{"id":3146,"date":"2013-12-30T22:34:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T03:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2013-12-30T22:34:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T03:34:47","slug":"2013-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/2013-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"

2013 was so much better than 2012. <\/p>\n

So. Much. Better. <\/p>\n

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Back in February, I finished my goal to read a biography of each US president.  I was thrilled! But then I wondered how I would get my president fix. So, I started baking cupcakes in their honor.  This year I was able to bake a cupcake honoring just over half of the presidents over at Head of State Cakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I also started a new project called Just Like a Pear <\/a>where I have a little fun with the overlap between the things that we say about food and the things that we say about people.<\/p>\n

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I did go on a little tangent when the second Anthony Weiner\/Carlos Danger thing happened. I got sucked in for a bit, but pulled myself away before I made too many sculptures. However, it did provide the opportunity to have a first conversation  with my son about what’s appropriate and what’s not via text.<\/p>\n

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Alex got in on some of the project action this  year and started working on a little  comic that combines his interest in wizards with my interest in cupcakes.<\/p>\n

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The highlight of my year was the road trip that I took with Alex. We drove all the way down to Austin, TX and back. I still can’t believe that we did that sometimes. I am so glad that we did though.<\/p>\n

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I cooked a decent amount, though not as much as I’d have liked.<\/p>\n

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All-in-all, it was a good year. Having a rough one the year before makes me appreciate it.\"IMG_5463\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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