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Pan-Seared Ahi Tuna Sandwiches

Chris found this for me about a week ago. I’ve wanted to tell you about it, but I’ve held off, thinking I’d rather wait and show you my finished book. But, let’s face it. I’m not going to have it in my hands any time soon.

I started out thinking I’d just do 20 recipes at a time. I was entering them carefully, one by one, but by the time I’d racked up 6 complete recipes, I’d thought of lots of others that I wanted to add but didn’t have enough time to do right then. I was afraid I’d forget my inspiration, so I made entries for each of those with just the titles, thinking that I could go back and edit them later. I came up with 70-something! All of them are straight out of my head, which means to make sure I’m writing them down correctly, I’ll have to wait to write the entries until the next time I cook the item.

So it’ll be a while.

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So Cristin sent me one of those All About You email questionnaires today. I’m not very good at responding to them, but Cristin did name me in response to question 19, so I figured I’d better give it shot. But then I faced a dilemma: do Cristin’s thing or blog?

Suddenly it hit me. Why not have my cake and eat it too?

Help yourself to a slice:

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I did a little cleaning up around here and updated the About page. (I might go back to the shorter version.) I’ve been feeling restless with For the Record lately. I’m trying to fix that. And I’m telling you because I know you care.

Alright. I’m sorry I’ve been such a bad blogger. I could give you a list of excuses — reading, family, all the usual — but the truth is, I’ve had the time. I mean, just last week Chris went to a gathering of geeks, Caelyn was in bed, and I thought to myself, “Now’s the time to blog.”

I watched two episodes of iCarly instead.

I don’t know what the deal is. I’m not giving up the blog or anything. I’m just layin’ low. You’ve noticed that I do that, right?

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So I got a haircut last week, right smack in the middle of all the birthday and family preparations. This came about only with much prodding from Chris (in the “do it for yourself” way, not the “your hair looks like crap” way).

He was right to prod.

I’m not very good about getting my hair cut. It’s not like I have trouble sitting still in the chair or anything. I didn’t even have trouble with that when I was a kid. Back then, my mom made an appointment for me. I’m not sure how often, but plenty often I’m sure. (Mom’s always on top of things.) But I’m the mom now, and I just don’t remember to get it done very often.

There are a few reasons for this:

1. It costs a lot.

2. It requires picking some place and making a phone call.

3. I’m never sure what to talk about with the stylist. (I never go to the same lady because she always tells me to come back in 3 months and I always forget until it’s been 10 and I know she’ll tell me I should take better care of my hair.)

4. It takes a long time and requires someone else to watch Caelyn.

5. I just don’t think about it until it gets so long that it starts looking weird tied up. If I have to resort to a bona-fide bun, it’s time for something to be done. I’m too young for a bun.

If we’ve hung out in person, you already know that I wear my hair up almost all the time. It’s not really that I like it up so much. It’s just easier. It’s curly and there’s a ton of it, so blowing it dry takes forever. Curls without the frizz means applying product and drying layer by layer. For real straightening takes hours. Fake straightening takes curlers.

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