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Entirely thanks to my mother, I am a foodie. I used to be a super picky eater as a kid, but thankfully I’ve expanded my horizons. Last week was Thanksgiving break which means lots of good food in good company and I’m not talking about Thanksgiving Day- turkey is not it. My mother also happens to be an incredible cook. The first day I was home she prepared ricotta stuffed chicken breast served over polenta, garnished with a homemade tomato sauce and spicy Italian sausage. My grandfather lives with us and grew the tomatoes used to make the sauce in his garden this season. The dish was absolutely delicious. I finished all of it but the sausage, which I passed to my grandpa, it was way too spicy for my taste- my nose was running. The second night, she made pork enchiladas with a homemade enchilada sauce. This was only the second time I had ever had enchiladas as I didn't like them as much the first time- they were not made by her. The enchilada sauce was just the right amount of sweet

We are officially in week 13 of the semester, making next week Thanksgiving break, followed by two more weeks of class! This semester has flown by so quickly yet so slowly at the same time. August to the end of September went by in the blink of an eye. October to now has felt fairly slow, but with lots to do. The past two weeks have gone fairly quickly with more evening tasks and more hours at work.  So far, the last two weeks of class are going to look a little bit like: paper, presentation or pitch over the paper and thankfully only one final. I’m currently in three classes and capstone. One class is principles of finance which only has a final exam to wrap up the semester. My other two classes are in public relations: issues in PR has a reflection paper on our CliftonStrengths with a five-minute presentation; while social media strategies and campaigns- the class I write these blogs for- will be writing out a planbook for our client and doing a pitch presentation on what we think th

As a little treat and way to unwind, on Thursday mornings, my boyfriend and I go to Dunkin’. Going to Dunkin’ has been a bit of a tradition since we first started dating- I have a video of us going “cheers” with donuts in hand. Over the summer, I discovered that I actually enjoy breakfast sandwiches when I thought I didn’t. This is thanks to croissants being the top notch form of bread for a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. The first time I had tried a breakfast sandwich from Dunkin’ was on normal bread. It was a no from me and the texture actually made me quite nauseous. It was until I tried the Starbucks Version of the sandwich that I realized I would like it. That trial was just by chance on a day Starbucks was out of all other food.  Just like Starbucks, we’ve got a go-to order for Dunkin’. We get two strawberry dragon fruit refreshers with green tea, my boyfriend's sandwich- the sausage, egg and cheese croissant- and my sandwich- the bacon, egg and cheese croissant with extra b

It’s been awhile since I talked about video projects that I’ve been working on, so let’s recap.  Over the summer I had the awesome opportunity to work as an intern with VideoBranch in Lima. VideoBranch is a team of six talented employees who work to create video and photo marketing materials for a variety of clients. While at VideoBranch, I did a lot of editing, which I greatly enjoyed as that is what started my passion for videography. Most of my experience before the internship was with the Final Cut Pro X editing software, but at VideoBranch I was able to further my knowledge and use of Adobe Premiere. I learned how to build a variety of graphics from scratch with ease and the differences in voice between brands. Some of the projects I worked on were for General Steel, GROB, U.S. Plastic, EZ Concrete, Allen County Children’s Services and many more! It was great to diversify the types of videos I have created toward what I am hoping to do as a career. I also worked at ONU in my stud