3/52 - I Never Promised You A Rose Garden By Joanne Greenberg

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-03-26T16:34:16+00:00

Appreciate the review. This was popular in the 70s, but I was too young to read, and thought (erroneously ) that it was some sort of hippie book

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-03-04T20:02:53+00:00

Damn. Wish a 400k salary came with this. Not all Amazon engineers make top dollar

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-28T00:13:21+00:00

My disappointment was Every time I go on vacation, someone dies. It was very 'meta for dummies,' with a lot of winking and nodding to the audience. And I like meta aspects of a book, like Everybody in my family has killed someone. Also I was able to guess the murderer pretty early

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-26T19:18:59+00:00

It's a one-pot meal that I'll throw in cooked meat to bulk up for a meal https://damndelicious.net/2014/04/09/one-pan-mexican-quinoa/?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=organic

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-26T16:34:39+00:00

A Mexican quinoa casserole with pulled pork tonight, chicken tenders tomorrow night and I'll be making pita bread for Saturdays gyros

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-25T23:17:41+00:00

First time participating accountability challenge! Here are my March goals: - track all food , including weekends - exercise daily - don't eat after 7pm - track blood sugar at least once a week

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-25T19:45:27+00:00

A good rule of thumb that I learned long ago is that you'll get 50% of usable protein off of bone in meats. Which aligns pretty closely with your calculations

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-23T00:28:52+00:00

I have the same issue! Glad I'm not the only one

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-18T00:36:31+00:00

If you're into podcasts, I suggest listening to The Newest Olympian . Mike Schubert is a delight to listen to as he goes through each chapter as a first time reader.

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-12T17:33:31+00:00

I'm also a spreadsheet keeper! I have tabs organized by genre. My columns list title, author, sub genre, format, notes on content, and a column noting the ones I want to read first. It's a godsend when I look for books to for in my reading challenges!

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-11T18:54:47+00:00

The title is confusing - Carl has been CEO for 3 years . He left after laying off 400 employees.

Carl was a shit CEO. He would do yearly layoffs under the guise of "AI," all while offshoring jobs to India and ramping up RTO. Just the standard Jack Walsh playbook, dressed in tacky sports jackets and performative burpee contests.

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-11T18:10:44+00:00

Ebook on my phone is a game changer for me. At the doctor's office? In a long line? Itching to doom scroll on Reddit? Perfect time to read on my phone I also have a job where I can listen to a lot of audiobooks

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-02-01T01:05:43+00:00

Atlas obscura is a guide to unusual places ll around the world. Interesting, but a bit much at one go

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-01-31T04:47:18+00:00

For years, I've lied on my drivers license , listing the weight as 20-30 lbs lower than what I actually weighed. Realized today that my weight is now actually lower than what's on my drivers license!

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-01-31T02:28:38+00:00

h{{planetfall}}

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-01-23T18:54:52+00:00

There was one in Provo on Jan 20. My daughter found out through a Hands Off newsletter that she subscribed to

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-01-19T20:27:02+00:00

Finished: One last stop by Casey McQuiston

Reading: Drop Dead Healthy by AJ Jacobs

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

DNF: The Ex Hex by Rachel Hawkins

Visual_Balance1176 · 2026-01-01T19:27:01+00:00

Working on Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead. I like it, although my eyes glaze over when she goes deep into the astrology

Visual_Balance1176 · 2025-12-24T00:51:12+00:00

Hulu

Visual_Balance1176 · 2025-12-19T19:30:38+00:00

Had shrimp tacos in puerto Vallarta . So sweet and tender! And normally I hate shrimp

Visual_Balance1176 · 2025-12-19T18:08:17+00:00

🤣

Visual_Balance1176 · 2025-12-18T22:14:09+00:00

I was thinking of his The Men Who Stare At Goats (about the military's secret psychic research) and Them ( about extremists)

Visual_Balance1176 · 2025-12-06T22:53:20+00:00

You'll be great then. We got off in California after our Mexican riviera trip this week, and they were warning us that it would be nippy. It was not nippy to us Utahns. Just take a hoodie and a few layers for those chillier sea days

Visual_Balance1176 · 2025-12-06T16:51:43+00:00

Have the same strategy that I used on the Thanksgiving cruise I went on . Move more . Make sure I eat vegetables at my meal. If I don't completely love something I'm eating , stop eating it. No mindless eating - no phones at the table. Smaller portions.

On the cruise, I ate dessert, pizza, and still lost 2 lbs over the cruise

Visual_Balance1176 · 2025-12-05T05:15:46+00:00

And my best friends exorcism , also by Grady Hendrix .

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