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Relative 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 region to another and … Continue reading
I 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 has gotten you … Continue reading
Doctors 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 pregnancy. Two of them … Continue reading
Worst 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 … Continue reading
Lentil 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 be … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
3.5 is half of 7
Each time I saw the date today I knew that it was significant but could not remember why. I knew why February 7th mattered, but February 9th? Nothing there. Then Josh arrived home with a bag of what he proclaimed … Continue reading
The Pill, Me, and NOT the Catholic Church
People generally accept that the Catholic Church is unreasonable, so they are shocked to find that she allows doctors to use scalpels to cut people! Can you believe that?! A Church which supposedly opposes physical mutilation has no objection to … Continue reading
Yoga and Children
Children are the orgasm of life. Just like you did not know what an orgasm was before you had one, nature does not let you know how great children are until you have them. -lululemon Josh was rather shocked to learn that … Continue reading
Physical Food Budgeting
I stink at the sort of budgets which are a bunch of numbers on a spreadsheet somewhere. I especially stink at grocery budgets. You see, grocery budgets never exist alone. They always exist in columns (or envelopes, or whatever) right … Continue reading