I guess unless something changes dramatically, as of this morning I can now state: I am a tea person.

If you told me today that I was never going to have another cup of coffee as long as I live, it would effect me not at all.

I look at cookbooks like other people look at travel books. They often are travel books. I don't know if I'll ever cook from my French Farmhouse Cookbook, but I love to look at it and read the anecdotes about French country life. Sometimes, cookbooks are history books. I have read and re-read my mom's American Heritage Cookbook, which is as ( Read more... )

So, I gave that nutritional pep talk yesterday, and now I'm having diet soda and the Anti-Oxident NUT-rition Mix that Tonya sent me, for breakfast. At noon.

C'est la vie.

So, it's been about a year since I started making a conscious effort to take better care of myself by eating better. I've never been a breakfast person, but now I usually eat something within an hour of waking up, even if it's just a handful of almonds. I eat a little something whenever I feel hungry, but if it's not mealtime, I usually eat just ( Read more... )

James just informed me that the cauliflower that I made for dinner was "ridiculously awesome."

I'm having one of my occasional calorie-binge days. I've only been awake for five hours, and I've had almonds, salami, cheese and crackers, an apple, a real (!) Coke, and I just ate half a box of graham crackers with milk. Of course, yesterday I had so big a lunch that I never did eat dinner, so maybe I'm just playing catch up? Yeah, that's what ( Read more... )

Jimmy made the kids cheese-and-bacon omelets and refrigerator biscuits for breakfast, and gave them chocolate milk. They must have been stoked, because when I make breakfast it's cereal and fruit or boiled eggs and toast and fruit, something simple like that. He also made their lunches. I gave them their milk money, made sure they had their ( Read more... )

I just realized something awesome: I can now take a shower any time I like. That had to be scheduled a little more carefully when I was answering phones 12 hours a day.

Also: Couscous with onion, tomato, cucumber, garlic, oregano, olive oil, rice wine vinegar, feta cheese and pine nuts - Kid-friendly food? I'll let you know.

Sliced up some strawberries and whipped some cream for dessert tonight. Very, very simple, and damn, that's good stuff.

I just finished serving breakfast and it's after 3 p.m. We stayed up late for no good reason last night, so we slept in this morning until 11 a.m. Actually, I got up around 11 a.m. but I didn't see Jimmy for awhile. I ate some almonds while he was still in bed. That's normally how I start my day anyway. Not that we have a lot of selection here ( Read more... )