Keto Reset – Day 4: Finding Time For Myself
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net and David Castillo Dominici. I’m 4 days into my keto reset and I’d love to tell you I’ve been perfect. But because I’m Dot, you’d know that’s a crock! Two days...
View ArticleThe Kind of Growing I Can Get Behind
The netting helps keep the cabbage looper caterpillar from laying eggs. I am growing a cabbage on my deck, and lucky for me I decided to do so, because a fat rabbit ate most of the other cabbage...
View ArticleAn Abundance of Tomatoes
This tomato (and pepper) harvest lead to me getting my butt back into the kitchen and rediscovering what I love. Although the garden is winding down, in the last 2 weeks we’ve seen huge harvests of...
View ArticleWhole Lotta Cookin’ Going On
Evenings are quite cold now. Time for my carb chicken zoodle soup. Sorry for the lack of posts recently. The husband and I decided to pack up the pup and take a road trip to Texas to visit my sister....
View ArticleBuilding My (Sort of) Keto Garden
The start of my seed collection with more on the way. Yes, I’m out of control. Since the Winter Solstice, there’s an excitement building in me. The days are growing longer. Which means gardening season...
View ArticleI’m A Stepping Fool
My new toy to track my steps. Over 4 days I averaged 12,000+ steps a day. And on Sunday I rested. Concerned that I was falling back into my old couch potato ways, I decided to buy a pedometer to track...
View ArticleOn The Road Again – My First Walk In Months
I started the Mayo Clinic’s 12-week walking routine today. Sure it was 15 minutes, but it ended my 10 months as a couch potato. Sweet! I’m following the routine to ease back into walking. I know from...
View ArticleSetting A Daily Health Goal With My Morning Routine
I’m feeling like the day is running me instead of the other way around. I want to wake up and start the day in a way that serves me best. What I really need is a morning routine that doesn’t call for...
View ArticleStarting My 2021 Ketogenic Garden
It’s gardening time! Sure it’s February, but I’m getting a jump on my spring and summer vegetable gardens. It’s early February. It’s 39 degrees outside, a winter storm is forecast for tomorrow, and I’m...
View ArticleBack to the Salt Mines and Setting Boundaries
I know, I haven’t posted in a while… My life went topsy turvy mid-January. That’s when I went back to work. And when I say “work,” I mean the 40+ hours a week type of work. That’s right: a decade after...
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