From the monthly archives: February 2009

Badass Brownies

On February 15, 2009 · 7 Comments · In holidays, recipes - dessert

We don’t “celebrate” Valentine’s Day, but yesterday, we still wanted to indulge a bit. So we not only ordered pizza (which we almost never do), but we also made dessert for just the two of us (no sharing!).

And this is not just a regular brownie. This is a brownie with chunks of chocolate chip […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

On February 14, 2009 · 2 Comments · In holidays

We don’t buy into the Hallmark holiday, but for those of you who do (and there’s nothing wrong with that!)–Happy Valentine’s Day. :)

On our agenda today:

Gym.
Errands.
Takeout pizza and champagne.
Brownies from a box.
Wine and a movie rental.

Pretty low key. And I like it.

Do you have anything […]

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Flight 3407

On February 13, 2009 · 4 Comments · In in the news

I was catching my last 20 minutes of sleep this morning when Michael came in and stood at the end of the bed and said, “Heather.”

I could tell by the tone of his voice that something was wrong, so I sort of frantically asked, “What? What?!”

“There was a plane crash in Buffalo.”

Needless […]

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Birthday Girl

On February 13, 2009 · 7 Comments · In tessa

Today is a day that a few short months ago, we weren’t even sure would ever come. Actually, the day would have come no matter what. But the celebration would not have.

Today is Tessa’s 3rd Birthday. :)

As with all of her birthdays, I made her a makeshift birthday treat. This year, […]

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Celebrity Sightings

On February 12, 2009 · 6 Comments · In las vegas, vacation

In my Vegas recaps, I forgot to mention our celebrity sightings. :)

We were all walking to our gate in the Atlanta airport on Saturday when Shannon made the first spotting. She came up from behind us and said, “You guys! That was a Backstreet Boy!” We all looked, and it turned out that Brian […]

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