Hi! Amanda, here.

Journalist. Blogger. Recent college grad. I like to write. I love food. I'm obsessed with social media. To contact me, use the ask box, hit up any of my social media accounts, or email me: xarbamax[at]gmai[dot]com cool kids chillin'

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Happy almost Halloween! I made this healthy snack for you.

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Chobani recipes + giveaway (giveaway ended March 17)

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This & last week's meal plan

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February Insta Faves

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Upcoming recipe!

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Less than one week is left in Go Red for Women month, so I'm blogging my heart out. What do you do to stay heart-healthy?

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Features include Pringles Stix snacks, facts about whiskers, a brief review of the watch and more.

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Lazy Bruschetta

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Avocado & salmon snacks

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Check out my meal plan for the upcoming weeks. Recipes include from-scratch pancakes, slow cooker chicken pot roast, baked chicken tenders, garlic fries (with cheese!) and more.

I'll post photo updates of the completed meals to Instagram.

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Quick update

It's been a hot minute since I've been here, but I'm sort of back.

I've been spending a lot of my time with my Wordpress blog in hopes of purchasing a domain and just having my own website. I still plan to do that, but I think what kind of needs to happen here--on Tumblr--is a bit of reconstruction.

So here's what's happening: For now, I'm just gonna drop in whenever I post something new on Wordpress and share it with you. (Unfortunately, I just don't have the time to hang out here for hours every day like I used to.) In an attempt to streamline all of my social media efforts, I don't intend to share anymore poetry here (this also allows me to collect for a hopeful book; I would definitely share deets here if/when that happens). So everything here will likely fit in with the things I'm doing elsewhere (namely Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).

However, I have no current plans of deleting previously-posted poetry. So you'll still be able to read my old stuff if that's what you want to do.

This is me asking you to please bear with me as I change up a few things. And definitely feel free to check out some of the stuff I'm doing elsewhere (I  hope to include links on my main page for you soon). I'm really excited about all of it!

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Okay, folks. Here’s the rundown of how this election will change women’s representation in Congress.

1. AT LEAST 77 women will serve in the House of Representatives. That’s a record.

2. TWENTY WOMEN were elected to serve in the Senate — the most ever. Ever.

3. BIG FIRSTS for Tammy...

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After Halloween

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Here’s how you get the girls in the sexy-cat costumes to approach you. 

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“Oh, yes, that stupid plastic container I asked you to buy. You see, hydrofluoric acid won’t eat through plastic. It will, however, dissolve metal, rock, glass, ceramic. So, there’s that.”

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