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  • It’s the season of chocolate and redness. Someone, somewhere found the perfect way to marry these two. It’s called red velvet. Pause. Now I’m all in a dither about how red velvet wormed its way in. Please enjoy browsing these red velvet recipes while I research the history of red velvet. Red Velvet Cake Red…

  • Poser

    As in, I am a I visited two corners over the weekend. Artist’s Corner and Runner’s Corner (do you think I would get thrown out of the corners if they knew I was visiting other corners?). At Artist’s Corner I talked with my mother about the benefits of large containers of powdered graphite and the…

  • I got an email from the cute, front desk lady at work. “I have a delivery for you. Please pick it up when time permits.” I moseyed on down around lunch time (okay, so it was up, and I wasn’t moseying, I was booking it because I had been scheduled for an all-day meeting just…

  • I played two truths and a lie at work recently. I have been moved into a different position and all of us on the new team were getting to know each other. I have never liked this game. (1) I find it difficult to come up with two truths and a lie. (2) I hate…

  • I’ve been searching for the perfect lemon meringue pie. I’ve made maybe two dozen lemon meringue pies in the past two years. More lemon meringue pies than most people taste in their lifetime. Certainly far more than most people make. Pity. Lemon meringue pie is not only fantastically delicious, it is also quite easy. I…

  • It is nearly Valentine’s Day. I always found the holiday a little silly. (I feel silly just calling it a holiday.) Yup, I’m a full-blown Valentine’s Day skeptic. My dear friend M.C. has a self-professed love of Valentine’s Day. To celebrate, she’s conducting a Love Fest. In her own words: “To prove to you how…

  • I DO NOT have good study habits. *Sigh Do you need any better proof of that than this post? I write a sentence or two and then find ways to distract myself. Not okay. I may have to find enough time in my evenings to make trips to the library worth it. This is just…

  • Daring New Look

    On the recommendation of my chocolate-dipped fortune cookie from Shoot’s last Friday, I’ve decided to try a daring new look. I’ve come up with some options. Option 1: I like that this option really focuses on appreciating each color for it’s individuality. I also like that I only need one pair of boots. Image found…

  • Two Fabulous Weekends; One Fabulous Me

    Weekend 1Friday night spent on homework (I’m hoping to get my second course done before the end of next week). Art class Saturday. Lunch with the fam. Saturday night at the Utah Symphony listening to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and a cello concerto commissioned from composer Michael Jarrell specifically for the Utah Symphony by the music…

  • Talents, Food, and Friends

    These are the things that made up my last week (and the reason I didn’t do any schoolwork: fail; well, except for the part where I took my final for my first course and passed it in 13 minutes) Talented PeopleThese are the people that I enjoyed the talents of: Cute neighborhood girl – I…