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plants with more protein than beef

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 This vid may be a reprise. But it's worth the repeat especially for anyone following the news these days. Eat well. DO not stay up all night stressing. Or at least find other reasons to stress out. ;-( 6:52 hours of sleep. from just after three until just before 10. Night owl anyone? The aggravating leg spasms don't keep me from sleeping but they do impede enthusiasm for LOTS of activities, not just cleaning. Sigh

15 foods you can freeze

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 These tips are really cool. I already knew some of them. 4:?? hours of sleep after shower and washing hair. Cooler weather is SO good for sleeping.

The Ladies from Hell

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 This is not the case of one misplaced letter. This is German soldiers commentary about pipers in kilts. 6:52 hours of sleep. Errands to post office. Worth it for both packages and a check. Nice day. I think I must have overdone something yesterday because legs both cramped up today. FUN

Bagpipes. Always Bagpipes somewhere

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 Watch YouTube send me more bagpipe performances just because I post a few on a whim. 3:22 hours of sleep  AGAIN too much late night YouTube. Today was devoted to: Twitter / X Ordering cleaning supplies Waiting for cleaning supplies delivery because I somehow missed the chance to send EVERTYHING to tomorrow.  Onward with the cleansing. Wondering about the history behind all the modern performances

Make your own plant milk

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 Some of the time plant milks seem like the weirdest thing ever.  Sometimes almont milk or cashew creamer seem just right. 6:12 hours of sleep. MAKE self GO TO BED. The wood glue and clamps efforts from yesterday are well rewarded.

100 hundred years of cookies with Cookie Monster

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 Clearly I am in the most nutritionally responsible mood possible. Could that possibly have anything to do with lack of sleep???? 2:?? hours of sleep Dozing at desk and watching revenge videos Then go home and cook porridge Then decided GO TO BED wake up when Amazon delivery arrives.

How Cracker Jack is made

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 Because why wouldn't a fun snack be a nice thing to think about at bedtime? 3:?? hours of sleep. Definitely not quite 4 and going back to bed might have worked. But I puttered and did my exercises and went to McDonalds for breakfast. New fave breakfast concept: two sausage burritos, no meal just burritos and oatmeal. And in other news Let's talk about Trump's worldwide surrender tour continuing with North Korea....

Goats on TriMet

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 Okay okay. Of COURSE I will take note of this story 5:?? hours of sleep. Much needed. Too many calories and too many revenge vids too late at night. BEAUTIFUL 70th anniversary Compline broadcast last night but I am still glad I am a Quaker.

Preppy Kitchen makes vegetable soup

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So many variations in one video  6:53 hours of sleep After turning picnic leftovers into 2 kinds of SOUP

John Oliver interviews Cookie Monster

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 THis is from a while ago 5:33 hours of sleep. GREAT day for a picnic and I cam home with enough chicken options to boil up several days of different eats. LOTS of walking Now to do dishes and maybe shower and then the new wordle.

Animal Drum Battles with ....Dave Grohl

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 Confession: I had two posters in my freshman year dorm room, one about Three Mile Island, and a fan poster featuring Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. It is fun to see that Animal is keeping up with modern performers 3:?? hours of sleep. I changed the hose on my CPAP a couple nights ago. YES!

Animal vs Harry Belafonte DRUMOFF

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  2:30 hours of sleep. NO WONDER I am a short-tempered ZOMBIE

Black Cats!

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 #BlackCats #HIV #plague As the proud former owner of a most excellent black cat, I love this on principle. 3:56 hours of sleep before getting up and dozing on and off for another two hours. Tonight i MUST go to bed earlier. THANK HEAVEN for cooler weather.

Wild cats of the Americas

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A very cool wildlife biology lesson but too many endangered cats due to habitat loss  5:40 hours of sleep. Nice that it was cool enough to need a blanket

Animal drum battle with...Budy Rich

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 This is NOT AI. It is old. Nothing like a muppet drum battle to pry one out of SOME of their current frustrations. 4:32 hours of sleep. Welcome to the sleep yo-yo. Tomorrow I hope I can also sleep later.

The Near Eastern Wild Cat: the sole ancestor of modern domestic housecats

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 total cat DNA evolution fascination           8:12 hours of sleep! Amazing what cooler temps and less smoke can do. Only downside: brain is full of more ideas than can be done. WOke up with weird frustration dream left over from GHC job 20_+ years ago. QWeird.

Dance Against Dementia

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 Let's see. Fight osteoporosis, arthritis, and DEMENTIA. Add dance to the toolbox 5:30 hours of sleep. Earlier to bed would be good. Today's excuse: revenge and righteousness videos. WHAT am I trying to work out?

Eating a 1950's diet

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 grocery list drawn on farm fresh and in season but don't forget spam bologna Jello potato chips great ad clips Mom and sisters and brandmother did a LOT of homecanning on the farm. Spam is such a frightening culinary and cultural phenomenon check out the Buff Workout app 1:hours of sleep. Blame heat, smoke, and roach treatment. I wanted to get up and start some steel cut oats but instead it was time to order more. Hard to explain why replenishing the steel cut oats supply evokcs such a feeling of well-being. Ditto for hazelnuts though those will need to get roasted.

Chinese Scrambled eggs

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 A lot of the audio is in Chinese, but the concepts are clear enough. I cannot handle a lot of MSG so I would maybe adjust that. 4:25 hours of sleep. Doing one's PT routine at 11 and eating pizza late in evening both made it too easy to stay up way late. But at least fans made it cool enough that a sheet helped about sleeping. A sheet. No nightgown.

Alton Brown Air Fries

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 Urk. For some reason I lost it when the kitchen shears came out. Chicken wings up close and personal 5 ish hours of sleep. Almost completely naked which definitely helped about managing the temperature. Bug guy got there early. I had to make him wait while I put my shoes and socks on. I now have a whole page of follow up instructions I can't read.

The Minoans according their mitochondrial DNA

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 More history written in DNA 5 ish hours of sleep. Feeling pretty energetic AND I was able to bend BOTH knees walking down stairs because the bleeping elevator is once again out of service, this time for some reason related to a smoke detector on the roof. Idle speculation: did #wildfire smoke in the air have something to do with the rooftop smoke de

Cat DNA compared to Dog DNA

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 Do these DNA evolution points also account for the difference between cat people and dog people? 4:?? hours of sleep. Wake up after 4 ish hours of sleep. Drink water. Eat banana. Fall asleep in chair. Go back to bed and try to go back to sleep. Get up. Read email. 10 am appointment cancelled. I will have to do what I can on my own to prepare for Bug sprayer. Sigh. Last PT appointment of this series. Just have to keep doing exercises. but both PT and I are pleased by effort. Also SO easy to procrastinate about needed phone calls.  And next couple days are supposed to be hot and smoky. Wish us all luck.

Finnish New Potato magic

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 Memo to self: Fresh fennel in potato salad is an AWESOME ide abut maybe snip it pretty small. Or go with this recipe. Saturday night 6:56 hours LOTs of exercise walking to and fro re a potluck. Ballard is great for greenery but the sidewalks... A few spots of new, a few curb cuts, and lots of stuff that is crumbly. Worth the walk though. Friday night 5:56 hours Thursday Night the full moon 4 is hours