Day #74 – Birthday Time

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Today is Donny’s birthday. Unfortunately he has to work 1-5. I got up early and went to get sausage kolaches and donuts for breakfast.

I am so happy that the Donut Box is back open. They had a fire and were closed for quite a while. The family that owns it are so nice and their bakery goods are yummy. Also, the temperature was 66 this morning. I feel Fall in the air even if it’s only until about 11 am when it starts heating up quickly.

The mural is so cute! We drive by it when we go to Kilgore and it always makes me smile.

Our tradition, on your birthday, is you get to choose where to have dinner. Donny decided he wanted Fun Noodle Bar. It’s so good. We always get the sushi. Plus, he thought I’d be able to tolerate this better than most places with my stomach acting up. He was right.

The kids love coming here also. It’s just a really fun place.

We are so thankful that we have such great kids who actually like spending time with us. I’m so proud of them both.

I think I really need to clean the selfie side of my camera because every time I take a picture from that side, we look ghostly. But I couldn’t not take a semi 2 picture family shot.

You can also watch them twist and make the noodles. We watched for a little while while Donny was paying the check.

We have a cookies and cream icecream cake, but everyone it too full to eat any of it. Maybe later once we’ve had a rest. Also, the moon is HUGE tonight!!!!! It’s crazy looking.

Day #73 – Lil of This, Lil of That

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Today I snapped out of slug mode and tackled the house cleaning. I had noticed that my oven had gotten so dirty.

I don’t know how this happens considering the inside is clean. We have a vintage gas stove. It keeps perfect temperature so its little idiosyncrasies don’t bother me that much.

I just used my pumice stone and got most of it off.

I lifted up the stove top and ewwwww.

I just used my vacuum and a little elbow grease.

Donny got off at 5. We played Uber driver and picked up one of Jackson’s friends then drove to Kilgore and picked up another one. They went to see Weapons. Donny and I had been wanting to drive around the historic neighborhood by the campus. There are some cool houses. All of them have name plates that tells when they were built and the name of the original owners.

We had a few hours to kill so we drove back home. I have been out of my ox bile for about a month. I thought it wouldn’t make that much of a difference. I was so wrong. If you don’t have a gallbladder I highly recommend ox bile because it makes a world of difference.

I have been really sleeping on Vitamin Plus’s gluten free options. I got these to try when I really want a cookie. They look so good. I hope they are.

I also had an earring that didn’t have its mate so I just turned it into a ring.

I think it’s fun!

Day #72 – Slug Day

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This morning I woke up with a killer headache. I think it was spurned on by the popcorn I ate last night. I made Donny and I breakfast, took two aspirin, and went back to bed to try and sleep it away. When I woke up I still didn’t feel well. Donny and Jackson went to the store because Donny had decided, last night, that he was going to make dinner tonight.

It was so good. I think food always taste better when you don’t make it yourself. Right? By this time I was feeling better. Hannah had gone to stay in a cabin on Caddo lake with her boyfriend and his family so it was just the three of us left. Donny and I decided to make a sonic run for dessert.

Chocolate banana shake and Dateline is my perfect way to end a slug day. Sometimes I think we all just need one of these kind of days, minus the headache of course.

Day #71 – Weapons

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Donny and I decided to have a date night. I have been wanting to see the movie Weapons since I first saw the trailer months ago. Tonight was the last night it would be showing at The Morris Theatre. I knew Jackson wanted to see it also, but he and his friends had already made plans to see it Saturday in Kilgore. The Morris has short runs of movies because they only have 2 screens so if we want to see a movie there we have to go pretty quickly.

The drive to Daingerfield is so pretty.

I love the lakes.

We got there very early. When I know we’re coming the The Morris I don’t eat dinner because I love their popcorn. If you know me, you know just how much I love popcorn and they have some of the best.

No idea why Donny looks so spooky in that picture. I think I love this theatre so much because it just feels so nostalgic It reminds me so much of the theatre that I used to go to as a little girl. Our parents would just drop us off on Saturdays with our 2 dollars and we would get a ticket and snacks. There were no cell phones back then so we would just wait outside for our parents to come pick us up after the movie was over.

It was only the 4 of us for a long time. They do not show movie previews, just commercials for different businesses in town. By the time the movie started there were 14 of us total. I was a little worried that Donny wouldn’t like it, but he actually enjoyed it. I absolutely love Julia Garner and will see anything she is in. It wasn’t exactly a horror movie because it had some really funny parts. I highly recommend it.

By the time we were leaving they had already changed the marquee.

Now I just need to find someone to see the Conjuring with me since Donny and Jackson are definitely out on that one. I cannot wait to see it!!!!

On the way home I noticed that our headlights were extremely bright and asked Donny if he had the high beams on. He didn’t but said that we might be one of those annoying cars with the really bright headlights. I hope we aren’t. Maybe it just that I was used to my slightly cloudy dim lights on my little hatchback which I miss. Especially my CD player.

Day #70 – Black Beans

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I love beans. I, however, do not like canned beans. To me they just have a metallic taste to them. When I used to make beans in either my crockpot or on the stove top, it really only depended on if I remembered to soak them the night before. Ever since I got my Instant Pot I always seem to have beans ready to go. It’s so easy. You just have to rinse your beans, put them in the pot. I add about an inch and a half of water. My secret weapon are these.

I add a couple of spoonfuls of the chicken bouillon and then a generous sprinkling of the Badia. Set the manual time to 70 minutes and do a natural release.

I made these ahead of time because I was also making the meat in the instant pot. We got the burria roast from Aldi. It was so good. I just added about a cup and a half of water and put the meat in for 85 minutes with a natural release. It was so tender. I just made a bowl with the beans, some chopped onions, meat and shredded Monterey Jack. If you like refried beans, you just cook the pinto beans the same way and use an immersion blender to emulsify them. You can also use a blender.

I’m so picky about the meat I eat and this had almost no fat on it.

On another note, the oil face wash I made also makes an excellent moisturizer. I’ve been using it at night and my skin feels so soft. I still use my Mad Hippie Triple C night cream, but sometimes I feel like I just need a good oil.

Day #69 – Supplements

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This morning I decided to take an inventory of our supplements. I haven’t been consistent with taking them like I used to be and I can tell.

There’s a lot. Some are Donny’s that he takes. I just wanted to make sure that the ones I put back into rotation were the ones that I will benefit the most from.

I love this book.

I narrowed it down to these.

Because I despise swallowing pills I had to break them down into 3 groups: morning, afternoon and night.

And because I didn’t want to have to lift every single bottle to find the right one, I labeled the tops.

I’m trying to eat more and cleaner. It’s hard because sometimes after I make everyone else’s food I just don’t feel like making my own so it ends up being a slice of cheese or something along those lines. Today this is what I had.

Breakfast: Greek Yogurt and granola

Lunch: eggs and avocado

I snacked on some sunflower seeds and then for dinner I had an apple and some peanut butter.

I always buy cosmic crisp apples. They are sweet and go well with my peanut butter. This one was not like that. It was either just really sour or poisoned. I hoping for the first choice. I guess we’ll know tomorrow if I don’t post it was the latter. At least today I didn’t skip a meal and actually feel good.

Day #68 – Pushing Through

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I’m still not feeling great. I felt better when I was consistently taking my supplements and have been slipping lately. Tomorrow I’ll go through them and start the regime back up again. I had no choice but to go to the store because we were out of milk and almost out of cat food.

Jackson and I hit the dollar store to see if there were any cat toys for the kitten. She has a windup chicken that is not a cat toy. She loves hair ties, bottle tops, pretty much anything that isn’t for cats.

At first Baby Ruth looked at me like I was crazy when I gave her the toys. Later on we found her favorites were the sushi ones. She likes to slide them along the floor and toss them into the air.

Even though I knew it was Monday and sheet changing day I almost talked myself out of it. Just one more day won’t hurt, but I knew it would bug me if I didn’t just get it done. That’s also what this 100 day accountability is about: doing things that I really don’t feel like doing but will improve my life. So I got out new sheets and threw the old ones in the wash so they just won’t pile up.

I did take breaks throughout the day because I can’t overwork my body right now. Because the temperature was only in the high 80″s I thought it would be a good idea to vacuum out the car. We have an asphalt driveway that is narrow and we track dead grass onto the floorboards and it drives me nuts. I almost couldn’t finish because I was sweating so badly. We’re talking rivers of sweat. Another symptom I have.

Luckily I have thrown caution to the wind and was wearing a tank top. I detest strapless bras. When I was cleaning out Hannah’s room I found this awesome mustard color bralette. She doesn’t like that color so I took it. It’s so comfortable and the straps are cute and supposed to show.

i’m hoping once I get back on my supplements I’ll feel better.

Oh, I’ve also decided to embrace myself, wrinkles and all. I hate foundation so I decided I’m not going to wear it anymore. If I want to wear brighter lipstick, that’s what I’m going to do. My hair gets wild and curly, so be it. I just want to love life, have the best time and not care what anyone thinks. The end. LOL

Day #67 – Flair Ups

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I felt like I’ve been having a Hashi’s flair up for a few days now. I’ve been taking my thyroid medicine, but sometimes it just happens out of the blue. I also now know that I can’t eat chili with out having an “I don’t have a gallbladder” flair up also. It’s called a bile dump and it’s a gross as it sounds. It also makes you feel nauseous and just yucky.

I did get something done today though. We have a sock box. I don’t know if anyone else does, but it’s a box where all the unmatched socks go to die, or at least hopefully one day find their mate.

Some were lucky and found their sole mate, but alas, some did not.

I don’t know why it’s been so hard for me to throw them away. Some have literally been in there for years. I did keep a few that I’m pretty sure the mates are hanging around under a bed or jammed in a drawer somewhere.

Tonight I went to get a glass out of the cabinet.

The wood on the shelf is completely smooth, right? Well I found the one place that it wasn’t and shoved a splinter down into my nail bed. My finger immediately got hot and started throbbing. I couldn’t grab hold of it so I had to cut my nail off into the quick to be able to use the tweezers to get the very top of the splinter.

I would never survive the torture where they shove sticks under your nails. I’d give up whatever information they wanted. All they would have to do is show me the stick.

And just because they looked so cute laying on the bed.

The kitten is getting so big. She’s still a troublemaker, but we all love her. Milo is just a big ole sweetie, but still scared of ceiling fans although last night he snuck in and slept on the foot of our bed.

Day #66 – Just A Rainy Saturday

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It has been raining for the past two days. It’s cooled everything off so much. If the weather report is correct we aren’t supposed to get into the 90’s for at least 10 days.

Since it had been a crazy week I took advantage of the lull the weather provided and cleaned the house. Hannah was away, Donny was at work so it was just Jackson and myself.

I try to do laundry every other day, but last week we were still getting into the groove of the new schedules so laundry got pushed to the wayside.

My laundry room is outside. It’s very small but efficient.

During the rounds of laundry there was some of this.

I like to watch a lifetime-ish movie while I fold laundry. Today I watched Summer House. It was okay, nothing special. I did start The Monkey last night and finished it this morning while I had breakfast. It was pretty good, especially if you like the comedy horror genre.

I do love how when it’s dark and rainy outside you can just turn on a lamp and it makes everything so cozy.

Because we are nearing the end of summer, I decided to light my peach nectarine candle. During the fall/winter months I prefer my cinnamon, nutmeg or vanilla candles.

Now that the house is clean, it’s time to relax and do a little reading. I hope everyone had a very restful day.

Day #65 – Haircut

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It poured all day. I was so ready to get my haircut. I don’t know what I’ll do if Desiree ever stops being a hair stylist. She’s the only one I trust cutting my hair.

I kind of wish I would have gotten a little more taken off the length, but my layers are so much better now. I still wear it curly everyday, but we wanted to see what it would look like a little straighter.

Please excuse the no makeup I’ve been in the rain all day look. We really need the rain though.

Also, we think a hawk tried to get one of our chickens today. There were a lot of feathers, but luckily they are all still there.