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The holidays are fast approaching. We share our plans for the season, including activities, food, gifts, how we plan to stay connected to loved ones, and what we are doing to take care of ourselves. Links we mentioned:

In a Holidaze by Christina LaurenWinter Street series by Elin HilderbrandDecolonizing ThanksgivingBlueland holiday soap scents


Life lately

Sarah continued her gamble of painting rooms without getting samples and Abby shares a Craigslist victory.


Reading lately

We both read memoirs this week: Sarah finished Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Witaker and Abby listened to Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig.


Eating lately

Abby continues her quest for homemade Indian food with chana saag (substituting chickpeas for the paneer).

Sarah learned to make water kefir from a neighbor.


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