Monthly Archives: April 2009

I Seem to Remember Having a Son

Apparently a college kid is coming to live with us in about a week. Having been just the two of us, the girl and the dog for what seems like forever, it’s going to be an adjustment. It was only … Continue reading

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Charlottesville Blog of the Week: Economod

Tonight I featured Jen on the Edge’s blog EconoMod on the WCAV-19 Blog of the Week segment. (Check out the television debut of my spray tan! Do you detect an orange hue? Do I resemble the world’s tallest Oompa Loompa?) … Continue reading

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Electric Avenue

Saturday night I got a voicemail from my best friend. At first I thought she’d butt dialed, or purse dialed, or one of her kids had gotten ahold of her cell phone because all I could hear was a radio. … Continue reading

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The Great 2009 Bake-a-Thon, An Update

Thursday night I finished baking the brownies, the lemon bars and the raspberry bars. All was well, with the exception of the raspberry bars. Turns out, you can’t simply double a recipe and slap it in a 9 x 13 … Continue reading

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The Great Bake-a-Thon of 2009

This evening, I’m baking desserts for a nonprofit event Friday night. Desserts for 200 people. I’ve made three batches of brownies, two of lemon bars and two batches of chocolate raspberry bars are in the oven. I’m almost done, and … Continue reading

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