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  • Thanksgiving in Washington DC - #PresidentialTurkey13 | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.wordpress.com
    Agriculture - My Turkey Family - My Work Life

    Thanksgiving in Washington DC: #PresidentialTurkey13

    December 1, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I apologize in advance that I’m not going to be able to write a completely coherent blog post about Thanksgiving week. I seriously am staring at my computer screen at a loss for the right words to describe my experiences last week in Washington DC. Thrilling. Hilarious. Exhausting. Surreal. Memories of…

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  • My Turkey Family - Wordless Wednesday

    Wordless Wednesday: National Thanksgiving Turkey

    November 27, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    Happy Thanksgiving from Washington DC!

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  • Oh for the Love of Eggs (and a decadent French Silk chocolate pie recipe | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.wordpress.com
    Baking Queen - Egg Recipes - Recipes

    French Silk Chocolate Pie

    November 18, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I love to bake. I do sometimes like to cook actual meals with a variety of food groups, although typically not on weeknights when the second I get home, my 9-year-old is asking the proverbial question, “What’s for dinner?”  (Which is ironic, if you know my son, because he is…

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  • Family - Travel

    Girls Weekend 2013 | Twin Cities

    November 10, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I feel like I am way too tired to write coherently tonight, but I want to share a few photos from my completely fabulous girls’ weekend. I’ve been getting together with my cousin, Christine, every November for the past 15 years – she lives in Iowa and this is our…

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  • AgNerd - My Turkey Family - My Work Life

    Goodnight, Turkeys.

    November 6, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    My Wordless Wednesday has a few words. I can’t help it. I write. That’s what I do. I love taking pictures, but I love captioning them too. So you’ll forgive me, right? Goodnight, Minnesota’s Presidential turkeys. They are tucked away, cozy in this beautiful and festive garden shed-turned-turkey-barn, at least…

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  • Baby Shower Fun | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.wordpress.com
    Family - Recipes

    Girly Baby Shower Fun.

    November 3, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    In about two months or so, I’m going to be an auntie again! My baby sister, Jodi, and her husband are having their own baby – a little girl due January 7 – and this weekend my sister-in-law, Dana, and I threw her a baby shower. Joe was the last…

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  • The Good Egg Project | via MyOtherMoreExcitingSelf.wordpress.com
    Agriculture - Poultry Farming - The Good Egg Project

    A Good Egg.

    October 30, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I am thrilled to announce a new partnership I have with the American Egg Board to be a Good Egg Project Ambassador, along with several other bloggers! When asked if I would be interested, it took me all of, oh, I’d say five seconds to say yes. Given my background…

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  • Agriculture - My Turkey Family - My Work Life

    Gobbling for a Presidential Pardon

    October 23, 2013 - By ldurben@charter.net

    I’ve been working on a very special project this month and I finally get to share it with you! If you’ve read my blog before, then you know I work for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association. This fall, one of our members, who raises turkeys on his family farm in…

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Hello, I’m Lara! I’m a wife, mom (empty nester, almost!), a business owner, and an avid baker, gardener, and traveler. Thanks for being here!

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