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Story of my life this week. Caffeine overload and oranges in a bag. It’s been a few days but nothing new to share, really. Life gets in these ruts for a few days at a time and it takes me a minute to figure out that I’m not really thriving…but surviving (totally stolen from THIS …

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We are in the middle of another spring cold snap and I took advantage of the weather to use my oven again. I limit the oven use in the hottest parts of the summer and try to utilize mostly stove-top cooking or slow cookers. I was actually thinking of making some lemon chicken soup but …

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It wasn’t a terrible day, but it wasn’t the greatest, either. It was storming, the kids were cranky, I overslept a little, and I didn’t get in a morning workout. No morning workout means I’m cranky and still half-asleep on the commute to work. I was busy as a one-armed paper hanger last night and …

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Another week, and time to buckle down on Whole 30. I plan to start Tuesday. I had a rough run of a few weeks with flu and pneumonia and while I did have my fair share of sweet coffee and tea, I had WAY too many white potatoes and rice soups. I have puffed up …

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Tuesday arrived again but not with the same dread as usual. I’m sick..again…and the pollen count isn’t helping. But the day wasn’t a total waste. Check out my new Divergent stickers and some blog love from Krissyanne Designs! I LOVE her (mostly) Dauntless stickers and her entire shop makes me smile. Huge. My morning workout …

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Oven is still broken, so I’m stove-topping this week. And, honestly, this is a lofty menu goal. I just got slammed with an early season sinus infection and I feel like death warmed over. We have a very intense week of school coming up and I just don’t feel like doing more than just surviving. …

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I’m not sure what happened last week. My oven broke and my laptop decided to completely shut down. Black screen of death. It has taken most of the week to get it back to the limping stage, but it might not last long. I will NEVER buy another Dell again. Anybody got any suggestions? This …

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