What I'm Reading This Week #15

We made it to the weekend!  Can I get a hell yeah, Stone Cold Steve Austin style?  

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We're fast approaching mid month and for those who celebrate Easter, make sure you've got your game plan together and are shopping the sales!  We lucked out with some Honeybaked Ham rewards somehow and I placed my order months ago and we'll have that for $9.  I always pick up stuff on sale as the year goes on so I don't need a bunch of ingredients at once.  We saw Stowe got another dump of snow just as we were lamenting it fading away two days earlier.

I know.  Don't nobody here wanna see dat but it still warms the cockles of our otherwise charcoal hearts.  It makes me want to watch our little slideshow from Christmas again.  

We tried our little outdoor table and I'll be damned if that project also didn't crap the bed in fantastical fashion.  It's almost like I can hear the deities giggle and go "watch this."  It wasn't unfixable but enough to undo what we did and have to remeasure, cut, rescrew discover a new issue, unscrew, wood fill, sand, paint, cry, try again only to get another boot to the face.  At this point, we might just light it and have the hinges left.  Once God.  ONCE I would like a project to go as planned with no needing to redo anything.  All potential problems thought of beforehand, brain cramps released and smooth sailing.  But nay, tis not our lot in life.  You'll see it when I finally am able to get the patio together for real if it makes it to that point.  I also started working on the baseboards which have been sitting willy nilly for anywhere from 1-2 years depending on the area.  A week from today is when the carpet finally gets installed on the stairs (again in another pattern I never in a million years would've dreamed I'd pick.  Da hell is happening to my taste??)  so that all needs to be sanded and painted and ready for touch up paint.  Not gonna lie, I did the kind of job on them that if we'd paid for that result, I'd be calling home office to ream someone.  My biggest thing is making sure we cover the railings because I swear I will lose my shizz on someone who screws those up on our last contractor needed project.

Now let's get to:

How Fit Can You Get From Just Walking?  (Let's find out, shall we?)

6 Popular Supplements That Can Damage Your Liver  (Heads up!  Always check with your doctor before starting new to you supps especially if you're on meds)

This New Sleep Study Gives Us Yet *Another* Reason to Stop Bringing Phones to Bed (It's so hard tho!)

Want To Try Therapy? Here Are The Biggest Myths To Know Before Your Session  (I second these.  I do miss my therapist but I feel like she was just as effective online.)

Getting Enough Vitamin D Is Critical For Avoiding Osteoporosis  (I take 7000 IU's and I'm still on the low end of normal.  Oy.)

I’m Norway’s top dementia expert – here’s how I lower my risk including statins  (Oy, FINE!!!)

I Tested Five Egg Replacements for Cake, and There Was a Clear Winner  (Wow, I never would've thought to use this but good to know given the low low price of eggs we're all paying if you're still buying eggs.  The former cheapest form of protein going. 😤)

The 14 Best Climbing Plants for Your Trellis or Pergola  (I have tried growing THREE of these with zero success.  Da hell!?!)

Everyone Forgets That Val Kilmer Was One Of The Best Comedy Actors Of The '80s  (We cannot imagine our childhood without Chris Knight)

‘An absolute taniwha’: Marlon Williams on his first te reo Māori album  (I have loved this goofball since discovering his music in 2017 with Vampire Again.  I vividly remember gazing out the window, tears streaming down my cheeks, on the way to Grandma's funeral listening to Come to Me.  His album Make Way for Love, saved me that year.  I am blown away by his new album sung all in Maori.  As someone who fell deeply in love with Hawaiian music, never once needing to know the actual lyrics behind the music that connected with my soul, this album does the same.  I have missed it.  The feeling of being moved by and transported elsewhere because you're listening with your heart without trying to decipher lyrics.  I highly recommend listening to this track and do yourself a favor and buy his album.  I can't wait to see the accompanying documentary)

Miss some posts on the big reveal week?  Catch up below!

Short and Sweet Weekend Recap

The Story Before the Bathroom Reveal

The Bold Bathroom Reveal

It's been another busy week around here and with the weather being a little less biblically wet than last weekend, I think we can manage a road trip.  I've got Portillo's on the brain for post bathroom finish celebration.  A mental health break is in order but more importantly just getting the hell outta the house.  It feels like a prisoner workhouse here over the past 8 years 6 months.

Any road trips in your future?  How about weekend plans?

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