No excuse now. Favorite Holiday is done. I stayed away from the leftover peach and sweet potato pie I made. I skipped the ham and the turkey. I had a tiny serving of my cranberry fluff and cold veggie pizza, a reliable Pampered Chef recipe. Side Tasks complete? -two lil walks-cleaned a bit I went …
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…even when you are planning a holiday without them. My holiday table has more Thanksgiving cards than usual. Usually we reach out to each other through phone calls and texting, yet this year mailed cards are making a comeback. I like it. Thanksgiving this year is just us with kiddos. No extended family. I scaled …
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I love, love, love Thanksgiving. I plan the menu months in advance, and re-plan it up until the last grocery trip. My “Household” graphing notebook gets quite the workout. Thanksgiving in COVID requires a trust exercise. Shopping for Thanksgiving prior to Covid Times was always an event. My normal pickiness choosing produce and bread amplified …
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I forgot to journal yesterday. Missed day 14! I will celebrate 14 straight days, I will celebrate continuing to journal without berating myself too much over being otherwise engrossed. Most importantly, I will celebrate that there is no break in the task I assigned myself to complete daily. Personally, I find THIS journaling more impactful …
Honestly, it’s been the best garden year so far. I am currently simmering yet another huge stockpot of tomato sauce. I have yet another round of cherry tomatoes drying in the hydrator to make sun dried tomatoes. But if I were to do this year over, what would I change? More broccoli raab instead of …
Gardening Edition. I used to be one. I am reformed, mostly. Gardening helped. There is a dude who has a website, and now a book, claiming to debunk gardening myths. He is full of shit and his lil minions are infiltrating reddit and other gardening forums. He *stridently* claims his research is correct in all …
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I tried transitioning to a filling carb, oatmeal, to eat before bed and nothing. Still wanted saltines and milk around midnight. Although perhaps with more consistency and trying a few more weeks it’ll finally become a habit? If I can point to a single factor that sabotages my efforts to live healthier, late night unhealthy …
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I had been chugging along being about to have a few days this past week where I was able to maintain my IF (Intermittent Fasting) schedule. When I am on plan, I shoot for an 18/6 schedule, pushing for 20/4 if my schedule allows. Thanksgiving, however, is around the corner and once I am a …
Cut and dry sunflower heads. Identify and allow to remain on the plant seed corn Weed fence-line, scatter parsnip seeds for next year in select garden Hunt for standing water and eliminate unless dragonfly larvae confirmed. Cut plants along fence-line that cross property lines Last fertilization for winter squash to encourage blooms, as all fruitset …
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This update will be short. I have had two days of far less sleep than usual. This happens from time to time, for no reason I can identify. But I am TIRED. Grateful For: 1. The ability to NAP when I need to. I recognize daily what a blessing free time is. 2. I am …
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