We have mood lighting!

Our fancy mood light showed up today. It is definitely big and bright. I was going to set it up next to the treadmill but now I'm wondering if that would be close enough. Getting walking and light time out of the way at once would be very cool.

It's all good :-)

What a great day.

First, I found out that my mood light really is going to appear on my doorstep any day now. Wahoo!

Second, Dr. Fuhrman's new radio show on Voice America started today. I didn't get to listen to it "live", but I did get an opportunity to listen tonight. It was a great program! Ruth Heidrich was his first guest. She had a great quote:

"You can choose to love what's good for you."

Third, I had a great dinner out with my mom in law at a new Hawaiian restaurant in town. I had a big plate of steamed veggies. She had a big bowl of ramen soup. We talked for an hour about investments and family gossip and all sorts of other fun things.

Lastly, I finished my meal with a fantastic chocolate cherry smoothie:
1 cup of soymilk
1/2 cup of pomegranate juice
1/2 a bag of frozen cherries
1 heaping tablespoon of cocoa powder

Life is good!

Four down!

Well I'm officially BACK to eating ETL style. And you know what? It works!

I have lost four of the six pounds I gained during my days of indescretion. I've also found a couple of great new soup recipes. One for cauliflower cream soup, and one for creamy tomato soup. The weather has been icky here and good soups are just the ticket.

I also decided I love Whole Foods Market. They sell braising greens, in bulk! I tried some this week and they were soooooooo good. I can't wait to go back and get more.

My Mood Light is still NOT here. It has now been 38 days since I ordered it. That seems plenty long enough to me. (Actually, it seems rediculous and I am quite irritated about it.) I may call tomorrow and cancel my order.

Mac is a druggie!

Mac ate Maisy's bottle of Rimadyl today. I think there were about six pills left. Not only did he eat the pills, he at the bottle, too...

He doesn't appear to be any worse for wear, so we're just watching him closely.

He does look a little drugged, doesn't he!

The Cone of Stillness

Miss Maisy's blue donut was not sufficient to keep her from bothering her wounds. She figured out nearly immediately that she could still itch them with a rear paw, so we put a sock on her paw. Then she figured out she could reach the sock while still wearing the donut, so she has graduated to the dreaded Cone of Stillness.

In many parts of the world, this unique torture device goes by the name "Elizabethan Collar". Not so much in our house, for it has a function far more interesting than fashion. When Maisy wears it, she is rendered utterly immobile! When we pull it over her head she freezes, and stays in the same exact position until we remove the device.

Today, in addition to the fashionable Cone, she is also sporting a sock with pink Vet Wrap and a bandage over her holes where the tumors used to be. She finds this whole arrangement quite demeaning. I hope it isn't required for long.

I hope she heals quickly.

Soy Egg Nog!

I could be the happiest person in the world right now. I love egg nog. I drink lots of it during the holidays. Except that now I'm not doing dairy products...

Today I found soy egg nog at Whole Foods Market and it is just wonderful! R doesn't like regular soy milk, but even he admitted this soy nog is top notch.

Back On the Bandwagon

Well, I'm back from San Antonio... although I did well eating at breakfast and lunch, I pretty much did what I wanted at dinner. The end result? I am now SIX POUNDS heavier than I was three weeks ago.

So I'm back on the wagon again. I'm going as perfectly ETL as I can now.

Today I had stir fried vegetables for lunch and some lettuce wraps with guacamole and a little taco meat for dinner.

Tomorrow morning will be a challenge because beakfast is at grandmas and she's making sausage! I'm bringing a big fruit salad.