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Some of my favorite things: food, reading, travel, craft beer, clothes, and animals. I write in AP style all the time for work, but am pro Oxford comma.

I started baking as a kid, with many baked goods as 4-H projects, and am a bit of a cookie monster. There are never less than four types of cheese in my fridge. Usually at least one recipe I make a week is new and I enjoy sharing the successes. 

A love of dresses that started with Modcloth and one very hot Madison summer where I realized pants just are not cool enough sometimes led to a full closet that I am always trying to curate.



Currently in Saint Paul, MN, I am originally from west central Minnesota and grew up on a dairy farm. While I no longer have the many barn cats of my youth, I do have one sassy calico kitty named Kiara.
I met my husband when we were in high school (not the same high school) and we've been married since 2015 and together since 2006. 

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