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No foreign things in my ear. My husband laughed a lot.

I just grabbed a q-tip from the box above my head and put it in my ear without looking (why did I not look???). I felt something sharp and put it out of my ear and saw this.

Now I have to figure out if it was a fabrication mistake or if I have a part of the q- tip in my ear. Waiting for hubby to bed the children and then he will certainly laugh at me. It is ok. I hope nothing is in my ear.

Would I feel it?? Well, within the next hour this will be resolved.

You should not put q-tips inside your ear- it says so on the package.

Will I learn anything by this? Probably check things first before you put it in your body.

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Infused white vinegar with chive flowers. It smells (and tastes) like onions. I make this every year mainly because of the color.

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I just grabbed a q-tip from the box above my head and put it in my ear without looking (why did I not look???). I felt something sharp and put it out of my ear and saw this.

Now I have to figure out if it was a fabrication mistake or if I have a part of the q- tip in my ear. Waiting for hubby to bed the children and then he will certainly laugh at me. It is ok. I hope nothing is in my ear.

Would I feel it?? Well, within the next hour this will be resolved.

You should not put q-tips inside your ear- it says so on the package.

Will I learn anything by this? Probably check things first before you put it in your body.

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I read an article about heart rate variability and how it indicates how good you deal with stress, …

Anyway, my Apple Watch gives me the numbers and you can check the data, basically when it measures which value.

The numbers are all over the place, like error bar is super big. So I do not know what to do with it.

Interestingly the number is low when I am busy (typically during morning battles with my kids about socks or sunscreen) and high during breathing exercises. The only question is- does my body react differently or does the watch measure differently??

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Did not post much lately. We had the 4 year children birthday party for my youngest- he got a Minecraft cake which did not look nice, but the children loved it. He invited only girls - he plays a lot with boys, but he just wanted girls at his party.

I’m very exhausted lately and I don’t know the origin, if it is hormonal, a vitamin / mineral deficiency or mental.

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Women need to learn to be softer with themselves. Don't let the world harden your hearts towards yourselves. People want women to self flagellate for every single imperfection, real or perceived, and nothing makes them angrier to see us respond to our own mistakes and flaws with gentle understanding. I am not saying don't improve your character; I am saying don't whip your own back because you've failed to meet the ever-growing set of standards society holds women to.

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They built a new bridge very close to our house- I love it. It looks pretty cool, it has a roof and it gives me access to hilly terrain for running. Although the trail next to the bridge is a little bit too steep as I have to walk some parts up and downhill.

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Unusual cabbage family members.

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Spring has sprung, today it will be 26 degrees C (79 F) - not too shabby for 48 degrees latitude.

But honestly, it is not right, it has not rained in ages, everything is dry and all the trees are blooming at the same time.

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Had a pretty breakfast. Crepes with almond butter and banana, berries on the side.

A few days ago I realized that my dumbbells are heavier than I thought. They are flexible dumbbells with the weight written on the plates. The handle I always assumed was 0.5 kg. Turns out they’re 2 kg. So instead of the one being 4.5 kg, it is 6 kg in real. And the heavier one is 8 kg instead of 6.5 kg.

I was training 1+ years with them, never questioning the weight I originally calculated.

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Tried to track my food because I do a lot of mindless eating recently. Only took pictures from breakfast to lunch, afternoon snacks and dinner are not pictured . But I was also running, it is nice weather but will turn on Sunday to rain.

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Planted all 30 strawberry plants yesterday and today- 20 minutes after I planted the last one it started raining.

We will see how the slug situation goes and also watering will be a challenge.

I am in full mode gardening- it distracts me from several things.

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I just bought 30 strawberry plants. I want to harvest strawberries from my garden, but the slugs are my worst enemies.

I have a plan to plant some slug-safe, but I am not sure they get enough water there, therefore the 30 plants.

Might be trying too hard

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Headline: “Return: no cell phones in schools for kids under 14”. Me: when were cell phones in schools forbidden???

It is a new regulation from our minister of education with the name Return.

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May I present you an example which can lead to misunderstanding?

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We visited Vienna last weekend for the museum of natural history, the kids loved it, especially my reaction to the elephant seal. I saw once a documentary about them without being aware of their sheer size. They are huge.

The kids also had no problem looking at all the stuffed animals (is this the right wording? I am not talking about teddy bears, I am talking about once alive animals).

Spring has sprung, and the slugs are already active in my yard. I planted some salad, they ate it all. Have to think about a strategy here.

My second take on fermented lemons. The first ones got moldy, so I added some cabbage leaves this time (only had red cabbage). When everything goes well I will have pink, fermented lemons in a few weeks (probably not, I am not good at microbiology). I have to remove the air bubbles in the glass.

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I’m pretty sure that in the Pilates workout I just did I trained one side twice and the other not.

My car made strange noises when going over bumps- turned out the big spring in the right back broke. They changed both springs in the back and now the car is 5 cm (about 2 inches) higher in the back than before. I might have driven the car with a broken spring for two weeks- first I thought there is some misplaced item in the trunk which makes weird noises.

However, I shall look for a new car. Because I want something low maintenance, and my car has too many kilometers on it to be low maintenance.