Julien and I are in the midst of deciding where to stay by this lovely volcano, Arenal, in Costa Rica: I keep looking at beautiful volcano pictures, romanticizing, fantasizing, and totally forgetting that OH RIGHT, …
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Arenal
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But why Bother?
HAPPY 2014! I’m stoked. According to this thorough list of things to leave behind in 2014, I can no longer say I’m stoked to express excitement re: an impending event. And so: I’m jazzed. No?I’m …
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Together Again
My beautiful high school buds and I! We are pastry chef and therapist and writer and Gardener / Artiste! We are grown. Last night we discussed job stability and other assorted grown up things, but …
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SANTA KNOWS
HE JUST KNOWS. IT’S ALMOST AS IF SANTA IS A RELATIVE WHO HAS KNOWN US OUR WHOLE LIVES AND HAS EVEN LIVED WITH US AT SOMEPOINT AND PERHAPS IS A SIBLING TO US OR GAVE …
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A Seasonal Hymn
JOY TO THE PUPPY THE PUPPY REIGNS LET PUPPIES PUPPIES PUPPIESSSS!!!! LET EVERY PUPPY DECLARE HIM PUPPY AND PUPPIES AND NATURE SING AND PUPPIES AND NATURE SING AND PUPPPPIES PUPPIES PUPPIES SINGGGGG (My parents got …
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I has Money?
Today, I go where no Me has ever gone before. I meet with a financial advisor to figure out how to best pay off my student loans / manage my dollar dollar bills, you all. …
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SECRET SANTA!
The Switched at Birth writing team does not play when it comes to Secret Santa. Odd and thoughtful and elaborate presents included autographs from Bernadette Peters and a giant Darth Vader doll and Star Trek …
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COSTA RICA!
GUESS WHAT I HAVE A WHOLE WEEK OFF IN FEBRUARY! What a gift. I’m thinking of taking said gift, grabbing childhood friend Charlotte St. Julien Patton, and heading to Costa Rica for some waterfalls / …
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Oh (MY) Christmas Tree
Left to my own devices, with my first VERY OWN CHRISTMAS TREE THAT IS JUST MINE AND THEREFORE I MAY TRIM IT AS I PLEASE WHILE ALSO WATCHING BACK TO THE FUTURE 3, I selected …
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My mind sees what it Wants
Case in point: this morning, while driving to work, I saw a guy walking his llama (large dog), then a fedora-shaped cloud (cloud), then a car full of polar bears (pillows) and a road sign …