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[lunabee34]

1. isabellerecs made podfics of my Darcy/Jane series! Everyone go listen:

Podfic of Only Happy When It Rains and Podfic of The Night Gone Black.

2.

Good Bones by Margaret Atwood

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Most of this early volume goes into Good Bones and Simple Murders, but four stories are exclusive to this collection: "Epaulettes," "Adventure Story," "Theology," and "Four Small Paragraphs." Of these four, only "Theology really resonated with me.



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3. Everyone should go read Beginning Where You Are by gloss. It's original F/F, and it's truly stunning. It reminds me of Leckie and also of Wells and a bit of Muir, but the story is also very original, and the world building is truly stunning. I am in awe of how good this is.

4. Josh's cholesterol and triglycerides are high. He's supposed to try to get them down and then get tested again in six months. We bought an inexpensive exercise bike on Amazon which I'm really happy with, so we've got the exercise part covered. Anybody have any diet tips or other suggestions? I can and have googled and get the general gist, but it's always nice hearing from people who have experience.

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[rydra_wong]

Josh's cholesterol and triglycerides are high. He's supposed to try to get them down and then get tested again in six months.

Just to check -- they looked at the HDL versus LDL breakdown, right? I have alarmingly high total cholesterol numbers, but fortunately for me it's because I'm very high in the "good" cholesterol.

(Probably genetic good fortune rather than anything else -- I've got a specific SNP associated with this, it turns out.)

If it's the "bad" cholesterol, I invented these oatmeal cookies for rachelmanija (but make them for myself regularly because they're delicious):

https://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/680317.html

Apart from the sugar, all the ingredients are good for your cholesterol levels. Obviously cookies are a sometimes food etc., but it's nice to have some treats which are broadly good for you.

[lunabee34]

*nods*

They did the break down and his bad cholesterol is high.

Thank you so much for the cookie recipe. I love oatmeal cookies; they are so filling and comforting.

[likeadeuce]

What bike did you get? I've been thinking i need to do this for the winter.

I cut a lot of meat out of my diet starting last fall and that seemed to help with cholesterol.

[lunabee34]

It ended up being right at 200 with tax and the protection plan (which I would 100% recommend; we've used it before with other products and it was super easy).

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B007595TKU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It was very easy to put together and it takes up very little room. It's not the most comfortable bike in the world, but it's good value for what we paid.

We eat way too much meat. *sigh*

[executrix]

I thought Darcy/Jane was a Pride and Prejudice pairing and I was SHOCKED. Fitzwilliam would never! And neither would Miss Bennet much less Mrs. Bingley!

[lunabee34]

LOL

I could never sanction such a thing. It would be heresy.

[gloss]

holy shit thank you ♥

[lunabee34]

All the thanks to you. It's a hell of a good story.

[lunabee34]

Also, one my RL friends M (she's my fountain pen enabler) reads my DW, and she texted me this morning to ask if you had published any novels because she loved this story so much. <3

[gloss]

Whoa! Thank you for telling me, I'm speechless. ♥

[lunabee34]

I love passing on the good stuff.

[amejisuto]

I'm sorry Josh's cholesterol is through the roof. I think it's mainly cutting out fats and meat that helps. Eggs, butter, and such. Want me to look up some recipes?

[lunabee34]

Sure! That would be awesome. <3

[amejisuto]

The Pumpkin Pie recipe I Posted today is good for low cholesterol as long as you use the egg substitute. I'll see what else I can dig up!

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

<3

[spikedluv]

Good luck to Josh!

[lunabee34]

Thank you!

[lyr]

My triglycerides dropped from high to really low when I gave up sugar and cut down on carbs in general.

[lunabee34]

Yeah, I'm thinking that a big diet change is probably in order. *sigh*


But it's going to have to wait until after Thanksgiving. LOL