Rice Milk First Trial

First and Second Trial really. The first bowl of cereal, the milk was not cold enough. I don't even like cow milk warm.

Today's second bowl was quite yummy. The rice milk is a little sweet so I think I'll be okay with non-sweet cereal when I go fully onto no sugar.

As for the no sugar, I'm starting in small spurts. Not spurts. Steps. I bought Diet Pepsi. The caffeine will be the last to go!

Opening Day

IT'S HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRREE!!!!!!!

And my entry is not about the Astros (who begin their game in moments)...

So, the Braves just beat up on the Cubs, 16-5, on Opening Day. That makes me quite happy. It's like all in back to normal in the baseball world :) AND a new phenom, Jason Heyward, who plays for the Braves got his first ML hit tonight, in his first ML at-bat - a homerun!!! AND this is extra special cuz he wears #22 :) Hmmm... i might have a new hero! except for the Braves uniform part.

Danielle Steel

I read every book Danielle Steel wrote, until about 5 years ago when I realized they were all the same. There is a definite pattern to each of them. It got boring and predictable.

Lately, I've bee reading a lot of non-fiction - health, memoirs, etc. Some very good stuff.

I felt the need to read something fiction and well, mindless. So I found a Danielle Steel book on my shelf that I'd gotten free somewhere and never read - "Coming Out".

Sure enough, it's mindless, predictable, and just really bad writing!! But yet it's sucked me in and I just have to know how it ends. Guess that's how she keeps selling books.

Movie Fix

I've been in quite a movie mood lately. There are many good ones out there that I have not seen seeing as how I never go to the movies!

It's very disappointing when looking forward to "finally" seeing one that I've wanted to see from the beginning and it's just not holding my attention :( I'm blaming it on the allergy meds and not the movie though. Just to be nice.

Growing Up

I watched the entire hour of 60 minutes tonight and was fascinated, intrigued, by all of it. Guess I really am a 35 year old ADULT!!

Going Vegan

I get a lot of nutty ideas. Some last, others do not.

For several weeks now (maybe longer) I've been toying with the idea of giving up meat. For calorie and economic reasons, this seemed like a good idea. And not that tough since I don't eat a steak every night or anything.

In my research and through self-learning (totally blanking on the right word - i looked at my life and health and stuff), I've actually decided to try Vegan! This is no meat or dairy (eggs, milk, butter!). The dairy will be tougher on my but I'm going to try it for a month and see what happens.

The good news is that I am SUPER excited!! I've been reading cookbooks and looking at websites and I wish there were more meals in a week!! Tonight I started with one of my favorite restaurant meals that I have only tried at home once - Black Bean Tostadas/Chalupas (Chalupa seems to be a Texas word - only place I've ever heard it!) with Avocado. Mine was simply a corn tortilla fried stiff-ish, refried black beans, and avocado (one of my favorite foods ever). I made some brown rice and threw in a bit of enchilada sauce that I had in the pantry for a recipe that I never made many months ago.

YUMMY!!! So far, I am LOVING my new foodstyle :) OF course, I'm still finishing some things in my cupboard... like the Dr. Pepper!! Cuz did I mention I'm also going to attempt to cut out sugar (the obvious kind - stuff cooked with it isn't on my list yet)??

And I owe it all to Alicia Silverstone and The Kind Diet!!

the things students say

"can I take my pants off?"

6th grade boy, blurted out in class. apparently he had shorts on under his long pants and he was hot.

my response: "no"