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Jul 28, 2014 Things I Love

How to combat #TDF withdrawal

Today is a sad day. It’s the first day since July 5th I don’t have four hours of the Tour de France to watch. It’s the first day I won’t be checking Tour Tracker to get behind the scenes info on the race and perhaps the worst part is - no more daily Backstage Pass videos from the guys at Orica Green Edge. What’s the perfect cure for post-TDF depression? Chocolate. And lucky for all of us TDF junkies, today is National Milk Chocolate Day. Not that I (or my fellow cycling enthusiasts) need a

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Sep 6, 2013 Things I Love

First Date Friday: Chocolate in the Garden

I’m going to let you in on a secret. Well, it’s actually not really a secret because if you check my bio (and practically any author of the female persuasion it would seem) you’ll see that I love all things made of chocolaty goodness. Let’s face it – most females like chocolate. Right girls?! Chocolate is like a food group for authors. Have any of you heard about how rough being a writer actually is? We N-E-E-D chocolate. Almost like we need air. You would too if you spent countless hours

Jul 13, 2013 Things I Love

Asheville was Calling, so I had to Answer

I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I blogged. I’ve been spending some long overdue quality time with the family, getting my young adult novel ready for the freelance editor I’ve hired, taking a family vacation, managing a crazy work schedule and dealing with some upheaval in my daughter’s gymnastics life. You see, the coaches she’s had for a little over three years have moved a few hours away to be closer to their family. Under these coaches, my daughter has grown tremendously as a