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Sunday, February 13, 2011

these days

These days, we’ve been coping with the ridiculously cold weather. However, we have been blessed with blue skies, so that makes it MUCH easier to deal with:) Today was –27C/-16.5F . . .  Wednesday was only –3C/+26F, but the very next day was so cold (colder than –15C/+5F which is the cold boundary) that Sofia’s riding lesson was cancelled. Yesterday was only –12C/+10F, but it was SOOOO hard to be out in it for 3 hours for Max’s second, and final, crate class. Sam and I were so cold.

Today is day 13 of my LCHF (low carb high fat) lifestyle. I’ve done pretty well . . . yesterday was hard when Sam and I had to stop and eat after the class . . . but I’m down 5 pounds (at least I was the last time I weighed myself). I’ve been getting lots of tips and recipes online. This is what I made for dinner on Friday night:

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Feta cheese stuffed chicken with oven-roasted vegetables. Tonight I made spinach salad and pinenut meatballs with feta dip, but forgot to take a picture.

Friday evening, Mattias went to a Valentine’s Disco. It was at another school, about 30km/18 miles away. Most of his class went, so they were able to all go together. Fun!

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When he got home, he said, “Mom, aren’t you going to take a picture of me?” So, here he is in´his disco-going outfit. He tells me the look is “Rocky-inspired”, but I haven’t seen the movies, so I don’t know . . . .

Anyways, hoping it warms up here soon. I’m really looking forward to spring!

Barb

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2 friends had something to say . . .:

Stacy, Pat and Aidan said...

Not such a bad Rocky imitation at that!!! Cute. . .

February 13, 2011 11:06 PM
corduroygirl said...

Mattias looks cute! Graham has a similar hat.

Can you tell us more about the crate training class, I heard you mention it before. Sounds interesting.

February 14, 2011 1:36 AM

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