Fertilehealthy

Much better!

Thank you so much for all the kind wishes for my birthday! You reminded me again why I love blogging…

I am really much better now, physically and emotionally. In fact, I’m great!

I was sick for four days and, according to my medical encyclopedia, it was my gallbladder acting up. There was no way I was going to see a doctor about that, since I would have just found myself on an operating table after forking out a fortune on tests. I have no intention of losing an organ and I am under no illusions about the dangers of surgery when one is obese. So, in a way, the illness was a blessing, because it’s forced me to watch my diet again. I still can’t face bread, which is a good thing!

As for my blue streak, I can’t maintain a negative attitude for long! The glass is half FULL once again and I feel empowered and ready for the year ahead. There is so much to be excited about in the near future! And a positive attitude will get me to the good stuff much quicker than a morose one. Besides, it’s impossible to practice gratitude when one is fixated on the dark clouds instead of the silver lining…

Bless you all, my Friends in the Computer!

What’s been happening…

I didn’t blog for two months after a vague excuse of a new business venture. Now I’m back and about to spill the beans on what I’ve been doing in my absence.

NOTHING MUCH!

I didn’t go into business with my hubby. I didn’t go to gym. I didn’t watch my eating. In fact, I barely left the house, except to buy groceries and go to the library. I cut myself off from most of the people, save the closest friends and family, in my life. I hardly ever put on make-up or wore decent clothes. I read on average a book per day. And I smoked cigarettes and drank a gazillion cups of coffee.

I was in a cave…

When we got back from the USA in June, my head was totally in the clouds about our proposed move there (Central Washington, by the way), but I couldn’t talk about it yet, because our paperwork hadn’t been finalized. So if I couldn’t talk about the most important thing in my life, I wasn’t going to talk at all! Besides, we had a lot of things to organize.

We have five properties and a business to sell. If you live on Planet Earth, you’ll know that the world economy is in dire straits at the moment and that the property market has ground to an screeching halt. We’ve sold one property so far… which leaves me with zilch to organize.

Clearly we won’t be in the USA by Thanksgiving, as we so fervently hoped. Bummer!

So, through this all I’ve been smoking and reading. Better than pulling my hair out or repeatedly hitting my head against the wall. Or is it? I’m so bored!

I’ve now stopped smoking again, but am still reading… I still don’t go out much. But at least I’m blogging again. Pretty soon I’ll get back to exercising and eating healthier.

I do have one piece of good news about this time though: I DIDN’T BINGE ONCE!

Somehow, I’ve lost the desire to binge-eat. I still eat too much at times, but I’m not eating mindlessly or stuffing emotions. Strange that.

Anyway, that’s the long and the short of it. In a day or two I’ll tell you where my head is regarding my fertility issues.

Oh, by the way, Craig has now demolished half the carport. He’ll have to do the rest soon, since we have two Show days coming up in September. The weather is still cold and miserable.

Not so you’d notice…

This has got to be the coldest Spring Day in my lifetime! It is absolutely freezing! We had major storms over the weekend, even hail, which is unusual for our area.

The wind was so bad it snapped our carport in half. Fortunately no damage to the car, but we can’t get the truck out yet… and our builder is not answering his phone. Craig says he’ll work something out this evening. I hope so, I hate being stuck with no transport (he’s using my car).

In the mean time I’m keeping an eye on Hurricane Gustav… My heart is just sick about the fact that a lot of people may lose everything again, so soon after Katrina. Let’s hope the levees hold! If you’re anywhere near the path of the storm, good luck!

Have you? Would you?

I found this interesting “meme” over at Almostfit.com and I thought I’d give it a try.

So which foods have you, or would you, eat?

Copy this list into your blog, including these instructions.

Bold all items you’ve eaten.
Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

Here’s my list - Have a look…..

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht - I’ve got a recipe, so I should really try it!
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho - don’t know it at all
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi - another mystery to me
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses - what’s that when it’s at home?
17. Black truffle - I can’t wait!
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras - would love to
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche - don’t know it
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda - what?
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - sounds delicious
33. Salted lassi - where are you getting this stuff?
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a big fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea - sounds vile
38. Vodka jelly - bring it on!
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal - ???
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu - not yet, but I’d try it
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - Never again!
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini - a personal favorite
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs - tastes like chicken
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost - what is this?
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu - Again ???
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

There seems to be a lot of things I have never even heard of! I’m pretty adventurous when it comes to food, but obviously I need to spend more time in ethnic restaurants!

How about you? What have and would you try?

Inspired!

Last night speech moved me so much!  Of course I only watched it this morning, since I wasn’t going to sit up from midnight to 5am to follow the events live… 

You may be wondering why on earth I should care about who the next president of the USA will be.  Well, there are two reasons:

1)  The leadership of the most powerful nation on earth affects the rest of the world.

2)  We will be moving to the USA in the near future and I would love Obama to be my president!