• My Favorite Books of 2021

    January 12, 2022

    Well, 2021 proved to be a very busy year for me, I started a new job in July and began working on my PhD, but through it all, I still found time for one of my favorite activities, reading! This year I read or listened to over 110 books. My Goodreads goal for the year…

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  • MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020

    January 6, 2021

    This past year was full of a lot of ups and downs, however, it was also a year where I found time to do things that I truly enjoy, like reading!  Sometimes through challenges we can find peace from chaos, and that is exactly what happened for me with an escape into my fictional worlds…

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  • MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019

    February 24, 2020

    I have recently started to read more.  I have always enjoyed the activity of reading but found that I would go in waves with how frequently I picked up a book.  Over the summer, I started listening to the Bad on Paper podcast and was inspired to start reading a few of the books they…

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  • SIMPLE AND FRESH GUACAMOLE

    May 29, 2019

    This simple, fresh, and incredibly delicious guacamole recipe is super easy to make with only six ingredients and a few minutes of prep.  It is so good you may not even need the chips to eat it!  Put it on fresh toast as a spread, scoop it up with tortilla chips, or even serve it…

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  • TASTY CRANBERRY CHILI

    January 16, 2019

    One of my favorite things to make on the cold rainy days of winter in Southern California is chili.  And this week, we are experiencing a major rain storm which is supposed to last all week long!  This never happens around here.  And, on these cold rainy days, I want nothing more but to be…

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  • FALL BUCKET LIST

    September 26, 2018

    This weekend marked the official start of my favorite season, fall!  Living in Orange County, California, we don’t really experience a season change from summer to fall, in fact, many years our hottest days can be in October.  Nonetheless, I still love all things fall–cool crisp evenings, football games, and the occasional leaves changing color. …

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  • SWEET POTATO FRIES

    September 11, 2018

    Now that Labor Day has come and gone, and Summer has unofficially ended, I couldn’t be more excited to enjoy all things fall related.  There is something about Fall the makes it such a cozy time of the year, crisp cool nights, colorful leaves, and pumpkins are all a few of my favorite seasonal things.  …

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  • REFRESHING LEMONADE

    August 10, 2018

    We are in the midst of the hottest days of summer and also experiencing a heat wave here in sunny Southern California.  All I want is to feel refreshed during this time of the year, and nothing is more thirst-quenching than a nice cold glass of lemonade.  Now, I could go to the store and…

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