It's been raining here in East Tennessee. A lot. It's also been cloudy here most days and that can honestly be depressing. When I'm on campus in Knoxville and need to do homework or get some studying done, having it cloudy and rainy outside makes it easier to be inside. I feel like I'm not missing out as much...but it's also pretty draining. When I came home this weekend, I was just craving some sunshine. Or at least some time to be outside without having to wear my winter co

Thoughts from Jenni: If you close your eyes and smell certain flowers, they will transport you. The fragrance of daffodils takes me back to my early childhood, running in my Easter dress to hunt dyed eggs hiding in wet grass. They were just the common, yellow, short variety you can buy at any big box store. I loved cutting them to bring in our house. Even now, I get excited seeing them pop up along the roads in February when I am flower starved. Little did I know until recent