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I am not sure how or why my dks have picked this up but both have been holding steady part time jobs for about 3 years now. My dd2 is almost on her 200th hour (which means another raise). She will work a 13 hour day on a weekend day and make almost $100. Say what you will about poorly paying jobs (and this one is just above minimum wage), when you bank the money instead of spending it, it adds up. She is saving for college textbooks.

DD1 has been working in a science lab while going to school for 3 years now and still manages a social life, so I am proud of her to figure out how to balance things in her life. She wants to graduate and start a family, I hope she is not disappointed!

We've been eating off the pork loin that I stuffed with garlic and rosemary. I froze 1/3 of it for a small roast and then roasted the other part, about 5 pounds. Three dinners off it and the rice and potatoes and salad and melon. Unfortunately the watermelon spoiled too fast, lasting only 2 days in the fridge. I hope the cantaloupe faired better. Will find out shortly.

Bought and used a Neti Pot. It is to do a saline rinse of your nostrils. The idea here is to flush out the allergens and toxins that get captured in your nasal passages before they migrate to your sinuses and throat. It was very easy to do, took just a minute or two, and I felt so much better all day. I had been working in a very dusty waste water treatment plant storage closet (doing an inventory on some of our equipment) and kept getting a bloody nose, not typical for me. The Neti pot appears to have worked. Now I understand that many use a Neti for allergies and sinus infections. If you suffer from these you might want to try such a rinse. Felt like I had been swimming in the ocean, very clean feeling.