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sylvia

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Fantasy writer, poet, blogger, doodler, avid reader and crafty gal trying to curtail her crafty exploits to just a few.

Currently those are crochet and whittling, but next week it may be something totally different.

Lives in the Netherlands with her husband and three cats.

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  1. I've carved for at least half an hour yesterday, pain free, and it made me so happy.

  2. My fingers have purple ink blotches again from writing with a fountain pen again.

  3. I woke up with energy today!

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Planning a trip is just so much fun!

sylvia,
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@alexandra same here! Planning trips in my head is just so much fun!

we're going to the UK. starting in Manchester where one of my husband's favourite artists has three shows. I will go to one, he will do the other two solo.

After that it's a bit up in the air, going to try to find somewhere beautiful to stay for a couple of days before heading to London for a couple of days for a musical and museums and such 😀

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@alexandra I don't like to go to London without a goal, but I love to go places. Going shopping in London is akin to hell, imho. Or even taking a walk in a park. It's always busy everywhere!

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@alexandra yeah, I can understand that. Is it something that grew over time?

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@alexandra oh yes, hear you on that one. It's shocking to me how sometimes people behave in groups. And if they get loud, I immediately withdraw.

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@alexandra yes, agreed. And I really don't know why. I do blame the pandemic though...

I do think it's the reason why populist politicians are all winning elections these days.

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@alexandra yeah, definitely. And it's so disheartening to watch.

It breaks my heart that we soon may have a far right government here.

And they have won elections by stealing all the left wing themes during the election. And then right now they break all those promises one by one.

And still, they are expected to get more votes if we have another election.

Because people revel in hate.

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  1. My low FODMAP diet is a bit of a struggle but I already notice the difference after just a few days

  2. A snoring cat in my lap is the best thing ever.

  3. Read a book yesterday that made me really happy and it still made me smile today.

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  1. Finally was able to do my stretches for the first time in weeks and I feel so good!

  2. Started a new journal because I've started the low FODMAP diet and want to keep track of food and symptoms from the start of the new eating habits.

  3. My day with the no-longer-kittens yesterday was so joyful. They always wanted snuggles and to cuddle up with me. My still tiny girl followed me around wherever I went. Too cute.

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@alexandra Well, basically the same for me. I'm just putting myself on this diet to eliminate the worst triggers for my IBS and see which one is the culprit.

The diet is VERY limited and I don't think I can make it the full six weeks, also because I had to stop eating everything I normally eat and now I miss essential things... like fibers.

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@alexandra yes, I agree! Replacing things is so hard! Especially because plant milks etc have such a distinct taste.

I'm so thankful that here you can buy everything with dairy lactose free. I can still have my daily glass of milk without issues.

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@alexandra plant milks in cereal is just yuck, and i've tried all of them!

So happy to have choices now, indeed. The lactose free milk is just really good.

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@alexandra yeah I agree. It's why I have smoothies with plant milk too. What kind of milk did you end up with? I like almond milk best, not very environmentally friendly but with ibs the choice is limited (especially as I hate coconut milk)

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@alexandra dates are such a wonderful sweetener. I can't use them now but maple syrup works too 😀

My go to smoothie has spinach and kiwi and banana, but I tend to switch often 😀

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@alexandra I don't like maple syrup as is either, it's doable in smoothies at a low dosage though 😀

And yes I agree! And dates also add a certain consistency to smoothies that I love. When I can slowly add things back into my diet, dates are the first thing I try. And coffee heheh

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@alexandra same for me with coffee. I only had one cup a day but even that might be too much.

Did you stop with coffee because you noticed it had an effect on your health?

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@alexandra yeah same for mine. I think I have no choice but to abandon it altogether.

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@alexandra Have you tried the lactose free kind? I haven't yet, but I might, this summer.

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@alexandra I can understand that and I'm so in awe of you for that. I hope I can say that too when it's warm outside and I crave ice cream. Then again I have ditched so many things already 😀

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I just love all the eclipse images and stories and all the pictures of people staring at the sun. Just beautiful!

sylvia,
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@alexandra when we had the 90 percent one, it didn't either, just weird light 😀 the tv images I've seen were just beautiful. Just saw some from Mexico and that was just perfect.

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@alexandra the coronas were so spectacular! Scientists here were all excited 😀

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    @alexandra I once was in a 90 percent area and it was so amazing! You will love it!

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    Just realised my Macbook is ten years old!

    It's a tad slow (cough) still works fine if I don't ask anything too much of it.

    I'm going to have to replace it soon, though, as more and more apps no longer work on it :)

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    @alexandra exactly!

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