Static archive of a family blog, 2008–2017. This blog is no longer active.

Category: Chad

Chad Who's 30

Anyone who is 30 is OLD! That's why the one guy in my first singles' ward who was 30 was called "Chad who's 30". And to an 18 year old. 30 does seem forever away. But I blinked a couple of times and now my…

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My Real Man

I love my man; he just wrote a fantastic blog post about the art of manliness and growing up. Check it out, you know you want to. ChadGH.com

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"I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!"

I don't usually get all cheesy, but sometimes you gotta. Chad and I have been married 7 years this month. And so I want to pay a tribute to him. I don't want to say he makes me happy, because no one can make someone…

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Chad's Almost 30

I surprised Chad with my first banana cream pie for his birthday. But in order to keep it a secret I made a chocolate cake the night before. So for Chad's birthday we got fat. Oh wait, we already were. Other than that we had…

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

It's that time of the year again. The snow is melting (or completely gone), trees are beginning to bud, and 16 teams are starting the most exciting event of the year. The Stanley Cup Playoffs have begun! I will probably not get to watch much…

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Big Band Night

I finally convinced or bugged Chad into buying tickets to Big Band Night. It is a 1940's dinner and dance. I wish we knew more swing dancing, but we had a good time looking ridiculous. But the best part was dressing up. My cousin told…

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Side Projects and Productivity

I have this problem; I like to learn new things and I like to try new things. As a result I end up putting more on my plate than I can handle (which incidentally is also my problem with food. Weird). I get all of…

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FrogEye Salad

We made frog eye salad for the first time on Saturday and had some fun trying to strain the acini de pepi (sp?). Our strainer has holes about the same size as the pasta. So we tried a few different things with little success. I…

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Learn: The Greenhouse Effect

So I had already written out my post and published it, but not even a whole minute later, I deleted it. :( This one will probably be a little short because of that. Sorry. I decided to learn about the greenhouse effect. I have heard…

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Learn: White Sauce

This week I just happened to walk by a book that caught my eye entitled Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making by James Peterson. At first I thought that I would learn a brief overview of sauces and/or the making of sauces and be done…

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