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Every speck of my heart….

February 12, 2013 by Peabody · 9 Comments

I’ll admit I was never one for Valentine’s Day as a general rule. I don’t think it’s fair to men (it’s not) and it is a made up holiday. Guys usually are very happy to hear that you are not that into Valentine’s Day because it saves them money. I figured I would always be that way. Turns out I was wrong. It’s not the MDP is into Valentine’s Day by any means. But he is quite a sap and is very much a romantic at heart just not the typical shower you with flowers kind of way. For starters he hugs like no other man I have ever known. It does not matter if I haven’t seen him for 8 hours or 8 minutes when he hugs me he hugs me as if I he hasn’t seen me for years. Like he was lost on a deserted island. The kind of hug that makes you feel loved, missed, safe, and desired. Same thing with how he tells me he loves me. Sure a random ‘love you too” comes out but 95% of the time when he tells me he loves me he says it with such meaning behind it. And so I have become … [Read more...]

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In cars with strangers….

June 26, 2011 by Peabody · 12 Comments

I am sad to report that though I will be going on living in the Seattle area for almost 7 years I have not been to a lot of places around here. People are often in shock when they mention a place and I have #1 never heard of it, and therefore #2 never been. This happened just the other day. While at a friend’s party I made a couple new acquaintances and they were in awe that I had never been to a local beach that is super popular around here. The next thing you know they are trying to convince me to go with them to the beach. They weren’t offering me candy so I figured they were probably safe. :) But I told them no as my dog was more than wanting her dinner as it was past due and probably wanted to go out as well. They reluctantly said okay only to start texting me shortly after I got home that I should come out, come out, come out! So I asked if I could bring the dog since I had been gone most of the day and they agreed. As luck would have it we arrived at the beach just in … [Read more...]

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Our ability to accessorize is what separates us from the animals…

December 30, 2010 by Peabody · 30 Comments

That joyous time of year again. The time of year where everyone declares what they are going to do in the New Year better than they did the year (or years before). For some it is motivation, but to me the changing of the year only means one thing…I will write the date wrong on everything for a month. :P I thought about doing a Best of 2010 like a lot of bloggers do, but quite honestly, I am all about looking forward to the future rather than looking back into the past. Certainly we can learn a lot by looking at our past, but dwelling on it can be a bad idea. Reading many of my friends resolutions so many of them are ridiculous ones like “get back to the size I was in high school”. First off that does me no good, as I was no petite flower back then either. And second it also doesn’t help you be happy with the current you. And if you aren’t happy no one around you is either. So forget about squeezing into your old jeans and just buy more handbags and necklaces. Accessories … [Read more...]

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When all else fails, cover it in glaze…

June 1, 2010 by Peabody · 56 Comments

So I am doing my birthday weird this year. See my birthday is in a month (and a day) but I already got my gift, but I don't get to use it until August. This year it's a food gift of sorts. See I'm going to the International Food Bloggers Conference. It's in Seattle, so I don't have that far to travel. :) You should come! And though the conference offers a lot of great things, the one thing I must admit that tipped me over was the people who are going. One in particular in fact. That being Jen of Use Real Butter. I all but jumped from my computer chair when I saw her name on a list of attendees. There are just some bloggers that you have interacted with through the years that you have always wondered what they would be like in person. And considering the fact that every food blogger that I have meet in person has been double awesome than even what they are on their blog, I am sure that Jen (as she would say) is going to rock. I'm a bit chocolated out right now. And so I went … [Read more...]

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