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Garden Update 2017 #1

Saving Summer Woo hoo! My first video! It is really horrible quality. I sound awkward. Im sorry, ill work on it. I hope this doesn’t scare you away! I plan on doing one of these a week to capture the progression of my garden through […]

Summer 2017 Bucket List

Saving Summer As I am writing this, it is snowing outside. It is hopefully the last time this season, the long term weather forecast shows the daily temperature climbing to the 50’s and staying there! But you never know, it is Minnesota. It is insane […]

We Survived Demolition

Saving Summer The house is starting to come together. Finally! And it looks amazing! It is great to see all of my ideas come together and and its even better to see them exceed my expectations. Our contractor has been amazing in that I can […]

KosherFest 2016

Saving Summer KosherFest is amazing! Not because there is food there, or because there is a kids area with fun activities. Its not amazing because the food options cater to any dietary restriction, or because there are tons of freebies. What makes KosherFest so awesome […]

Kitchen!

Saving Summer As I said in a previous post, this is one of the areas of the house that I am most nervous about. There is not a lot of space to work with! I do believe the layout we have designed with our contractor […]

And Then We Bought a House

Saving Summer Woo hoo! We bought a house! We have been looking for a fixer upper in the western suburbs of Minneapolis for the past month. We wanted a small house, 2,000ish sq. ft., on a big lot, more than a 1/2 acre. It turned out […]

Moving Forward

Saving Summer I think about him everyday. I think about what happened, how it happened, how I found out, how the next week went after, over and over. I can’t stop. No matter what I do, I can’t make my mind stop thinking about him. […]

A Good Pre-Trip Cry

Saving Summer Packing. Packing. Packing. Dreading. Excited! Reminiscing. Wishing this was all still not happening and my dad would come back. More crying… Wanting to plan, but not being able to plan anything. This has been my past week as I prepare to take a […]

Planning to Fail is a sign of Success

Saving Summer Everything has been going great! I am down 48 pounds total! Though that might change over the next few days; you will soon find out why. I have truly come to understand that food is not worth it. No food is worth going […]

Weight Watchers Week 9

Saving Summer Finally, an update! This past week was the toughest so far but overall the program is going great. Joining Weight Watchers was the right decision, the extra support is amazing, and it is working! I can’t believe it is working!!! When you try everything […]