Posts by: Valerie
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Holiday baking – in review

By On January 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

So those recipes I promised you, along with the video of the ginger snaps baking. They’ve finally arrived!

First, a little story. A fun story. The story of people who love cookies more than what’s good for them!
This year I dove into the Christmas baking [...]

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fireworks, photo from our 2nd floor, by LdV

Happy 2011, and “11 in ’11″

By On January 1, 2011 · 3 Comments

Happy New Year everyone. Hope your year has started off well!

With the new year being half a day underway, I decided to set up some goals for myself for this year. We started off the year in our new home, which is far from finished (is a house ever finished), but [...]

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2010 in review

By On December 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Around these days people do their years in review. They tell their loved ones the highlights of the last year in their lives. Moves, changes of jobs, babies, pets, vacations come by in these stories. If I were to do a roundup like that this year, either by month or by importance, three quarters of the [...]

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Ginger snaps

By On December 27, 2010 · 1 Comment

Now that Christmas is behind us and one of the big projects at work is finished, it’s time to post what I’ve been doing in the kitchen. Besides just providing us with dinner each night, I’ve also spent some time baking for the holidays. In the next couple of days I’ll show you the different [...]

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She’s alive!!!

By On November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Yes, I, AM!

I feel like “I neverever post anymore, which isn’t entirely true, but still. Not enough at all. And I feel like I’m giving you this message over and over. The fact is, blogging is not my job. Unfortunately people don’t pay me heaps of money for my musings. It’s unfortunate, but true!

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