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Trying to have a vegetable garden in this high-mountain desert is...challenging. The only things that do really well here are potatoes and onions...carrots are iffy...corn gets earwigs or freezes...we just don't have a very long growing season, the soil is mainly sand, and spring and summer are dry. I haven't got room inside to start anything early.
So we got a greenhouse! And we put it up today and I've had visions of fresh vegetables dancing in my head all morning.
Weeeeee!
So we got a greenhouse! And we put it up today and I've had visions of fresh vegetables dancing in my head all morning.
Weeeeee!
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I'M SOOOO HAPPY I COULD JUST DANCE!!!
I finally figured out a way to avoid most of the troll threads and the asinine melodrama and the "things that make you go hmmm" posts...
I saved my favorite forum threads (Speak Your Mind, Streams, etc.) to my desktop so I don't have to trawl through all the bizarro & perverse threads of contention and insanity anymore. YAY!!!
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You just had to make that melody stick in my brain eh?
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
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My neighbor was nice enough to take me along to the grocery store this afternoon when I got up from my nap. I don't drive, so it's nice when someone will offer me a ride and I don't have to call the local ride-share service. I got my grocery shopping for the week done, got some good deals with the coupons I clipped, and now I'm trying to organize things. I like to do all the prep work I can ahead of time like chopping onions and such so I can get home from work and put a meal together quickly. It was a nice trip to the store today and I'm feeling pretty good.
I'm still Grumpy though. LOL
I'm still Grumpy though. LOL
So here's my "overthinking it" thought for today.
I've read several articles, and another today, about how scientists believe sugar has a similar effect on the brain as drugs like cocaine. It messes with our dopamine levels and rewires our pleasure sensors, especially in people who are susceptible, so that you not only crave more sugar, but will forsake everything else just for the sugar. The article documented a study in which rats were allowed to gorge on things like cheesecake, and when they were given healthy foods once again, they voluntarily starved themselves for 2 weeks, refusing to eat, apparently holding out with the hope that they would eventually be given more sugar.
I've often wondered if maybe that's part of why God allows us to go through what can seem like never-ending times of trials and sorrow here on earth. In the original perfect design, He never meant for us to feel those things. But in a sin-tainted world, it seems that we humans become addicted to pleasurable things very easily. We get confused about what's "good" and "bad" and how much of each we should be exposing ourselves to and taking in.
I wonder if pain is one of God's many "reset" buttons... and if He's using it to re-calibrate our senses. I always read that if you completely quit processed sugar, honey, and artificial sweeteners for a month, your tastebuds reset and things like berries will seem 10 times sweeter than they did before.
I wonder if our spirits are like that--when we experience good things, we start to crave more of them and chase after only the things that make us feel good... Any sense of serving or self-sacrifice is left by the wayside.
But a painful event in our lives can help make us appreciate the good things all the more and make them feel even more satisfying. Not exactly a comforting thought... but definitely a reminder that God uses everything for a purpose.
Ok, I'll stop talking to myself now. Thanks for listening!
I've read several articles, and another today, about how scientists believe sugar has a similar effect on the brain as drugs like cocaine. It messes with our dopamine levels and rewires our pleasure sensors, especially in people who are susceptible, so that you not only crave more sugar, but will forsake everything else just for the sugar. The article documented a study in which rats were allowed to gorge on things like cheesecake, and when they were given healthy foods once again, they voluntarily starved themselves for 2 weeks, refusing to eat, apparently holding out with the hope that they would eventually be given more sugar.
I've often wondered if maybe that's part of why God allows us to go through what can seem like never-ending times of trials and sorrow here on earth. In the original perfect design, He never meant for us to feel those things. But in a sin-tainted world, it seems that we humans become addicted to pleasurable things very easily. We get confused about what's "good" and "bad" and how much of each we should be exposing ourselves to and taking in.
I wonder if pain is one of God's many "reset" buttons... and if He's using it to re-calibrate our senses. I always read that if you completely quit processed sugar, honey, and artificial sweeteners for a month, your tastebuds reset and things like berries will seem 10 times sweeter than they did before.
I wonder if our spirits are like that--when we experience good things, we start to crave more of them and chase after only the things that make us feel good... Any sense of serving or self-sacrifice is left by the wayside.
But a painful event in our lives can help make us appreciate the good things all the more and make them feel even more satisfying. Not exactly a comforting thought... but definitely a reminder that God uses everything for a purpose.
Ok, I'll stop talking to myself now. Thanks for listening!
I never got that song. I don't know if it's because I'm naïve or perhaps God just spared my dumb sheep brain. But whenever I heard that song start to play, it sounded dull and irritating like a migraine headache emerging and I had no idea what she was mumbling/singing about. *shudders*
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So here's my "overthinking it" thought for today.
I've read several articles, and another today, about how scientists believe sugar has a similar effect on the brain as drugs like cocaine. It messes with our dopamine levels and rewires our pleasure sensors, especially in people who are susceptible, so that you not only crave more sugar, but will forsake everything else just for the sugar. The article documented a study in which rats were allowed to gorge on things like cheesecake, and when they were given healthy foods once again, they voluntarily starved themselves for 2 weeks, refusing to eat, apparently holding out with the hope that they would eventually be given more sugar.
I've often wondered if maybe that's part of why God allows us to go through what can seem like never-ending times of trials and sorrow here on earth. In the original perfect design, He never meant for us to feel those things. But in a sin-tainted world, it seems that we humans become addicted to pleasurable things very easily. We get confused about what's "good" and "bad" and how much of each we should be exposing ourselves to and taking in.
I wonder if pain is one of God's many "reset" buttons... and if He's using it to re-calibrate our senses. I always read that if you completely quit processed sugar, honey, and artificial sweeteners for a month, your tastebuds reset and things like berries will seem 10 times sweeter than they did before.
I wonder if our spirits are like that--when we experience good things, we start to crave more of them and chase after only the things that make us feel good... Any sense of serving or self-sacrifice is left by the wayside.
But a painful event in our lives can help make us appreciate the good things all the more and make them feel even more satisfying. Not exactly a comforting thought... but definitely a reminder that God uses everything for a purpose.
Ok, I'll stop talking to myself now. Thanks for listening!
I've read several articles, and another today, about how scientists believe sugar has a similar effect on the brain as drugs like cocaine. It messes with our dopamine levels and rewires our pleasure sensors, especially in people who are susceptible, so that you not only crave more sugar, but will forsake everything else just for the sugar. The article documented a study in which rats were allowed to gorge on things like cheesecake, and when they were given healthy foods once again, they voluntarily starved themselves for 2 weeks, refusing to eat, apparently holding out with the hope that they would eventually be given more sugar.
I've often wondered if maybe that's part of why God allows us to go through what can seem like never-ending times of trials and sorrow here on earth. In the original perfect design, He never meant for us to feel those things. But in a sin-tainted world, it seems that we humans become addicted to pleasurable things very easily. We get confused about what's "good" and "bad" and how much of each we should be exposing ourselves to and taking in.
I wonder if pain is one of God's many "reset" buttons... and if He's using it to re-calibrate our senses. I always read that if you completely quit processed sugar, honey, and artificial sweeteners for a month, your tastebuds reset and things like berries will seem 10 times sweeter than they did before.
I wonder if our spirits are like that--when we experience good things, we start to crave more of them and chase after only the things that make us feel good... Any sense of serving or self-sacrifice is left by the wayside.
But a painful event in our lives can help make us appreciate the good things all the more and make them feel even more satisfying. Not exactly a comforting thought... but definitely a reminder that God uses everything for a purpose.
Ok, I'll stop talking to myself now. Thanks for listening!
Personally, I could totally go with hibernation as a weight loss strategy. Maybe I can try that next winter.
So here's my "overthinking it" thought for today.
I've read several articles, and another today, about how scientists believe sugar has a similar effect on the brain as drugs like cocaine. It messes with our dopamine levels and rewires our pleasure sensors, especially in people who are susceptible, so that you not only crave more sugar, but will forsake everything else just for the sugar. The article documented a study in which rats were allowed to gorge on things like cheesecake, and when they were given healthy foods once again, they voluntarily starved themselves for 2 weeks, refusing to eat, apparently holding out with the hope that they would eventually be given more sugar.
I've often wondered if maybe that's part of why God allows us to go through what can seem like never-ending times of trials and sorrow here on earth. In the original perfect design, He never meant for us to feel those things. But in a sin-tainted world, it seems that we humans become addicted to pleasurable things very easily. We get confused about what's "good" and "bad" and how much of each we should be exposing ourselves to and taking in.
I wonder if pain is one of God's many "reset" buttons... and if He's using it to re-calibrate our senses. I always read that if you completely quit processed sugar, honey, and artificial sweeteners for a month, your tastebuds reset and things like berries will seem 10 times sweeter than they did before.
I wonder if our spirits are like that--when we experience good things, we start to crave more of them and chase after only the things that make us feel good... Any sense of serving or self-sacrifice is left by the wayside.
But a painful event in our lives can help make us appreciate the good things all the more and make them feel even more satisfying. Not exactly a comforting thought... but definitely a reminder that God uses everything for a purpose.
Ok, I'll stop talking to myself now. Thanks for listening!
I've read several articles, and another today, about how scientists believe sugar has a similar effect on the brain as drugs like cocaine. It messes with our dopamine levels and rewires our pleasure sensors, especially in people who are susceptible, so that you not only crave more sugar, but will forsake everything else just for the sugar. The article documented a study in which rats were allowed to gorge on things like cheesecake, and when they were given healthy foods once again, they voluntarily starved themselves for 2 weeks, refusing to eat, apparently holding out with the hope that they would eventually be given more sugar.
I've often wondered if maybe that's part of why God allows us to go through what can seem like never-ending times of trials and sorrow here on earth. In the original perfect design, He never meant for us to feel those things. But in a sin-tainted world, it seems that we humans become addicted to pleasurable things very easily. We get confused about what's "good" and "bad" and how much of each we should be exposing ourselves to and taking in.
I wonder if pain is one of God's many "reset" buttons... and if He's using it to re-calibrate our senses. I always read that if you completely quit processed sugar, honey, and artificial sweeteners for a month, your tastebuds reset and things like berries will seem 10 times sweeter than they did before.
I wonder if our spirits are like that--when we experience good things, we start to crave more of them and chase after only the things that make us feel good... Any sense of serving or self-sacrifice is left by the wayside.
But a painful event in our lives can help make us appreciate the good things all the more and make them feel even more satisfying. Not exactly a comforting thought... but definitely a reminder that God uses everything for a purpose.
Ok, I'll stop talking to myself now. Thanks for listening!