What I ate today

Nothing yet. But I'm getting ready to pop a couple of Belgian waffles into the wave and heat them up. Then I'm going to thaw out some frozen mixed berries and put them on top with some maple syrup. It's morning in Cedar Creek. And I'm hungry.

Well, since I wasn't at work today, all that I cooked was my little girl's birthday cake. She picked out all the ingredient and I assembled it for her. See ya'll soon, WER

Oops, sorry, wrong topic. Besides her cake, we also had homemade chicken pot pie, fresh green beans, and a pea and corn salad to eat that her great grandmother made. WER

I ate across the street from my office building at a little bakery. I had an avocado sanwhich. Pretty much junk food the rest of the day. I just had a couple of French bread pizzas. I've just moved into a new house and don't even have a fridge, stove, etc. yet so I'm at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to homecooked meals. Look for lots of stuff in the wave for a while.

This morning at work I had a Mexican dish that consiste of a native herb that the person who gave it to me was unable to translate to Enlish that was wrapped around cheese and cooked in salsa roja. Very odd, but quite good. Then I came home and had two wildberry Pop-tarts.

I just had a cup of coffee this morning and some leftovers for lunch. Very dull day, foodwise.

When the kids are gone 2 cups of coffee since I am at home leftovers for lunch.Sometimes I go without lunch.Poptarts are gone in a flash around here so, I don't buy them to often. For dinner we had baked chicken breast with a dash of garlic powder, toss salad wine vinager and olive oil dressing, broccoli: {standard with every meal}mashed potatoes with gravy,butternut squash my husband and I eat that,2%milk and ice tea.My husband likes meat and potaoes.Homemade gravy: I always make chicken broth without the fat.I do leave the skin on the breast so they don't dry out remove them when we eat.The kids don't like the skin.

How do you cook Italian style herb chicken? How do the French bake chicken? I just had a whole wheat English muffin with some I can't believe it's not butter margarine on it that I squeezed out of a bottle and an Old Milwaukee Near Beer. (OK! Stop that snickering!)

I had a "Double-Up" yoghurt and half a Rock-melon - very healthy so far. I think I am going to go home and make up some quick pasta.

The varieties of melons is fascinating: casba, crenshaw, honeydew, the other types escape me right now. I guess you could toss cantaloupes and watermelons into this category.

There seems to be some inactivity here... c'mon peoples... I had tomato on toast for breckie this morning. I suppose you guys all say it tom-ay-toes don't you? :-)

All I've had is some toast and a bowl of oatmeal today. Not much to write about.

I haven't eaten today yet (and it's 5:00 PM!), but I'll visit the grocery and wok some onions and mushrooms and mix them with couscous and garlic. Should be good, especially because I haven't eaten...

Toast and coffee. I'll be hungry again soon and on the road.

I had fruit salad for brecky... but last night's dinner was the treat... ravioli with pesto sauce!!! Yummo! (I'm hungry now)

I had dinner at Satay tonight. Pud Thai Tofu and a kiddie cocktail and some funny shrimpies in a wooden bowl with six indentatiosn with pottery covers of eash little indentationl. Oh, I almost forgot, the drink has a tiny umbrella.

Of course it has to have an umbrella - it wouldn't be kitsch without it!!!

Hello, again, everyone! So far today, a cup of coffee and some samples of a sauce for scallops that we are doing for a demo tomorrow (Friday the 13th) at the new Randall's. See you all soon, and happy holidays. WER

Is the new Randalls going to have a cafeteria like the old Randalls that's closing down the road? I'm entering this at one of the Lakeline Malls new Internet islands. They're free and they have a big screen. It's right by the Dillards entrance.

I'm not sure, there was a small article on the store in yesterday's life and food section in the Statesman. WER

Chicken curry pasta today - yummo!!!

Soy sushi. Yummm.

Is no one eating these days? Mango for b-fast along with my own creation of carrot/banana/spice bread with butter!

Actually, yes, I'm still eating. That sound delicious Stacey. I see you're no longer being denied access to food!

Half a fried egg sandwich, soy milk and Immune Support for b-fast. And I brought a container of pasta (w/ homeade sauce) and a Gardenburger for lunch. Yummy.

I had a veggie burger for lunch at the Waterloo Ice House with some fries and a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade. I know it was fresh squeezed because I squeezed it. The waitresses there have learned that their tip is in direct proportion to the number of lemons they bring me.

*giggle* Caffeine for b-fast this a.m. A harried morning so far. Caught up in a sushi craving for the past week, I might have to sate it tonight. Mmmmm.

Egg McMuffin w/ no meat hash browns coffee result of a fast trip through the Big Mac. nuthin' fer lunch. And, just now 3 burritos and a mountain dew (caffeeine!!) Time to run. And time to swing the web cam over the sunset. For the first time in a week we have a cloudless sky.

More caffeine this a.m. Extra strong w/ chicory! No b-fast yet... Friday is treat day at school. You know how we teachers love to eat! Sorry for the stereotype -- it used to bother me but when I realized it was true, hey what can you do?

Go with the flow.

Coffee, coffee, coffee, you're so good to me Coffee, coffee, coffee, black or with milk and cream Coffee, coffee, coffee , yum, yum, YUMMY! Guess what I had for b-fast. Yep. Liquid speed!

oh, and some of my super yum, accidental breakfast souffle.

Did someone say coffee? Just got back from the Waterloo Ice House on Burnet: veggie burger (ok, not the best in town), fries and lemonade. Am I having a deja vu?

Sounds like one of the groovies meals around to me. Have you been to Chili's lately? Thay've added black bean patties to their menu! Late night dinner -- Denny's hasbrowns and Moons over My Hammy sans the hammy part with an addition of tomates! Sushi dinner tonight!

Sushi on a snowy day in Denver, sounds great. I may just bop by Chili's today and test that out. It's getting to be that time of day. I'm heading out to lunch in 10 minutes.

Mmmmm... now you're making me hungry. No snow in Denver yet. Several inches in the mountains but honestly just our first decent frost this a.m. Try the mushroom swiss burger with a black bean patty and a side of honey- mustard for your fries!

Well, I ended up at Whole Foods North instead. Ladka (potatolike patty, I think that's a Jewish term) and vegetable pie. And some exotic red tea from the juice bar. Hey, didn't I turn you on to that bean burger back when we were rabbits?

Oh yeah! I got so excited hearing myself talk about it yesterday that I went there for lunch! Delicious. Last night we went to MORI for sushi! Amazing stuff -- Stacey ordered for four. The bill was "yikes!" but the dinner EXCELLENT. This a.m. I'm eating cake and potato chips -- someone's b-day!

Gosh, I've fogotten to eat anything today! And it's 6:30 pm!

smooth move! Yesterday was a huge food orgy. We had brunch over at a friends -- artichoke quiche, garlic-rosemary hash browns, monkey bread, fruit salad, mimosas and more. Then we attended a birthday party -- grilled salmon, grilled zucchini, cake and beer!

Orgy is right! When you get into monkey bread and mimosas, you're getting out there. You must be glowing!

*cackle*

Same breakfast as yesterday. It's getting on lunchtime. Yesterday I ordered a veggieburger at Waterloo and got a meatburger by mistake. They fixed that. I had it with lemonade and fries. Sound familiar?

Yeah, deja food! WER

Made a pizza last night... ate it all! Long skates make me very hungry. mushroom and feta! No breakfast this a.m. (bad girl) just not feeling very well.

Ooo, hope you get to feelin' better. Maybe you will when you get something in you.

Still feel yucky. I think stress has more to do with it than anything else. I did take my "Essence" this a.m. with some OJ. That will perk me up quickly!

Essence?

Essence of Life. A liquid product with the 84 trace minerals our body needs but no longer gets from the foods we eat because our soils are overproduced. Same ratio as sea water (same ratio as our blood)

Is this superior to the Ondrox anti-oxidents we were taking? I'm still taking those, would I be better off switching to this stuff?

There are a few "superior" products I've found and Essence is completely different from an antioxidant. I'll get some info for you and send it.

Breakfast: cup of coffee (just one!!!), cup of Chex mix and two pieces of chocolate. Obviously not your most well rounded b-fast but those aren't as much fun to talk about!

So you could take both? Vitamins and the thing you're talking about?

certainly. Essence is not a vitamin. It is a combination of the 84 trace minerals every living being needs to survive.

Your breakfast today sounded alot more like the trace elements by body uses to survive. WER

*giggle* This morning a steaming cup of ginseng tea w/ honey... I need some clean foods for the next few days, my body is really feeling the energy loss. I'm sure my consumption of movie popcorn, coke and a DQ blizzard contributed to the sluggishness yesterday!

I had lunch at Waterloo again today. The usual. Did you find those three on your food combining chart, Stace'?

Just coffee this morning... but lots of it.

Amen. Today for me was: Coffee and lots of it 3 doughnuts Mixed colas and lots of them Cracker Jacks WER

Put me in the just coffee column for yesterday too. But not too much. So don't call me too much coffeeman.

Just enough coffee man? WER

Wow, I went to bed super early today (like 7 pm)and just woke up. And you're posting stuff now. Stacey is our day person and you must be our night person.

I was at work at 7:00 am this morning and got home at 10:00 pm, this is the only time I have Sun-Mon-Tue. WER

Wow, you put in a 15 hour day! Do you do this every day?

Nope, usually only Sunday, Monday, Tuesday off Wednesday 6 or so on Thursday 12 or so on Friday 6 or so on Saturday. Usually. WER

Back to what WER ate for b-fast yesterday.... Ughhhh! I think I'm gonna be sick! Whew, but with that knid of sugar caffeine combo, it's no wonder you could put in a superhuman workday! Happy day off. Strawberry/pumpkin muffin for me and of course, enough java to fuel a rocket.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention the two packs of smokes WER

OOOOhhh. BAD, BAD boy!

Yeah, yeah, yeah... WER

Could we consider you, Too Many Addiction Man?

Nope, cause I have just the right amount!!!! WER

What are your other addictions? The fun ones?!? *grin*

They are all fun if you do them correctly! If I tell, will you agree to taste test for me? WER

*cackle* Temptations abound!!!!!

At least you don't point when you laugh. WER

*confused squinty eye gape* "huh?" Enjoy the park, take a ride on the swing for me. I love swings. They make me...

Never mind I'll 'splain later. WHAT? WHAT DO THEY MAKE YOU? WER

dizzy...

Nuttin' yet.

Odwalla Future Shake- Vanilla Almondo

The same usual lunch at Waterloo. Eggplant Parmesan for dinner.

Breakfast at Denny's for dinner. WER

I love Denny's! Cajun dinner last night -- Bayou Bob's. Two eggs over medium, hashbrowns (w/ tabasco) and wheat toast. ANd COFFEE this a.m.

hashbrowns and a coke.

clam chowder, spiced apples, pepperocini peppers and a few tomatos AND a coke! great lunch!

PIZZA! I ordered TWO 16" (X-LG) pizzas with mushrooms, blk olives and x-cheese last night from BlackJack Pizza (because I had a coupon). They said it would be 45 mins but after 1hr 15 mins I called and said, "where is it?" They said if it was on its way but if it arrived cold to give them a call and they'd "right" it. I called another 20 mins later when it wasn't there yet and said, "what do you mean by 'right it'?" Well they'd remake it if it were cold. I got uppity and said, "I don't want it remade, I want to eat it for dinner and dinner was 45 mins ago!" Needless to say, I got both pizzas for free. Yum!

I got a free pizza once because they were way late.

STILL eating pieces of my free pizzas...

yogurt for breakfast. No coffee yet.

LOTSA coffee already.

Coffee here, too. WER

Is today your "off" day?

Just ordered a veggie burger from Rockets. onion, lettuce, tomato, pickles, Swiss cheese and spicy mustard. Rockets. 2700 W Anderson #313. 453-ROCK kitchen manager, who do you call for delivery for your restaurant? Do you guys do this?

yum!

stacey: nope, yesterday was terry: Eat Out In delivers for us WER

Made two dozen cupcakes for Brandon to take to work... we ate a few. Just coffee for breakfast, but there should be plenty o' treats at school today.

spuds from rocket again

So far, half a corned beef sandwich on a garlic bagel, from The Bagelry. WER

cupcake, Twix, Snickers, punch... Halloween parties galore.

Same here. Lotsa sugah, hunnah.

coffee...

That's currently what's keeping me going also. WER

First I swam for an hour and worked out at the Q. The a hot steam bath, sauna, and hot tub sesssion. The eggs over easy, hash browns and toast at the Ice House. Like James Brown once said, I feel good.

I am living vicariously through you today...

I just ordered takeouts from kitchenmanagers outfit. We'll have a full report in a couple of hours: pizza, fettucini, and sphagetti with marinara sauce. Little Italy on the way!

YUM! Is that all for you?

No, three guys, the pizza was nearly too much for me. One of the best pizzas I've ever had. The salads stashed away for later. Couldn't eat any more after that 9" pizza!

Now, be sure and tell all your friends. = ) WER

sounds delicious! I am fresh out of a 3 1/2 hr meeting with only decaf coffee for sustinence...

did anything get accomplished in the meeting, that's downright marathonish.

Yes and no. The child was determined to be mildly mentally retarded; mother is in denial and refused any services. Mother also decided to file a lawsuit against the district. Woo Woo! My life is never dull. These staffings always frustrate me because nothing ever gets done about helping the child find success...

I ate a the icehouse again. Same stuff as always. I did a marathon hour 1 mile swim this morning and a steam bath. (before I ate).

Mmmm! I just posted my cravings in the restaurant conference but your b-fast sounds pretty good too. That steam bath also sounds invitng.

Remember the late pizza incident that I mentioned before... the one where we received 2 18" pizzas for free because they were so late? Well we received a letter from the president of the company apologizing again. The letter also mentioned they'd like to give us a free large pizza with whatever we wanted on it! I guess they're so concerned because I do usually order 3x a month (with 2 X-large pizzas each time!) from them. Yum. Yum! Just in time to sate my craving!

Wow, you lucked out on that one! Pizzagirl.

Ahhh! Finally feeling back up to snuff! I made stuffed mushrooms and mushroom/scallop fettecine the other night.. leftovers for breakfast with my coffee. Last night I made a couple dozen chocolate chip cookies and sent them to work with Brandon. Engineers like to eat as much as teachers but the geeks need the fat!

Another ditto break fast at the icehouse.

Big snow here yesterday morning -- driving was out. So we walked to Denny's for Moons Over My Hammy sans the ham plus tomatoes! And hasbrowns with ketchup and tabasco! Oh and coffee! Added a banana to the morning fare. Today is a teacher workday so K and I are going out to lunch. Looks like a Chili's BB day!

Who's K?

My friend Kami, speech therapist at the school I teach at. We went to Chili's for the Black Bean Burger fest! And four cokes!

Man are you and Kami coked out!

She only had three. (lightweight!)

A bean and a potato empanada from Wheatsville, a very tart and exotic ginger ale, some chips, some tofu salad (dip for the chips), and Westbrae Natural Sweet Interludes Apricot-Peach Centers for desert. All on the way home while I talked on the ham and the cell and read my email. Highway 71 revisited for the umpteenth time.

Yet another driver paying attention to the task at hand...

Today is treat day at work. But the sausage/beef/bean chili just doesn't sound that appetizing to me.

icehouse ditto. yes, coffee.

Crow

LOL

Can you say icehouse?

Um, yes. I can say icehouse.

I brought bagels and cream cheese in for all the folks who attended my 7am meeting. I had to bring plain cream cheese to appease everyone but I had my own separatly -- sun-dried tomato with salmon spread! When I mix it up it's an everything bagel with cheddar-peno spread.

That's what I just had!

Einstien's? I had it again this a.m.

ditto yesterday

uh oh -- the ditto twins again!

I had take outs today.

From?

The icehouse. Dittoland. (plays twilight zone music).

Our trip is 12/22 - 1/3 OFFICIALLY! The Christmas holidays proper will be spent in San Antonio with my family and then we'll head to Austin to play and spend New Year's. Brandon returns to Denver on 1/1 but I'm going to hang around for another couple of days -- because I can!

See ya then!(?)

*pizza*

Mmmm, sounds good!

My eating habits while living alone this past week: Chex mix. Mac and Cheese. Ginseng tea. Echinecea tea, Vitamin B, one FABULOUS dinner out. Jalapeno Poppers (at a REALLY BAD Mexican restaurant for happy hour). Homemade veggie soup. Chex mix. Chex mix. yougurt. Man my body is glad B is back! Can you say, "detox"?

detox. The usual at the icehouse. Just ordered veggie baked ziti from Marcellos. $1 delivery charge isn't bad.

oooh! That sound yum! I'm making pizza tonight. Mushrooms, capers and chevre. I was torn between that and mushroom, artichoke hearts and black feta.

What's your recipe for pizza?

a little of this, a little of that til it feels right. Grated romano and parmesean MUST go into the crust!

Apple pecan dressing with rutabagas and turnips.

So far, two cups of coffee, two frosted strawberry pop-tarts, and one cig... (am really craving cheese and crackers, though)

Same old same old for me...banana & OJ for breakfast, double decaf cappucino and oatmeal for lunch. I did decide to spice things up this week--I bought the OJ with the little bits of pulverized orange in it instead of the regular kind.This is really walking on the wild side for me.

Lunch at veggie heaven. I had a great dish called the "Path of Phoenix" which had spicy wheat gluten, bell pepper, and onion cooked Kung Pao style and topped with peanuts. And the side of brown rice was excellent. You don't have to beg for a decent vegetarian meal at Veggie Heaven, it's well named. The Path looks like a dish you'd get a a good Chise place, a plateful of neat, bit size cubes covered with brown sauce. The wheat gluten pieces were chey and nutty. Delicious. Even the crunchy roasted peanuts were savory. It's at 1914A Guadalupe across from Dobie mall on the Drag. Next time there I'm going to order Seventh Heaven and I'll give you my review then. Guranteed, I'll be back.

asagio cheese bagel w/ salmon schmear couple of orange/pineapple cookies coffee green chile, mushroom/spinach enchiladas (leftovers by moi) orange celery sticks more cookies Dinner out: Olive Garden salad (lots) stuffed mushrooms seafood dip couple of ambers... (would've enjoyed cheese and crackers too!)

yes, but in the same direction?...

Those olive garden salads are the best!

hot damn! everyone's here! no wonder I'm so lonely at 7am... you guys stay up too late!

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and what's it taste like akbas?!?!?! *smile* Paul surely can tell you anything you want to know in that area... but while you're in this conference, how bout fessing up to what YOU ate today! *chuckle*

Thanks for the company, sweetie... *hugs and kisses in all the right places...*

Stacey, what is green chile? And more importantly, why is it green? The best compendium of vegetarian recipes I've found on the web is at vegsource.com. Linda McCartney's even got some listed. (Don't know about Colin Firth, though, you droolers!)

They aren't ripe yet. (Stacey is still practicing her ventriloquism...) The most famous varietal is the Hatch from New Mexico.

thanks WER, for responding so quickly under the guise of moi! Super yum Autumn! Not really spicy but with flavor. Your only option back east is from the can, but in Colorado (a state that gets along with New Mexico) we can get them fresh!

Lemme see if I can remember what I ate today......bowl of cereal, hmmmmm, some chocolate, then dinner at RL (you know, frozen seafood). But I had a salad-a whole plate, mind you, versus a half plate. Which really means that I got 5 tiny strips of chicken on it (got the mainlanders) instead of, what, half of that, so maybe 2 and 1/2 strips of chicken (but the same amount of lettuce-woohoo!) I must say that it was rather good-with dried tomato viniagrette. Actually was quite yummy.

Stopped in our Burger King today to get the girls a fish sandwich and french fries--it was the first time I'd been in there since high school! Funny how it hadn't changed much in 15 years, but then I haven't either. I remember being in 10th grade and having a boyfriend who liked to eat there, so our parents would take us (neither of us even had a license then!). It really brought back memories.

I love BK Diner's fish sandwiches. Don't really care for their new fries, though, Mickey D's still has them beat, in my book.

greasy disgusting jack-in-the-box tacos for breakfast/lunch (i love 'em)... haven't had supper yet... hmmm, outa ravioli... too wrecked to go out and actually deal with people... *sigh*... big mac and fries, i guess... (yech)

hey, you comin' back?

happy new friggin month! (ignore the bitterness in my voice) *deep breath* ate today... poached eggs all mushed up on toast OJ B complex vitamin crow...

That last one is always hard to swallow, Stacey--anything you want to share? (haven't heard the "B" word lately....)

had shrimp e'touffe for dinner, homemade and I peeled/deveined the shrimp...

not too much to share Autumn, but thanks for asking. Brandon is in Canada on business but should arrive home late tonight. I used to meet him at the airport without fail... I think I enjoyed it more than he did *frown* better day after a nice long hike in the mountains pan fried noodle and chocolate non-pareils (sp?) for dinner! sounds yummy wolf! sounds like you worked hard today!

Peeled and deveined both, huh? What a pioneer spirit! I've been buying them ready-to-use in 3 lb. bags at BJ's for years. Too lazy, I guess (plus those shells really stink up the garbage). Tonight it's omelettes and portobello mushroom caps stuffed with spinach au gratin. Of course, the kids will pick out the spinach and leave the mushrooms behind.

tonight it's mac&cheese...

Actually, Autumn, the husband picked them up (cheaper) and you know who did the work. (But he did the cookin') Luckily, garbage day is tomorrow! Stacey, you had noodles and chocolate? Hmmmm, haven't tried that yet. Tonight, ate nothing-wasn't hungry......

i recommend the beefaroni, madame... (c'est tres delicieux, aujourd'hui)

Merci, mon ami, ne faim pas (did I say that right?)

(tres somnolent-travail, e'cole, et de efant. Je regrette. Good night, sweetie)

oops! "enfant"

uhhh, how 'bout a nice bordeaux to go with that? (sorry... didn't mean to space on you... g'night)

ended up with falafel and tahini. preparing a hot cup of CS Tension Tamer...

got an extra cup?

Hey, it's falafels for us tonight, too. WER, from what I've been seeing in other conferences, you could use an IV of it....

okay, okay... so, Stacey, you got an unlimited(sp?) supply of it?

what in the 'ell is falafels? is it some kind of soy protein product again? just new name? (sorry, am grumpy). wer? what in the heck crawled up your nose and died?

*cackle* *snort* wolf, don't mean to exacerbate the situation but, you're really hysterical when you're pissy! Loved the nose comment! BTW, I think I'll refrain from explained falafel until you're able to handle it! *smile*

thanks (am on overload as it is)

nothing, I'm sorry

it's ok, am having my day too

(could you tell?)

wer... WHAT THE HELL IS UP?!?!? you cannot go on having miserable day after miserable day. what is the problem? can you fix it? can we help? spend a few thinking about it and let me know! *exasperated sigh* you've got a whole host of friends here... make us feel useful if nothing else! (worried about what's going on. too many cryptic messages.)

to everyone: tired and incorrectly nourished, will continue until some time after Valentine's Day. see ya'll then. take care and quit the damn worrying.

guess you told us... *smile* applesauce cookies pepperocini peppers (in excess) ginseng tea speaking of incorrectly nourished...

more cookies... I think I will take myself out to dinner tonight. Sushi maybe. Or Italian. I deserve it and there isn't really anyone I want to spend time with in my frustrated funk.

nick, had beefaroni for lunch. and various assortment of fruit

sorry, should have said, just being me, the best way to help is put up with me until I'm no longer being a sh** same old same old, Stacey, or all new frustrations? hi, wolf

think I can speak for the rest of us, we're tolerating you well. Hey, you guys put up with me yesterday (thanks and hugs) (so you feelin' any better?)

nope...not important And you? Don't know if I should have started that whole Men are from Mars thing... ouch

Not all men are the way we described ours, you know!

not until you move in with them anyway...

WER, if things get too ugly in there we can always make a "Women are from Venus" topic. I have a cartoon on my fridge that shows a woman reading a book entitled, "Men are from Earth, Women are from Earth--Deal with it!"

LOL!!! OK, today, I ate a couple of kiwi fruits (yummeee), some grapes, salad, and three tiny pancakes (maybe 3 in diameter). am on a diet and trying to "flush" (which, BTW, is literal and metaphorically) oooooo gross, did I say that?

Oh Wolf, we should do the 5-day cleansing diet I mentioned in the health conference together! The idea is to rid your body of toxins and give your digestive organs a break, especially your pancreas and liver. I'm waiting till the end of the month because my husband's going out of town for a week, so I won't be cooking anyway! Besides, it's hard to stick to a special regime when everyone around you is eating normally.

That is no lie!! The truth is, I've got to lose 6 pounds by Tuesday. Have lost 2 already (started with 8). Because my car is in the shop, can't go to the gym I'm paying for (my husband's on call this week). So have been doing power flushes. All the water I can handle, fruits and vegees. Cut out the carbs and *sigh* chocolate. Know it'll be water weight, but gotta make this weigh-in (it's a work thing). The worst part is the caffiene withdrawal-headaches. Ugh!!

Been there....the no-caffeine migraines were so bad, I gave up caffeine altogether just so I'd never have to suffer withdrawal again! And I don't even notice any difference with the decaf espresso I drink. Besides, I'm a naturally hyper person anyway. Good luck with the 6 lbs.--maybe with not having a car you can walk everywhere!

not really (walk everywhere). thanks for your support! (psst, maybe you oughta give me the cleansing regime anyway!)

walking instead of driving? no caffeine? and (gulp) eliminating toxins from your bodies? hell, what next? gonna give up red meat, salt? (yeah, i know... just said that for shock value...) i dunno, that regimen sounds vaguely un-american to me... somehow undermining our (dietary) greatness... perhaps y'all would consider the super taco diet? like, instead of eliminating the impurities, embrace them... make 'em work for you...

salt is done for me, don't add any, and if a recipe calls for it, put in half. like i said before, do like my steak, but don't eat as much anymore. really am a side-dish kind of person, and i really love broccoli and cauliflower, oh, and asparagus, the squashes, yummy!

communist!

The six food groups: salt sugar caffeine nicotine fat chemicals

(you fergot beer)

ate: banana toast celery pineapple mango juice

Nick, nope, alcohol goes in the sugar group, along with carbs... Stacey, what kind o' toast? I had some "whole" wheat this morn.

Didn't eat anything, am sick with the flu.

*frown* sorry you're not feeling well, Wolf. soup? OJ? Tea? what d'ya need? little sympathy? *hug*

WER, toast was public school special... white, thick and slathered with 'butter sauce'. MMMMMMM (yeah right!) for lunch... leftover stuffed shells, another banana and some hummus AND some applesauce.

thanks Stacey....managed a couple pieces of toast. Motrin kicked in and got rid of the headache/body feelin' raw sensation. Fever has dropped 2 degrees. don't remember the shit on a shingle lunch special (or what is it called--oh, biscuits and gravy) that stuff reminds me of barf (no offense if anyone really likes it)...used to love school rolls though, man that stuff was good.

(you shoulda tried the super taco thing... your body is trying to tell you something...)

guess so.........

well, just bear that in mind... such is the wages for commonist behavior...

yeah, but i lost 3 lbs!

at what cost? the very fabric of our amer'can way of life? wasn't it franklin that said that those who would sacrifice their tacos (or burgers- same principle) for the transitory satisfaction of weight loss deserve neither tacos nor satisfaction (said some- thing similar to that)...

yeah yeah yeah. really want a burger, too.

now you're talking like a red-blooded american patriot type... ('course, i don't have any stores in la., so it won't do me a hell of a lotta good... guess it's the principal that counts...)

hmmm, maybe there's a need?

wer: you forgot the chocolate food group. stacey: the emperor has good taste! wolf: my husband is a contract specialist for DoD at Aberdeen Proving Ground--you two probably go way back! :) nick: tsk, tsk, never mind......

Nope, Autumn, see answer for alcohol, it's in the sugar group

Ahhhh, but it's so much more...if its appeal were simply sugar, people would pig out on smarties. But it has that chemical in it, remember, that makes you fal in love!

(hey, what'd i do?) and are y'all partaking of some kinda double bourbon chocolate, or what?

hey you! (had mac&cheese and sausage weenies in bbq sauce)

Autumn: have only been in the field for a couple of years. probably have been to a couple of schools with your husband and never knew the difference :) Wer: I agree with Autumn, chocolate MUST have its own group....

hey, yerself... my god... sausage weenies? aren't those like all fat? you'd be much better off with a nutritious burger, and maybe some hot golden french fries... yeah, and a diet coke, if you want... (and basically you guys seem to form your very own chocolate group, don't you think?) surfing, looking for a new bun toaster... scintillating... whaterya up to?

oh, yeah... lunch is soup (through a straw)

through a straw? what the heck happened to you? (and since I haven't eaten in two days, the sausage weenies were a quick caloric intake fixer-been sick as a dog, in bed all day yesterday with high temps)

(that mono can really be a pain in the ass, can't it?)

yeah, considering i'm not sure who i got it from and who's gonna get it next *grin*

what, are you like recklessly threatening an epidemic? should someone contact net disease control?

hmm, maybe not yet, just don't sit so close to the screen....

*giggle* damn wolf... give your body a chance! Weenies?!?! Glad you liked the tea Autumn. I found another great one -- Detox a.m. I know it doesn't sound exciting but it has: milk thistle sarsaparilla echinacea chicory vanilla fresh brewed it tastes almost creamy! (times like these, the little things really start to count!) Chocolate... had two pieces of Ghiradelli, one for you Wolf, and one for you Autumn!

thanks for the chocolate thoughts, Stacey! I know, weenies, but, couldn't taste anything so it didn't matter! And today, had about a gallon of water (no lie), a bite of ravioli (ala chef b), and a kids burger from BK Diner. Hey, this is the most I've eaten since, what, last Tuesday? (hey lost 4lbs, but gained the crud that's going around)

Mmmmmmmm (savoring the bittersweet melting in my mouth)...delicious, stacey! I still have 8 espresso truffles left over from Christmas. I'm making them last until Easter! Stacey, is that tea in the Traditional Medicinals line? I even have a coupon... Nick--ravioli for three tonight?

Lemme see, had one (!) chocolate chip cookie, and a 6 in sub from Subway. And another gallon of water. Boy am I floatin'

(sigh... such a caustic wit... real mme. allen potential, there, autumn...:)

pistachios, as we type... (killer coordination, huh?)

are you genuinely in a "we" mode currently, wer? or is that merely a figure of speech? (and have you heard from stacey? is she doing okay?)

Nope, faking it actually... had the realization today that the okay spells are getting shorter and farther apart, but at least with realization I should be able to combat somewhat... (nope, not this week. figure she's busy and all, if'n "we" don't hear from her before the weekend, I'll call her and see whassup)

wer, did your keyboard turn pink from the pistachios? I hate that! Cheetos are the worst.....

hey, Autumn, got a stay on my execution (heehee). Now they want me to weigh in next week (4 lbs to go)!!! So when do you wanna try that cleansing routine?

My husband will be in CA from the 23-27th. Starting the 23rd--nothing but juice, water, herbal tea, veggies & psyllium! Gotta warn you, fasting's great for detox, but not really weight loss. Whatever you lose you'll gain back pronto because your metabolism slows down. Glad you got your reprieve!

ok, well, I'll do it after my weigh-in. thanks!

Dinner was portobello "burgers" and salad. Then we went down the street for birthday cake and ice cream at my mom's. Man, the joint was jumpin'! For the first time since Christmas we were all in the same place at the same time.

Had chocolate today (the first since two weeks ago). And it's my valentine chocolate no less (yes, he gave me hugs and kisses-my favs). Couldn't stave it off any longer (and got a stay from my weigh-in, had to celebrate somehow)...

Good for you! I've eaten nearly all the good stuff my girls got at their valentine parties. (Don't worry, I left them the lollipops with bubble gum inside.) Had tempeh stir-fry over bulgur for dinner; can't drink enough water to slake my thirst this evening--too much salt! Tomorrow's market day.

Must be nice to get fresh stuff at the market! I go through my kids' candy too!!

What kind of stuff do you get at the grocery store, if not fresh?

Well, it's grocery store stuff, you know? Love to go to the markets, I mean, the feel of the whole thing.....

Called Stacey other day and talked to her machine... sorry, Nick... eggs, bacon, almond/poppy seed muffins, coffee for breakfast, random sugar and more coffee for lunch, steak, potato, salad, fruit juice for dinner, more random sugar, alcohol, and coke from then till now... (did anyone notice that I was mostly on topic???)

Aw, I like it when you digress, wer.... No cooking tonight--it's "Mom's Night Out", a monthly gathering of 4 of my best mom friends (although lately it's only been 3 of us). We have been getting together for dinner and drinks for 2 1/2 years; we have a standing date and every month we fix the location for the next month and whoever can make it, comes. It's always a very cathartic experience and absolutely the best night of the month for me. It's even better than going on a date!

hmmm...don't suppose there'd be any home movies, huh?

ha, ha--sounds more like a question for "Loveline"....!

As a courteous host, I was just trying to give you what you asked for...did I digress in the wrong direction? I what manner would you prefer to be served, Autumn?

Wish I could get a mom's night out. This is the only place where I get to be me and not have any other roles to fill. As now, i have no friends (cept of course for you guys, well all but one). Oh, wait, I do have a girlfriend in Glen Knoll and I miss her terribly.

(blushing, nervous laughter) I'm in the library right now and not at home, and I'm keenly aware of a teenage girl reading surreptitiously over my shoulder (busted!), so I'll let you decide...

boy! you sure are drawing a crowd at the library (!!) wanna get rid of the, uh, snoopers? write something terribly dirty, she'll blush and run off!!

Well, if I'm gonna do it in public, guess I'd better go change clothes...want to be presentable and all...

had some yogurt today. and boy am i hungry right now........

coffee and colas so far... watcha hungry for, Wolf?

nutin' honey *sheepish grin*

don't you mean honey on... (I do so love sheepish grins on wolves...)

*sly grin*

Ha! Glad to be back in the sanctuary of my basement...I'll never do that again, I felt so vulnerable and paranoid at the library! That's what I get for going in the afternoon, after the high school lets out. So we had leftovers tonight, got in the car to go out shopping, and my younger daughter got sick all over the back seat. I guess it's flu season.....

ew gross! you able to clean it up? (I hate when that happens!!) BTW, thanks for visiting my site!!

Hell, no! She did it in the car--that's HIS domain. Of course, if it had happened in the house it would be my problem (very clear division of labor in my household). I find it amazing that people can make their own website! I wouldn't have the first clue how to go about it or what to put there.

I didn't either til I just dived in. Was frustrating, but fun at the same time. And the place is still in progress. But had help with it via friends and help sites. We don't divvy up the domains unless the dogs barf, then it's my job. He usually takes care of the cars but we both clean out the inside. (He isn't just gonna let it sit there is he?)

The irony is that he is much more diligent about his domain than I am--it's already cleaned up and is airing out as we speak. Our rule with the cat is, whoever discovers the puke has to clean it up (that was our diaper rule too).

missed the bagel and cream cheese this a.m. settled for school toast and jelly with a tiny carton of Apple juice. Lunch was a Taco Bell Bean Burrito (contract with the school district like Pizza Hut!), fruit cocktail and water. I'm one hungry camper now and may break into the Girl Scout cookie stash in my file cabinet!

Whatcha got them filed under?

Are they thin mints? I was always partial to them back in my Brownie days...

thin mints they are! The only time I ever drink milk!

resumed the breakfast ritual... asagio bagel, salmon schmear, Tension Tamer. Thinking about adding a banana to the mix as an early morning run really boosted my a.m. appetite.

You know, bananas might possibly be the world's most perfect food...

too much tv for you! Everyone knows chocolate is the world's most perfect food!

Banana for breakfast, leftover tempeh fajita for lunch, nutri-grain bar for midday snack. Supper is potluck lenten dinner at church.

crawfish for dinner, spicy corn and new potatos.....

Gee, thanks, Wolf, rub it in why don't ya!

BTW, Tropical Source makes a dark chocolate and dried banana candy bar... weird, but edible...

who is tropical source? check da mail, wer.... BTW: i hate crawfish, just like tearing them apart (dissection)-it's that dangerous wolf part of me *giggle* today had 1 slice of pepperoni greasy pizza....

Wow, Wolf, crawfish! You really do live in Louisiana! I haven't seen one of those since I was in France. Had oatmeal, curried lentil soup, salmon burger and "not dog" on the grill with raw carrots and broccoli. Wer, have you had those tofu/rice chocolate bars with the animals on the wrapper (can't remember the brand name)? They're mighty good too.

Okay, Wolf... Nope, I've missed those, Autumn...

hi wer

Hey, Wolf, you still on here?

yupper

this weekend: coffee, tea, tea, tea, Clif Bar, spicy cajun trail mix, tea, tea, banana, tea, pizza & beer. Sunday: AMAZING Bed & Breakfast cuisine! Southwestern eggs w/ black beans cheese and salsa. pear compote. apple raisin bread pudding, polenta!!!! (Delicious breakfast!) Then (on the trail again): banana, tea, Clif Bar (peanut butter), spicy cajun mix, water, water, water, water. Egg sandwich and pepperjack cheese soup! Back at home: Gravlox (homemade-- yea!!) with cream cheese and wheat thins, tea, tea, tea, tea. This morning: Tea, tea, tea. Asagio cheese bagel w/ salmon schmear and COFFEE (1/2 decaf) Lookit me eatin' like I don't have a care in the world!

girl! don't know how you got any hiking done with all those fluids *grin*

snowshoeing! All that exercise in combination with the dry climate... I used every bit of it!

cool, love that crunch crunch sound beneath the feets (never been shoeing, well, did have shoes on, but not those badmiton rackets--can't spell worth a darn) k, today i had half a baked potato, a kiwi fruit (not the bird, mind you), some buhsketti (pronounce it the way it looks, say it a few times, there you go), and, hmmmm.....dat's all folks

So far, only a banana and double decaf cappucino. Dinner last night was a recipe called North African Couscous from a magazine. Wheat meat, veggies and couscous w/raisins, curry and cinnamon. Interesting, but not as flavorful as I'd hoped. The kids had buhsketti-o's instead!

a pork chop, macaroni salad, and green beans.....

Peanut butter and jelly on rye bread--blah!!!!!

autunm, on white bread yuk!

ew, don't care for pb&j anymore. had some noodle soup today, oh, and chocolate, really needed it for some reason.

Welcome, Joel...

Joel, peanut butter and jelly rules! woo woo woo

hi joel! been out sick for a couple of days... sinus infection returned and brought with it strep throat and an upperrespirtory infection. Never taken so many pills in my life! Feeling ten thousand percent better but was only able to work a 1/2 day today. food: leftover chipotle rice, leftover spinach mushroom enchiladas, echineaca drink, several Thin Mint GS cookies

one of my kids has strep now, too... missed last 3 days of school... miraculously, none of the others seem to have gotten it... (jalapenos and chili for breakfast... peanut butter crunch for supper... that kinda day)...

Hope y'all get better soon! Stacey, have you seen that Edy's (Dreyer's on the West Coast) has GS thin mint ice cream now? Can't wait to try it. Oatmeal, tomato-red bell pepper soup w/croutons. Dinner: who knows?

Ooh! The 'i scream' sounds yummy!!! I'll have to look for that. Usually I'm not too big on the frozen treat but this sounds worthwhile! Breakfast at Pour 'la France with a co-worker: pesto omlette with artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, mozzerella and of course pesto. Hash browns (with tabasco) and plenty of decaf coffee! I'm feeling better and my appetite is working its way back to superhuman capabilities so I just had a mini bag of Cheetos! I don't buy chips and puffs and stuff but these were given to me so... I felt obliged! *smile* Teacher workday, no students so I'm sure to be eating out for lunch too!

So, whatcha been havin'?

today... toast & jelly banana pear fruit cocktail cheese sandwich carrots GS cookies corn

Gasp! No asiago bagel??? hot oatmeal & grape nuts, double decaf cappucino, banana soon to follow. Bought some GS thin mint ice cream and Nestle cookie jar ice cream yesterday--yummy!

asagio bagel this morning! and banana, orange, tater tots, ice cream sundae (cast party for my class -- we had a performance this a.m. --- they did a GREAT job!)

had a little leftover quiche (Southwestern: green chiles, corn, chopped tomatos and jalapaenos, cheese and of course eggs) when I got home. And THEN dinner.

Your starting to sound almost up to par, Stacey!

*smile* ait to you hear breakfast... munching on a brownie and glazed donut as I type a little detox tea to wash it down! and today is pizza day at school so i'll eat with the kids!

Shall we play tag this morn?

you're it!

aw, shucks, I wasn't ready...

he who hesitates...

(i know, trust me, i know!)

*blowing kisses* (cause i feel like it!) ate today: bagel ritual banana buttermilk roll orange pear iceberg lettuce and tomatos (w/ gross dressing -- schoolmade!_ several Tagalongs

catching them cause I can... 'bout to have a double strawberry double malt...

yum!

it was, it was

yum! (ever read Still LIfe with Woodpecker -- Tom Robbins ?)

Nope...just Jitterbug Perfume if he wrote that...

he wrote that too. (then you will not get the 'yum' reference as it was intended until you read the book!)

Oatmeal w/grape nuts, pear, espresso chocolates left over from xmas, tossed salad, baked beans and portobello & salmon burgers (have you ever bought these? They are fantastic!)

who makes them? (i thought you were making them from scratch!) Today: bagal rigamoral and DeTox tea

same ol' caffeine routine plus dark chocolate malt from Amy's and a bag of popcorn

Panang and Tom Yum last night. leftovers this morning!

What kind of dishes are those and what's in them? Molly's Foods manufactures those particular frozen salmon patties; Aquaculture and somebody else have a similar product too. They taste great and grill in less than 10 minutes...plus my kids will eat them! (but not "regular" salmon)

Panang is a Thai dish made with curry and coconut milk. I usually have tofu and vegetables with mine and eat it over Jasmine rice. Tom Yum is a Thai soup. Clear, spicy broth with lemon grass, basil, peppers, mushrooms and shrimp. Sometime I eat this over Jasmine rice too!

The soup sounds good! Today I had oatmeal, banana, iced tea (it must be summer--82 deg. here today!), tossed salad, and wheat meat and mushrooms with gravy over brown rice. Stacey, do you ever go to topsecretrecipes.com? They have recipes for stuff like McD's special sauce and Outback's blooming onion. This week's secret recipe is--you guessed it!--Thin Mints!! Can you imagine going to the trouble to make them???

I'd rather continue paying the gazillion dollars a box just so I can have them separated into two packages. (Makes em last longer!)

Oh yeah, there's a definite psychological difference between the tray-style packaging vs. the stacked-column style. Like saltines!

Ate today: banana B complex vitamin dry Golden Grahams pear bean and cheese burrito slice of pizza

leftovers and a pbj sandwich with Pringles

Cappucino and pizza crust. Looking ahead to lunch, probably a nectarine. Maybe pancakes for dinner? It's that kind of day.

dry Golden Grahams 1/2 banana coffee

Butterfinger, jelly beans, marshmallow egg, Reese's pb cup, mini Hershey's candy bars...you get the idea....

(yeah, just usually the wrong one...)

*laugh*

ok, here's what i ate today: bowl of cereal salad hamburger 8 hugs

oh, and that was just breakfast! *giggle*

sushi for breakfast here! scallop rolls, salmon and tuna sashimi w/ the obligatory wasabi and soy (skipped the coffee if you can believe it!)

I am a human garbage disposal today. All I've eaten are my kids' rejects: one bowl of oatmeal, 1 apple, 1/4 pb & j sandwich, 1/2 grilled cheese, 1/4 c. of yogurt, small amount of raw broccoli (they just like the salad dressing--gross!)

1 slice pepperoni pizza, 3 homemade eggrolls, handful of chocolate pieces.

Autumn... way to go with the recycling effort! *smile*

two snickers bars *gasp*, bowl of cereal, and two eggrolls......(kinda stressing day)

(Poor Wolf! Hope your fortune was good!) S. is out of town this week, so no cooking!! YEAH! We're living on sandwiches, fruit, and yogurt. Life is good.

no coffee yet... planning on eating at Pagi(sp?) House tonight, though...

four yogurts, half cantalope, and a plate of salad with greek viniagrette....

Sounds healthy, Wolf!

yeah, lost 3 pounds in two days! (had a weigh-in, haha) but today....today i ate food. hamburger, tater salad, baked beans, two deviled eggs (yummy). then for dinner, garden salad and brisbane saute (very rich, buttery saucy type fettucine with mushrooms and shrimps), only ate half of it though! anyway, since i don't know what kinda food i'm gonna get while i'm out on business, thought i'd better eat some good stuff!

been out o' commission with a hellish virus since Wednesday night. Now that I'm keeping things down it's a melody of: yogurt with ginger and bananas echinecea tea lemon juice w/ cayenne pepper and ice salmon smoked oysters toasted potato bread Orange juice rice and lotsa vitamins! (still at home today. absoulutely no voice to speak of (lucky for some people! But at least I can still type!)

Hope you gets it kicked soon!

the metabolism is picking up again. I awoke at 3am with horrendous hunger pangs. Seasame crackers and sharp cheddar allowed me to sleep for another couple of hours.

THAT keeps you happy?? You must be so cheap to feed, girl! I have to buy extra food for my nightly hunger escapades, otherwise my kids would go hungry the next day.

I could live off of cheese and crackers. In the fridge now I have sharp cheddar, blue, mozzerella, monterey jack, asagio, parmesean and romano cheeses... always plenty of crackers in the house. It's the only way to insure I even eat when Brandon is out of town... no fun actually cooking for one.

Holy cow! You DO like cheese, don't you? Come and visit me sometime. Have you ever tried three your old Gouda cheese? Crumbles like a cookie, but tastes like heaven. You're right, it is no fun cooking for one . . . then again, who needs their food cooked to be able to enjoy it. I eat like a mule - come rain or shine! Luckily I don't have too much of a sweet tooth, but I devour literally TONS of fruit every day - anything I can lay my hands on. In fact I'm eating now - passion fruits. A bag full. Wonder if one can get fruit poisoning from eating so much, because I need half a day to get over stomach pains from the previous day, and half to stuff myself again. Not out of hunger or anything, but because I love the taste. And, $hit (so to speak), does it clean you out or what?!

as a young child, I used to make myself sick on kumquats, plums and peaches. I'd eat them one right after the other until they were gone. And then spend the next few hours running back and forth to the bathroom!

Ditto with cherries...they're still my biggest fruit weakness! Thank God they're only in season for a few weeks.

Cherries!! I love cherries! They make you run too - especially if you don't bother to spit out the stones. The girls and I eat them by the hundreds, then fight over the last one. I always thought I'd win, as I am the biggest, but Isa, the eldest has these quick little hands. While I'm still groping around with my clumsy paws those little hands just shoot forward, and I don't have a chance. And the little one just sits there staring at us with a blank look on her little face (she looks just like Piglet in the Winnie Pooh stories - really sweet). I'm so glad they're turning out disgusting too - I'd be so lonely if they were a pair of little ladies. But Mr. C. for some reason is starting to develop this nervous twitch every now and again . . . Do you have kids, Autumn?

Yes, I too have sweet little daughters; Juliette is 6 and Lydia is 4. All we all love cherries, although they do eat them more daintily than I.

Nice names run in your family, don't they?

nice feet run in Autumn's family, too

WER, do hairy derrieres run in your family?!?!

never looked...

why not?

because he had heard of the narrow brown rivulet trails along the floor and defensively refused to make any connections [all in jest, wer] *sniggle* *sniggle* [sorry]

ha-ha! wonder if hairy backsides run in the Leplep family . . . might take a peep sometime . . .

today, I have eaten the same thing as the last two, nothing

Barb, Jen and Meg are pretty hairy on their backsides. Me and Dad are hairless back there. Mom is lifeless (1980...cancer) We all have pretty good hair on our frontsides. Last monitoring, though, was about 34 years ago. Is that current enough, or should I perform an update?

wer, how come you don't say what's goin' on? are you fasting? on a liquid diet? sick in bed? (nothing would've stayed down, so you're not bothering to try?) sick not in bed? (you working?) food poisoning? feelin' extremely weak? I do hope things're goin' better for ya with all that, real REAL soon!!!

just not eating, that's all... (and am working,13 or so hour shifts each day)

You poor thing. Why you working so hard - or are people coming a'rushin' from all over the world to taste your food? I'd sure like to. Wish I could've sent you a whole barrel full of chocolate truffles against hunger pangs. Though, that would not exactly help with the workload - might make it seem pleasanter though . . . Jim, so you're hairless back there? If 1983 was the last time, then how do you know for sure? I mean, do you sort of bend over and . . . and LOOK? And the hair at the front; that's your chest, right? Or is it the face? If so, then you'd better comb your face before we go for that spice girl audition, okay? Would not want anyone to think you're my pet or anything. I'm sorry to hear about Mum.

normal schedule for Sun, Mon, Tues...

Ugh. Hope you take the rest of the week off; working like that is an awfully, disgustingly honest and wholesome thing to do. Doesn't suit you at all!

$hit, that might have come out exactly as I didn't mean it. Know what I mean? Of course it suits you, it just . . . DOESN'T. Maybe I should just go to bed now.

last day of school!!!! pizza cherry coke carrots (had to do it!) popsicles potato chips pizza chocolate (now I need an alka seltzer

No, don't bother - those things take hours to work. Just eat until you throw up . . . won't be long now! You sound gladder than a kid to be out of school! Hope you have a great holiday.(?)

teacher workday... just cleaning up the room! and eating chocolate... and more chocolate and a veggie sandwich and pop and more chocolate!

Gee, and still not throwing up? Wish I had that kind of capacity. Or no! I'd be rolling! But with all your marathon running and things you probably need that amount of food - that's why you don't get sick. I just hope you're not going for a run tonight . . . you'll drop dead after the first two kilometres when the sugar level suddenly drops.

Mmmmm, made a yummy Spanish rice dish with wheat meat and cilantro--even the girls ate it! The butter bread was prettty good, too. Hope you've gotten a chance to eat today, wer.

EVEN the girls ate it? You mean they sometimes pull their little noses up? How very strange . . . mine do too!! Sometimes I think all kids must somehow be related to one another.

A small bag of chips and a MacDonalds breakfast. Home and time for a swim. Just got my isdn hooked up at the new house. Dinner later.

ISDN What's that? Don't think I'll ever get used to all these terms. D.M.N.

it's a big phone line so you can do the computer thing faster (glad you're back, Terry)

Oh, I see! Is there a kind of phone line thing that helps one type faster with one hand?

I could lend you MY left hand. It's pretty much like the one in the Addams Family. Would that give you 2 left hands? (story of my life) Should I lend you my right?

No, no, I'll take the left. Won't exchange my right hand for the world. Here, you take my left - heavy, isn't it. What a drag! If it can come off it can give me a nice back massage - that's just what I need right now.

A cup of coffee and a pear.

some spray paint and a chewy delicious television set

Any dessert to go with it? Carbolic acid perhaps?

Lemme guess--dim sum? Coffee, banana and peanut butter & jelly.

ha-ha! Today was a very rainy day - so I baked about 40 pancakes (I got the measurements confused). Chris ate three, Isa ate three, Elza ate two. I've had about ten, but at least now breakfeast, lunch, dinner and inbetweens are taken care of for tomorrow. You like peanut butter, Autumn? I like it too - especially without the bread.

asagio bagel w/ salmon schmear coffee coffee coffee pea pods (raw) OJ banana (packing for yet another move... would that I could eat cardboard boxes!)

with a bit of peanut butter, cardboard boxes would probably taste just fine!

ugh! when i was packing the higher up shelves (that i cannot reach w/o a chair) I found an old jar of crunchy peanut butter. I thought, "mmmm" and opened it up and stuck my finger in. Then I looked and saw little dark spots... upon closer inspection... dead ants! GROSS! Today I've eaten... banana OJ vitamin leftover Vietnamese food (Bun (rice noodles) with shrimp paste fried in rice paper)

WOW! I think we should open a seperate topic for your kind of eating habits - they somehow seem more peculiar than my own, and ALOT more peculiar than most people's. I had about ten peaches, a kilo of cherries (while they're in season!), cheese and crackers, and spaghetti with pesto sauce for dinner. Yes, I know, the appetite has been a little bad lately.

currently eating leftover black bean enchiladas, thus giving me the ability to be number 400!!!

No ant casserole for me. Just a coke so for today. I'll by hungry by din din.

also had half a tuna sandwich with some Pringles, and two bowls of Lucky Charms...

What are they? The Lucky Charms, I mean - they won't give you some sort of -oxide poisoning, will they?

Junky kids' cereal ('fess up, wer, you know it's Zoe's) with little marshmallows shaped liked stars, diamonds, shamrocks, hearts, etc. Pure sugar. Delicious! Riette, I am MAD for peanut butter, smooth or crunchy, plain or in ice cream, etc. I had an overripe banana and tossed it in a blender w/some p.b., yogurt, and vanilla, and voila!--a yummy shake. I remember having a delicious hazelnut yogurt while in Switzerland (not available here)--do you know what I'm talking about?

Oh, I know, I know. Don't talk to me about yoghurt - totally addicted! M�venpick now sells home-made yoghurt from a stand outside their restaurants. And boy, do I know that very hazelnut flavour!!!! Stupendous! And then they have mocca, vodka, peanut, pestachio (yes, like the ice cream flavour), caramel - it's decadent, I tell you. But those lucky charms sound pretty good too. I'll remember those when I go to visit my sister . . .

Oh, by the way, I hear you've invited Jim on holiday, Autumn. How christian you must be! To put up with than man, I mean. Just don't let him drive, okay? Because he'll probably manage to get himself arrested for looking at the road ahead of him while driving.

leftover pizza (mushrooms and black olives) yakisoba noodles w/ shrimp and veggies Slurpee (pina colada/coke/blue raspberry) more leftover pizza slurp of OJ about 100 fresh raspberries (in my weeding adventure of the new house's side yard, I have discovered seven raspberry bushes!!!)

Gee, no wonder you've been so silent; you remind me more and more of a panda, Stacey - they too feed about 16 hours a day, according to my three year-old who knows EVERYTHING about animals . . . I'm proud to announce that I'm orgy-less at the moment. But only because I'm ill - once the antibiotics start to kick in properly, I'll be back on that sweet road of self-stuffing . . . baah!! - swear I didn't mean to sound vulgar!

a panda, huh? i think they're a bit more picky w/ what they ingest but the 16 hours a day thing sounds right. thankful not to be furry and round though!! today... bagel/cream cheese coffee!!!!!!! pizza pear pizza and more pizza (think I'll go for another pear though, and keep on the lookout for more ripe raspberries!)

Wow! Strange things happening on my screen - wooden strips of objects popping up all over the place! Happy to report that my appetite has picked up again as well. Vetkoek Sosatie rice curried vegetables grilled banana mango juice - litres of it The african market is on in Z�rich at the moment . . .

re: thankful not to be furry and round though!! (at least not all over, huh?)

robflmnaahao! (rolling on basement floor laughing my not at all hairy arse off!)

bagel rigamorol... (sp?) red beans and rice very old chocolate honey mustard pretzels I AM STARVING!!! (we are supposed to be going out for dinner... Cajun (in Colorado?!?!?!) but I may have to dive into the yogurt, bananas and OJ to whip up a smoothy of galatic proportions!

You're makin' me honger, gal-active! I'm headin' out!

ate at Hyde Park Bar & Grill for the first time tonight...

Wer, when you eat out, don't you tend to be very critical of the food? I mean, with being a cook yourself, you must get really annoyed if, say, a steak isn't done the way you like it. Or not?

Nice ambience at Hyde Park Grill.

yes, Riette, I am...

I had an interesting, almost existential, experience there once.

Terry, it's bad manners to tell someone you had an interesting, almost existential experience somewhere, and then NOT tell them what the experience was. Some people around here (not me of course) suffer from over-curiosity, and will not sleep unless they know what this mysterious experience was. So be nice to those people, and tell us what it was. Oh, almost forgot: Please.

Well, I wish I could, but I only have a vague memory of the time I went in there and ate at the bar and had several extraordinary conversations with several people that I didn't know before. I wish I had a clearer recollection so I could give you more juicy details. A more clearly remembered experiencing occurred in St. Louis while I was in high school. A friend of mine, Pat Luppens, and I were walking around the Washinton Univ. campus, a scenic, archtypal area, and were discussing, Camus, Sartre and the various other existential writers that we had been reading. We went into the art museum and got on the elevator, all the while continuing our conversation. And then I swear this happened! The elevator stopped in between floors and the door opened to a graffitied concrete wall, and the following was spray painted in big letters: "I think therefore I am." - Sartre The door closed quickly and took us to the next floor. It stunned our pubescent minds, totally.

That is totally amazing. Must say that surpasses any existential experience I might have had in my past.

Did'ya like Hyde Park Grill WER?!?! (right now I am having a near seizure just thinking about the battered fries.... YUMMY!) My fave dishes (beyond the quintessential fries): veggie lasanga stirfry w/ Hosin sauce Salmon burger ooh! the salads are delicious too!

oh forgot to try and make Paul hungry again... bagel and coffee as usual donut handful o semisweet chocolate chips red beans and rice hot chocolate (cool front!!!!) Spicy Black bean burger with mustard and extra sharp cheddar on jalapeno cheese bread. (getting ready for Ultimate Frisbee beer fest -- every Thurs after the games!)

first place in town to impress me since Eastside Cafe... actually tipped the kitchen...

Wow. Big compliment to them coming from you.

Terry, my husband's uncle Jacques just retired from the French dept. at Washington Univ. I will have to ask him if he ever got stuck between floors on the art museum elevator!!

That incident really stunned us. I recently just took up correspondence with Pat Luppens again via email.

Why don't things like that ever happen to me?

It could happen to you.

Perhaps it is happening right now. Perhaps the spring is my existential experience. Sure feels like it at times.

Kristen fixed some awesome spaghetti last night. It's Sunday morning and I'm debating which brunch to take part in today. Mothers or El Sol y la Luna.

El Sol y la Luna sounds the more exotic option.

It is. Mothers is the local, tried and true for the last 10 years, natural foods restaurant. My friends at Body Choir all go to El Sol y La Luna after we dance.

After you dance? What do you dance - the Lambada? I thought Mothers was Mothers in the sense of Mum's.

Everyone at Body Choir just let's it rip for a couple of hours on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights. There's no real structure except some lineage to the dance work of Gabrielle Roth.

Sounds like great fun. I think I'm addicted to cold tomato and cucumber soup. I'm even starting to look like a tomato!

two eggs over medium, hash browns, toast with butter COFFEE two dumdum pops Lipton Lemon Iced Tea in a can watermelon jalapeno cheese bread shrimp sashimi crackers and cheese (Wheat and sharp cheddar) chocolate chips more jalapeno cheese bread apple more of the yummy bread OJ lots of water

I love a good gazpacho, Riette!! Sometimes I buy a can of really good tomato/roasted red pepper soup (Shari's Bistro) and stick it in the fridge. Mmmmm! I'll eat it right out of the can (with croutons floating in it).

what flavor of dumdums, Stace?

chocolate probably! Glad to hear my tomato/cucumber soup has a fancy name too, Autumn! HAd it again all of yesterday. How foul the place smells.

I had the first two lines of what Stacey had for breakfast today.

I didn't...

Green Mesquite for lunch, a salad and beans, veggies.

Coffee peach coke TBs tostadas (2) coke (not doing so well in that whole nutritional realm today)

yeah, but you look good...

where you hiding that camera, WER?

if I told, it would no longer be hidden...

Maybe he tapped in to a spy satellite?

how's the resolution?!?!

almost good enough to taste...

didja catch my trip to the ladies room?

that ONE? yeah, amongst others...

oh... my trip to the locker room during and after lunch?

yes, but I have to review those later...

oh... the locker rooms are always the best... that's when I rub myself down (and around)

(and inside and out, apparently...)

maybe...

depends on the circumstances, right? I mean, it's not like THAT always happens...

you are SO in touch with the female condition! *giggle*

got in touch with some Thai food today... but before that, I had some wonton soup and some crab puffs, then at Satay, I(we) had Crystal noodle soup Fried wonton skins Fried tofu Dumpling sampler plate Bangkok honey roasted pork Pork satay Siam ruby rice pudding Banana fritters and various condiments, sauces, and jasmine rice

sounds delicious! had another four star restaurant dinner last night but it was not nearly as good as the Rialto Cafe on Monday night!

These tofu Indian pockets I got from my co-op are fantastic! I'll have to get another case later this month at the rate I'm going. Also had oatmeal, an apple, lentil soup, and (*cough*) Little Debbie Swiss Cake rolls.

"Little Debbie Swiss Cake rolls" now THAT's eating!!! What are your dietary restrictions, Autumn?

Tofu Indian pockets, sound great! What brand?

Ken & Robert's. They're delicious! I think I'm gonna split a case of the pizza ones and pot pie ones with some of the other gals this time, they sound like winners for my kids. I don't eat red meat, poultry, excess dairy or fat, or anything that is not in a food group (except Little Debbie cakes at my mom's house!!) How about you? Anything stricken from your diet?

Why yes, and I'm rather pleased you asked. My favorite busboy, who's really not a boy because she's a woman, anyway she's put me on a very strict food intake stratagem. I'm not to touch mush or gruel, I can't have baba ghanouj anymore, she took me off polio vaccines, I'm not allowed cucumbers if they're served with ossobuco, she slapped me twice when I asked permission to put hummus on my codfish balls or any other balls for that matter, chimichangas are out, can't even have lobster Newburg if I apply any mascara to it. My good god, I put a glass of water to my lips and she even took that from me and threw it into the kitchen. She's got me like this for the next 4 years, by which time she says I will be fit to swim into the heart of duckness and come out alive like Joseph Conrad and Dweedo the Little Big Mouth.

but how about the Little Debbie cakes?!?!

She had some in her apron pockets when I mentioned Little Debbie cakes, and she took 'em out with a look of disdain and smeared them into my ears. Then she started gettin' jiggy with it, and I said, "But Anoop, what about...uh.... what about Little Stacey Italian Cake rolls?" She started feelin' nice and squoosie and says this, "Jim, go right ahead, eat as many of those as you like. I shoulda told you to anyway." Have you ever heard of people using Little Debbie cakes as some kind of weaponry? That stuff is messy. Oh, uhmm, by the way, I just found out a couple hours ago that both Ken and Robert love Little Stacey Italian Cake rolls.

Personally, I find them a little too bitter.

Who, Ken and Robert?

hey WER! where ya been hiding out? were you and ree-head on holiday?

Hiya, toots! In the vast confusion that's inside my head. Not that I know of.

have you emerged from the black hole? Or are you merely taking a break?

hmmm...probably best described as having bobbed to the surface again...

take the damn lead chip off of your shoulder and you might spend more time at the surface!

teasing of course. same old shit, different day? have you stumbled upon a whole new realm of woes?

of course... yeah, more or less, getting stronger though... hard to explain electronically, not to mention not being in the mood for lecturing on how to "cure" one's self...I'm sure you understand

pizza and grapefruit juice for lunch.

potato salad and half a roast beef sandwich from Little Deli

Sonja here: My sister made some fabulous steak rolls tonight - God, that girl can eat when she's depressed!! And the way she attacks her food makes you thankful it's not you lying there on her plate! I think she ate about half a kilo of meat tonight - yug! (Annoyance is the miracle cure against her state of limbo, so please excuse the disgusting details...)

you'll have to excuse us, Sonja, as the more disgusting around here the better...

GIRL! You can't tell people stuff like that! If you do it again, I'll tell them about your toe nail-biting habit....

should I open a topic?

Absolutely!

That's it, she's dead!

Yeah? And how you gonna manage that?? You and what army?

Me and myself - have you forgotten what I did to you last night already?? I'll have to teach you another lesson or two before I go; it's high time you got a bit of discipline!

ha-ha! No, I remember - I'll be good now, I promise.

See? Threats and harball - that's the way to deal with Ri�tte.

Hardball, ya mean?

LOL! Sorry about that! yep, hardball. One has to be very strict with her ALL the time, otherwise she gets completely out of hand.

I think I shall have to stop feeding you.

Uh oh, two can play hardball!

That's true. It's just that with Ri�tte it's so much more satisfying!

Look who's talking!

Hi Sonja! Welcome back Ree-head!

Hi, Stacey. Have you been here long?

since 1995, off and on again.

"off and on again" ooh, how those words make me tremble...

I think your mind would be Freud's Ultimate Dream Subject, had you been alive back then, muffin.

That's pretty long. Have all of you been here that long?

not I...

I've been here since 89.

Two months ago. I'm a rookie.

When did I come? It was some time this year, but I can't remember when.

Wow, Terry, that's mighty mighty long!

That was back when this was a dial in bbs. We've been through lots of changes since.

I've been here a little more than a year, I think.

ya know, I took my first bite outa Spring back in May and ya know, I did it again---it's what I ate today

And did it taste like chicken?

LOL!!!

LOL!!!

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coffee so far