Author: Ashlin

  • Ezra is a smarty

    Ezra’s class finished mid-year testing and we went in this morning to get the results.  Apparently our child is amazingly brilliant, which we already knew.  He is leading his class in all areas and is more than double where he “should” be for the year.  She suggested for kindergarten we tell his teacher that he…

  • January 2017 keto log

    1.4.17 – Well, I’m back down to 244 so not much damage done from holiday excess.  I no longer have that background nausea all day either, so that’s a plus.  I do still want lovely caramel candies and toffees but for the most part have been able to abstain (two chocolates the day after New…

  • My lovely new boots

    Jesse got me a great pair of house boots for Christmas and I’ve been wearing them all the time.  In fact I’ve been wearing them as shoes outside of the house as well but have discovered that isn’t really their purpose (the foam soles are starting to look a little rough and really they are…

  • Christmas came and went

    I hope you all had a lovely Christmas holiday.  I know I did!  I had a glorious five days off of work but really it felt like my usual two days off.  Dad and Dani came for the holiday and we went out to eat several times and also had great homemade meals.  Velvet, Paul,…

  • December 2016 keto log

    12.4.16 – Ah, the start of a new month.  I’ve made some little cheesecake bites that I think turned out pretty well, if a bit tart from the lemon juice.  Jesse isn’t a huge fan of them but he still likes the fat bombs I make.  Velvet liked my latest iteration of peanut butter fat bomb…