1.) It very much depends on the coffee for me. Mostly it gives me half an hour of alertness then I get very very sleepy, it takes a good five or six cups to get the sweats..
On one or two occasions I've had the sweats straight away, along with flu-like symptoms, lethargy, all over aching, head that feels stuffed with expanding insulation foam. I'm not sure if the coffee's bad or if it's just an allergy to that particular bean. I've not been all that inclined to investigate further.
At the moment I'm cutting down on the caffeine and making my own Lazy Redbush Iced tea (lazy in the sense it's 2 teabags in a 2 litre soda bottle and left to brew in the fridge for a few hours)
I notice the smell more now that I drink less. I mean, nowadays I can go weeks without coffee. But I was given some great beans and I feel the need to drink them!
I wish I had a stronger connection to my community/neighbours. I also wish I was brave enough to move out of the suburbs into a smaller, more rural community.
I want to be clear that I do not think all rural communities are good and all cities are bad. Many people can live a holistic and peaceful life in a city, and many people can live wasteful, stressful lives in small towns.
Haven't you cut down on coffee though? From litres to just a few cups? ;)
Calvin had the same thing with his navel...the ped said it was a very common mild "hernia" (it is actually a diastasis) that would resolve itself as he started walking and moving around, strengthening his abdomen. He still has a little bit of an outie sometimes but not nearly like when he was a baby--he'd strain or flex and it would poke right out.
herbs are wonderfully easy to grow. just find a moderately sunny spot and plant some. there are a few that can be fussy. they decide they don't like your spot and just won't.
I learned how to can and make jelly from my mother although I haven't done it in years. I did have an extensive garden and freeze the produce. You learn gardening by doing and then reading to see what matches your experience and might make things better.
Same is true with bread. Just get a cook book and do it. Bread can fail because it is basically a chemical process. But you need to find out by experimentation just how warm the water needs to be to proof the yeast. Where in your house it is best to let it rise. Just how your rhythm is to make kneeding easy.
Women for years and years learned to do these things by watching and doing. If you have no one to watch just try it yourself.
I occasionally resent having to buy bread. Then I make bread and remember how labor-intensive it is and how I've never been able to make a loaf I'd pay even one dollar for.
Sounds like an umbilical hernia. Iris had that and it resolved itself by the time she was crawling.
Coffee makes my pores/pee smell strange too. It's the one thing I've never liked about it and why I am only an occasional indulger, a social drinker if you will. That, and because my mother was one of those that would yell at you if you asked her ANYTHING before she had had her ritual two cups in the morning, one reheated in the microwave because she had forgotten about it.
How many times do I have to tell you, move here and I'll sew for you and you can cook. We'll split the childcare. Babies can play on the lawn while we weed the asparagus patch. I used to cook all the time but really have lost the motivation since having children. It feels like I can only carve out enough space and energy for one domestic task at a time- it's either grow a vegetable garden big enough to put away for the winter and send extras to the inlaws or sew. Make dinner or make babies. Paint or write. Never BOTH, ALL.
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On one or two occasions I've had the sweats straight away, along with flu-like symptoms, lethargy, all over aching, head that feels stuffed with expanding insulation foam. I'm not sure if the coffee's bad or if it's just an allergy to that particular bean. I've not been all that inclined to investigate further.
At the moment I'm cutting down on the caffeine and making my own Lazy Redbush Iced tea (lazy in the sense it's 2 teabags in a 2 litre soda bottle and left to brew in the fridge for a few hours)
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Oh, and I am coffee's slave.
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Haven't you cut down on coffee though? From litres to just a few cups? ;)
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I learned how to can and make jelly from my mother although I haven't done it in years. I did have an extensive garden and freeze the produce. You learn gardening by doing and then reading to see what matches your experience and might make things better.
Same is true with bread. Just get a cook book and do it. Bread can fail because it is basically a chemical process. But you need to find out by experimentation just how warm the water needs to be to proof the yeast. Where in your house it is best to let it rise. Just how your rhythm is to make kneeding easy.
Women for years and years learned to do these things by watching and doing. If you have no one to watch just try it yourself.
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I make terrible bread. Your mileage may vary.
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Coffee makes my pores/pee smell strange too. It's the one thing I've never liked about it and why I am only an occasional indulger, a social drinker if you will. That, and because my mother was one of those that would yell at you if you asked her ANYTHING before she had had her ritual two cups in the morning, one reheated in the microwave because she had forgotten about it.
How many times do I have to tell you, move here and I'll sew for you and you can cook. We'll split the childcare. Babies can play on the lawn while we weed the asparagus patch.
I used to cook all the time but really have lost the motivation since having children. It feels like I can only carve out enough space and energy for one domestic task at a time- it's either grow a vegetable garden big enough to put away for the winter and send extras to the inlaws or sew. Make dinner or make babies. Paint or write. Never BOTH, ALL.
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