During my senior year in high school, I got the title of “famous chocolate chip waffle maker”. Somewhere down the road, I got people to believe that I made them the best, better than their own moms. This may have been either because my friends really loved to eat free food or, because I was always up for being the one in the kitchen stirring up the mix, tossing in the chips, and sending them out on plates...
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Reminiscing (part I)
A year ago, last May, my best friend and I took a week off of work to drive From Carpinteria to Denver and back. It is one of my all time favorite memories and I think it’s time to share it with you.
2,500 miles to drive and plenty of stops on the way…
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Wedding Gift
Long before we got engaged, (well, I guess not too long, considering that was only 4 months ago, and we had only been together 4 months before that…) David and I decided that we both wanted to have a not-so-traditional honeymoon. Instead of venturing off to a tropical paradise or exploring European history, we agreed on finding a cozy cabin on a lake in Alaska. Somewhere quiet and undisturbed, where we could spend the day in our lounge pants reading Lord of the Rings or wandering through nature in peaceful silence. Alaska was the plan but, apparently, God had something better in store for us...
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