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This Business of Last Names
Wedding countdown: 101 sleeps! For as long as I can remember, I’ve imagined that if and when I got married I would change my last name. Call me old fashioned, or bending to the patriarchy, but I did....
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Sorry Google
This feels a little like a break up. Google, who I am normally very enamored with, is shutting down Google Reader on 1 July 2013, and to jump in with both feet, on 1 November 2013 it is also...
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Adventures in Gluten Free Baking
A number of my friends have bitten the bullet and given up gluten. The reasons behind their ban run from intolerance, to full blown celiac disease, to channeling their inner hunter-gatherer with the...
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An Update on Trooper the Wonder Puppy
Some gratuitous photos and what’s been going on with Mr. Trooper “Super Trooper” McCutington, because he hasn’t been up here lately: Sometimes he gets grumpy when we wake up in the morning, because he...
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An Achingly Delicious Tart
My lovelies, I’ve got something revelatory for you! Chili honey. You may be shrugging your shoulders, or, if you’re feeling a little bit cantankerous, rolling your eyes. Chili honey? What’s so great...
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Party On!
Last Saturday a party was thrown to celebrate Mr’s Dad’s 60th birthday! And the party was excellent fun. The week leading up to the party was excellent fun for me as well, because I was asked to cater...
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Turning a New Leaf
It’s a new year! I hope 2014 is treating you well. My resolution this year is to write more often. At least once a week. Scratch that. My GOAL is to write at least once a week. As a goal rather than a...
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Honk Honk
Mr has been out and about hunting this season, and he has had some success! Hello Goose! Aren’t these just gorgeous? So pretty to look at. How easy is it to break down a goose? Not so easy as the...
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Countdown: 10, 9, 8…
I was going to call this post On the 8th day of Christmas, but, fact of the day: the twelve days of Christmas start on Christmas end end on the 5th on January. You learn something every day, or at...
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In the Smoking Section
It seems like a day made for a Vanilla Maple Cinnamon latte. It’s the cup that cheers. So what have you all been keeping busy with? I made some bacon! Want to see how? (Methodology from Cedar at Let’s...
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