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Astra Zeneca Day 32

Jenny SmithNovember 30, 2020November 30, 2020

I went in to have my booster shot on Saturday, and I fully admit I was a little apprehensive. I figured I’d have to have my brain poked again, but it turned out that all they did was take blood…

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AstraZeneca, coronavirus, Vaccine
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One more cleanup

Jenny SmithNovember 30, 2020

I think I’ve got one more cleanup to go until the garden is done. Today is very rainy but it should get up into the mid 60s ahead of a cold front, so Sydney and I got up early and…

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asparagus, beans, garden, leeks, MEdLT, Swiss chard, WGU
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Astra Zeneca study day 16

Jenny SmithNovember 14, 2020December 16, 2020

Well, guess I better do an update. My headaches lasted three or four days, and I ran a fever of 99 on at least one day. My arm stayed noticeably sore for five full days, then it was just tender,…

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AstraZeneca, coronavirus, Vaccine
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Swiss chard — unlikely hero of the garden

Jenny SmithNovember 14, 2020

It has a stupid-sounding name, but Swiss chard is definitely a garden champ! It would be hard to overstate how amazing Swiss Chard has been performing in my garden this year. I grew a single-color variety called Rhubarb that seemed…

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fall gardening, Swiss chard
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Day three

Jenny SmithNovember 2, 2020November 2, 2020

It’s been three full days since my AZD4772 coronavirus injection now, and I’m doing much better. I still have some pain, tenderness , and pinkness at the injection site, but I didn’t need any ibuprofen all day yesterday until evening,…

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AstraZeneca, coronavirus, Vaccine
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Owwwww

Jenny SmithOctober 31, 2020December 16, 2020

Okay, so I definitely received the AstraZeneca AZD7442 vaccine. I had a terrible night. During the day my headache got progressively worse. I started taking two ibuprofen each dose, which took the edge off, but I could still feel my…

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AstraZeneca, coronavirus, Vaccine
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Astra Zeneca vaccine study

Jenny SmithOctober 30, 2020December 16, 2020

Jared and I had been reading about the vaccine studies in the papers online, and because of our relative health (and isolation), I signed up to be a guinea pig for the AZD7442 coronavirus vaccine a few months back. Unfortunately…

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AstraZeneca, coronavirus, Pandemic, Vaccine
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Mormon Women voters: the voice of decency

Jenny SmithOctober 28, 2020October 28, 2020

If only Utah women were voting this election, Trump would lose to Biden. Wow. This is an incredible shift for the reddest state in America, and it ought to be a wake up call for Mormon men. It’s time for…

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Election, women's issues
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The rainbow connection

Jenny SmithOctober 24, 2020October 24, 2020

Drum roll please…. I think the garden is finally FINISHED. By finished, I mean I think I won’t be adding any more growing space to it in my lifetime — that it is now balanced and beautiful and big as…

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garden, hardscaping
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Tomato sandwich

Jenny SmithOctober 23, 2020October 24, 2020

This right here is why you should grow your own tomatoes: These tomatoes could not be any more perfectly ripe. We had them in tomato sandwiches for lunch today (with and without bacon): Lordy me, they tasted divine. Several of…

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hardscaping, tomatoes
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The emptiness of empty nesting

Jenny SmithOctober 5, 2020October 15, 2020

Today I got up and read my scriptures for the first time in ages. I’ve been intending to for some time, but scripture reading has seemed empty lately. I used to love it so much! But since the faith-tastrophe, not…

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empty nesting, hardscaping, women's issues
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On prayer

Jenny SmithSeptember 30, 2020October 26, 2020

It’s been very helpful to me as others describe their experience with a mid-faith crisis, and though I don’t expect to ever reach a large audience — both because I’ve deliberately limited my online presence in the last few years…

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Brigham Young, dark night of the soul, Epictetus, faith transition, islam, prayer, St. John of the Cross

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