Year: 2006

Christy at Beehive tagged me for this -- how fun. Four jobs I’ve had in my life Cookie Baker and Basket Arranger at a cookie basket gift company (Glen Ellyn, IL) Natural Resources Cataloger at the National Park Service (Colorado Plateau parks including: meve, grca, zion, brca, blca and arch) Web Editor at the now …

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Here is one of the pots of sauce I made yesterday -- huge, rambley recap Monday! Sorry! Including -- Roasted Garlic & White Bean Dip Two Lasagnas Cute little cherry tomato and Mozzarella appetizer skewers Cookie Roses (perfect for Valentine's Day!)

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34 huge cookies done. Two garlic bulbs roasting in the oven. Next, prepping the vegetables and making the meat sauce! I bought 10 (10!) cans of plum tomatoes yesterday at Trader Joe's. This morning I'm back for the cold and frozen items, Fred Meyer and then Zupans. Then it's cookie time! I'll update throughout the …

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This weekend I cleaned the whole downstairs of the house, which put me into a very good mood -- elated even. When I become elated, I like to crust things in chopped nuts. This recipe is kind of from Epicurious, in that I had an idea and then I looked for a similar chicken recipe …

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