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cooking: christmas tamales

December 25, 2013

for the first time in 38 years, there was something served in my house for christmas other than turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, squash, green beans, boiled onions, and cranberry sauce.

this year we went latin american, with hatch green chile tamales, two types of black beans, queso fresco, and white rice. beans and rice were pretty basic, but making the tamales was a bit of a challenge…

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christmas morning

December 25, 2013

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christmas morning

christmas eve

December 24, 2013

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christmas eve

ring resizing

December 24, 2013

all i want for christmas is a wedding ring that fits. my ring was always a little small, but then we reproduced a second time and a little small suddenly became way too ridiculously small. but, after 9 months, i’m finally did something about it — and will have it back in two weeks.