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I have a new fascination with juicing! I juice apples by the half bushel and carrots by 5-pound bags. I've tried sweet potatoes, celery, broccoli (yuck!), pineapples, pears, blueberries, strawberries, peaches... lots of produce! That's 55 oz of juice from 5 pounds of carrots. It's so much easier for my body to digest nutrients from juice. Not to worry about fiber in my diet. I eat the pulp for dessert. No protein? No way! I drink two protein shakes a day with 30 g of protein each, only 1g of sugar. What a difference it's making in my sleep and energy during the day!

Good Saturday morning everyone. I decided to keep a small project bag to work from to do Christmas ornaments and fridge magnets when the full coverage pieces need to take a break. It doesn't matter how long it takes to finish those. I am working on a Crocette a Gogo Christmas ornament today and am loving the way it is shaping up. Other than doing a lot of stitching due to the weather that's been the week so far. Enjoy your weekend. Find things for which to be grateful, even if they seem small.

Today is Saturday ………………………………….……….. Good Morning, MJ 💕

Good Friday morning everyone. We're back to -5 wind chills, but so far no snow. I'm working on the Mill Hill kit "Advent Trilogy" and making small ornaments for our tree while we tough out this weather. It calls for homemade pizza tonight for comfort food. Have a fine Friday and stay safe if you're in a bad weather area.

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Today is Friday ……………………………….………………. Good Morning, MJ 💕

Sunday is snowed! 5"! It was beautiful until I had to clean off the car Monday morning. I've been cleaning off my car the exact same way, no gloves, for 12 years. Monday I ended up with frostbite on every single one of my fingertips. What happened?? I've never had that problem before. I'm not going to lose the fingertips, but the burning pain is something I will have to live with for a long time, no estimate how long that will be. I've been soaking my fingers with tepid water and sometimes Epsom salts and wearing gloves almost all the time. Any other suggestions? My doctor was utterly useless.

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This subject often comes up on Reddit cross stitch. If you are stitching something and you get to the point where you just don't like it, what do you do? It seems some people just plow along any way because of the time they already invested. Some stop, go to something else, and come back to it. Some people (like me) just abandon it, because once I decide I don't like it, I'm done and I'm not going back. What to you all do?

Looking for a different stitch for backgrounds…most of them felt like they distracted from the pattern….this is a basket weave….it was a bit of a challenge, mistakes were made…but easy enough to fix…