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Violet in the Middle: March 2014
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Violet in the Middle. Thursday, March 27, 2014. Throwback Thursday - Prom Edition. I did my fair share of dating in high school but I only had one full-fledged boyfriend. We dated for three months during our junior year, then I broke up with him. I can't remember why. We got back together in our senior year and dated from November to the beginning of February. He blindsided me when he broke up with me on a day that came to be known as Black Sunday. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Violet in the Middle: July 2012
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Violet in the Middle. Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Once upon a time, there was a girl. A girl who, while occasionally given to fits of economic impulsivity, generally lived within her means. Her means did not allow for purchase of fripperies like hardcover books, beautiful but impractical shoes, fancy-pants culinary ingredients, or glittery yet oh-so-unnecessary jewels. Most of the time, this girl was content…well, maybe not content, but tolerant…with her financial station. She desired the ring. The desir...
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Violet in the Middle: March 2011
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Violet in the Middle. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Dear Daylight Savings Time. Dear Daylight Savings Time,. You get a bad rap. People hate you. They complain about losing an hour of sleep when you come back to town. They complain about how tired and sluggish they feel for days afterward. So welcome back, DST! It’s nice to see you earlier than last year. I encourage you to hurry back sooner each year until you bump into that dastardly Fall-back Saturday and kick his miserable, lazy behind into next ...I'm con...
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Violet in the Middle: Balancing Act
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Violet in the Middle. Thursday, November 1, 2012. My days are suddenly full. Since I started back to college last January until a few weeks ago, my only responsibilities were school and singing with the church choir (and the occasional solo). During the summer and early fall, I helped a friend plan a charity walk but that didn’t take much of my time. My life’s scale was fairly level. Aka Internet crack) account, and Pogo. Need love, too. Oooh, I just realized that I even get an extra hour Saturday night!
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Violet in the Middle: Little kindnesses
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Violet in the Middle. Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Holy cats, it’s been a long time! I really should be studying for my Catering exam tomorrow (would anyone have predicted that Catering would be this semester’s Econ? Nope, didn’t think so.) but Boston got me thinking. Well, several lovely reactions to Boston got me thinking. Said, “Rather than lamenting the evil that happens every minute in every part of the world, remind yourself that humans are intrinsically good.”. Said, “. It was nothing. It was, o...
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Violet in the Middle: School Daze
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Violet in the Middle. Saturday, January 14, 2012. A little over two years ago, I created a goal:. Graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management with an emphasis on Event Planning. OK, so maybe those were my short-term goals at the time. But it just hit me that the long-term goal is graduation. I didn’t really think about graduation – about actually earning the degree – until now! January 14, 2012 at 7:57 PM. Please tel...
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Violet in the Middle: July 2010
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Violet in the Middle. Saturday, July 31, 2010. 1989 - Mahomet, IL, to Champaign, IL. 1992 - Champaign, IL, to Urbana, IL. 1994 - Urbana, IL, to Urbana, IL (yep, you read it correctly). 1994 - Urbana, IL, to De Soto, IL. 1997 - De Soto, IL, to Streator, IL. 1998 - Streator, IL, to Urbana, IL. 2000 - Urbana, IL, to Bloomington, IL. 2003 - Bloomington, IL, to Tolono, IL. 2008 - Tolono, IL, to Urbana, IL. 2010 - Urbana, IL, to Lincoln, NE. 10 moves in 20 years. Nope, didn't think so. Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
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Violet in the Middle: April 2013
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Violet in the Middle. Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Holy cats, it’s been a long time! I really should be studying for my Catering exam tomorrow (would anyone have predicted that Catering would be this semester’s Econ? Nope, didn’t think so.) but Boston got me thinking. Well, several lovely reactions to Boston got me thinking. Said, “Rather than lamenting the evil that happens every minute in every part of the world, remind yourself that humans are intrinsically good.”. Said, “. It was nothing. It was, o...
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Violet in the Middle: January 2012
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Violet in the Middle. Saturday, January 14, 2012. A little over two years ago, I created a goal:. Graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management with an emphasis on Event Planning. OK, so maybe those were my short-term goals at the time. But it just hit me that the long-term goal is graduation. I didn’t really think about graduation – about actually earning the degree – until now! Thursday, January 5, 2012. Well, I didn...
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Violet in the Middle: September 2012
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Violet in the Middle. Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Caramelized Onions, a Run-on Blog Post. I discovered that freezing bananas in their skins doesn’t work well, at least not for me. If I tried to use them frozen, I had to cut the skins off with a sharp knife. If I thawed the bananas to use them, I was completely – and I mean COMPLETELY – grossed out by the slimy, watery mess that slid out of the blackened skins. Guh-ross. 8221; Out loud. Alone in my apartment. Yeah, they are that good. 2 T olive oil.