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Sassy was finally fed.  She... was very happy about it, but not with the amount.  It IS the normal amount, but not the normal frequency.  I'll check her litter shortly.

It looked like kefir was really, and it... actually was.  The grains must be getting stronger.  They don't look any stronger.  But they churned the near quarts of milk to kefir in a single day.  That using raw whole milk.  A fluke?  The last batch took three days.  Maybe.

I was planning, yesterday, on adding an extra quart for curing kefir.  Glad I forgot.  Two quarts a day, daily, will be far too much.  As a fact, I may cut back to one quart, if the kefir grains spit it out that fast.  As well as keeping up on a spare in the fridge.  Just of a tablespoon of kefir grains, in a pint of milk, put in without allow any fermentation, then redone every other week to once a month.  May go to a quart, if that turns too fast.  Trying to keep a spare, just in case, but keep it good.  Ugh.

I am having pork roast and broccoli.  Heating now.  I just had a cup of kefir, might have another.  Plus a dose of insulin.  Blood sugar spiked, to 195?  I must have abused the "keto" sweetener.  If I use too much, it can jack blood sugar.  Not always, or even the majority of time.  Sometimes.  Rather lightly this time, or rather larger that.  I would do without but I... need it.  I just need to remember moderation as key.  Yes, yes, mother.  Sure thing, pops.  I know, but reality is more than knowing, or even doing.  Sometimes... it is impossible to color completely within the lines, if for no other reason that the outside seems more fun, just because, on a given wild hair day.

After brunch, I'll get a shower going, then dry off as I game a bit.  Out today?  Maybe, maybe not.  Will know shortly.

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That was tasty.  Cooking the pork, over the steaming veggies, allows the fats to render into the veggies.  I still drain, then add butter.  But, the flavor added remains.  Another cup of kefir, just because.  I won't do that, usually.  Just a cup a day.  But the bounty was fast and large, so a bit extra, for my good deeds, was a treat spared to the house ogre.

By the by, I actually think kefir smells like... a woman.  You may think that strange.  I certainly thought it strange, when I realized it.  Not a perfumed poodle, but a... natural scent they give off.  It's sort of lightly floral with a bit of a... citric fruit smell, a cross between lemons and oranges?  Something.  Not... strong, just... earthy.  Delightful.  Not... necessarily edible, but it doesn't taste quite like it smells.  *digging hole, chuckling the whole time).

It sounds like it is raining.  Must be above freezing?  If I can get out, when I get back, I may try to pick up sticks in the back yard... pile what is there.  I can't cut it, don't have the juice.  As well, perhaps, clean up the area.  No mowing, but maybe that.  If I do go to town, if I am too tired to do it today, hopefully tomorrow?  We will see.

I best get a shower, and get more rightly dressed for the day, and a potential outing.  Lord knows, everything is a trick when I am this sleepy.  Stayed up too late, even if with good cause.  And woke pretty early, in spite of it.  Still, doing what I must, and can.  Sometimes those come to a strange sort of loggerhead.  All good, life wasn't meant to be easy, once we left the house of God.  Choices.  Consequences.

If I get out, some shopping would be good.  Small cheese blocks, butter, veggies, salad, and sour cream.  Until I am sure about the creme fraiche, I have... needs.  Though I will check that, too.  Plus, compare the various items.  Oh, there was a spice I needed for homemade ranch dressing.  I'll have to look it up.  And, I might get a small chunk of blue cheese, or gorgonzola... of such.  I am pretty sure, with the base for the ranch, with no spices, and one of those latter cheeses crumbled into it, I would be in a little heaven.  And, I have those keto crackers, to crumble in lieu of croutons.  Actually, they are croutons, just ones that don't aggravate diabetes.  Yes, some shopping, but light.

As well, I need to pull some meat to thaw.  I finished the chicken and am nearly done with the pork roast.  A roast lasts a week, even two really.  I am eating less, and targeting specific things, smaller amounts, and else.  I... have given up on losing weight, but not on eating better.  It is what, and how, it is.  I can only do my best.  Later.