Lemon Rinds and Gluten-Free Failure
See these poor lemon rinds? They ended up in the trash. Now I know that is an incredible shame, but I just could not think of anything to do with them other than set them out to dry (and then toss them...
View ArticleLentil Sprouts
Guess what is coming back into my life… That’s right, the wonderful (cheap) goodness known as lentil sprouts. Dried lentils + lots of fresh water + about four days = I dare you to eat this and try to...
View ArticleWorst Run of My Life
I ran my first half-marathon a week ago. It was by far the worst run of my life. It was not at all what I expected. In the week before the half-marathon two people asked me if I was excited or anxious...
View ArticleDoctors and Fat Pregnancy
I am overweight. I have small bones, little muscle, and am overweight according to every chart I have seen. In the past year I have seen four doctors. Three of them directly addressed the subject of...
View ArticleI am not who I am today
You reap what you sow. Except that you don’t reap when you sow. And yet the sowing itself is reaping what was previously sown. After all, you sow only because of what you have previously done which...
View ArticleRelative Incomez
I am not an especially smart person and so it is difficult for me to understand how intelligent people can completely fail to grasp concepts such as the dramatic differences in cost of living from one...
View Article3 Things I Secretly Hate About NFP
I have not always been a fan of NFP. First I grew up thinking that NFP did not work for avoiding pregnancy. Then I got to experience how frustrating charting is when it enables one to see health issues...
View ArticleObama, Hope, and NFP
This is perhaps my favorite video on all of Youtube: “We have been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything...
View Article4 Years
I am still not a fan of marriage. This surprises me. People are drawn toward liking that which they know. Mental illness aside, we humans love to love what we live. And so I would have guessed that I...
View ArticleBogus Diagnoses
Six years ago on Easter morning, my plans for going to Church were thwarted by the car that drove into mine. My cheap car was wrecked because the cost to repair the driver’s door and front axle or...
View ArticleDark Waltz
This was written only a week or two ago, but details don’t matter. We are the lucky ones. We are the blessed ones. Who can tell what on this great blessed earth we are? Last week was a challenge. I’ve...
View ArticleHHS Mandate And The Doctor Who Wouldn’t Give Me The Pill
Note: I wrote this post in May, but was too unwell most of the time to have energy to edit, and too tired to want to deal with comments without editing. Thankfully I’ve remembered that the trick to...
View ArticleSick Is The New Healthy
Apparently sick is the new healthy for me. So far 2012 has been an incredible improvement for me physically compared to the five previous years. Or, more correctly, it has been a huge improvement in...
View ArticleModerate Romney and Abortion
Apparently Romney thinks it is time to make it clear that he is a moderate on abortion and contraception. This seems to me like a great way to gain 5 undecided votes and remind hundreds of thousands in...
View ArticleFalling in Love on All Hallows’ Eve
Seven years ago I went to visit Josh for Halloween. Well, I did not go for Halloween, but it happened that vacation days and cheap flights aligned for the end of October. Josh and I thought we were so...
View ArticleOkay
My mind will not work well enough to allow me to calculate when I was first introduced to Julian of Norwich. The only thing I can work out is that it was not nearly as long ago as it feels that I...
View ArticleTell the Truth. Especially to Yourself.
Please Note: This does not reflect my feelings in this moment. I do my best to not publish such posts when actually living them. . . . Tell the truth. Never tell a lie. Oh tell the truth, ’till the...
View ArticleSaint Nicholas
Tomorrow is the 5th Feast of Saint Nicholas that Josh and I (will) have spent together. Hoping for a Hipster Saint Nick who appreciates irony? It is the second one that we will celebrate. It seems that...
View ArticleRevisited: The Case for New Year’s Resolutions
Repost: still true, two years later. . . . The case for New Year’s Resolutions is fairly straightforward: the change of the calendar year provides a natural opportunity to stop and reflect on the...
View ArticleThe End of the Year
Right now is New Year’s Eve. It is the first time in a million years that I am not sick. I can’t verbalize coherent sentences due to hormones, and the cramps are annoying, but I am not sick. ::Cue...
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