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Street Blossoms, 2nd Hand Stuff and Writing

 Drinking: Peppermint Mocha Coffee Reading: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See It's been really sunny for a few days and we got to go for walks but now it's cold again. We're going to go bundle up and still walk because I prefer outdoors to the gym, but we still hit the gym, usually at 5am in the morning.  There are so many pretty street flowers blooming right now. I love walking by these plants. Also, the orange blossoms at the college are in bloom so when we walk by the college, the wind brings the beautiful scent.  I'm trying really hard not to go shopping for more puzzles, but I want to look. The bad thing is, I can't "just" look. It's not in my blood. I like the instant gratification of finding something super awesome and trying it out. Speaking of 2nd hand shopping, Emory told me we had enough clothes... but I still find such awesome shirts at garage sales (we wash everything we get from other homes). I love my Simpsons shirts that I just bought. I kind ...

Eating Donuts, 7 Mile Walk and Writing

 It's been such a good couple of weeks. I went to my book club meeting which was fun. Sue had gotten me a dozen donuts from Leo's Cafe for the event, which is both vegan and gluten free. I ate most of them. Emory wasn't feeling donuts this week and someone had to eat them.  We went up to Oxnard for one weekend and had Nepal food. OMG so good. We each got a dish and shared which was perfect and we had enough to bring home and eat again. It's funny because the spices can go up to a 5 in heat but we opted for mild. Later, Sue said, "I could have went with a level 2." Yeah right! Her and Emory would have been sweating. Emory and I made "not meatloaf" and "take fives" and chocolate covered pretzels. My coworker told me that I eat too many beans for her personal taste. I was going to correct her but I guess I do eat a lot of things with beans. I eat a lot of tofu, pasta and oats too, but oh well. At least she's not telling me I eat grass. Tha...