Hello, and welcome to The Pajama Chef! My name is Sarah, and this is my life in a nutshell… well, several nutshells since a lot of peanuts are required to make my favorite food – peanut butter! Mmmmm….
- I married Ben in May 2009. We met through an internship with Campus Crusade for Christ.
- We are proud parents to a pretty kitty named Sheba Genevieve. [Sheba was her name when we adopted her from the shelter in May 2010, but I just had to give her a middle name. I picked Genevieve because it sounds so romantic. So what if it's not exactly cat-name material?!
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- The most important relationship in my life is my relationship with Jesus. I wouldn’t be who I am today without His love and grace, and it pains me to even imagine a life without Christ. So I don’t.
- Cooking and baking have long been passions of mine. I remember baking cookies with my grandma each Christmas, and had many a kitchen mishap in my childhood days [1/4 cup of baking soda in cookies, anyone?]. Since graduating from college in 2007, my love for creating tasty food of all types – healthy, sweet, ethnic, comfort, etc. – has only grown. With a husband who has a hardy appetite, this zeal is definitely a good thing!
- Running is my most favorite thing ever [it's a good thing too, since I like to eat!]. I ran cross country and track throughout junior high, high school, and college. Now I train for road races [5Ks, half marathons, and marathons]. I am also forced convinced to lift weights with Ben weekly, but that’s okay because I force convince him to run frequently with me!
- I am a second-year graduate student at Indiana University, working towards a Master of Library Science and a Master of Arts in African Studies. I should graduate in summer 2012 (!) and hope to work as a subject-area librarian (for African(a) Studies or international studies at a university library somewhere.
- I am an alumnae of Wittenberg University and Kappa Delta Sorority.
- I love getting good deals/couponing, peanut butter, traveling, Diet Coke, Africa, caramel lattes, reading cheesy chick-lit and Holocaust memoirs, sitting on my porch, Vera Bradley, grocery shopping, and living in my pajamas. Hence the name The Pajama Chef. If it was socially acceptable, I would wear pajamas 24/7!
Feel free to contact me at pajamachef@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you!
Here are more posts to help us get more acquainted.
- Four Things
- TPC Elsewhere — my posts elsewhere on the interwebs
Hi, Pajama Chef! I am also a graduate student at Indiana Unversity (Kelley School of Business). I recently began my running career and am training for two half marathons (one in November and one in February). I’d love to know if you have tips for good places to run in our city.
definitely! i’ll send you an email
That is awesome that you met as interns at CCC! I was involved in undergrad and that is where I met all of my best girlfriends. Would love to hear more about your experience, and I love your blog! And would love to learn more about African studies
that’s awesome!
we’ll definitely have to talk… maybe i can make some posts about CCC and my degree program. 
Hi Sarah! So I found your blog through a comment you left on the PW’s site . . . So my husband and I both went to IU as well! Though my parents worked for Campus Crusade way back in the day, my husband and I went to InterVarsity while we were there. I love finding other blogging believers!
Hi Jenna! That’s great about IU & CCC and such. I agree–it’s so fun finding other blogging believers.
Thanks for commenting!
Hi Sarah,
I just found your blog and I LOVE it!! I love that you LOVE Diet Coke and you love to run. I am very big into exercise and I recently began running again. I was a runner in high school and wish that I would have run in college!!
hi lindsay! glad you found it.
i’ll have to check yours out soon!
Hi,
I saw your comment on eatliverun blog about grocery shopping. Im a newlywed as well and was interested in what you said about getting toiletries for free??
Hi Charlotte! I tried to send you an email but your email address didn’t work! Can you send me an email at pajamachef (@) gmail.com? I’m planning a post on this very topic soon but I have some resources I can send your way first.
Hi Pajama Chef! I just dropped in to read your blog and I think it’s adorable. I have a serious peanut butter addiction and I’m so glad someone understands how delicious it is! I have four different types of peanut butter in my house now and that may increase today when I go grocery shopping. I can’t wait to read more in your blog!
I recently started my own blog and have started expanding my blog reading repertoire from the blogs I usually read. If you have time, you should check it out!
thanks for stopping by! i’ll definitely check out your blog soon.
I love to find other bloggers who believe God is the most important thing!
im looking forward to reading more of your blog
thanks jamie! i’ll have to check out your blog too.
I love your blog! We have quite a few things in common, but most important, we are sisters in Jesus! Yeaaaay! Looking forward to reading more of your writings and ideas!
Just stopped by when I saw your post for Pumpkin Oatmeal and almost immediately started salivating. Then I saw that you’re a sister in Christ and fellow midwesterner! I went to Cedarville and have been to Wittenburg a couple times to scrimmage your soccer team. I also have a serious love affair with peanut butter. Fun to find a sister with similar interests. I look forward to reading more of your blog!
I found your blog through Julie’s Peanut Butter Fingers Blog…love to find other KDs who love to blog too!!
AOT
aww yay!
IU! My husband graduated from there and I graduated from ISU. We live in Indy now also! Hello fellow Hoosier blogger!
Hiiiii Sarahhhh!! Hehe veerryyy nice to meet you! wow I’m so glad I found your blog. It’s so cute, and I love your passion for Christ! We have several things in common. Ex: I was in CCC for a while, and my fiance’s cat’s name is SHEBA. what are the odds?! Ok I’m a tad bit too excited here. I hope I don’t scare you haha. God bless ya <3
And I forgot to mention, anything regarding the Holocaust is very intriguing to moi.
You have one of the most interesting double majors ever. I’m glad to find your blog and look forward to reading about your kitchen adventures.
Yay! So glad I found your blog! I think it’s awesome you and your hubby met through campus crusade! That’s how my mom became a christian! So great.
We share a deep love for peanut butter! Can’t wait to read future posts. : )
We share many loves: peanut butter, africa, vera bradley, diet coke, running.. (i also ran cross country in high school)
Look forward to reading future posts
thanks monika!
Saw your comment on Money Saving Mom and I went to Witt as well!
Happened upon your site while searching for a spinach lasgna recipe. I LOVE your recipes as they give a nod towards healthy eating without sacrificing taste. I also love your style…and priorities in life.
Jeff Peterson
Thanks Jeff! I hope you come back.
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