I realized that I’ve been off by a factor of 2 in calculating my serving size of spinach. So I just found an easy way to double my leafy green intake over the past 2 months.
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I have a related victory. I figured out a way I can stomach greens in the morning! I normally fight morning nausea, but am used to my (very specific, utterly unchanging) breakfast. But thanks to TJs chili onion crunch, I was able to work a small amount of butter braised greens into my breakfast the last couple days! 
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Is it Talkspace? My insurance is going to start covering that as of 1/1 and I’ve been considering it.
I don’t have a photo but my paper-bag-ripening trick has resulted in FOUR gorgeous Cherokee Purple tomatoes.
I mean, no they are not gorgeous. They’re heirlooms and thus are fugly. But yummmmmm. And bonus post-season tomatoes! 
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It is Talkspace! Initially you enter all your info (insurance and what state you’re in cause they have to match you to a provider that can serve your state) then I was connected to a human being who was not a therapist so I could talk to her about what I was looking for out of therapy (basically they want to figure out if you’re there for anxiety, PTSD, family issues, anger management, etc etc) then I had a list of I think three providers to choose from. My original provider left Talkspace a few weeks after I joined and I was able to choose from another list of three and the new person could see all my chat history.
It’s not the same as in person therapy but it’s definitely way better than nothing. The outside perspective is helpful and she’s providing me with tools to not get “flooded”. With the first therapist I did flat out say “Everything sucks, it is objectively terrible, what can therapy do?” Not to be adversarial, but more of if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck we’re not going to pretend it’s not a duck, right?
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You are perfect.
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I would agree completely if not for this cold sore.
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Not exactly a victory on my part except that I actually made a phone call, but kudos to Chewy.com. I had Cat2’s food/medication coming from them and cancelled the auto-ship when he passed (Cat1 is on a totally different diet for his kidneys), but apparently the cancellation didn’t go through and they shipped again anyway. I called to see about returns/refunds, but even though they did issue a refund they said not to worry about returning any of it, to just donate it to the local rescue when it arrives.
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The cleaners came and dirt I had stopped noticing is now gone. Things are weirdly bright and clean. I feel very fancy in my filth-less house.
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Baby E said her first official word tonight! I came downstairs and she looked right at me and said mama!
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Yay!!!
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Yay! 
I saw a white sweater up for grabs on buy nothing, no description or anything but it was a nice cable knit and was a staple missing from my wardrobe. I just picked it up it is a 
theory brand sweater? It is wool with at least some cashmere in it? What in god’s name 
The giver really just dropped that one out of nowhere I thought this was likely to be a sweater from Forever 21…
edit: this is nearly 100% cashmere and I literally feel close to vomiting out of elation. but also I don’t even know how to live with this sweater, I guess it needs dry cleane
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What a find! You can handwash it with wool wash or shampoo, just make sure to use cold water and don’t agitate it much or it will felt/shrink.
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I have several thrift store cashmere sweaters. I wash in the machine and hang to dry without damage. The first had mothholes in it so no real risk - I wear it for a pajama shirt in winter.
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Yea I hand wash my wool, some of the less nice stuff I will machine wash with wool lite and lay flat to dry
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Oh my gooooooood I just messaged her again “Omg thank you so generous, I see why you didn’t list the brand you would’ve been mobbed” She said a friend gave it to her but it didn’t fit, she didn’t even check the tag 
I kind of feel bad, but, not at all 
This will never ever see the inside of a washing machine haha (especially not the washing machine slash garbage disposal models in my building)
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Oh, and don’t wash it every wear. Just wash when it starts to need it, which varies depending on how you do inner layers + what activities you wear it for, but maybe once every 3-10 wears.
Nothing cozier than a great sweater for the fall! 
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Tony Vic: It’s been winter for a month and yesterday I finally got my bedroom window to close the whole way. It’s dramatically warmer in my room. I love it.
Complaint: It took me a month to do this.
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