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Christmas Gift! Homemade Sugar Scrub

December 7, 2015 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

It's the most wonderful time....

...to realize that you're broke and have a gazillion presents to buy and everyone you know already has everything they need?

No but really. I love homemade gifts. Of course it's nice to save money, but really it's that second part up there - the people in my life aren't hard to buy for necessarily, they just have what they need and aren't terribly gimme-gimme around this time of year.

I really love giving food gifts, naturally, but this year felt like something cozier, comforting-er, and smellier. In a good way. ...

Gestational Diabetes + Depression During Pregnancy

September 22, 2015 by Lindsay 3 Comments

OMG yes both in one post. Aren't you, like, so totally excited?

You want cake is probably what's happening. Me too.

So, we've talked kind of a lot about the glucose tolerance test that you take around mid-pregnancy to see how your body is handling sugar. You take a little one first that is a "screener," and then if you fail that one you take a longer more involved test that can be used to actually diagnose gestational diabetes.

I'm writing about GD and these tests/screens at the same time I'm writing about depression because the glucose testing process is SUCH perfect metaphor for depression in general. And Lordy knows I love a good metaphor.

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On Snow

February 24, 2015 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

It's snowing here! Very lightly, but we woke up to schools closed and this very lovely dusting all over everything.

The dogs were ecstatic.

I've said over and over again that I love snow more than most adults should - the whole maybe-missing-work is great and all, but it's just so peaceful. The silence that happens when people are forced to or choose to stay inside? The slowing down of everything that naturally occurs? It's breathtaking. Like everyone takes a big exhale all at once because for once we CAN'T be as rushed or as scheduled as we force ourselves to be, even if we wanted to.

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Little Connections

February 3, 2015 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

This morning I taught yoga twice, as I do a lot of times.

I did not look like the above picture. That is just a picture of the two of us and my underarm fat that I kind of like.

Jay came to my 6:15am class, and hooooboy is that early. Once you get up you're all LOOK AT ME I'M CONQUERING THE WORLD, but actually making the move to get your ass up is...a lot, sometimes. ...

On Finding Your Dharma

November 17, 2014 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

Today we're talking about dharma! Purpose! Life's work!

It's very light for a Monday.

Or not.

This weekend I spent lots of time in a yoga retreat, and our studio owner is all up in arms these days about figuring out why you're here, and honing in on it with laser focus. It's actually something I've been thinking about a lot recently relating to my life and the 1,847 balls I generally keep in the air, and so the weekend came at just the most perfect time. We mostly agree at our studio that we'd all live there together and talk about light and happiness and eat quinoa all day if we could, but we live in the real world and have families and bills and the desire to watch Gossip Girl while drinking boxed wine with our sisters, so we have to take these little moments together when we can, make the most of them, and then use the lessons we learn out in the big scary world.

Like dharma.

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