The Frugal Girl

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Stream of consciousness

The Frugal Girl

.) _ In the past two years since I left my marriage, I have done a lot of processing. I always visualize these feelings as waves; large and full of energy, but temporary Last semester was just so NUTS on so many levels, though, I think the processing took sort of a pause.

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What to do when a frugal activity backfires

The Frugal Girl

So, I did that, but at that point, it was too late in the evening to finish the yogurt-making process. I refrigerated the milk and began the process again the next day. A lawn-mowing/hornet-stinging session Remember how I was mowing my lawn a few weeks ago, but I got stung by yellow jackets (a type of hornet) in the process?

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Q&A | Nursing School Qs, plus shoes, a planner, and the abandoned house

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been googling diseases and body processes and reading medical memoirs/listening to medical podcasts for fun for a while now. Mostly it’s still in the process of being demo-ed! Also, when it comes to the softer skills that school requires, such as priority-setting, I think life experience really helps.

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Q&A | grief over what could have been + durable kids shoes

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I know it’s going to be a slow digestion process. BUT, I trust that every time these waves of anger/sadness/grief come over me, it’s just part of the process of digesting it all. And that’s why I say I’m trying to make peace with the presence of these feelings for now.

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Thankful Thursday | no weekends for meeee!

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And I am also looking forward to wrapping up the getting-unmarried process this year. Something I’m looking forward to this year Reader Rose suggested that this could be a fun thing to add to a Thankful Thursday post right about now, so here’s one from me… I’m looking forward to my clinical labor and delivery rotation.

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A Lego bookshelf for Zoe

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And then I began the laborious process of painting it. So I scuff-sanded it, just to remove the top bit of finish, and then I hauled it inside. Because it was toooo cold to paint outside (paint prefers more temperate temperatures. ? ) I primed it… I did use a drop cloth!

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Five Frugal Things | Cat: 2, Earbuds: 0

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Also, the getting-unmarried process is very time-consuming at the moment. I ordered a box of Dinnerly meals I sat down last Friday to plan out the upcoming week, and once it was all mapped out, I felt rather overwhelmed. For one thing, I have 22 chapters of reading assigned. 22 CHAPTERS????

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