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I just rescued myself and my children by stepping on a sneaky camouflaged spider skulking across the carpet.  Gross.  It was so color-coordinated that I now can’t find its carcass.  Grosser.  Degen asked me if I killed it, and I said yes, then he asked me if it went home, and I said yes.  Then [...]

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Nutella Falafel balls from Costco Updating my blog Trying new recipes Painting shows (Bob Ross’ happy trees…) Checking on the garden every day…some of those plants grow fast, and some of those pests eat my veggies fast! Listening to Colin practice the piano Planning for the next family get-together

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The Cook’s Thesaurus

Does anyone but me struggle with knowing what the names on cuts of meat mean?  I bought a roast on sale the other day labeled “USDA Choice Chuck Beef English Roast.”  What in the world….?  I learned a while back that “Choice” is a United States Department of Agriculture grade of meat determined by how [...]

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The Cook’s Thesaurus

Does anyone but me struggle with knowing what the names on cuts of meat mean?  I bought a roast on sale the other day labeled “USDA Choice Chuck Beef English Roast.”  What in the world….?  I learned a while back that “Choice” is a United States Department of Agriculture grade of meat determined by how [...]

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Reasons I like Spring

I like all the seasons, but I usually seem to like the one I’m in best until the very end of the season.  Right now I like Spring. It rains in the Spring.  I like rain because it smells good.  It makes everything feel clean and new.  It gives variety to my life.  I even [...]

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Our Microwave is Dead

I think our microwave is dead.  That song from Oklahoma, “Poor Jud is Dead,” keeps playing in my head, which may or may not be an indicator of deadness.  The occasional arc has bothered us on and off for about a year now, but this week it decided not to work for more than a [...]

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This morning marked 10 days in a row of exercising 30 minutes or more every day.  As I hopped into the shower afterward, I thought to myself that taking a shower is so much nicer when I have to do it for a reason other than having been smeared with something by one my kids.  [...]

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Here’s a new, fun, productive thing to participate in: The Ponytail Challenge. I saw a posting about it on someone else’s blog and was a little skeptical at first. The blog offers humor and small self-improvement oriented challenges to those women who may be in the category of having let themselves go. The first challenge [...]

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Incentive Charts

I love incentive charts! I’ve got a huge one like this on my wall tracking my progress on my goals that I got at the store for less than $2. Yes, I have a couple of mini-charts for the kids (it’s helping Degen with his potty-training), but I primarily use incentive charts for me! I [...]

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Nutritiondata.com

My favorite site of the day is nutritiondata.com. As you know, I’m counting carbohydrates right now with my current health goals, and sometimes that gets complicated. For example, I’m planning to make myself a burrito for lunch. There are a bunch of ingredients in a burrito, and some of them don’t have nutritional labels (a [...]

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