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A couple of weeks ago, a friend & fellow homeschooler, mentioned that she was just getting home from her Co-op with a ton of fruits and veggies for a GREAT price.  Of course I asked her where she got them and how much, and if there was any link she could send me.  She sent me the link to Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op.

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So this weekend we decided that we needed a new BBQ.  Not because our old one wasn’t working, mostly because it’s just kinda old, and small and Lowes was having a sale on BBQ’s.  We stopped by there and looked at the ones they had on sale and found just about the perfect one for our family.  It’s a pretty big one, not horribly huge, but big enough to have 6 or so steaks on the grill, plus it has a side burner for sauces and a top rack for buns and things.  Since we were having a BBQ with my mom & sister for the 4th, we figured it was perfect and we got it.  Then the boys and Steve had to put it together.  hehehe, while I took pictures!  If I was going to have to be in the hot sun, I figured I would take some pictures of their progress!

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One of the things that you’re supposed to do when trying to be successful in anything is to set goals for yourself.  I have tried many times to set goals and challenges for myself in various areas of my life.  From weight loss to blogging (or should that be from blogging to weight loss).  However, I find myself always falling short on my goals and challenges.  Almost like as soon as I set a goal for myself, I do everything possible to keep myself from actually reaching that goal!  It’s maddening, frustrating, irritating… just annoying the living crap out of me!

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From One-Minute Writer:

Write about a way in which parenting has changed since you were a kid (either based on what you observe, or on what the experts recommend.)

I really like this site because it gives an interesting prompt and then only 1 minute to write about it.  However, sometimes this “prompts” me to write more.  This particular writing prompt today did just that.  I know immediately that what I wanted to say, wouldn’t get completed in only a minute.  So, if I’m going to rant, I’m going to rant on my own blog.  LOL!

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This is a new feature on my blog.  I decided to start blogging about my favorite things… raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, bright paper packages tied up with strings… yadah yadah yadah.  I’m sure you know the rest of the song.  If anyone would like to participate in this Friday thing, then I’ll start up a Mr. Linky thingamajig.  LOL!

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This Blog Dare started on Community of Moms and hopped over to BloggyMoms.  It’s supposed to be a challenge to write every day for a full year.  It started on Jan.1 of this year… as you can see, I’m a bit late to come to the challenge.  But hey, I can just keep blogging for a full year starting now!  I figure at the very least, I can use the Blog Dare to fill in on the days when I don’t already have something to blog about.

May is favorite recipe month, and Thursdays are Thankful Thursdays.  So I figure I”ll wrap them into one post… and you’ll get my Thankful Thursday Recipe.  Hope you like it.

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Those things are nasty looking, aren’t they?  Those are gallstones… not MY gallstones, but someones.  These nasty little things have been acting up on me this week.  I’ve been in pain because I cheated on my diet a teensy weensy HUGE bit.  So I’m in pain and back on my “Jack Sprat Diet”.  I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve been eating to get myself back on track.Breakfasts – Some of the things I’ve been eating for breakfast aren’t very different than my normal breakfasts.  Sourdough bread only has .5 grams of fat per slice!  It’s my favorite type of bread too, so I toast up a couple of slices, use fat free butter spread, and have a banana pus a cup of coffee with fat free non-dairy creamer.  Total Fat – 1 gram Read the rest of this entry »

Valentines day was Sunday.  Steve and I went out to play some poker tournaments, including a “Couples” tournament.  We had fun, even if we didn’t win anything.  I wore some jeans, that I was finally able to fit into again.  I started fitting into them a few weeks ago after I lost 15 lbs because of my gallstones.  Well Sunday, when I put those jeans on, fresh from the dryer, it seemed that they fit me a little better than they had before.  I didn’t take the time to weight myself, mostly because I had been cheating a little to much and last week I had a mild gall bladder attack.  Then yesterday I woke up, and went straight to the scale (ok, maybe not straight to the scale.. I went potty first).  I nearly had a heart attack when I saw what the scale said!!  I am down to….. drum roll please……………………………………………………………………………………

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My Health:

So, After I was diagnosed with gallstones I stopped eating so much fat.  I ended up losing 15 lbs in almost as many days.  Then over the holidays, I didn’t stick to my diet and I gained 5 lbs back.  Well since New years, I’ve stuck to my diet much better and have lost 7 lbs so far.  I”m feeling really good, even cute!  So this whole “eating right” thing is working pretty nicely for me. Read the rest of this entry »