Month: January 2014
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Homestyle Cookin’
I love winter foods. Stews, chilli, a massive pot of spaghetti, soups… So this week is all about winter comfort foods. Tonight I made chilli, which I’ve been making for years. Each time I make it something different happens, and I love that about cooking. Being able to bring seemingly random things from our cupboards…
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Easy Peasy
This week will be all about easy. My slow cooker will get a lot of use! Chilli, my own ‘mexican mess’ creation, and stew feature on the menu. Weather be damned, I will have winter comfort foods! It may not feel like much of a winter outside thanks to the mild temperatures and rain, but…
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Victory’s Contagious
Going back to work is always hard after time off, this past week was no exception! I think I did things in the right order this time, thankfully. So I’m still on track with everything! I started Insanity just after New Year and I’m in the middle of week 2 now. My rest day is…
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Back to Reality
Tomorrow I’m back at work after what feels like an eternity off (17 days straight!). I needed the time off after not having any holidays since June and massive project work the last half of the year. I had plans for my time off, but what usually happens when you aren’t required to get up…
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2014: Looking Forward
I did do an inspiration board for 2013, but I never did post it. This year I will post my new one! I’ve finished it today, and I think I need a bigger board as I keep wanting to add more to it and it’s filled up! But then that’s probably a good thing that…
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2013: The Year in Lessons
2013 for me started and finished much the same – with pretty horrible depressive episodes. Both were triggered by work-related stress. The first was much, much worse, owed to going through some rather personal difficulty. Basically I spent the first 2 months of 2013 feeling only hurt, then nothing at all, before I started to…