I’ve been away from the blog for a while. I could make all sorts of excuses why, but basically other things became more important to me. While I often compose blog posts in my head while going about my day, I haven’t sat down and actually written them, and generally they’re forgotten before I ever…
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Aaaaand…We’re Done. (Gluten Free Month, Abridged)
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A tip for those attempting to do a month long dietary test: don’t do it in the middle of the worst winter in recent memory, while simultaneously trying to do a no-spend month. The lack of sun, massive amounts of shoveling, general winter malaise, and lack of most entertainment outlets to keep your mind off…
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Halfway Through (Gluten Free Month Update)
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We’re halfway through. I have survived two weeks without gluten. I cannot honestly say that this has been without complaint, there was most definitely some whining involved. I remember walking through the supermarket, thinking “OHMYGOD!! BREAD!!! CEREAL!!! COOOKIES!!!” I think I would briefly consider assaulting someone for a good cheeseburger. But, we’ve made it this…
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Day 3 Gluten Free
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We started gluten free on Saturday. 3 days down, and I haven’t run screaming for the bread drawer or broken down and run for Dunkies. Saturday was hard, and I was hungry. Sunday was tough, and I was hungry. Today was…less tough. I’ve been focusing on simple foods: Slow Cooker chicken provencale (using chicken thighs instead…
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Prepping for Gluten Free Month
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After realizing he had a 8 out of 10 match on “signs you may be gluten intolerant“, my husband has agreed to do a gluten intolerance test by going 1 month gluten free. I’ve known about this overlap for a while (and mentioned it to him a couple years ago), but doing what is a…
Gardening, Life
Planning for the Future…A Garden!
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I’m 44. The fact that I’ve just bought a house with a 30 year mortgage, which means I’m probably not going to be able to retire until I’m 74 has not escaped me. The fact that I took a good chunk out of my retirement funds to help buy said house may seem like a…
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My New House Is Not Perfect
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…and I didn’t expect it to be. I knew I was looking at the house with a bit of rose colored glasses before closing, but once we started upacking things we made a few realizations. Like the kitchen was designed by someone who DEFINITELY didn’t cook. Or at least didn’t cook well. A glass-top electric…
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From House To Home Step One
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Closing complete, we have a new house! One of my favorite movies is Under The Tuscan Sun. Buying my new old house, I have remembered one of my favorite lines: “The trick to overcoming buyer’s remorse is to have a plan. Pick one room and make it yours. Go slowly through the house. Be polite, introduce yourself,…
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I’m Movin’ Out!
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Change. We all do it, we all live with it every day. Sometimes it’s subtle, sometimes it reaches out and whomps you on the face. My husband and I were driving, and decided to go a different way than I normally would have. And I passed it. A very pretty colonial farmhouse with a for…
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Born Disorganized
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Recently at work I had the opportunity to take the Meyers-Briggs MBTI test. This test is born from Carl Jung’s psychological analysis, and measures what he considered to be four key parts of a person’s behavior. My personality type is INFP, or Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving. While most of that makes a lot of sense,…