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Let’s Move On

Let’s Move On

That “submit” button was one of the hardest buttons I’ve ever clicked online. Now I have to let this go and trust. Keep my head down and keep working. There’s miles to go before I sleep and graduation ahead, so cheers to the home stretch!

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

I did something uncharacteristically bold today and drove myself halfway across the state to meet a stranger and talk about myself. Not the driving, nor the meeting a stranger, nor the talking about myself that was weird – it was the fact that I asked 

Getting Pummelo-ed

Getting Pummelo-ed

This mighty mutant yellow-green citrus is called a Pummelo, and it bought it at the store today because I couldn’t resist the name. It gives no clue to the interior, and the exterior only hints at distant relations to a grapefruit. Turns out there’s a 

Read It And Weep

Read It And Weep

The joke’s on me, actually, since all I do is read (with a little weeping, kept to a minimum). I can’t recommend any good novels or magazines because the only reading I’m doing now is business management, marketing, and the personal statements for DICAS I’ve 

January Diet Culture

January Diet Culture

You know its New Year’s when…… all the SlimFast and Atkins shakes go on sale. I used to be a part of this diet culture – “messing up” during the holidays (read: enjoying food and family) and revving up a new attempt to lose that 

The Mystery of Rutabaga

The Mystery of Rutabaga

I’ve had rutabaga in things before, and I can’t really describe what it tastes like. It smells like a cross between cabbage and something else. Wikipedia says its a brassica (the mustard family = kale, Brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower). I had it for the 

Red-Handed (Let the Beet Drop)

Red-Handed (Let the Beet Drop)

When I’m putting dinner together in the InstaPot I can’t help but toss some root vegetables in there too – they cook so fast! I added them later to this beautiful sheetpan and this will be dinner tomorrow night. I’ll save the tops for a 

Wednesday Night Washout

Wednesday Night Washout

I’m not going to complain – I made this bed, I’ll lie in it. Oooooh….. bed does sound good right now though. I’m tired today. No,….. tired suggests I need a nap. I’m spent. I slept poorly last night and had a difficult day at 

Lovely Lemon Lentil

Lovely Lemon Lentil

November is real dark at my place (thanks, time change). I don’t mean in the spooky way, I mean – there’s no sun. Like, all day. While contemplating a big batch for lunch this week, I decided some Indian-influenced citrus lentil soup was the simple 

Angry Carrot Cake

Angry Carrot Cake

I was angry when I made this. Conflict at work two days in a row made me salty; baking/cooking is therapy for me, and I knew nobody was gonna make me a cake for my birthday so I made up my mind to make my