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It never occurred to me until recently that my parents didn’t have a lot of money.
It wasn’t that we were ever poor, per se. We always had food on the table and clothes on our back. My dad always worked full-time, and my mom almost always was working most days of the week. [...]

In junior high school, everyone was required to take Home Economics class, which the oh-so-modernized school system referred to as Life Skills. In eighth grade, everyone took cooking class. I only vaguely remember learning how to make pancakes, but I remember Mike Duke, who sat behind me. He used to wear rock band T-shirts and [...]

Last week, since I had ever-so-delicately sliced my finger open with the blade of a food processer, (and because, OK, you’ve got me, I didn’t actually sit down to write a post until 7:30 AM Friday and thought, I just can’t deal with this right now) my typing was impaired and you were treated to [...]

My 10 year high school reunion is this summer. Facebook groups have been formed and dates are being thrown around.
I find this both exciting and a little petrifying.
Unlike seemingly the rest of the world, I didn’t hate high school. 
(My last years of elementary and first years of junior high were a whole ‘nother story. My [...]

Ever since I graduated college two and a half years ago, I’ve had a little difficulty defining the word home. I’ve always had one - actually, at times 2, or even 3, depending on your definition of home. I realize that some aren’t quite as lucky, but as someone, who, like a lot of the [...]

Happy holidays!
After a series of winter tire related mishaps and a treacherous icy night drive through the mountains, I have made it back to my small hometown. It is in the middle of a cold snap, so I’ve had no excuse not to sleep in and spend copious amounts of time baking Christmas goodies. I [...]