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Cheap Backyard Additions to Raise Your Property Value
Making improvements to your house before you put it on the market is a great way to raise your property value if you make the right changes and additions that is. If you’re putting up your home among the homes for sale in Charlotte NC or any other city and don’t have a lot of extra cash, these cheap backyard additions may be one of the best ways to get the most bang for the buck. Landscape Lighting A survey conducted in 2016 by the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Landscape Professionals, as reported by US News, revealed which projects offer homeowners the best ROI. An…
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Getting Back On Track
What do I mean by back on track? Well as you can see I haven’t posted anything since May, and that was an unfinished post. Why is that? Honestly just life, and the fact I didn’t want to hold myself accountable for the weight I put back on. And yes I did put it all back on, all 100 lbs, sad right It is sad because I had hoped that wouldn’t have happened. Read my past posts to understand why. It is October, and there is a lot going on. Last year and this year has been pretty crazy for us here. Back in April, we had some bad weather,…
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Bad Weather, Renovations, Where Is Spring?
The weather has really been overwhelming. I know in my last post, I posted about a diet, that we just couldn’t start, due to recent events. Seriously, who has time? Honestly, losing weight was the furthest thing on my mind. Some would say, you have to make time. Well, my answer to that is, you are not me, do what’s good for you, and I will do the same! Anywho, this all takes a toll. The bathroom that is being renovated, well it is done, it just needs a paint job, and a couple of things here and there before but is 100% done. I have to say, I am…
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Ketogenic Dieting
What is Ketogenic Dieting? Per Wikipedia – The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fueling brain-function. However, if there is little carbohydrate in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. The ketone bodies pass into the brain and replace glucose as an energy source. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood, a state known as ketosis,…
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Happy New Year 2018
So what is going on with me? I leave this blog for a whole year with nothing added. My diet went down the drain, but I have plans of starting a new one, a much different one. A Keto diet. I am excited to do it, as I have said before, it is not just a diet, it is a way of life, a lifestyle change. My honey, however, is going to join in, because it will just make things hard if it is only me doing it, and he wants to lose a bit of weight he gained since he stopped smoking and drinking, wow huh? Big props to…
