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Neighbors disturbing my sleep?

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I haven’t been sleeping very well for the last few weeks. I’m not really sure why, but I pretty much feel like I’ve barely slept at all.

Anyway … The other day, I think it was Wednesday, I was finally sleeping. Since I’m on medical leave I decided to stay in bed and turned off my alarm so I could catch up on my sleep. Well that didn’t work out. At about 8 am I was awakened by sounds next door that sounded like my neighbors were moving furniture around. As it turned out it wasn’t my immediate next door neighbors (the adjoined house) it was the neighbor on the other side of us, the ones doing all the renovations that were making noise.

I guess the guy hired a professional plumber and the plumber was at the house starting to work and he was drilling concrete in the basement. It made our whole house rattle and shake! So much for my sleep! I stayed in bed and kept trying to sleep, but it didn’t work out.

I was mad. I sooooooo needed to sleep.

Perhaps Karma came to visit that afternoon … why? Well .. later that day the plumbers truck wouldn’t start and it looked like he had to call a tow truck – I didn’t recognize the company but it even said they’d do rv repairs which is unusual around here. So … anyway … I have no idea if the plumber finished his work or not, as he appeared distracted once his truck broke down. Maybe he’ll be back sometime in the next week or so to disturb my sleep.

Another visit to the Health Store

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The other day I went to one of my favorite new stores. It’s called Healthy Planet.

It’s sort of a combination organic bulk food store and health supplement store. I don’t go there often, but I had to go there to get more magnesium (I take it for my migraines).

Whenever I visit the store I always find myself wandering each aisle looking in all the bulk bins and at all the shelves. They have so many spices, even a ton of natural diuretics like juniper berries. Oh and the last time I was there I bought chocolate covered ginger. Yum. It was so good. Not cheap, but tasty.

Do you have a favorite store that you go to where you cruise up and down the aisles when you visit?

Winter Skin problems

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I was just saying on one of my other blogs that I’m starting to have skin problems again. I don’t know if it’s because of a medication that I’m having or if it’s because it’s winter and the air is so dry and that’s affecting my skin.

Now I’m on the lookout for a good acne treatment. My skin isn’t that bad and I want to keep it that way. I’d hate for my skin to really breakout and become a terrible problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good acne treatment?

I think my baking spree is coming to an end

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I did a lot of cooking in December. I was on a real baking kick. I made 6 different kinds of cookies, four different kinds of breads – Zucchini bread, pumpkin bread, cinnamon babka, and chocolate babka – and two cheesecakes.

I also experimented with some different foods for our dinners such as trying to come up with a good recipe for broccoli and cheese stuffed chicken breasts.

You see … I was on a real cooking spree. I even made two turkeys in total. there was no stopping me.

Naturally my husband sampled every single thing I cooked. In fact there’s still some of the food items around the house (in the freezer) so we’ll be eating it for a while. I think that if he keeps trying out the extra food items that I’ve been baking (yes I’m still thinking up things to cook) we’ll need to start looking for the best fat burners for men! LOL Yeah I’m just joking … but I do think my husband gained a couple of pounds in December with all the extra goodies that I cooked.

Do you ever go on cooking of baking sprees? You just decide that you want too cook some bread or cookies and make up several batches?

Exhausted – time for bed

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I think I’m going to go to bed early tonight. Believe me when I say that’s a very rare thing! I never go to bed early – never! I’m a true night owl.

I’m exhausted. I’ve been cooking all week though and I think I’ve totally run out of energy. I’m pretty much falling asleep on my couch and it’s only just about after 8 pm!

I think I’d better figure out what I’m going to wear tomorrow for Christmas dinner at my in-laws and then get ready for bed. Our holiday gatherings at the in-laws are usually fairly informal, but I think I might wear my sapphire earrings and a white gold chain just because it”ll be Christmas day.

OK … I must go … it’s time to sleep! Hopefully Santa visits in the night – I’ve been good!

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