Thank you all so much for your well-wishes via text, Twitter, and blog post comments this week! 

After several quarts of wonton soup without the wontons plus steamed chicken and vegetables (it was all I could eat--luckily it's my favorite), cup after cup of herbal tea, little cocktails of orange juice, vitamin C powder, echinacea, and colloidal silver (have I ever mentioned that we're kind of crunchy in The House of Flynn?), and about a day and a half's worth of naps, I finally feel like a human again.

[Sometimes I have trouble putting my love for honey into words. I think this photo does it justice.]

I haven't shared Friday Favorites in a while, so I have quite a few links listed today. Hope you enjoy! And let me know what you've been reading/eating/wearing lately!

First of all, I have to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful friend Jenna. Jenna, I love you so much and I miss you!

I'm almost done with this little collection of stories from F. Scott Fitzgerald and you guys, I know we all know this, but that man can write. It's like eighty pages and you should all read it some lazy weekend when you're at home or in a coffee shop.

One thing I love about Rob is that he periodically sends me pictures like this one throughout the week.

Dana from The Wonder Forest has wonderful e-book available called Blog Wonderful: An E-Book for Bloggers.

My friend Whitney sent me this article about coconut oil and I'm all about it!

I'm trying to do this thing where I don't spend any money on anything I don't absolutely need in 2013, but this little tulle skirt is making it so difficult. Also this sweater.

Interesting to read about Israel's ban on too-thin models, as well as a few other countries' responses to the problem.

Robyn's blog always gives me serious wanderlust.

Is anyone else out-of-control excited about the return of Arrested Development?

Diana lives in Minneapolis, loves animals, and is super active and seems wonderful! I especially like her Ask a Vegan column.

Don't forget to enter to win a custom blog design from Signed, xoxohannah!

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I'm off to Richmond this evening to see my brother play a show with his band, She's a Legend. They'll be at The Canal Club and the doors open at 7:00. If you're in the area, come! Send me a tweet if you're around so I can find you!

After being stuck at home and mostly in bed for the past two days, I am really excited to get out and go back to work today! Once I was starting to feel better, I also started feeling a little stir crazy, so I took a short walk around a few of my favorite corners to give you a peek into some spots you might not have seen. I pretty much only take photos in the kitchen, so I included some shots from the sun room  dining area, and living room.

As you might know, I've been living at my parents' house for about eight months. A lot of people ask me why I'd move back in with my parents or ask me when I'm going to get my own place, and even though it's absolutely none of their business, I always tell them exactly what I'm about to tell you: I really love it.

It's been such a nice experience to be back home and see my parents and my dog every day; sometimes I look back on my time living downtown in Roanoke when they were just twenty minutes away and wonder what I was thinking! I know that having my own place was a good life experience and now I know that I hate living alone. So for now, this is working out just perfectly. I couldn't ask for better roommates, and when my brother comes home for the weekend or for the holidays, I get to hang out with him the whole time, too!

Take a look around! I hope you love it as much as I do.

 The photo wall above the piano in our sun room.

 I'm extremely unorganized--a book I haven't started and my blush, just hanging out on a coffee table.

 One of my favorite lamps and a palm from some Palm Sunday mass. They're tucked away everywhere.

 Rooster salt and pepper shakers on one of the shelves of the wine rack.

 This is where we keep the fancy glasses!

 More from the winerack: love this green candle, its coaster, and the Waterford bowl next to it.

 Such a sweet photo of my grandpa Albino and grandma Angelica on a side table in the living room.

Some essentials in the kitchen: pepper grinder, ramekin of kosher salt, mate, tea kettle.  

The fireplace and our big red coffee table in the living room.

What does your home look like?

Good morning everyone! I'm unfortunately feeling (more than) a little under the weather (it looks like that Vitamin C I took didn't really protect me enough from whatever terrible bug Rob had this weekend). So unfortunately I'm at home, feeling pretty pitiful, but I am really excited to be posting this giveaway for you!

Hannah is such a sweetheart and a totally talented designer--and she's going to give one lucky reader a free, complete redesign package for your blog. That includes working with Hannah to develop a design concept, custom header, background, navigation, welcome photo and introduction, custom widgets, and so much more--it's a $200 value!

Enter below, and good luck!

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