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Instacart
I’ve been resisting ordering my groceries online. It’s more expensive, and I don’t like what it represents about modern life. I’d like to think that weekly trips to the grocery store are meditative and that they reconnect us with the essential parts of being human.But it’s been a really hard year for me and my family. Matt has had to take on a ton of extra things to support me in my work. I’m trying my best to keep my stress to a minimum so that I can be a good mother, a good wife, a good friend, and a good daughter, but I’m barely keeping my promises on… Read More -
Workouts for the Pool
We put in our backyard pool last year in August. It doesn’t have a heater, so we took the winter off. The boys (my oldest son and my husband) have been swimming nearly every day since March when the temperatures were in the 60s and 70s. Now that the temperature is in the low 80s, I, too, am swimming every day.I’ve been trying to run once on the weekends and once on the treadmill at the YMCA during the week, but I’d also like to make more of a concerted effort to exercise in the pool while I’m having out with the boys.Here are some resources I found:… Read More -
Our Newest Pet
Can you guess what it is?
We already have a bloodhound and two chickens.
So what is the logical next step?
We gave up on the goat idea because they are simply too destructive.
Someone guessed bees, which is a good guess but not accurate.
Any other guesses?
A Vietnamese pot-belly pig! His name is Danger and he’s the sweetest thing. A player on Matt’s soccer team is reporting for basic training and needs to get rid of him. We are currently having a trial period with him.
We’re still trying to research what it would mean to have a pet pig. Any ideas?
