I've been doing Dewey's 24-hr Read-a-thon off-and-on for over a decade now, I think. Not the last few years, as I have struggled with brain issues that make reading very hard, but I had just decided to rededicate myself to reading and books when they posted that the event organizers were retiring! There was such outpouring that I think they're ( Read more... )

Well I have (finally, after several tries) completed my third round of Whole30, an elimination diet that helps you discover how your body reacts to various foods. Now, both times I've done this before, I've completely skunked the “reintroduction phase”. I tend to binge as soon as I'm “free”. I have resolved not to do that this time. So I'm ( Read more... )

I quit doing NYR a few years ago because, well, because I always quit doing them. I really need to make some serious changes though, so I'm going to give it another goal. I'm being ambitious. Please help me stick with it ( Read more... )

I'm never going to finish my 2017 (Still Blended) Reading Challenge. There are several prompts that I'm just not going to fulfill. I even forgot long ago to keep updating the master post, since Goodreads is kind enough to keep up with all the books I'm reading ( Read more... )

The December Meme Master Post can be found here. Please feel free to leave a question or topic!

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I've got a huge chunk of days without any topics in that December meme. I'll try to think of something interesting to post about each day, but I'm not making any promises. Do please throw me a topic if you think of any ( Read more... )

I weighed myself at the gym this week and found out that I have gained ten more pounds. This is horrible. I'm inching closer and closer to 200, and this is a thing which cannot be. I'm only 5'3, so someone my height is supposed to be around 125. My ideal goal weight would be 135, because after kids, I just don't think I can get any lower than that ( Read more... )

Josh introduced me to Joe Robinet's youtube page, thinking rightly that this was a bushcrafting page that I would really like. We're quite into survival shows, bushcrafting, prepping (sort of), and all that stuff. I've really fallen in love with this guy's page and have been binging nonstop for the past week or two ( Read more... )

State of the LJ: I've decided that since I have a permanent account (and lots of great perks) anyway, I'll tentatively keep my LJ unless I start hearing of some concrete heinous stuff going on through its pages. Only I HAVE MOVED myself mostly over to DW at this point. That's probably not fair to my lj friends who are still reading and commenting, ( Read more... )

Well, I broke off Whole30 yesterday. I'm conflicted. Part of me doesn't care because I was out of town and I was hungry, and part of me is peeved because I've felt awesome and have been doing so well ( Read more... )