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Day one report

7/5/2015

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Here's today's report.
First, the food I took in:
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In our faith, we fast once a month, two-three meals, and donate what we would have spent to a fast offering which helps people here and all around the world. Since I take medications which require eating, I keep it light and small. So I had watermelon and blueberries.

Now, here's the thing. I worked in the nursery at church today. Oh . my . word . I am not at all exaggerating when I say I burned approximately 35,000 calories doing so. What a sweet bunch they are, but their energy could light a small country. I'm doing a hilarious story about my adventure for the magazine. Watch for it tomorrow!

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Needless to say, I was worn out when I got home, so the humble crunchy peanut butter and strawberry preserves on oat bread was the quick solution before my sacred Sunday nap!
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Dinner . . . AMAZING! I make, what I loosely call, a ragout, but only use veggies in it, no meat. Olive oil, carrots, red, green, and orange peppers, onion, zucchini, spinach, garlic, soy ginger sauce, and after Riley (whose hand you see stirring) takes out his portion, I add some sort of beans to mine. Garbanzos won the battle tonight since I had leftovers in the fridge. Then I toss in some delicious and filling Hakkien noodles. It's an all you can eat kind of meal, full of great things.
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Riley loves to bake, so tonight, for a snack, we had his zucchini cake, subbing a banana for half the oil, and adding raisins and pecans. So good! Thanks, Riley!

PS: For those of you who don't know, Riley is my 16 (dangerously close to 17) year old grandson who stays with me sometimes. Great guy! Did I mention he is 6'4" and makes me feel quite safe?

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NO, NO, NO! That's an old photo, but darlingly thug, don't you think? His aunt dressed him up and shot him. A photo. Not a gun.


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There, now that's more like it! Hi, Riley, thanks for your help with dinner and snack!
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    Becky Lyn Rickman writes because it is the only way to placate the voices in her head so she doesn't miss out on that precious 45 minutes of sleep every night. Life can become a little congested for her in the 400 sq. ft. apartment in which she lives, intentionally, like a mushroom, pounding at the keyboard in the dark with the unsolicited assistance of her two therapy cats, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. Yes, they are Austenian. She spends a few hours each day shamefully lamenting the fact that her faith won't allow her to be a profanity-spewing, bourbon-guzzling, burning-the-midnight-oil chain smoker. The rest of the time, she spends in shameless gratitude that her children have not, as yet, put her away.

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