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05 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Skewered

There’s something about this beautiful weather that makes you feel like eating healthy. And there’s something about food on a stick that just tastes better.
Inevitably, there were going to be kebabs.

After a few failed attempts last summer, I am proud to say this year’s grilling debut was a huge, if surprising, success. (More photos here.)
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10 March 2010 ~ 3 Comments

For The Longest Time

Nine years ago on this day, twelve college students in central Illinois crammed a week’s worth of luggage and themselves into two too-small minivans. Bound for the East Coast and armed with little more than a pitch pipe and our voices, we were a college a cappella group on spring break tour, at the ready [...]

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23 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My jar is half-full

I may have found my calling as a dieting guru. A book called The Frosting Diet would fly off the shelves, don’t you think?

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17 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Wednesday morning nap

I want this dog’s life.

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12 February 2010 ~ 6 Comments

If it ain’t broke, break it

Oh yeah, that bathroom remodel.
It hasn’t been going well. Or going at all, that is.
Back in September, when work was slow and I was feeling all project-y, I decided more or less on a whim to paint the bathroom cabinets. The cabinets were fine, really — I just didn’t like the color of the stain [...]

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