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Sweetie and I kept hearing great things about the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. We had Netflix back in 2008 but after paying close to $100 for a DVD that sat on our coffee table for months, we pulled the plug. There was some initial resistance on my part to plugging back in, but for less than $10 a month, we have unlimited streaming ( Read more... )

My sweetie got a new toy lately. A dehydrator. She has been trying to move towards eating (even) less processed foods. We don’t really eat them as a general rule, but she wanted to go a step further - make our own dried fruit, kale chips, granola, jerky, etc.  Combine that with the garden & homemade pickled cukes & okra, plus the boon of tomatoes ( Read more... )

Ok, so that walk that was supposed to happen, the day after my grueling 2 mile trek with the pup? Didn’t happen. Pouring rain. Then the work week kicked in, and grading finals, and another work week of hell, and here we are, 2 weeks later and not only have I not walked, but I also ate fast food crap to boot.

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Geared myself up for a nice long walk this morning.  I’ve been wearing my crocs on my walks lately, but today I wore my Vibram 5 finger shoes. They’re supposed to be better for your feet and body overall, but there IS an adjustment period where your feet have to get used to wearing them. A two mile walk in 90+ degree heat is probably not the best “ ( Read more... )

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