tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87006540695771328352024-03-05T08:41:13.614-08:00Womb for ImprovementMy story about trying Paleo, living with PCOS, Infertility and the Journey to becoming a Mother.Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-21943721564322741472014-02-12T11:12:00.003-08:002014-02-20T21:07:43.936-08:00Turn of EventsI realize I haven't written in about 2 months....I can only chalk it up to "if you have nothing nice to say, don't."<br>
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<strike>I lost my job</strike> I've found myself unemployed.</div>
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I don't want to use the word lost, because its not like I've misplaced it. I got fired. </div>
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With out going into all the hairy details I can rewind back to September when I got a new supervisor at work that made it her goal in life to make me miserable. I'd been suffering from her snide remarks and dreading going to work each day. Having my surgery and all the holidays gave me a nice 6 week break from her and then whammo, I slipped up and gave her the perfect excuse to let me go. I actually tried to get a lawyer for a wrongful termination suit but I didn't have a strong enough case and your cant exactly sue someone for being a jerk. </div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">My last day of work was 1/24. The last day I had insurance was 1/30. No insurance, no IVF. </div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">I tried to get my medications filled but there wasn't enough time to get all the paperwork sorted out.</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">So there you have it, back at square one.</div>
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We spoke with Julie the finance officer and she emailed this breakdown of cost. Our insurance covers 50% making us responsible for 50% co-insurance. </div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br></div>
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IVF <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Deposit</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> $3700 co-ins </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">surgery center for egg retrieval</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> $435.50 co-ins </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">surgery center for embryo transfer </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> $583.50 co-ins </span></div>
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ICSI (<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">single sperm injection to create embryo)</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> $1200.00 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total <b>$6,469.00</b> co-ins deposit Due at time medication is started or first appointment</span><br>
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We were really counting on the financing option, we just don't have 10k hanging around to drop here. If we did I'd have remodeled my bathroom already! <br>
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We went to our bank, no dice. I called the credit union through my work. It looks promising, however like all loans and credit cards they are going to look at our debt as a whole and we are also trying to refinance the house in our names.<br>
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Dr. Potter felt very optimistic that he would save/repair the left side. He did tell us that there's always a chance that they will find a surprise when they got inside. My gut told me they were going to have to take both but my heart was stuck on the hope that it would be repaired and I'd have a shot some day at doing this the "normal" way. <br />
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When I heard the hospital staff talking outside my room, I thought well this sucks. I knew it.<br />
After I'd fully come out of anesthesia I asked my recovery nurse to make sure I wasn't hearing things.<br />
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Dr. Potter met with him while I was sleeping. When they opened me up the left side was considerably more damaged than the scan had shown. They preformed another HSG to see where the dye would flood to double check the results. The left end was completely sealed no dye could pass and it was extremely enlarged, to the point it was translucent. The right side was able to have some dye go through but it was beyond repair, also being enlarged and blown out. Imagine blowing up a balloon to the point where you could see though it and its almost about to pop. If it had been left in there would be a serious risk of ectopic pregnancy and losing it anyway. My uterus and ovaries look great though.<br />
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So this is the hard part, there is no more hope for one day thinking I'm late I might be pregnant or let's try to have another baby. It will always have to be clinical, calculated, frustrating and <em>Stinking Expensive.</em> My brain tells me "you couldn't get pregnant with your tubes anyway." But my heart screams "this isn't fair, I don't want to pay for a child, I just want to be normal."<br />
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It took about 4 days to sink in. There was the <em>Ugly Cry, </em>I sobbed in the dark and my husband rubbed my back and repeated "I understand".<br />
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When we left the hospital it was 3:30. I slept the whole way home, was put in bed and woke up at 6:30. Hubby had gone to pick up my meds and left my mom to babysit. I requested tortilla soup and she delivered. Funny how mom's are; she made sure I had my robe and slippers, pillows and a step stool to reach my high bed.<br />
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There were flowers, magazines and cards. Lunch and Dinners brought. Hot cocoa and RUM. Yes, my friends know me well.<br />
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I had two incisions in my belly button, one right above my pelvic bone and one directly over my right ovary. They taped me up from here to kingdom come! Like my entire stomach. I was told to leave them on until my post op (a FULL week) and to sleep sitting up. My anesthesiologist told me that they were going to blow up my abdomen with gas and it usually ends up trapped in the shoulders. He was not kidding. I had so much pain in my right shoulder it felt like someone was trying to rip my arm off. What do you do when you cant move your tummy? You use other parts like your back and arms to maneuver yourself. Well every time I would move my arm it would shift that bubble and blind me with pain. At some points I literally screamed. It was way worse than the actual incisions!</div>
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They were just sore and itchy. My bandages didn't last 9 days, by day 5 I was dying to take them off and let my skin breath. Hubby used to be a EMT, he got me waterproof bandages and got me all set up so I could take a decent shower (which was Amazing). </div>
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When I had my post op Dec 10, Dr. Potter confirmed what happened in surgery and showed me the pictures. He looked at my incisions, all were healing well but one. Apparently my body was rejecting the stitches and pushing them back through my skin! <em>Frankin-stitches.</em> He had to get his tweezers and pull it out! It didn't hurt but it did freak me out. </div>
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He then gave me the A OK to proceed with IVF. We met with Janet to get our list of meds and made a appointment with the financial person Julie. We also had both our blood drawn for genetic screening, we will not be screening our embryos. More big decisions ahead.</div>
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Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-21179036026525212852013-12-03T12:20:00.000-08:002013-12-19T16:04:04.125-08:00Salpingectomy....Farewell Fallopian tubes<h2>
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After a while they let Hubby come back and keep me company. We used the wifi and watched some Dr Who. Then I shut it off thinking "what if they put me out and I dream about something terrible and can't wake myself up?" I was also extremely afraid of waking up during surgery and how badly a IV would hurt. My mother in law suggested I ask for a IV nurse and anti anxiety meds. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We talked about blood loss (less than a table spoon) and how we refuse blood transfusions’. It was a relief that he was familiar with Jehovah’s Witnesses and he said he practices all his surgeries bloodless.</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">He’s going to take pictures before and after, that’s a new one for a creepy scrapbook. He plans to drain my tube, clip it and pull it out. Worst case scenario would be that it’s attached to my bladder, intestines or another organ. In that case he will detach it from the uterus and leave it in to not risk nicking anything else. He won’t know until he’s in there but he feels very optimistic. </span></div>
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The sonohysterogram was not as bad as the HSG. It was pretty awkward, I had to maneuver myself to sit on a trash bag! This procedure also required a cath to insert saline in my uterus during a ultrasound to get a better look at the walls and make sure everything was in the right place. I'm not gonna lie, the cath hurt, fell out and hurt again. The saline felt cold and there was cramping but I survived. When everything was done we looked at the images and he said everything looked good.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>A hydrosalpinx is a blocked fallopian tube filled with clear fluid due to injury or infection.</i></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>The inflammation and healing process resulting from such infection destroys the delicate finger-like fimbria, which extend from the end of the fallopian tube to the ovary. When injured, fimbria become fused together, thus closing off the tubes. Fluid then collects in the fallopian tubes, making it impossible for them to function.</i></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>The blocked tube may become substantially distended giving the tube a characteristic sausage-like or retort-like shape. The condition usually affects both fallopian tubes, (even when only one tube is affected, there is usually some residual damage to the other).</i></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">He drew the tube while explaining all this to us and it looked exactly like my X-ray.</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Apparently somewhere in the past 10 years I had a infection that inflamed my uterus. He could not tell me what exactly caused it and that sometimes it's asymptomatic. My suspicion is this has to do with a burst cyst or something related to PCOS. </span></div>
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Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-81282396625457814502013-10-27T14:10:00.000-07:002013-12-08T22:51:43.725-08:00Hot Air Balloon - Baby showerOne of my very good friends enlisted my help and the power of <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/apinkladybug/hot-air-balloon/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> to through an amazing shower for a bouncing baby boy.<br />
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We started out by agreeing that bottles, blocks and trucks have been done to death. After scouring pinterest for shower ideas we had both pinned this little guy:<br />
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After scanning the <a href="http://blog.basicgrey.com/?p=3531" target="_blank">directions</a> we dove head first into this little project with a mandatory trip to Michaels. Of course I had to open my big mouth with "you know what would look really cute? A big one and a little one side by side"</div>
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It took me a couple tries, a few curse words under my breath, the engineering of my husband and a trusty measuring tape but did these come out cute or what??</div>
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Making a debut the day of the shower</div>
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To add a little more whimsy we hung hot air balloons and clouds from the trees</div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">My friend Joi Lawler over at <a href="http://www.duffscakemix.com/duff/#!/gallery" target="_blank">Cake Mix</a>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Back in Feb I posted about my fasting glucose test and all the other required tests to get a proper plan in place. The result of that glucose test was a prescription to get back on Metformin 750 mg 3 times a day and switch over to the Paleo diet. I never actually made it up to 750, I’ve been maintaining 500mg x 3. I’ve been doing OK on Paleo, until about 2 weeks ago. I literally thought I was going to vomit if I had to eat one more premade meal with caulirice. So we put that delivery service on hold for this month and I’m cooking.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">August 26</span></b> I officially changed from contract to permanent employee which means we have insurance! They automatically sign everyone up for Kaiser, which I have nothing against but I like my own doctors and I hate having to go through the endless paper approval process. So we switched over to Blueshield 90/10 plan, the most expensive (560 per month) but the least in deductible and included infertility coverage.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">When I took this job the idea was to work 3 12 hr days a week. That should have allotted me the time to go to the dr. Well HR wouldn’t approve that, the most they would agree to was a <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">4/10</a> schedule. After a lot of back and forth and being completely burnt out I got assigned a normal 5/8 schedule. I now work from 6-2:30.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Oct 1</span> </b>Went to get the remainder of my blood work done. Was gone from work 2 hrs, there was a miscommunication on how I could break out my time, which turned in to a discussion with my supervisors on what I’m perusing and how much time I can take.</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Basically they want me to make all my appointments after I’m off for the day, they are willing to let me take a hour lunch and stay until <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">3 pm</a> to get my lab work done. We have to meet again in 3 months.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Oct 7</span></b> Nurse called with lab results, said everything looked good except I was very low on vitamin D and needed good cholesterol. Recommended 2000IU Vitamin D and flax seed oil. Later that night I was curious about my BP and had hubby take it. 156/110, scary high.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Oct 8</span></b> Called Nurse back told her about BP, she insisted I see the dr right away. Go to dr get prescribed BP meds and asked to take log of readings for 2 months. Attending dr see’s we are trying to get pregnant in chart and thankfully prescribes a med that I can stay on through a pregnancy.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Oct 9</span></b> Go back and forth with our<b> lousy</b> PA Janet on lab results and missing tests. Apparently she forgot to order 2 blood tests on top of needing my LH and FSH levels. I had to have a baseline ultrasound done between cycle day 1-4 and she insisted it be done at their office between <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://11/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">7-9 am</a>. And then there was the Sonohysterogram that needed to be scheduled before day 12. Can you believe she told me "just send me a email on cycle day 1 and I’ll get all this scheduled for you?"</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I call the dr’s office and ask to speak to anyone BUT Janet, thank goodness I did. Ended up talking to a very nice lady named Lisette. She explained that I could get my labs done at Quest or at any HRC office as long as they were same day results and that I can also get my ultrasounds done at any HRC office. She helped me move my baseline to <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">a 4pm</a> apt in Newport and confirmed my sono with Dr Potter <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://13/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">on 10/24</a>, which Janet never scheduled!</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">At check out; $323 for one ultrasound, 4 labs and 1 copay. This is at 50% cost according to my plan, I double checked. Dr. Potter wasn’t going to be able to meet up for a complete follow up <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://17/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">until Nov 13.</a> So the soonest we can start a cycle will be <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://18/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="18" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Nov 15.</a></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Oct 21</span></b> Cycle day 7 Went to Whittier Community Hospital for HSG. <b><i> If you are squeamish stop reading here.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>“During a </i><a href="http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/guide/hysterosalpingogram-21591"><i>hysterosalpingogram</i></a><i>, a dye (</i><a href="http://www.webmd.com/hw-popup/contrast-material"><i>contrast material</i></a><i>) is put through a thin tube that is put through the </i><a href="http://women.webmd.com/picture-of-the-vagina"><i><strike>vagina</strike></i></a><i> lady business and into the uterus. Because the uterus and the fallopian tubes are hooked together, the dye will flow into the fallopian tubes. Pictures are taken using a steady beam of X-ray (</i><a href="http://www.webmd.com/hw-popup/fluoroscopy"><i>fluoroscopy</i></a><i>) as the dye passes through the uterus and fallopian tubes. The pictures can show problems such as an injury or abnormal structure of the uterus or fallopian tubes, or a blockage that would prevent an egg moving through a fallopian tube to the uterus.” – WEBMD</i></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">This had to be the most utterly horrifying experience in my life. My nurse was really nice and sympathetic. She showed me all the tools and explained the procedure. The Dr was the exact opposite. I had to lay on a table similar to what you would for a pap accept completely flat on my back and totally exposed. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Then he leaves the room. Nurse says all done and I say are you sure? She says yes again. And I say it still hurts, I feel pressure, are you sure he got everything out? She says yes and that I will have cramping because there was some bleeding. And I say No, there is pressure. She tries to help me up. At this point I reach around all the draping and PULL out the speculum. He left it in!! I knew I didn’t hear the clicks of it being released. The nurse looked totally humiliated and kept apologizing. She took the tool and we looked at the stand together as she recounted all the tools. There was blood on most of it. She helped lower the table so I could get off, my legs were quivering and there was a rush – the dye and whatever else coming out. She gave me a towel and helped me walk to the bathroom. I don’t know if I wanted to sob because of the pain or because of the results, but I had to hold it together long enough to get my films and get the heck out of there. </span><br />
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We made our way home by way of this small winery in Ontario.</div>
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Look what Hubby found in our back yard! We didn't see them until he started hacking away at the over grown weeds. He came in the house so excited to share. The vine is actually growing up and around one of our trees, which is in danger of being choked. Hubby's decided to build a arbor to lead the grapes to, really hoping nothing dies in the process!</div>
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Here's something new, well new to me. I saw a add for E Meals on another paleo blog. They have all kinds of amazing weekly meal plans that will fit anyone's life style/diet. There was even a deal on groupon, I got a whole year for under $30. I haven't made anything yet but I have about 3 weeks of menus to pull from so far.</div>
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My other great find was Paleo food delivery. There just aren't enough hours in the day, especially when you work 13 of them. I was getting desperate, to the point of asking a friend to cook for me. I figured it was worth a google search, if I needed help others must too. Here are the top sites I found in the So Cal area.</div>
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August was a slightly less busy month, but it was also one of our hottest. My office hadn't had any blinds installed and this my friends is what happens to glue left in the sun. It got so hot it exploded past the lid! </div>
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My childhood bestie did a wonderful job for our friend and soon to be here baby rainn. Vintage country and hot air balloon theme. Really nice summer night with the girls. I'm really happy how my photography came out too!</div>
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Our friends Molly and Andrew came to visit from Mexico. We hardly ever get to see them so we took this opportunity to treat them to a weekend away.<br />
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We played sequence with m&ms for board pieces while making up a new guessing game called I Am. You can only ask yes or no questions to figure out what item you are (determined by opposing team), trust me this is hilarious especially when your drinking....err juice. </div>
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I took advantage of a miss scheduling at work and some time share points that needed booking and took a little trip to Palm Springs. It was intended to be a relaxing craft weekend but it didn't turn out like that with a 2 yr old in tow. We did have a good time watching movies, playing in the pool and getting our toes done. </div>
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No Shoes Nation tour<br />
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One if the best concerts ever! Eli Young Band, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, my little country head was about to explode! Hubby bought me a "crazy girl" baseball tee, I love it so much I'm having a hard time not over wearing it lol.</div>
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My latest fascination is mason jars. They are charming, country, space efficient and eco friendly. As you saw in my last post I've gone pin crazy on smoothie recipes and salads. I spent my Sunday testing new smoothie recipes and making mason jar salads. </div>
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I've also been looking into the differences between paleo and primal eating. I am a lover of cheese, primal allows dairy. I really shouldn't be doing dairy because of my auto immune deficiencies but as I'm dipping my toes back into the paleo pool I'm not going to cut it just yet, starting back with cutting grain and processed sugars. You'll see some cheese etc in my recipes so change to fit your needs.</div>
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Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-60860435972920191642013-07-26T18:23:00.000-07:002013-11-25T14:21:13.492-08:00Smooth E Operator<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); color: #626262; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;"></span><br />
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I know its been few and far between that I've been able to post anything. The short story of it all is that we're short staffed at my work and I've been working 13 hour days (that's right people, I'm gone from 5am to 7pm) The sad side effect is that I've been eating out for all my meals because I leave so early and come home so late I'm to exhausted to prepare anything.....and now I've gained back all the weight I'd lost plus some more. BOO. </div>
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At this point I was feeling pretty confident in my smoothie making ability's and decided to wing it. I had purchased some pre cooked beets at Costco, super healthy....super disgusting. Picture me, dumping 3 juicy beets in the blender, dancing in the kitchen singing "turn the beet around, blah blah blah, the passion". It didn't matter how much fruit I put in the blender it was not going to cover that taste. I even dumped half out and tried to salvage it. No Bueno.</div>
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<li class="ingredient">2 big hand fulls of spinach</li>
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<br />Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-26070746052558417482013-06-30T09:12:00.000-07:002013-12-08T19:57:34.656-08:00June 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Remember in mays post the madness that was my desk? That was the creation of little Missy's graduation gift of a years worth of photos and mementos her mama cleverly snuck away. I was glad to provide my artistic abilities.</div>
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Ms. Lindsay did an amazing job with our china themed party. She choose the book Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. The details in the book were so intricate you could picture everything. It was so emotional and raw, incredible page turner, I had to get the second book because I had to know what was going to happen next!</div>
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As always we do what we do best eat, talk, kiss babies, eat, talk and eat some more!</div>
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The entire month of May my sister and her hubby were touring Europe. (Yes jealous!)</div>
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We had them over for Sunday dinner, I made my first ham and tried my hand at grandma's potato salad. I did pretty darn good too. My lovely sister brought me these delightful goodies, soap from Paris, bowls from Italy bracelets from Spain. All in my favorite color, aqua! It looked so pretty like this I left it to display in my book shelf. </div>
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Yearly I put on a craft day which has affectionately become known as CYBO (craft your brains out) for 10 delirious hours of crafting food and games. I normally to do it at a local high school in a big room but my connection retired so we were on the hunt for a new location. Only problem is we were so used to the nice accommodations and being free is a big plus! Another change this year was that I now have a house to host in, so I took the challenge of fitting 15 crafters between 3 rooms. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well we kicked off May with a Air Show at my work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took my favorite boys, Hubby, my Dad and Ryan along with some of his friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I work on a small airport that was hosting this show, so we got free front row seats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so cute watching the boys get so excited at each taxiing plane. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part was everyone got to get into our helicopter, play with the buttons and wear the head sets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thankfully just the UV filter broke and not the actual lens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So grateful that the camera guy suggested we buy the filter for just this reason!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next day at work I had to have one of the guys in the shop break loose the filter because it bent on the threads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OUCH.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still no damage to the actual lens, which is amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On our way home Dad Ryan and I made up a song about Ryan’s Floppy band aid from a cut he’d gotten earlier in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe you had to be there but it was super funny to us…. Remember Ryan’s 9.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Floppy band aid it hurts to touch<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Floppy band aid my skin is white<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Floppy band aid covers my scab<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Floppy band aid is such a drag<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Floppy band aid don’t know what to do<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Floppy band aid it lost its glue<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Floppy band aid I started to rub<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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My desk looked like this pretty much the entire month of May.<br />
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I've been helping a friend make a memory book of her daughter Senior year as a graduation project. It's a surprise so everything stays at my house. </div>
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This shot of Zoe cracks me up. She's such a clingy little bugger, always under foot. I always tell them "go outside, be a dog!" She found out that she can hop up on the flower bed and peek into the window to see what I'm doing. </div>
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Tuesday May 14<br />
My Dad turned 55 today. We don't celebrate birthdays, but I still think turning 55 is pretty cool. Nice even number. I love my Dad. He's my favorite guy in the whole world next to my husband. I got him a nice card at trader joes, it had a cute retro 50's dad on the cover saying "Fatherhood, Someone's gotta do it" for father's day but blank in side. Wrote him a little thank you note for being such a great Dad and bought him some cupcakes. If you know my Dad, you'd know he has a insane sweet tooth.<br />
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We had our first bon fire of the summer. I saw this commercial, have not clue what it was actually for but it had smores in it and I thought "Mmmmmmm Smores" and quickly sent out a mass text for our friends to come over for cards and a fire. </div>
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We had a really nice group of young couples with lots of kiddos. 18 in total. We all started out around the fire pit, but eventually the guys split to play poker and the girls stayed talking about babies and the latest news. </div>
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We started our trip to Seattle and Canada for my parents 36 yr Anniversary. There's so many pix for that it needs a whole seperate post. </div>
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I know its been a really long time, nearly 3 whole months since I've blogged. We've just had a lot going on that I'll get into in another post. In the mean time I notice that this little post never got to make its debut in April. </div>
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Friday April 12</div>
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I hosted book club at my house for the first time. I picked my favorite book ever, The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy. It's set between London and a small town in Ireland so I picked pub food for the theme.</div>
I found this super cute little tea pot at World Market, reminded me of Big Ben. I sat it on a stack of books by the same author and set out some teas.<br />
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What's more Pub like than a little beer? Whilst at World Market I asked for a recommendation on Irish beers, I'm definately not a cono sur of any sort. I was told that Wexford's was a cross between a blonde beer and cream soda, Delish! Sounded like it would go great over vanilla ice cream, so I got everything in place for Beer Floats!!</div>
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We had a small showing, a quaint group of 4 got to sit around the kitchen table and drink wine. </div>
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I found the best red I've ever tasted. So not a red drinker, but this little baby was so smooth.</div>
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Our local scrap store closed (sad face) on the last day of March. I'd really grown attached to the lady's that worked there in the past 5 years. The only good part is that I totally scored on the going out of business sale and stocked up on supplies. I even got a hanging rack to beautifully display all my treasures (stickers, embellishments, etc)</div>
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I have a gigantic clear cookie jar that houses my ribbon stash. Since it was a lazy movie watching afternoon I decided to copy a technique I learned from <a href="http://papercraftprincess.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Paper Craft Princess</a> Cindy and band my ribbons with strips of brown paper bag. They look so much better now and I'm able to find things much easier than dumping out the whole jar.<br />
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Curly Hair dont Care & the coffee that gets the morning going.<br />
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Went to visit my sissy in San Clemente to get my hair done before she rendezvous off to Europe for a month! We enjoyed the sunshine, had a nice hawaiian dinner and she made these delicious drinks with milk, cinnamon and chocolate whip vodka! I'm a sucker for mason jars and colorful straws so had to snap a pic.</div>
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This is the newest edition to our family Zoe de Chanel.</div>
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Last week hubby went to Albuquerque for work and all week Coco was depressed. We had indended on getting him a buddy when we moved because he was used to being with another dog. So I jumped on craigslist to see if there was anything reasonable out there. </div>
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For those of you who dont know, Coco's original name was Max. Not a favorite of mine. I really wanted to call him something like Lennon, after the color and the beatle, but he wouldnt respond. Finally I said its to bad your a boy because you look like a Coco and wouldn't you know he came to me. To make it a little more masculane his official name is Glen Coco. You go Glen Coco.</div>
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She came with the name Khloe. This is way to much Kardashian for me. I thought about calling her Maddie, because she was super matted. Tried several names ending with the E sound. Had a three people suggest Chanel to go along with Coco. She didn't take to any of it. </div>
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So at Petco we went ahead and made her a name tag Chloe....and as its getting engraved I see a demo tag with the name Zoe. Why didn't I think of that? I looked at her and asked is your new name Zoe? Her little ears perked up. Hubby said Are you kidding me? It happened again? </div>
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It's to late on the name tag, I'll have to get her another one eventually. Coco needs a new one to, with our new address. I love play on words so she gets both Zoe and Chanel as a name, just like the new girl actress.</div>
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So there you have it folks, I got my new baby girl.</div>
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Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-39541156672348159132013-04-15T13:45:00.000-07:002013-11-25T14:25:09.729-08:00Meatball SoupIt's been a while since I've posted and this little ditty is past due. I started this one way back in March but didnt want to over load on recipes. <br />
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Let me preface that I've never made a meatball. Truthfully I hardly ever eat them, unless they come in the form of my mom's albondigas (mexican meatball soup). So this was a huge step for me to make and eat meatballs. <br />
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First off I found this recipe for "<a href="http://www.thefoodee.com/recipe/5832/" target="_blank">italian wedding soup</a>" on theFoodee.com (you have to click on the picture to get to the blog it originated from) I got all my ingredients between Sprouts and Trader Joes.<br />
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<li>Ground <strike>beef</strike> pork (1 pound)</li>
<li>Basil, dried (1 teaspoon)</li>
<li>Onion powder (1/2 teaspoon)</li>
<li>Garlic powder (1/2 teaspoon)</li>
<li>Carrots (2)</li>
<li>Celery</li>
<li>Onion</li>
<li>Garlic (1 clove)</li>
<li>Chicken broth (6 cups)</li>
<li>Tomato sauce</li>
<li><strike>Cauliflower </strike>(1 cup)</li>
<li>Frozen chopped spinach (2 cups)</li>
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This Mirepoix mix from Trader Joes was a great little time saver for my soup base. In the pot it went with garlic, spinach, chicken broth and tomato sauce.<br />
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My first soup faux pas was that I grabbed my ground pork instead of ground beef out of the freezer. Oops.</div>
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This recipe also called for "ricing" cauliflower. Let me just tell you, with out a food processor this makes a huge mess. So I opted out of that and went for almond meal in lieu of bread crumbs and a good old fashion egg to combine my herbs and meat with.</div>
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With garlic salt and ground pepper to taste, I was pleasently surprised with my paleo creation. Next time I think I'll through in some stewed tomatos. <br />
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Na na na na na nana (in my best Will Smith voice)</div>
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I started a knitting club and this is why I was rushing to pull my house in some kind of decent order.</div>
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Saturday night had some of my girls over , my homies, BFF's, comadres, sisters, friends...to get their yarn on. Everyone got a cute little owl bag to carry their projects, we came out with 6 new knitters and 2 new crocheters. We had a ton of fun, wine and laughter.</div>
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The only down side for me is that I went WAY off the paleo wagon. So far off that I stayed off all Sunday and Monday, bearly seeing the wagon wheels fade into the sunset haha. I made enchiladas and beans, there was a abundance of appetizers and dessert! Shamefully I put away the remaining pieces of tira misu last night. I was hungry! So now we've rolled around to Tuesday and I'm having all these cravings for things I know I shouldnt be having. Hubby will be leaving super early tomorrow for Arizona through Friday. I gotta take those days to reset and get back on track. Next Friday I'm hosting book club! So now starts the search for some Paleo friendly munchies. </div>
Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-6274873671338073472013-04-02T12:53:00.001-07:002013-11-25T14:23:22.428-08:00Home Sweet Home - Mid way PhotosI say midway because there's always something to improve on a home. I finally emptied my craft room of boxes, I even brought a rack to hang my embelishments from a closing scrap store. Slowly getting the pieces were I want them but this is pretty much what my room looks like. The cabbage patch in the chair is one of the original all cloth pieces from Xaiver Roberts, my grandma had purchased one for each of her grand daughters in the early 80's. there's also a desk to the left centered under the window but my camera is not that wide angled.<br />
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On to the bano (guest bath) Picked up this sweet little shower curtain at target. Giving it a try, its a little shiny for my liking but the color is dead on!<br />
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Our Bedroom<br />
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Kitchen<br />
My mom worked really hard to help us pull together our country kitchen look. Just waiting on a few more personal touches. Hubbys great grandfather actually peddled milk! Can't wait to put up some authentic milk bottles and canning jars.<br />
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View from the other side. We'll be hanging some lanterns on the wall soon.<br />
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The Den, curtains and art hung!<br />
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Love that the ceiling fan has a matching Edison light bulb to the pendants in the kitchen.<br />
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There's only one room left to do now, its our front entry/parlor area. </div>
Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-41317073028263263462013-03-22T15:41:00.003-07:002013-11-25T14:22:29.640-08:00Sweet Potato HashThings have been mainly quiet on the home front...just plugging away an bags and boxes. I'm pretty happy to share that I got all my purses put up on a shelf and all the boxes in the kitchen and den cease to exist. We've also made major headway in the curtain department. Maybe next week I'll have some after photos for everyone. <br />
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Paleo is also going well. My hours have just been slipping away between work, food prep and house stuff so I haven't had time for the o' bloggeroo but I have been keeping a photo log in my phone.<br />
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Hubby made some amazing sweet potato hash, super simple and super yummy. I'm not sure where he came up with this little ditty but we've made it a couple times so I pretty much have it memorized.<br />
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You start out by chopping half a red onion, one apple, one orange and shredding about 2 cups of sweet potato. My poor little grater is now stained and strained! I highly suggest getting a food processer with a grater if your looking for paleo friendly tools. I'll be getting one next month.</div>
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Secondly heat your non stick skillet with coconut oil and saute the onion and apple till translucent.<br />
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Then add in your sweet potato and oranges. I squeezed my oranges just a little to get some of the juice going in the pan. You'll continue to stir and saute till the hash cooks down. Then finish it off with a Tbsp of honey and a tsp of garlic salt.<br />
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We had this as a side to Spicy mustard pork and to steak, I'm sure it would also be great for breakfast.</div>
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Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-48959293333155528072013-03-12T10:53:00.001-07:002013-11-25T14:19:26.864-08:00Paleo at SproutsOne of my favorite things about the Foodee blog is that you can save recipes you like and it will make a grocery list for you. I picked 11 meals that I wanted to try along with some basic needs I've read about like Coconut Oil, Aminos and Milk.<br />
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After searching for the local Whole Foods store I found the closest one to me was about 40 mins away. No Bueno. Then I remembered there was a Sprouts on my way home from work.<br />
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I'd only gone to Sprouts once before, honestly its pretty daunting walking in. Its not set up like a typical grocery store and I spent 2 hours there! Slowly strolling up each aisle hunting down my items and reading labels. You would not believe how many things they sneak sugar and soy into. It took me a long time to figure out which was the "right" kind of almond and coconut milk to drink. Still have to do a little research on brands. <br />
Here are some photos of my "Haul"<br />
Coconut Oil, Milk, Aminos and Water. Chicken Stock. Almond Milk. Stewed Tomatos. Apple Sause (not shown) and Apple Cider Vinegar. I'm going to try my hand at making my own Mayo!<br />
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Spaghetti Squash, Strawberries, Cauliflower, Onion, Shallot, Cranberry, Flaxseed, Almond Meal</div>
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and that funny thing on the right is a Jicama. Apparently you can treat it like a potato.</div>
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Green Stuff: Basil, Mint, Cucumber, Celery, Kale, Chard, Scallions</div>
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I felt very silly standing infront of the greens totally stumped at what I was actually looking at, found a very nice man who told me which was chard and kale. He even brought me a Ad and coupons.</div>
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Googled how to prepare chard to learn how to cut the beast apart. </div>
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Hubby made some perfect steaks for dinner.</div>
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Last but not least I tried a recipe I saw on facebook for a green drink. </div>
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(Using their pix, my shaker cup was not as pretty)</div>
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Pink Ladybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561703229539371739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700654069577132835.post-27718449762077987052013-03-11T14:05:00.000-07:002013-11-25T14:11:59.760-08:00Fresh StartHappy Monday!<br />
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The move is officially over. Most of the boxes are un packed. I'm mostly over being sick and feeling the full effects of being robbed an hour of sleep (thanks day light savings)<br />
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I've been tip toeing around the topic of Paleo eating, reading the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Paleo-Diet-Designed-ebook/dp/B004GEB9UQ/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363035550&sr=1-9&keywords=paleo+diet" target="_blank">Paleo</a> diet book and blog after blog of information. <br />
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These are my favs so far:<br />
<a href="http://whole9life.com/" target="_blank">Whole9</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thefoodee.com/" target="_blank">The Foodee</a> Project<br />
<a href="http://chowstalker.com/" target="_blank">Chowstalker</a><br />
<a href="http://paleomg.com/" target="_blank">PaleOMG</a><br />
<a href="http://www.paleoplan.com/" target="_blank">Paleo Plan</a><br />
<a href="http://themeanestmomma.com/" target="_blank">Meanest Momma</a><br />
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Whole9 writers have a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Starts-With-Food-Unexpected-ebook/dp/B008C20TDG/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1" target="_blank">It Starts with Food</a>. Several sites recommend it so I looked it up on amazon and BAM bought it for my iphone Kindle app. You know how they show you other's purchased xx also? The cookbook <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Well-Fed-Recipes-People-ebook/dp/B0083LX1EU/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" target="_blank">Well Fed</a> popped up, also good reviews, so I purchased that too. I never thought I'd read a cook book cover to cover, but the style of writing was so real and invigorating it made me want to start right away and that's what I did. <br />
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The author talks about doing a weekly cook up, where you prepare everything you would need for the week so all your meals take less than 20 mins to make. I really didnt have a meal plan for the entire week so I just prepared for Monday. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67IqSqp_BYYL-WV27k3MbMYR56is8LgUKKBtG0l0j9vdzgZcvLon9t5iYSezpGyH_27dmIA5uVNpg0cYTdiBOG51zSymWueaDZ02-hMJfq5jAB7ZrVk4im-CTIZp0dyZTxVe3hPnrR2Q/s640/blogger-image--1227603719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67IqSqp_BYYL-WV27k3MbMYR56is8LgUKKBtG0l0j9vdzgZcvLon9t5iYSezpGyH_27dmIA5uVNpg0cYTdiBOG51zSymWueaDZ02-hMJfq5jAB7ZrVk4im-CTIZp0dyZTxVe3hPnrR2Q/s400/blogger-image--1227603719.jpg" width="300" /></a>Whats for Breakfast: Egg scramble with shrimp, bell pepper and onion. Topped with Avocado. Grapes for a snack.<br />
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Later on tonight we'll have Steak and Asperagus for dinner. Although I havent finished reading all my books I know this is what I want to do. I cant believe that no one told me about this sooner. For the next month I'm going to follow the <a href="http://whole9life.com/category/whole-30/" target="_blank">Whole30</a> plan. 30 days of strictly paleo eating. What some of you dont know is that I also suffer from Fibromyalgia and Psoriasis, both auto immune disorders. I'm hoping by eating clean foods that I'll be able to reverse my health to something close to normal.</div>
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