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,…
Swiss chard — unlikely hero of the garden
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…
Day three
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,…
Owwwww
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…
Astra Zeneca vaccine study
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…
Mormon Women voters: the voice of decency
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…
The rainbow connection
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…
Tomato sandwich
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…
“Women’s” Session October 2020
LDS General Conference was not a great experience for me this time. Most of the time I’m able to get at least something from conference, and many times it’s been a spiritual feast of sorts. But this time, it wasn’t.…
The emptiness of empty nesting
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…