention for your wonderful blog.
I love your photography and spirit of adventure and while I love to travel and have gone far, I should try some of the edgier places you've been to. Keep it up!
My main blog is:
http://eof737.wordpress.com/
Cheers,
Eliz
Congrats!!
Good morning and Happy SITS Day!
I'm coming to visit and get some of your COOKIES! Yum yum yum.
Congrats on your SITS day.. whatever that is.
I love the LED picture thing. That's awesome.
Happy SITS Day!
Happy SITS Day! How wonderful. I love to travel... there's nothing more exciting than deboarding a plane on foreign soil!
Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS Day!!!
Wow - oyu've even been to Sweden! I rarely hear of people who's been here!
Hope you enjoy your day!
I hope you have a wonderful SITS day!
Happy SITS Day! I always wanted to travel...I have a list of all the places I want to see but have only checked of 2 of about 25!
Hope you have a great day! You have a lovely blog.
Happy Sits Day! Enjoy....you are very fortunate to be able to travel the world. I can't wait to read more.
Happy SITS Day^^...It's time for a bodacious party I think xD
Enjoy it.
greets
Hi Rachel,
It's lovely that you are being featured on SITS. Enjoy your time in the spotlight.
Happy SITS day!
Yeah Rachel!!!!!!! I am so happy that this is your SITS DAY! I smiled when I saw your name.
xoxox
now sit back, have some coffee, and enjoy the day!
Congrats for being a world-reknown blogger! HA!
I'll be right over for the cookies.
Now, it's time to go back and read over your recent posts.
Congrats on your SITS Day Rachel. Hope you have a blast!
Happy SITS Day! I'm excited to look through your blog. With three kids it's hard to do much adult travel, so I'm hoping I can live it bit vicariously through you!
Our travels are limited, but we try even getting out in the yard can be an adventure if you are creative (not as much as traveling to an obscure place).
Hope today is a great day! Congrats on being featured at SITS :)
Happy SITS Day Rachel! I am SO happy for you!
Happy SITS day!!! Now lots more people will discover how wonderful you and your blog are!
Happy SITS Day!!!
I'm going to read that list (-:
Happy SITS day! I've seen "things to do by" lists a lot lately. Thinking it's time for me to make on of my own.
Hope you have an AWESOME day!
Enjoy your day in the spotlight! : )
Your landscape photos are amazing...Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS Day! Can't wait to explore your blog!
http://www.peelmeagrapeblog.blogspot.com
Happy SITS day. That must be so awesome to travel that much. Good luck with your list.
Happy SITS Day! Those cookies look delish!
Happy SITS Day, Rachel!
Happy SITS day! I love the idea of things to achieve by 30. I had one of those! Now it just makes me feel old...LOL. I did accomplish everything on my list. I guess now I have to make one for things to achieve by 40! Love your blog! Traveling was one of the things I loved to do too!
Happy SITS day! You have some beautiful pictures!
Stopping by from SITS. Congrats on your feature. I will have to come back and look around some more got a busy morning ahead of me. Have a great day.
Happy SITS Day!!
Hello adventurer! Great post and subscribed. Will be reading. :)
Have fun on your Sits day!
Calling by from Italy to congratulate on your special SITS Day.
I'm so happy for you. Have a great SITS day!
Greetings from Casablanca, Morocco!
BLOGitse
And there's nothing wrong with being geeky---I was a band nerd all through jr. high and high school!
Happy SITS Day! : )
Yay, Rachel! Congrats on your big SITS Day! Enjoy this well deserved spotlight.
Hi Rachel - congratulations on your big day, enjoy being queen of the bloggers. I am English but now live in the US and used to love to travel too, but a 3 year old has made that harder to do these days! But it is nice to read about someone else's travels :-)
Have a wonderful day
That hike looked fabulous! I love to hike too, but I have been scared to death a few times. Usually not in going up, but the coming down! ;)
Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS day. I plan to go poke around. But I see there is a PB and chocolate cookies recipe below, which I may check out first. Yum.
LisaDay
Happy Sits Day!
Congrats on your featured SITS day! I'm a new blogger and delight in finding other bloggers with similar interests to mine....perhaps you'd like to check mine out and become a follower if you like! I'll be returning and am now a follower!
No to read the LED post, and those cookies! Deeelish!
lepetitreve.ca
Happy SITS Day! Hope you get a million hellos today! :)
HAPPY SITS DAY!!
AWESOME Blog!
http://www.thrumommieiez.blogspot.com
I love your about me statement to approach every day with an eye for adventure. You collect skills too!
It's obvious you are very talented and live life to the fullest!
Happy SITS day! Off to poke around. :-)
Not sure if my comment will post. I got a weird error.
I love your about me statement of having an eye for adventure. You collect skills too! It's obvious because you are very multi-talented.
Happy SITS day! Off to poke around.
:-)
Congratulations on your SITs feature! I hope you enjoy your day in the sun:-)
Happy SITS Day! I;m off to check out some of your fun posts!
http://poppingbubbles.net
I hope you are enjoying your day :).
HI! Checking in from SITS!! I can't wait to drive into your blog and Travel the world! :) Have a great day!!!
you are my idol, I want to travel the world one day, stopping by from sits, have a great day! anne
www.anniebakes.net
Your photos are great!
Love your art post from August... as an artist and fellow blogger, I wish there was more being said about art.... Thanks Rachel!, congrats to you, and I WILL follow... I hope you'll check out my art too.
Cheers,
Lisa
Congrats on your SITs day! :)
Came from SITS to say congrats on your day.
Happy SITS day girl... off to read your blog!
Enjoy your SITS day.
Great site. Love the concept of travels!
Sarah Baron
I'm a traveler, too, so we already have that in common. Happy SITS day, dear!
Happy SITS Day Rachel!!! How awesome for you!
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such wonderful comments!
Happy SITS Day!! What a great blog - your sense of adventure inspires me! I love that you say you collect skills like someone else might collect stamps. :)
Enjoy your day!
Happy SITS Day! Love that picture of the LED lights! Interesting shot!
coming from SITS and beautiful pictures.
nice! COngrats on your sits day
COngrats on you SITS day! I love to travel too. Maybe I should blog about my experiences!
Happy SITS day Rachel! I already love your blog! =)
Ooh, I am loving your blog so far! I'm travel-addicted as well and am enjoying your photos. Those cookies in the previous post have me rethinking the boring bowl of oatmeal I'm eating and eying the cookie jar on the counter. And as for the tasty looking drinks below that...well, it's a little early for that!
Happy SITS Day, my bloggy buddy! :)
http://lambaround.blogspot.com
Wow! So many countries in your short time on the planet. Well done, SITstah!
Happy SITS Day.... Enjoy your day!
Happy SITS day SITSTA! Those peanut butter & chocolate cookies look like da bomb! Congrats girl and thanks for the cookies!
Happy SITS day to you! You sound like you have lots of similar interests to me, I love travel too and I'm in the middle of writing a 30 before 30 list too.
Great to find your blog, I'm a new follower and look forward to hearing all about your adventures.
Have a lovely day,
Jade
Happy Sits day! Hope you reach your 30 goal!
http://homeschoolmama3.blogspot.com/
I love lists and goals and hiking so I am riveted lol. happy sits day
Happy SITS Day! Sounds like a pretty good list before you turn 30.
Happy SITS Day!!!!
I heard there were cookies! Happy SITS Day. I already love hanging out here, so enjoy your day! I will be back later to read up on the posts I have not already read!
Happy SITS Day! I love it when bloggers that I follow get featured - have a great day of comment love!!
Congrats on your SITS day! I have read your blog before, so when I saw you were the FB, I thought, "Oh yes! She is very interesting!" Enjoy your day, you deserve it! ;)
OMG! I am sooo jealous of you! You are so lucky to see the world the way you do. BTW, your pictures are amazing and it only makes me more jealous! Especially love the pix of the cookies. My mouth is watering right now.
Happy SITS day!
-Uyen
www.littlehatchlings.com
Happy SITS Day!!
congrats on your SITS day!!! I cant wait to have a peek around...
Your pictures are fabulous (I love your plates!) your stories hair raising (just looking at that trail over the mountains made me get vertigo, lol). I enjoyed your blog and happy SITS day!
Happy SITS Day! How great that you are so goal-oriented at such a young age! I'm sure you will achieve them with such a great attitude!
xoxo,
Kim
Happy SITS Day!
I love travel blogs! And I think its amazing that you write all that fantasy fiction as well! So talented! ;)
Congrats on your SITS day Rachel! I hope you have a totally fantastic day!
What beautiful pictures! Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS Day. I'm nearly 40 and, with the exception of visiting Italy and Spain (where my family is from), I've done everything in life I set out to do. How depressing!!! I need to think up more things to do.
I'm following now.
Have a great day!
Happy SITS Day! I think if we were neighbors we'd be friends. I love PB cookies (and yours look like they would be yummy), I really LOVE hiking & photography, and I am a bit of nerd too! I'm now following you. :)
This is my first SITS FB post!
Happy SITS day to you! And I look forward to your visit to my blog...but be forewarned, I am so very new to blogging and there isn't much to enjoy yet.
Happy SITS day! ENjoy it.
I'm off to check out your list.
Happy SITS DAY! Sounds like you are a jack of all trades. I am trying to learn new things by 30 too. I just turned 29 yesterday so I have a year LOL.
HAPPY SITS DAY!
I hope you get lots and lots of comment lo♥e on your special day!
Blessings,
Teresa <><
♥ Too Many Heartbeats ♥
Congratulations on your SITS day! Dropping by from SITS to check out your blog and become a follower! I am obsessed with travel, so I'm really looking forward to catching up on all your travel posts!
Happy SITS Day! So jealous of all that traveling!
Yay!! Congratulations and happy sits day!
Happy Sits day! Am going to have a cookie... peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookies
Wow -- way to embrace life and the wide, wonderful world.
Happy SITS Day!
Happy SITS day!
Love to see someone embrace life fully.
Hello and happy SITS day! Your blog looks quite amazing and I'm big on travelling myself. You have a new follower in me!
Happy SITS day!!! I can't wait to delve into your world of travels!
http://simpysarah2010.wordpress.com
Congrats on your SITS day. Can't wait to explore your blog and check it all out. ♥
Happy SITS day to you! Love that someone else is as random as I am! And those cookies look scrumptious!!
Happy SITS day, I can't wait to look around some more!
Happy SITS day. Loving your blog and have become a follower. Hope that you have a fabulous SITS day :-)
Well, happy SITS day! I was reading through and those cookies (PB&Chocolate) look omg sooo good!!
Devan @ Accustomed Chaos
http://www.accustomedchaos.com
Congrats, Rachel! You are a great blogger, and you totally deserve the attention.
Happy SITS day! I wish I could travel like you do!
Can't wait to read more of your posts! I am addicted to travel too...though not sure I'm as adventurous as you! Congrats on your SITS day!
I am addicted to travel too! Looking forward to reading your posts. Congrats on your SITS day!
Congrats on being F/B today. Enjoy being Queen for the day!
Congrats on your SITS day! You do have an adventure filled life. As some on the other side of 40 I can attest to how all this variety is always helpful and interesting. And makes for some wonderful stories.
Well hello, my English friend! I'm so happy for you and your SITS day and glad that I knew you before today! Have a great one!
Love the bucket list....
What a great welcome letter! Happy SITS day!
I'm off to read about that treacherous hike, though that picture makes me a little woozy by itself!
Happy SITS Day! I hope you enjoy your day in the spotlight!
Please visit my vlog/blog:
www.twin-talk.com
happy SITS day!
i'm interested in food, so i'm glad you made cookies :)
Happy SITS day.. I love to travel to, can I come with?
Congratulations on your day to shine with SITS.
Happy sits day!! :)
I'm so jealous of all your travels! I've been around a bit, but not nearly as much. And now I have kids and a house...it just seems to be harder to do!
We have two wood burning fireplaces we want to get rid of - if you were closer, you could have them!
Happy SITS day! Can't wait to read the rest of your posts.
Happy SITS day! Your photos are lovely. Thank you for sharing our experiences with us!
Nice blog you have here! Happy SITS Day! ; )
Enjoy your SITS day.
Love your photography!
http://ourporchswing.blogspot.com/
Congrats on your SITS day! i have my bucket list too - i'm way past 30 so my list are things i'd like to do of course before i kick the bucket. Haven't put on my blog yet though. You've accomplished quite bit - impressive!
Congrats on your SITS day. I've enjoyed getting to read your blog over the past week or two and am excited to see you featured!
Yay for you and your SITS day! Enjoy the moment!
Ok, snow hiking, scarey enough. If that is a true picture of your "path" YIKES! But, the views really were beautiful. How wonderful that you can get to experience all these fun and fabulous places and things.
I'm gonna go check out your 30 list.
Happy SITS! I love your writing style. And can I just say how impressed I am by how much of the world map you have colored in pink?! Awesome.
Congrats on your SITS day - I had a long look on your FLICKR page - love all the animal shots, a badger! WOW! Your blog reminds me there is whole 'nother world out there!
Congrats on your SITS day!!! I look forward to checking out your blog!
Happy SITS Day! Baking and crafting - check. Travel... I'll just have to read about your adventures!
Happy SITS day! The cookies in the last post look delicious . . . will have to try to make them sometime! Come by and visit the next time you're in Finland!
Enjoyed the blog much. Now following.
Holly
Happy Happy SITS day! Why is it raining in May? Hope you don't mine my little rhyme. I need a lot more ME time! --sorry giddy with excitement and have cabin fever! Have a great day! You deserve it!
www.taketworeviews.com
-Elle
Wow, it is your day. Congratulations. I hope I am not too late in wishing you a great SiTS' day. I hope you enjoyed it :)
Happy SITS day!
Stopping by from SITS! I'm obsessed with the idea of travel right now so I love this idea. Happy SITS day!
www.diapersandwine.blogspot.com
What a great blog!
Love traveling too.
Congrats on you SITS Day!
Happy SITS Day! I can't wait to follow your travels around the world!
www.frugaltractormom.blogspot.com
Hey from SITS. I just read the prologue and 1st chapter of Charanthe and had SO much fun!!! I really, really enjoy fantasy and this book is just intriguing. Is there anyway we can follow your your book through blogger?
I started writing fantasy too and I post chapters for my siblings to read. I don't know that I would be willing to post the chapters publicly, though. I'm way too nervous of criticism. I commend you for posting online and I really feel you've got a knack for writing and my favorite thing-character development!
Thanks again for sharing!
Congrats on your SITS day!!!
Happy SITS day! I haven't treaveled much, so I can't wait to read about your adventures.
I really need to make a 30 by 30, especially since 30 is suddenly not that far away.
Happy SITS day!!!
YOu have some amazing photographs! You are soo lucky you have an eye for that and are able to travel and get some special memories!
Happy SITS DAY!!!
Nice blog. I like visuals. Thank you for sharing your passion for travel.
What a great blog you have here. Happy SITS Day!
Happy SITS Day to you!! :)
Your cookies like verrry yummy!!
Happy SITS day to you! Enjoy your time in the spotlight!
I *just* finished going through all of my comments from my SITS day back in February! What a crazy and fun day it was!
WOW SISTA congratulation on your big day! How fun it is to find you through SITS....Greetings from Switzerland :)
Wow, how many comments has this generated?! Well done you!
UUps I guess the last comment did not come through...so agai Sista congratulaions on your big day! It is so funny to find you through SITS :)
Greetings from Switzerland
WOW!
Let me say that again...but backwards this time:
WOW!!! ;)
You are a mover and a shaker!!!!!!
And here I thought some of my more daring escapades...fishing, hunting, panning for gold in Alaska...in-field at Kentucky Derby, etc. were adventurous!
I guess they could be considered so from a domestic perspective.
But you've taken it international!
Just stoppin' in via SITS!
Happy SITS day!!!
Congrats on being the Queen of the day.
Great blog...
Lots to see here. Want to wish you happy SITS day.
Finally, huh?
I'm going to jump around here, and come back to you again..
Looks very interesting and unique.
Happy SITS Day!
I loved revisiting Italy with your pictures! I went for my honeymoon and I miss it.
Happy SITS day! I'm off to explore!
What a fun blog! Congrats on your day!!
YAY! Happy SITS day! And those cookies look amazing!
Happy SITS day!
I love that you travel. I hope to do some traveling in the future to work on my photography. I guess we do have that in common, since I noticed that you, too, are a photographer. Hope you have a wonderful SITS day!
Great to see such a well-traveled fellow blogger. I am way past thirty and will try to make a list of things I want to do before I am 50!
Hello Rachel, how fun your blog!!!! Enjoy your SITs day...
Happy SITS Day. Love the pics and that you love to travel,
Andrea
www.greatthoughts.com
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