Stuology

The dread that I felt at one time about this event has tamed some, only because I still refuse to ever own a mini-van and I don’t care how awesome I think my kids are, I will not advertise it in sticker form on my car. My laptop hard-shell case, perhaps, but my car stays [...]

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I ended my Whole30 by being a big cheating cheater. I had a slice of bread. I had batter-fried baby artichokes, gnocchi* and creme brulee. We only get together every 5th Tuesday to go out and eat, so what the heck. The next one isn’t until May. Today I’m back on paleo with dairy. I [...]

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Technically, Whole30 doesn’t end for me until Tuesday. And technically you aren’t suppose to step on the scale until it ends. But. I did this morning because the way my pants now fit me perfect for those few hours right out of the dryer, but are a tad baggy thereafter, and they don’t feel like [...]

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Summary of our dishwasher saga, which has been broken for months: The dishwasher starts fine, pumping out all water, but when it comes time to start the wash cycle, it quits, gives an error code, and pumps no water in. The dishwasher is out of warranty, so we called around some local placed to get [...]

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This Whole30 was a lot easier than the first time I went paleo. I’ll hit three weeks on Sunday, and I’ve only had a few craving moments, but not strong enough that I couldn’t mentally fight it. Today was one of them. I am dangerously low on Whole30 food in my house, and I went [...]

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A quick report before I take off for work. My skin cleared up and is back to its normal badness. Awesome. My jeans fit best right out of the dryer, and I’m about ready to wear a belt to keep them were they belong. I fit into a smaller pair of jeans that I had [...]

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I got my Valentine’s Day present. Yesterday. One of our shower heads* has been half broken, and when I took a shower on Sunday, something snapped and it became three-fourths broken and the fourth that was still working was doing so at about half capacity. On my way out of that sad shower, I mentioned [...]

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So far, so good. I miss dairy most of all. It was the thing I did not give up when I went paleo the first time. My mind is still “I’m adding that s**t right back in February.” And hot potato salad from one of our local BBQ joints. Mac ordered that–which I have dubbed [...]

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Yes, I am. I am — oh wait, was — a paleo eater. And it was fabulous. I felt much more energetic, my sugar cravings which I have fought my entire life went away. And I leaned up, really quickly, without keeping track of anything. It was awesome. And then 2011 happened. And I succumbed [...]

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We had lots of food today. We still have lots of food. Tomorrow I’m making dinner number two. Then I might not have to cook anything for a week. We can live off leftovers. Tomorrow is a butternut squash crab bisque, turkey vegetable chowder and the nutty mixed up salad. And apparently lots of pie. [...]

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