Today April 29th 2011

The foodie thing started a little later today than normal so it sent the whole day off on another realm or level as it were. Woke up about 5:30 and had a lovely cup of coffee. A little reading and cross-wording went along with that and then I needed to tend to some laundry and bookwork. I kept trying to get outside to do some yard work, but I kept getting interrupted. I have really tried hard lately to do some sort of physical activity at least 6 days a week even if for only 30 minutes before breakfast. Today’s activity was edging the lawn. I have never used the lawn edger before, so this was a new activity for me. It has been waaaaaaay tooooooo long since the last edging session, so I committed to only a portion of the whole yard. I really wanted to ask Randy to open up a coconut before I got to work, but he seemed a bit occupied with work (work=bills paid, thus no interruption is good). Committed to the task at hand, I set out to edge the lawn.

With my committed portion complete, it was time for a shower and breakfast. But wait, it was already past 10am and by the time I cleaned up and got breakfast going it would be brunch or better yet lunch. Perhaps you remember that I did a little shopping yesterday. One of the items I bought was some fresh Maui filet mignon. I was just thinking…”Steak and Eggs with some Hash Browns would be really yummy”. Yeah…that’s what I was thinking. So – I was also thinking that since I had done such a wonderful job (personal back pat) on the lawn, that I should have steak and eggs for breakfast.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, today is one of those eat to live days and not live to eat. I’m training myself daily and some day I may actually get it, but for now, I’m happy with each day that presents itself.

Sooooooooo…BreakLunch consisted of Fresh Maui filet Mignon from Whole Foods, Hash Browns crisped in my favorite cast iron pan, soft poached eggs (old style), and some steamed yellow squash (Randy can’t stand a meal without his veggies). Can you believe that this was happening at noonish??? How did I make it this far in the day without eating? All I can come up with is Eat to Live NOT Live to Eat…

After the edging that I committed to was finished (more to come soon I’m sure), and breaklunch was eaten, I made sure the laundry was put away and the ironing was finished.

That’s when I thought about the next meal. I knew I needed to have a meal that incorporated turmeric.  I feel that it is up to me to make sure that the food I fix creates healing in our life. I was contemplating offering Randy the choice of BBQ’d pork or soup, but I knew his answer would be soup so I didn’t even offer.

Walter Bruening just passed (he was the world’s oldest man born in 1896), said that one of the keys to long life was only having only two meals a day (his comment was, “you really don’t need more food than that”). I have not mastered this discipline, but I am working at it one day at a time.

Today, I only had two meals. Well, I had a little snackage, but only two real meals. Meal #2 consisted of bruschetta and curry coconut shrimp soup. But then, Randy decided that dessert had not been served recently so we needed two desserts. Yes, you read that correctly, two desserts. The first was fresh strawberries and dark chocolate. Then to top it all off, he opened a coconut and we enjoyed the milk (more like water) and then the yummy flesh.

We ended off the day with two (yes that was 2 not 1) classic movies that always make me smile – “Hans Christian Anderson” and “Pollyanna”

May 4, 2011 - 4:20 pm Jen - All this coconut talk makes me want one. But, we don't get good coconuts here.

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