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My Clothes Are Getting Tight
Oy! It’s uncomfortable to feel like you’re squeezing into your clothes every day.My mom’s weight has fluctuated her entire life from thin to obese. I have a similar body type and a similar relationship to food (I over-eat if I’m bored or stressed or trying to fill a void in my life), so it’s something I pay attention to.What’s going on in my own life?- I’m not eating a healthy lunch. I think the first thing I need to do is set aside time to actually eat lunch. I’m not doing this, and I need to. I get really busy during the day and run from thing to
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Preparing for the Summer
The other day I had to count the number of school days left for an HR reason, and I realized we were down to 35 days. What?!? There are a whole lot of feelings I have around finishing my first school year at the school I started, but this post is more about the impending summer.It’s almost here!There’s a lot going on this summer. First, I’ll have a three-week vacation at the beginning of June (I didn’t take a single day off throughout the entire year, so I will have accumulated 15 days of vacation time). We’ll be traveling to Tahoe with Matt’s family for a week of… Read More -
Canning?
The garden is blooming! So far, we have the following things planted:
- Tomatoes
- Figs (from last year)
- Pomegranates (from last year)
- Peaches (from last year)
- Pears (from last year)
- Plums (from last year)
- Lemon grass (from last year)
- Rosemary (from last year)
- Bay leaf (from last year)
- Blueberries (from last year)
I think one of my goals for this season is going to be to learn how to can. We definitely won’t be able to eat all of the tomatoes we produce during the summer season. Since we eat homemade pizza about 3-4 times a month, I think it would be useful to learn how to can pizza sauce. Any recommendations? What’s the easiest and cheapest way to… Read More
