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A little piece of normalcy

posted on : July 30, 2020 posted by : admin 0 Comment

Life has been … let’s say … different the past couple months. Pre-COVID Nug and I loved to visit the zoo and admire the animals. If we are being honest, I loved it and Nug was rather indifferent. Understandably the zoo shuttered its doors during Oregon’s Stay Home Save…

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The Rona

posted on : July 14, 2020 4 Comments

Someday 2020 will be a distant memory of isolation, masks, quarantine and the Rona. However, today it’s hard to imagine the world going back to any semblance of normal in my lifetime. Corona Virus or COVID-19 came sweeping into our lives and turned them upside seemingly overnight. The…

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Target I took you for granted

posted on : April 14, 2020 0 Comment

The glowing red bullseye lights up the night sky and my life. I’m “basic” that way, I love Target. I never realized how much I adored the monstrous retailer until I could no longer frequent it. It has everything one could want … ice cream, clothes, toothpaste, cleaning products (in…

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An ode to student loan debt

posted on : October 23, 2019 3 Comments

You saw me coming, so young and naive With visions of careers, money and grandeur you tugged at my sleeve College is great, think of all the people you’ll meet Buy all the books, supplies and food you can eat We’ll loan you some money …. To help you…

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Going … Going … Back … Back … to Cali … I mean work

posted on : June 11, 2019 10 Comments

When my maternity leaved ended I couldn’t imagine being separated from Nugget for more than a few hours. I reluctantly returned to my 8-5 grind for two weeks … and found it wasn’t nearly as painful as I imagined it would be. For our family…

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Greek Chicken and Salad

posted on : May 17, 2019 4 Comments

My quest for delicious low carb dinners led me to the Mediterranean … in theory only … I wish I could take a trip to Greece … but for the time being only my tastebuds can venture there. Greek chicken and it’s accompanying salad are so flavorful they…

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Where’s my Maserati?

posted on : May 7, 2019 7 Comments

When Britney sang “you want a Maserati you better work b*itch,” she did me dirty. I started working when I was 15 and don’t even have a new Mazda. Brit does make a solid point, success requires hard work. But in reality how many of…

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Living young and wild and free?

posted on : April 23, 2019 8 Comments

The radio can cause epiphanies and sometimes harsh ones … for your own sake take caution when turning it on. Last week I was singing my heart out to Whiz Khalifa’s Young, Wild and Free. It was a sunny day when the melody came streaming through the speakers…

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Marionberry Coffee Cake

posted on : April 19, 2019 4 Comments

In March we took our first family trip with Nugget to Bend, Oregon. Bend holds a very special place in our family’s heart. It’s where I was born and where my husband and I said our vows. We would love to live there however the job…

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Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes

posted on : April 16, 2019 2 Comments

Let me start off by saying that I love potatoes … like LOVE them. In fact if I hadn’t been diagnosed with gestational diabetes I would still be turning my nose up at the prospect of cauliflower mashed potatoes. I couldn’t imagine something as bland as…