Category Archives: Notes

I’m Back! And Katie’s “Crazy-Good Ranch Dressing”!

Picture via Chocolate Covered Katie. Hey y’all! I’m back. I bet you thought I would never blog again, did you? lol. I’ve been here the whole time…just have a lot going on my life…college and still a multitude of health issues I’m trying to work out. I’ve been following you’ll though! Wow! Seriously, you guys …

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“Kitchen Scraps and Food Storage”

I found this article on another site and I wanted to quote and post it here because I thought it was so good and useful! “Kitchen Scraps and Food Storage… Here is a wonderful way to save money, have gourmet items in your pantry and enjoy great tastes! Dehydrate! You will need a food dehydrator …

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Personal Health Update…Sadly, It’s Not Better..

Remember this post? I talked a lot about how I wasn’t handling school and things and just overeating and bingeing a ton even on gluten and sugar? I want to be honest with you, and appreciate your help and support. Unfortunately, things have only gotten worse and those things have continued…Besides having bingeing issues, I have also …

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Giveaway and Natural Deodorant

Nourishing Days is having a giveaway for a gift certificate for natural personal care or beauty products. This would be a great opportunity to switch to natural products. I’d love to win some myself! 🙂 The natural makeup looks awesome too. Want to begin using natural products, but have a hard time spending that kind …

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Falling, falling, falling….help!

I have felt like I am falling down a downwards spiral. I can’t get out. I try but there is no willpower left. The stress  (I suppose? I don’t know what else to call it?)  has overcome me. So much so, I don’t even know why or what the stress is for. School? I started …

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A Time For Healing

Today is a time to heal. To heal my body and get well. I started today. Today is a time to heal, not later. I am tired of not feeling well, even with being gluten-free, sugar-free, and  dairy-free. I am going to be following the advice of a good friend (Wendy) and the book The …

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A Blogger Anniversary & Dark Rich Chocolate Cake

     Cakes are made for celebration, right? I mean, of course the most common and enjoyed is birthday cake. Then there’s often graduation cake, valentines day cake (for your sweetheart—or is that only at my house…mom makes a strawberry heart cake every year for dad), congratulations cakes, best wishes cakes (like that employee at …

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The CUTEST little frugalist you ever did see! :) A must read. :)

This is my littlest brother. Baby brother is not a baby anymore, but he will always be my littlest baby brother to me. 🙂 He is a doll! I’ve wanted to share photos of him with you in the past, but I haven’t ever done it. When I took this one and thought of why …

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Another Elimination Diet Update and A General Call for HELP and IDEAS (including: Do you have any of these health problems?)

Hello everyone. I’m afraid this time I haven’t done so well with my elimination diet. I got really stressed out and concerned I wasn’t eating enough variety and then the thought of trying to just restrict myself to GF-DF-RSF (refined sugar-free) again (but with more variety then I was eating) stressed me out and I …

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My Journey (So Far) in Refined Sugar-Free Eating

I received the following comment from Debbie @ ajourneyinmotherhood.wordpress.com a while back: “I read your blog and enjoy your recipes. I am trying to find a balance when it comes to cost in eliminating/replacing sugar. In the beginning of this journey, I decided that we would just replace it with maple syrup until I figured …

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