OMG.

OMG. I love being married to Shaun. He's my favorite person. 🖤

I posted a few plant pics...

I posted a few plant pics in early October on my stories when I was hiding from the Internet. I want them in my album so I'm posting them again, plus a couple of new ones. 😊

This is how I drove my cactus home! 😂😂😂

Fat little succy that I grew from the leaf from one of my plants.

FINALLY repotted this Christmas Cactus a few weeks ago.

That wart looks like it's trying to grow a leaf!

Free to a good home. If you would for me to mail you some I just ask for $3.50 for shipping.

My pearls are stringing!

So are my tears drops.

These are little Echeveria Chromas I grew from leaves. They are coloring up nicely.

My Frizzle Sizzle is coming back!

This was taken the day I started water therapy.

After a month of water therapy - with a flower!

This was taken the day I started water therapy.

About a month later. Look how plump!

Blooms on my cactus. This will never not excite me. ❤️

Tl;dr: I feel better.

Tl;dr:  I feel better.

Yesterday was pretty good. I turned in the big assignment that has been hanging over my head for weeks. That's a relief. I got some appointments scheduled and also found out that there is a relatively easy solution to something that's been bothering me for a while. The worst part of yesterday was going out in the cold repeatedly to show the dogs their house and worrying that they would freeze to death. They didn't, but I know they must be uncomfortable. I really hope they'll start using their house, but at least we're back into 30s°F for now.

I just saw my therapist and he said that I seem a lot better. I definitely feel it. I'm back to fasting on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. That's not something I've really spoken about publicly, but I don't eat on those days. Counting sleep, it comes out to about a 36-hour fast each time. I do this to keep my psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in check. It works for me. I get tons of energy with this eating pattern. In fact, even though I felt tired last night I had trouble sleeping, so that tells me I need to hit the gym to burn off some excess energy.

I was pretty depressed for most of October and like I said before - I tend to abuse and / or comfort myself with food so I ate every day, often in excess. My bones have been a bit achy and my skin broke out again, but after fasting on Friday and Monday, there's already been a noticeable improvement in my skin and bones. Anyway, this post wasn't meant to be about fasting, but there you go. If you have questions about it, feel free to ask.

Other than that we have classes next week. The week after that, Thanksgiving holiday. Then the week after that, final exams. So I'm thisclose to putting another semester behind me. I may not pass Networking, but if that's the case I'm not mad. I'll take it again next semester. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I will have still gotten through two classes, neither of which I would want to repeat.

Since I'll likely only be part time at school next semester I'm going to try to get a part time job. I will need a certification that I'm planning to try to get next month. I haven't done all of the research yet, but I think it's pricey to do ($1200?) and I don't really know how I'll pay for that, but where there's a will, there's a way. I'll throw myself into researching that over the Thanksgiving holiday. For now I have two exams that I need to put my focus on.

So yeah. I'm feeling a good bit better. I got some major stressors handled and have sort of a game plan for the next few months / next semester. I'm sure my medication has played a large part in that, as well as having supportive friends and family. I'm still on Lexapro for depression and since I started taking half a Buspar for anxiety (instead of a whole), I'm not falling asleep everywhere and I'm not anxious to the point of migraines. That's a definite improvement and I'm grateful.

I hope you all are doing well. If not, hang in there and keep trying. I know that can be exhausting, but it's worth it to come out on the other side. ❤️

It's 24°F and...

It's 24°F and neither dog is in their warm comfy doghouse. What are we supposed to do?

I'm almost done with a big assignment...

I'm almost done with a big assignment that's been hanging over my head for weeks. I'm almost relieved! 😂 Hoping to finish tonight!

Since I've gotten a few requests...

Since I've gotten a few requests, here is the doghouse (sorry for the blur, but it's hard taking a photo through a fence, and I'm not trying to play with the dogs right now - I have an exam coming up this week).

We bought the doghouse from Tractor Supply in Anniston. It did not come with the flap on the front - that is a doormat we bought from Roses in Anniston. It's thick, but flappy and heavy enough to flop back down in a mostly closed position. The top of the doghouse opens and there were gaps between the top and the rest of the house, so we used extra thick weather-stripping to fill that in.

Below is a link to the heater we bought. It has a thermostat and we checked - it does warm the house up nicely. It does need power; ours is plugged into the little building behind the dog house. You could also run an extension cord if you needed to.

The hay is from Lowe's. It's recently come to my attention that straw would be better, but I haven't had a minute to research the difference between hay and straw and where you might find straw.

If you have any other questions, feel free to comment and let me know.

https://www.amazon.com/Hound-Heater-Protector-Mounting-Template/dp/B00II71C72/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=dog+house+heaters+for+outside&qid=1572767155&sprefix=Dog+house+&sr=8-3

The doghouse is finished.

The doghouse is finished. We sealed the cracks, installed the heater, & put a flap on the door. It's noticeably warmer in there.