80 degrees and counting

Today it is 80 degrees here. My body is just soaking in the warmth right to my bones and causing a kind of euphoric optimism. I described the feeling as a jump start to the system - battery charger. Wow it feels good. From the blueberry pancakes with oat bran and soy milk, flax seed and real maple syrup to the vegan pad thai from the local healthy food store - eating good today. We helped clean up the local park with the local neighborhood association this morning, put up some repaired shades, cleaned the yard, played tennis, and just relaxed. It all feels so good. Dinner will be Mexican food at home - tortillas, refried beans, rice cheese, jalapenos, baby spinach, tomatoes, onions and peppers. YUM! I wish I had more to say today, but hope everyone is having a beautiful day.

Eating Well

I was just thinking today about how good it makes me feel to eat well - meaning eating foods that are good for me. I had my spinach salad with cherry tomatoes, sunflower seeds, craisins and chick peas with a little oil and vinegar dressing. It was so delicious! Earlier I had a spicy lentil chili at a local grocery store that was hot and delicious and nutritious - the perfect thing for a cold rainy day. The less meat I eat the more averse I become to the smell of cooking meat. Just read on vegan.com that a performer left the stage because the smell of the meat cooking at a food stand was making him sick. This just happened to me this weekend. My husband ordered some meat and the smell of it was making me nauseous - we were in the car and I had to open the window and stick my head out. I didn't want to make him feel bad, but it was turning my stomach. For my husband's birthday, I bought him pumpkin moon pies from our local vegan restaurant - he loves those things. They weren't cheap, but worth the price. It is so heartening to see so many more choices in the grocery store where I live. Sometimes I just need a frozen thing for lunch at work and I have so many choices now - vegan and healthy ingredient entrees. It's so interesting to watch the Food Network or that guy on the Travel Channel. There is so much meat cooking and promoting on the Food Network. I think his name is Anthony on the Travel Channel was celebrating a restaurant getting around the ban on fois gras - like the good guys won. Man gets the chance to once again torture a duck to suit his culinary pleasure. It makes me want to fatten his liver with a tube. I just don't get it! I want to see him forcefeed the duck on the show to demonstrate the whole process - you'll never see that on tv - too bad - people should know where their food is coming from, eh? Oh well, enough late night rambling. Bon Appetit!

Thoughts for a Tuesday

Talk about bad days. Everything I tried to do today seemed to be snagged and inoperable. The worst was when I went to the doctor and the nurse who does the prelims said, 'so, how long have you been pregnant'? I think you have the wrong chart. Every company I tried to call was either not there and didn't return my call or just left me in a mire of phone choices that never got me to a person. I hope tomorrow is better - I suppose it could be worse, but I will remain optimistic.

The bad day spirals down and spins you around 'til you don't know which way is up.
Have I jumped planets or entered an alternative universe where everyone else is stupid (no, that is this universe!)
Is it me or them? I think it's them (maybe me)
Bad design, bad bedside manner, bad attitude - it's all in there
What day 10 years ago did you have that shot? Are you here for the transplant?
Give me your social security number and I can make you rich
I'm sorry - I have the wrong number
Here - let me take care of that for you. Oh sorry, I got busy - never got to it.
Let's work together on this - Oh - didn't have time to do my part.
Can you say "AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH"
Lord, have mercy on us all!

Let's shoot for Wednesday.