Thankful for power!

08Dec11

I had brilliant things to say and write last week.  I promise I really did.  And then these crazy wind storms hit and we were without power for a week.  A WEEK PEOPLE.  I admit I am a spoiled, first world citizen, but I think that if you can see downtown Los Angeles from your [...]

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Another day, another perspective

19Aug11

I bought flowers for myself for the first time after the other day. Can you see the pink water?  I think regular sunflowers would have been a little more cheery (these look a little bloody/Halloween-ish…) but at least I get bonus pink water to look at as well. And I’ve cried more this week than [...]

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Accepting steadfast love

20Jul11

“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ The Lord is good to those [...]

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Apricot fruit leathers

05Jul11

I overcame my silly fear of the food dehydrator this weekend and I thought I’d share what I learned and document what I did to remember it later. First I got the ripe apricots from the tree (duh). Then I pureed the apricots in my blender by adding just a little water.  Since I didn’t [...]

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Attempting the anti-inflammation diet

22Jun11

There’s been a lot of gluten/dairy free cooking going on in this kitchen these days. If you have any recipes or can offer any advice/tips on doing this anti-inflammation diet, I’d really appreciate it.  I’m living off of spinach, chicken, and rice.  It has only been about 2 weeks and I’m already losing steam and [...]

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How to make yourself sick on “health food”

18Apr11

So far this year I had been making a concerted effort to eat less meat, bread, and low-fat dairy. As I’ve written about before, I’m a fan of doing things ‘naturally’ but equally not the biggest planner in the world.  And believe me, I was cursing myself for that recklessly dangerous combination while I lay [...]

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Piled Higher and Deeper

02Mar11

That’s me right now.  Trying to get the final results so I can graduate. Its also the name of Jorge Cham’s PhD comic series.  He was a graduate student that basically found a lot of success writing comics about grad school life and eventually giving basically stand up routines using the comics.  He came to [...]

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How I interpret reserved maternity seats

24Feb11

Once when I was boarding a crowded bus in Mexico, I saw this sign above one row of seats: Thinking that this was the seat that would make me pregnant (and they had left it open for me! they knew I was coming!) naturally I sat down in it. But the more I sat there [...]

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Improvement

16Feb11

So I’m following my own advice and writing about a happy moment that happened almost right after I wrote that post yesterday. I didn’t cry. Maybe that doesn’t sound happy, but it was a big victory for me. I didn’t cry while telling friends from another lab about our sub-fertility. This is improvement!  Or maybe [...]

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Why is negative inspiration stronger?

15Feb11

I’ve realized that I rarely write in my blog when I’m really happy.  It is not my impulse to write when I’m happy (although I occasionally do get it) but rather, just enjoy the moment of being happy.  Usually I finally get around to writing something after I’ve had a thought in my mind so [...]

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