just call me julia

that's right. last night and tonight yours truly made dinner. not just a frozen pizza thrown into the oven, but real home-cooked meals: texican chicken and rice bake with chocolate cake last night; stroganoff tonight. so what if these meals aren't the most time-consuming. they were good. and that chocolate cake? i threw out the oil and eggs in favor of some pumpkin. lowering calories but not flavor. it was really good. a lot denser than regular cake, but still very chocolatey and delicious. it also wasn't the prettiest dessert i've ever made; the pumpkin makes it a little more difficult to spread evenly around the pan. but, who cares what it looks like if it tastes good?