I missed last week’s Saturday Stumbles, because I was terribly busy stomping around the Upper Peninsula with my family. Amazing trip that you will hear more about soon! I’ve caught up on reading other blogs and found some really nice posts to share with you.

• Throwing Rocks from Gwynneth Beasley, because I completely lived this last week. Regardless of what kids are whining about, plop them down in nature and they’ll forget all about their complaints.
• Sleep Like A Child from Life, Love and Happiness, because I know exactly what she is talking about when she says that summer is a song.
• Top Ten Reasons to be Glad School Is Out from Organic Enchilada, because I can’t stop laughing about, “I can stop cutting box tops. Those things are a pain. (I know you’re going to say that I should keep saving over the summer. Bite me.)”
• 9 Lessons On Parenting I Learned From Running from SortaCrunchy, because I totally should have learned the same things – but they didn’t even occur to me.

What did you enjoy reading this week? Want to see what other people liked? Check out “It’s Come 2 This” for more Saturday Stumbles.

The good people at Green Mountain Coffee asked me to hang out and party with them for Fair Trade Day a few weeks ago. And I was like, you know what? I’d really like to kick it wit’ y’all, but I got this thing I gotta do. So being the cool folks that they are, (and that it was really just a Twitter party anyway), they were kind enough to send me some coffee to try.

I need to explain that I am a horrible coffee snob. Don’t even talk to me about Starbucks. Even our local coffee shop, the Biggby Formerly Known As Beaners makes me pinch my coffee-snobby lips when they sometimes get a bad batch. I was a little bit nervous to try Green Mountain Coffee, because it is Fair Trade.

I want to like Fair Trade coffee. I don’t want birds to lose their habitat or people to be treated or paid unfairly so that I can drink coffee that tastes good to me. It’s a horrible, selfish thought. The truth is, though, that I have rarely tasted Fair Trade coffee that I like. I was very ashamed for thinking this, but wondered if somehow the less environmentally friendly growing methods produce beans I like better? That would really make me an awful person.

It was a genuine relief that I actually liked Green Mountain Coffee. The variety I tried was Spring Revival Blend, which is a medium roast from Rwanda. How can you not feel good about supporting someone there? I’m not a dark roast kind of girl, so this was right up my alley. The smell is absolutely wonderful, and it has a nice, mild flavor. The one thing I would change is to use whole beans instead; I grind my own in the morning and this was ground. I use a French Press and – well, anyway. I am particular as a 100 year old lady when it comes to my coffee, but for a pre-ground bag of coffee, this was very, very good.

Definitely check it out if you are looking for good, Fair Trade Coffee.  For more about Fair Trade, go to the Food & Faith Challenge at The Local Cook.