• My weight loss journey week 5

    February 10th, 2013 | Random Stuff | Melanie | 1 Comment

    This weeks report: I ran Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. I weigh 157 and am starting to feel it in my clothes! I found a quote by Brian Tracy that I love. It is “Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.” I love it because it sums up what I think about writing down goals. […]

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  • My unruly celery

    February 5th, 2013 | Celery, My Garden | Melanie | 2 Comments

    I planted my celery seeds back in October. I probably planted too many seeds and should have thinned them more when they were tiny. I now have a big patch of celery that is growing every direction but straight up. I did do some research before I planted and remember something about banding the stalks […]

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  • Yukon gold potatoes planted Saturday

    February 4th, 2013 | My Garden, Potatoes | Melanie | 5 Comments

    Saturday I planted 3 yukon gold potatoes. I bought them for $1 at Sweet Organic Solutions and was so excited to get them in my garden. I turned over the soil and made a big mound in the middle of one of the tubs. I buried each of the potatoes about a bit more than […]

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  • Flowering broccoli

    February 4th, 2013 | My Garden, My Harvests, Recipes | Melanie | No Comments

    I almost pulled out my broccoli plants a month ago, but I just let them keep producing shoots and this week they all flowered. They were so pretty! Bees were all over them and I found out from Donna Faye (Sweet Organic Solutions) that you can eat the flowers! So Saturday, I got my last […]

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  • My weight loss journey week 4

    February 3rd, 2013 | Random Stuff | Melanie | No Comments

    This week I did great until Friday! It was my birthday and two people brought me cake and I got homemade oreos and more goodies, so I didn’t do as well on the eating. We went out for dinner too – Asian Bistro – it was wonderful! So eating I didn’t do great Friday, but […]

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  • My first red ripe strawberry!

    February 2nd, 2013 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    One of my favorite children’s books is The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood. I read it to my kids when they were little and read it to my grandson now. When I picked my first strawberry I gave it to him and he loved eating it. I have more strawberries blooming and […]

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