tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post8907960505525594746..comments2024-02-24T03:14:25.170-05:00Comments on A Half Baked Life: What You Need: A Recliner, Chocolate Cake, and PerspectiveJustine Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-51670571500064600732012-09-04T14:06:58.393-04:002012-09-04T14:06:58.393-04:00Love this post! Parents are a amazing and I benefi...Love this post! Parents are a amazing and I benefit every time they visit. But that is such a comforting reminder of your dad.Heatherhttp://surviveandthrive.co.zanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-53178174761980216392012-09-01T12:41:59.109-04:002012-09-01T12:41:59.109-04:00So glad I found you, not only for your gorgeous st...So glad I found you, not only for your gorgeous story-telling but for the cake recipe. We are a dairy free house and I can't wait to try this one.McKennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299201553545817162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-28516225717235728512012-08-31T10:20:35.036-04:002012-08-31T10:20:35.036-04:00Oh, that is just a great post.
I too have furnitu...Oh, that is just a great post.<br /><br />I too have furniture leftover from my grad school days--a coffee table my kids have both broken and a chair that's been mauled by 3 cats--but those pieces don't have quite the same emotional resonance as this chair.<br /><br />You know, we've got to talk grad school sometime!gwinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840990153103781272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-59724147654320927612012-08-30T11:19:56.675-04:002012-08-30T11:19:56.675-04:00My roommates were giving me a hard time one week w...My roommates were giving me a hard time one week when I was in Dublin and I came home because I couldn't wander around town and avoid them any more. There was a slip under my door saying I had a box I had to come pick up at the main office. Dad had sent me a box of all my favorite spices from Penzeys. One of them was new and made from powdered Peccorino cheese, which would have cost me an arm and a leg to buy in Ireland and made me feel so homesick. My roommates thought I was crazy when I unwrapped each jar and put them lovingly in my cabinet.Barrel Pinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08697891378642597469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-38529472854656672222012-08-29T20:55:25.983-04:002012-08-29T20:55:25.983-04:00I love this post and I love how you still have it....I love this post and I love how you still have it. I love it when things just show up and you didn't know you needed them till they did. Whether they be people or items, they can really make a big impact. I think the CD is something I needed.Emily @ablanket2keephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398858102692984237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-65512910598871633132012-08-29T10:06:53.338-04:002012-08-29T10:06:53.338-04:00There is the cake, but sometimes you just need a r...There is the cake, but sometimes you just need a really good story. And this, my friend, is a REALLY good story. The telling of it, the actual events, the fact that you still have the chair in your room -- all of it.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-30260112642935434442012-08-27T08:56:14.849-04:002012-08-27T08:56:14.849-04:00To answer your question, yes, and I love it when i...To answer your question, yes, and I love it when it happens. Also, vegan cake?! Finally something yummy I CAN eat! Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614232173945249682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-46829073568819460252012-08-27T06:57:02.381-04:002012-08-27T06:57:02.381-04:00BEAUTIFUL writing and metaphors! I love how you we...BEAUTIFUL writing and metaphors! I love how you weave together perspective and the joy of food - a woman after my own heart. <br /><br />I especially loved your honey-lavendar post - I have and do have so many of those energy sucking feelings... <br /><br />Chocolate cake sounds dreamy. So funny you picked chocolate cake for something you needed. To answer your question in a tangental way - New Years Eve - four years ago this year - I was hit w/ bad news about trying to get pregnant. I had a break down and all I wanted was some comfort and some relief. We promptly cancelled our NYE plans, stayed home in sweats, had a glass of champagne (or 2 or 3 I'm sure) and I made the most beautiful (lopsided) from scratch, chocolate layer cake. I displayed it in our glass cake dome we get from our wedding ... it was the cake that saved me that night. <br /><br />Now, I am going to make chocolate cake this week. Thank you for the inspiration - I love your words!Kristin Hackmanhttp://www.justbreathemama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-66758950387948653342012-08-27T05:50:00.813-04:002012-08-27T05:50:00.813-04:00Absolutely beautiful post...it is amazing how much...Absolutely beautiful post...it is amazing how much our parents affect us even more now later in life. I look at all of their items which have been passed down more and more...DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599441638544605223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-42108099108079267192012-08-27T05:40:47.304-04:002012-08-27T05:40:47.304-04:00Another beautiful post - I love that you still hav...Another beautiful post - I love that you still have that chair. Sometimes you do need chocolate cake. My husband has a big moment coming up and I've just stocked up on all the ingredients to make his favorite chocolate cake with his mother's icing. Whether it ends up being eaten to celebrate or commiserate - it will be needed. Mud Hut Mamahttp://www.mudhutmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-41170015153391004832012-08-27T00:32:10.864-04:002012-08-27T00:32:10.864-04:00I need some chocolate cake. RIGHT NOW.
Seriously...I need some chocolate cake. RIGHT NOW. <br /><br />Seriously though, I never thought we needed the bread machine. Until we got it. And now Chris thinks of his beloved grandmother every time we use her bread maker and every time he gets a slice of hot bread. And that makes me smile.Audreyhttp://www.theideagirlblog.comnoreply@blogger.com