As I type out this blog post, with my jaw swelling three times its size (thank you wisdom teeth), I can’t help but breathe a huge sigh of relief that this week is winding to a close. This past week was crazy between my starting a second job (as an adjunct instructor at a local …
Last week I announced that we would be starting the Autoimmune Protocol. AIP is a stricter version of paleo. We have eliminated dairy, grains, soy, nightshade veggies, processed foods, nuts and alcohol. This was our first full week adhering to the AIP way of eating: no dairy, soy, nuts, grains, alcohol or processed foods. The first couple …
All I wanted was a pancake. Ever since we started the Autoimmune protocol I have dreamt of pancakes: fluffy stacks of pancakes, specifically. Pancakes filled with all the no-nos that our diet requires: flour, sugar, baking powder, and lots of yum. Why oh why did I ever take pancakes for granted? Think of all those …
At the beginning of the summer, my husband and I entertained the entire neighborhood by attempting to rotatill virgin soil. We eventually succeeded, planted some seeds, and waited. Eventually those seeds sprouted, and our backyard looked less like a patch of mud, and more like a garden. We had new neighbors move in below us, and …
Yesterday morning I drank my coffee (sweetened with cream and sugar), and munched on my toast with peanut butter, and reflected on the fact that it was the last time I would be eating all of these things for a few months. After thinking seriously about this I might have drunk a second cup of coffee for …
Guest Post by Autumn of Stay Gold Autumn Our first year of marriage, we were thrilled to move into a 600 square foot cinder block apartment with no washer, dryer, air conditioner, or dishwasher. I had had a slew of jobs over the summer post-graduating from my undergrad and I seriously wondered if I was …
At the beginning of the year I started overhauling our diet. I wrote about the first thirteen steps we took towards a real food diet, and today I wanted to take some time to review the goals I made last time, document the new changes we’ve made in our diet, and write a few goals for the future. …
At one time, I was an avid runner, and I have pictures to prove it. I never really stopped thinking of myself as anything other than a runner. Of course, it bothered me a bit that my husband (who has been in my life for four years this fall) has rarely seen me exercise. There was …
We brainstormed for months over how to celebrate our first anniversary. We talked about driving to Chicago (reminiscent of our honeymoon). We thought about road tripping to Wyoming to where we got engaged. In the end, we decided a shorter trip would fit our schedules better. So we booked a hotel, and headed to Omaha for the weekend. We arrived …
It crept up on me. We reunited after a summer apart. We got married. Went on our honeymoon. Moved into our apartment, and started the fall semester. We made it through a whirlwind semester full of lasts, and firsts. We drove to Ohio for Thanksgiving. I graduated from college. We road tripped to Texas for …
