August 30-September 5, 2020 Veg Exchange, Decking, Bible Study Prep, Garden, Deck

 

August 30-September 5, 2020 Veg Exchange,  Decking, Bible Study Prep, Garden, Deck

Hello Friends!

In the ongoing saga of trying to figure out what I can do to reduce my migraines I’ve been going to one of those alternative medicine places.  This week I had another appointment and they went over the results of my stool sample which they use to determine your food intolerances.  This is actually different than the skin test my dermatologist did for me twenty years ago—at least the foods that I reacted to were entirely different!  It is just amazing how I am averse to 80 percent of foods.  No gluten, no dairy, no eggs…  I’ve had to loosen my low FODMAP diet regulations a little just to get by and so far that has been okay.  Anyone for a life of salad?  Apparently, I’m all in!  I am trying everything I can to get over all the migraines, but really it’s hard to work around the elephant in the room; which is that hormones are my problem and there isn’t much I can do to effect having hormones.

 

Garden: 

Another week of canning and blanching.  I always enjoy fresh green smoothies throughout the year and by blanching my greens I can have that.  Then when I can my greens I can have my greens in my bone broth homemade soups; which never sounds as awesome as it is!  I even broke out my dehydrator and started on some of my herbs—like basil this week.

Decking:

Dh is still working on replacing old boards with new replacements.  He is doing a great job.  This was a much bigger job than he thought it was going to be.

House:

I’m still working hard on the outbuilding and spent most of the week on this job.  I’m still caulking and painting and making good progress.  I found some open areas on a seam and some bee activity that I needed to do extra caulking on.

Dd’s Progress:

After a few difficult weeks, Dd has put in her notice at her pizza shop.  She just has to get through the next two weeks.

This weekend Dd, and her friends are putting up our tent and camping at her boyfriend’s house.  I’m glad she likes camping out!

German: DuoLingo: 4 sessions: 50 min.

Biology: Apologia: 3 sessions: 1:00 hour

Work at pizza shop: 3 days

Reader:

Changeless by Gail Carringer: 6 sessions: 9 hours

August 23-29, 2020 Fall Planting, Canning, Dentist, Zoom Bible Study, Canning

 

August 23-29, 2020 Fall Planting, Canning, Dentist, Zoom Bible Study, Canning

Hello Friends!

Another week of watching church together with Dh online.  I have to admit to liking watching church from home and not worrying about the mask issues.

 

Hot tub:

Dd’s boyfriend fixed our hot tub and we have also enjoyed some time in the relaxing water!  It really is quite nice to look up at the stars at night outside with the woods all around.  There is a leak that we haven’t been able to find, so we are enjoying it while it lasts!  Dd has had her friends over a few times to share the experience with them.

 

Garden:

This week, I planted fall spinach!  I also canned almost every day; it was my priority instead of painting on the house.  It was nice being inside out of the sun! I canned green beans, kale, and tomato products---whole, sauce, and paste.  I have been running the tomatoes in the crock-pot for a few days to cook the tomato sauce down to a sweet caramel paste.

 

Health:

I went back to my heart/vascular doctor to discuss the findings from the stress test/echo test that I took last week.  They gave me new guidelines---compression pantyhose, drink electrolytes, no caffeine, keep up my running on the treadmill…. They said I was “too healthy!” Funny!

 

Dd Progress:

Dd continues to be very much independent and out and about on her own.  Between work and her friends, we don’t see her very much.  She does continue to fill out her homework sheet:

German: DuoLingo: 7 sessions:  1:30 hours

Biology: Apologia: 4 sessions:  1:40 hours

Physical Exercise: 7 sessions:  9:45 hours

Readers:

Go Set A Watchman (by Harper Lee): Completed : 6:30 hours

Souless (by Gail Carriger): 1:00 hours