Cinco de Mayo, 2021: LOL, this has nothing to do with the date. This is a bit of a life hack idea, though. I had once read someone's journey to learning how to make white vinegar, due to the number of plastic bottles she'd go through in buying it and how white vinegar isn't actually a safe food product at all, but something developed by Dow Chemical. Thankfully, I'm not a big vinegar fan at all, but I used to go through jugs of it as a rinse agent for my dishwasher. I was just thinking about how much my dishes need that boost again, but plastic jugs. :/ I have used lemon juice but that's a lot of lemons and/or more plastic jugs. I have used kombucha to make salad dressing as it's a bit acidic. too, especially if left too long. I have lots of scobys and it's really inexpensive to make! Tea bags, water, and a bit of sugar! Next thought is just how acidic is it? I looked up the acidity levels of white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, kombucha, and lemon juice. They're really all about the same, with pH levels between 2-3. I don't necessarily want my dishes tasting and smelling like lemon nor kombucha, so I add them during the second last cycle instead of during the last. It helps! :)
August 21/18: this could be important! actually, I think we discussed this at the truck driving school... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/well/move/why-sitting-may-be-bad-for-your-brain.html
8/29/16: a bittersweet moment: see that shirt I'm wearing? as someone who's hardly ever spent money on clothes for myself, that's the most expensive shirt I have ever bought in my life. it's kind of embarrassing how expensive it was. I bought it last year for our 25th Wedding Anniversary party. I enjoyed wearing it. and now... down 27 lbs, means that the
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