It's hard to get excited about spring

when there is snow on the ground. It started yesterday afternoon, snowed most of the night and has stayed all day.

The boys wanted fries, but we were out of potatoes. How does THAT happen? I was sure we had another bag in the basement. We found a bag of apples so maybe I didn't look carefully the last time I was done there.

Anyway - we made sweet potato fries with miso gravy, tofu patties and beans and rice. It was a little eclectic, but a filling supper for a cold day.

Then we gathered around the warm oven and soaked up the heat! :-)

So my head is starting to clear

The canker sore in my mouth isn't gone, yet, though. Also- I don't look all that hot, either. :-/ I ran into someone I know. She said I looked really, REALLY tired. She looked great. You'd never know to look at her that she is recovering from a nervous break down...

But I digress!

I went to the library and got The Simply Raw Living Foods detox manual. I don't think I can do 100% raw. Oh- and I'm going to eat as many avocados as I want and I'm not having ANY colonics.

Dh is going to do the detox with me (he says) and he didn't start to twitch and hyperventilate like "Shaky." That is our new pet name for Schmidt. He heard that you begin your pre-cleanse week by giving meat and coffee. Well that was all he needed to hear.

Brown Bear, however, is trying gluten free and casein free and considering veganism. Now that he is off gluten and casein he says he doesn't even care if he has meat again. How weird is that?

On page 89 she has tips for 'dealing with hunger.' Yeah, here is the thing everyone should know about me... You know that scene from Gone with the Wind where Scarlett says 'I'll never be hungry again. As God is my witness - I'll NEVER BE HUNGRY AGAIN." That really resonates with me. I don't think hunger is all that useful or productive. It is definitely not something I want to distract myself from. EVER.

Shame, Brendan Brazier.... SHAME!

Brendan Brazier is a good BC boy, iron man triathlete, vegan and bestselling author. He also has his face on the back of products that he formulated like the Choc-a-lot shake and go smoothie which is vegan, 65% raw, gluten free and casein free. It was $25 for 10 servings.

I bet his mom is VERY proud of him. Maybe she would be a little less proud if she knew his face is on the back of a product labeled gluten free that is not actually gluten free. Trust me- I know it's not and my intestines know it's not! :-) I went to the company's website this morning to check out the forums and they are all talking about how it is not gluten free.

You can bet that I'm *ANGRY* about this because *I* am sick. The Canadian government is changing the nutrition labeling laws right now. Most manufacturers are doing voluntary compliance, but apparently not all of them. No laws have been broken... but what about the ethics and morality of feeding me POISON and telling me that it is a delicious chocolate smoothie.

Well, live and learn. I guess I will just buy more delicious Taste of Nature bars, instead... They are made in a dedicated facility because they care about contamination. I wrote them a lovely thank you note for it, too!