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Stay Healthy!  Well, I’m 12 days into the low iodine diet thing {and eating clean} and let’s just say I will be soooooo glad when I can eat real food {pie, bread, cheese} again {Saturday}. I’m just trying and stay busy so I don’t have to think about food. I found the salt free matzos though, so there’s that.  Weigh What I Weighed When We Got Married  {128 pounds} Weigh-ins are the first Sunday of each month. My April 4th weigh in was 133.4 My March 7th weigh in was 135.6 My February 7th weigh in was 137.3 My January...

Black LGBTQ books got a bump in June of 2020. With the George Floyd protests at their peak and Pride month still happening, lists of queer Black books to buy or preorder built up steam on social media. You Should See Me in a Crown, a Black YA F/F novel, was sold out everywhere. Unfortunately, this follows a pattern that Black and LGBTQ books often see: a peak during Black History Month or Pride month, but forgotten in between. Or, a hateful act will make the news, whether it’s police brutality or violent transphobia or a worrying new law, book...

Check out all the fun with Santiago and crew when it premieres Friday, October 9th at 12:30/11:30c.Santiago MontesSantiago of the Seas Activity #1: Claim Your Pirate Bounty What You’ll Need: Construction paper (30 sheets) Magic markers Tape (optional) How to Play:Step 1:Step 2:English / Spanish Friends /Amigos Boat / Barco Treasure / Tesoro Telescope / Telescopio Map / Mapa Frog / Rana Pirate / Pirata Flag / Bandera Sea / Mar Sword / Espada Guitar / Guitarra Bracelet / Pulsera Mermaid / Sirena Step 3:Step 4:Uno, Dos, Tres!Step 5:research Activity #2: Backyard Treasure Hunt What You’ll Need: Silverware Large sheet...

Goal #1 – Take Full Advantage of Having My Husband Home 24/7 The party lights are finally up! The HH decided 2 strands were enough and the back patio area is starting to come together. Even if the temps still hover around freezing at night and the yard is still in that awkward stage, we are making good progress! Goal #2 – Take Better Care of Myself.  The local beaches and usual stretch of sidewalk we walk on have been shut down, but no worries, the HH and I found a new area to walk with ocean views so all...

Goal #1 – Take Full Advantage of Having My Husband Home 24/7 Husbands, they get stuck will all the junky projects don’t they? Yesterday the HH had the fun task of removing a large piece of cork from one of the walls in the kitchen. It took him a good three hours or so to get the walls nice and smooth for me so I could paint. Let this be a lesson to us all, never, EVER apply cork to a wall. Goal #2 – Take Better Care of Myself.  Found a new beach, and a new heart shaped rock!...