Day by Dana

Awhile back I attempted making my own yogurt, and it took a few tries, but I finally have it down to a fine science.  I don't believe I shared what I tweaked, though!  Homemade yogurt is cheaper than store bought, and you have the benefit of NO ADDITIVES!  Seriously, take a minute next time you are at the food store and check the ingredients on yogurt alone.  I don't know about you, but I am sick of all the extras my food has, so I'm trying very hard to be more pure in what I eat.  That doesn't mean that I get it 100% of the time, or even 1/2 of the time, but I'm trying.  And, yes, this is way cheaper than store bought, and seeing how I'm going through a lot of it because of my smoothies, it is more than worth the little bit of time it takes. Let's begin! Start by forgetting to photograph the first step, which is taking about a half gallon of 2% milk and dumping it in a pot.  Oops!  Anyway, yeah, just pour it in a pot.  Now, other directions have you doing it double … [Read more...]

I wish I could say that everything is rainbows and pony farts, but it isn't.  At least... not always. And, rarely is it ever what you *think* causes it.  It just... is. It isn't something I talk about often, just because I prefer to keep it in the past. I was diagnosed with depression about 10 years ago. Through some intense therapy to kick my butt, I was able to run from the darkness. And, for the past 10 years I've been good, for the most part. Because I have refused to give in. And. I still am good. Just, sometimes I'm not as good. That's when the darkness comes. And, for some reason, I let it wrap around me now. Maybe because I've fought it for so long, and so much has happened in recent months. That I don't have the strength to fight it... in that moment. Sometimes one, and sometimes many days. Just trying to cope.  To come back for air. When everything is wrong, only everything can't be defined. And for every thing … [Read more...]

Ok, I have a separate post, but it is "in the works" and I kept getting stopped from writing it, so...  I don't have much to write, at least of substance. I fell down earlier this week with the health change and have had a heck of a time picking it back up.  Funny thing?  I haven't gained all my weight back, and in fact lost a couple more pounds!  So, weird.  The other benefit of eating poorly after having been so good is that you can really see what certain things do to your body.  Sugar and bread are evil for me.  Stomach goes nuts on the stuff! The Lord is really dealing with me about coming back home, in the emotional sense.  Wrapping my arms around my home again, both physically, and emotionally.  It's trippy, but good, and that's all I have about that for now. Ok, and strongholds.  I think that we all have a heck of a lot more strongholds in our life than we think.  Anyway, two of mine are smoking, even though I quit, and food, specifically sugar.  At least, … [Read more...]