I posted that short video on Instagram and YouTube yesterday and apparently it looked like I was filling up my water with tap water. I got a bunch of comments and messages with people all worried that I am drinking tap water.
This is one of those moments I just laugh and roll my eyes. First of all I grew up on well water and our tap water was the best around back then. They don't know what kind of water is coming out of that faucet. Second of all it wasn't my sink faucet it's the water filtration system that's built into the sink and it has a separate faucet.
I totally agree that city tap water isn't great...but it's just so funny to me the things people zero in on. If we had to worry about EVERY single thing all the time no one could stick to any of this!! I think swapping things out over time for better options is great...but I can't stress about everything I come in contact with ever!!
At FreedomFest a couple weeks ago someone who asked me if I was concerned about micro plastics because they had been hearing how much they are in everything and how it's impossible to avoid them (this person was probably 100 pounds overweight). I just said "maybe but to some extent there is nothing I can do about it. I think most people need to just focus on making healthier diet choices and cut out the junk food".
Where I get frustrated is when people are so concerned about micro plastics and tap water and only eating organic grass finished meat that making all of these lifestyle changes at all seems too overwhelming. (This all comes from the fear mongering nature of the internet). Sometimes we obsess about all the smallest things we think need to worry about but yet don't even make the one big change that will have the greatest impact. My point is, don't get caught up in the small stuff.
Anywhoo... that's my rant for the day. 😂 Have a wonderful Saturday.
I don't typically love cooking with cast iron, despite the excellent results they can bring. It's messy and smells up the house. Add to that, the one we have is super old and not very good. We were recently gifted a really good one from Lancaster Cast Iron so today I decided to give it a try. We have a side burner on our Weber so I could do it outside. I sous vide a steak, then seared it in tallow on the new pan. Man it was incredible. What a difference it made from our old one. Super easy clean up too. Below is the pan, of course I forgot to take a picture of the steak haha.
Do you love using cast iron? What are some favorites you make in them?
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Halloween! Hope you are having some fun today. Passing out treats to anyone? The first picture is the costumes my kids have for this year. (Penelope's was just to help at Jiu-Jitsu).
Here are some my favorite costumes my kids have had over the years. Share below any costumes you have had from this year or previous years.
Happy Friday!! We are supposed to have a VERY rainy weekend here in Arizona, which is very rare for us. It might even mean that trick or treating is cancelled. 🎉😂 I always trade the kids for their candy anyway so fine by me if we don't even have to go out. Plus Penelope said she's too old for trick or treating and said she'll just skip it and take the money. 🤪😂
Other than that and church we have no plans this weekend, which I am excited about after a busy week. I might go get a day pass at a new gym that has a fancy steam room/sauna and cold plunge.
What are your plans for this weekend?
Happy Friday Evening Family!!
(Oh No! she's back!!) Sing some praises with me; the 2026 harvest is out of the field!! Farmer Hubby finished the corn today, the end in the rain. He ended up leaving a few rows in the field due to wet spots and steep new terraces; but the rest is out, including where the creek flooded and left logs/limbs. He got those picked up today.
You have no idea how grateful and relieved we are. This harvest kicked our behinds. We are getting older and the push and stress were something else. But now we're done. He'll clean up the combine and grain cart and truck and store them away for winter over the next few days/week. Then we'll concentrate on getting the cattle home and then winterizing what needs to be winterized.
Anywho... just wanted to report in that I'll be more "here."
Accountablility
Fresh air/sunshine/exercise/sleep
Not much/none (rain)/walking while doing errands/terrible with leg cramps for several hours.
Food
M1: Coffee and a chicken meat stick
M2: Carnivore...
