December 2011
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Women authors
I just perused several different lists of “great” books you should read that were between 30-50 books long. They all covered fiction and non-fiction books and of the approximately 50+ books on these lists, I counted 5 women authors. Apparently it is more important I read Lolita than Their Eyes Were Watching God or Little Women or Harry Potter or the Hunger Games. Ugh
And not a single...
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something I am always trying to remind myself of
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Food Experiments
This week we’re going to try two experiments and see how it works in terms of cost and satiety. We’re having banana oatmeal with pomegranate seeds and walnuts for breakfast every day this week. We’re also having a salad every day for lunch. The first two days will be a mexican salad - ground beef, corn, and sauteed peppers over lettuce, cucumbers, tomato and avocado. We made a...
Walking commute
We just tried walking to my work. It is about 2 mi through a pretty park and it took about 45 min. I think I’ll be walking home most days now.
Thank goodness for Face Time! Got to see both families!
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Jul Afton
We visited a family friend’s house today for lunch. We tried “dopp i gyrtan” which is an old Swedish custom. You take a piece of bread (it looks like a large unleavened cracker) and place it in broth. After a few minutes of soaking you retrieve it and then you add butter, ham and mustard. They told us that not everyone likes it, but we both thought it was delicious. We met some...
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