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Take That, Bad Luck

Last week I burned two fingers on my working hand while making dinner (I'm clumsy with it), and then tore off a third of a nail on my non-working hand because it had split down the middle and I thought, hey, why bother getting the clippers -- just tear it off the broken bits. How badly could it be? P.S. Always get the clippers.

Anyway, my Christmas bad luck is still going strong, but I'm combatting it by working daily on keeping my energy and happiness levels high. Here are three things I did on the same day that really made me happy instead of depressed.

Using this recipe I made sugarfree cinnamon roll chaffles (like waffles but safe for diabetics), which were delicious and add something to my very limited breakfast menu.

I'm continuing to crochet the granny stitch rectangle throw every day, and on this day when I was finished I realized it had grown too large to photograph on the table -- it really works up fast.

My guy and I visited a bookstore, where I purchased a couple of magazines as a little Christmas gift for myself. They're both packed with lovely ideas, but honestly, I just wanted to look at the pictures and read about the makers' visions. So I did.

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