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Dual Nasal Flame and the Double Crunch Ice Cream Cake

OUCH!
Everyone in my house has a budding:
a.)Sinus Infection
b.)Strep Throat

Lots of drama and random panic.
Alternating Advil and Vick's Cloroseptic

Not to mention cameo appearances by my all-time leading cold medicine in any sickbed drama:
Vick's VapoRub

Man, nothing beats Vicks.

Its also Bernie's Birthday. Bernie only asks one thing for his Birthday. Ice Cream cake with chocolate crunchies I've been on a scavenger hunt for ice cream cake with chocolate crunchies NOT from Carvel. I will tell you this: There are none.
I think Carvel has a patent on those chocolate crunchies. I checked Baskin-Robbins. No Luck. No chocolate crunchies, just ice cream and cake. I inquired at Cold Stone Creamery Nope. Mostly cake, less ice cream. By the way, I don't understand the hype about Cold Stone. So what? They mash your additions into your ice cream on a "cold stone". Big Deal. I don't like their flavors, and its WAY too expensive for frozen cups of cream. Anyway...the only place to get a genuine Carvel ice cream cake around me is at our local Pathmark grocery store. AND guess what? They now feature a cake with double chocolate crunchies! Just what my Bernie wanted, and MORE!

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful, handsome, gentle husband on Earth!
I love you with all of my heart, now and forever.

Feeling Groovy : Love of Peanut Butter

I am happy to report I am Feeling Groovy

Most of my physical pain has subsided. I've been working diligently with my physical therapist. I don't know how I will do without deep tissue and pressure point massage 3x a week! Karen Barlow (my P.T.) has taught me many new strengthening exercises for my knees and back. I'm excited to be pain-free, however I need to keep my progress in perspective.

Moderation is my new theme for living. I've always been an ALL OR NOTHING person. Forcing myself to Take it Easy is new. I've made lots of mistakes by insisting everyone operate at my level. Lost friendships even.

So, nature took care of me. I reaped the result of over-doing without care to my health. The good news remains that I am fixable.

Yesterday I tried whitening my oh so discolored teeth at my dentist office with a product called ZOOM!

It was quite time consuming, but the results where okay...my teeth are 10 shades lighter than they were, although not exactly WHITE. My dentist wants me back for further bleach treatments tomorrow.

Fun. 2005 - We can rebuild her.

Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and revenge of Fluffernutter.

My kids always want the same thing in their school lunches. Kate and John want Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, EVERYDAY. Genevieve needs her Fluffernutter fix everyday. I can't say that I blame any of them. I love both! I wish they weren't so darn fattening, I'd eat them everyday.

I do cheat a bit with the Fluffernutter. I slather it on ...(thinly with the PB) a rice cake. Sometimes I just lick it off the knife after I make her sandwich.

One other food idosyncrocy of all of my children is the TYPE of bread these luscious sandwiches must be prepared upon Martin's Famous Potato Bread

Genevieve needs to have her Fluffernutter on one slice of Martin's Famous Potato Bread FOLDED, not cut, FOLDED.

Why do I indulge them? Love, I suppose, of my children and peanut butter. I can relate.

Lost and Found

Lack of Commitment.
I never realized this about myself until recently. I suppose its quite obvious to other people, my lack of commitment. The only true commitment I have had in my life is probably to my children. That's more of a moral commitment. I guess that is something to say in defense of some sort of commitment.

Its like the title of this blog. "Temporary Vegan" I can't GET WITH anything for long periods of time. I get all hyped up about something and then...eh. It loses it luster and I need to try hard to stay interested. I am interested in people though. I don't lose interest in my friends or relationships. True, I have had more than the normal share of marriages, but I look at that as lack of good judgement (commiting to a marriage(s) that was doomed, and I knew it going in...) rather than lack of commitment.

I've never held a job for longer than 3 years. I'm hoping to hang out with Meetup for as long as they'll have me. I really love what I'm doing. The entire atmosphere, etc. Never do I feel pidgeon-holed into anything dead-end at Meetup.

Small goals, personal goals, seem impossible sometimes. What I am finding out about myself is that I can utilize a myriad of reasons to NOT complete personal goals. I'm usually putting my children's needs before my own. After doing this for years (years of self-neglect) I am now paying for it. I won't go into it, but this is a long journey of self-repair that I am now embarking upon. There are ups and downs. Small triumphs and big set backs. I have to take this piecemeal. Its really difficult to have to ask other people to do simple tasks for me. I feel lazy and selfish asking for help. I know its ridiculous, that I would do the same for anyone who asked my help...but I don't know. I just feel weird about forcing myself to REST. My physical therapist has recommended that I do not BEND to pick things up. Like, try that. Its really difficult for me, as a person constantly picking up after children and pets to NOT bend to pick something up. I can do deep knee bends to pick things up but that hurts! I don't have the strongest quads in the world.

I joined a gym to get maximum benefits from 2005. I know I just have to wait a while until I heal to really start workingout to my fullest potential, but the waiting is hard. I've actually lost interest in it. ha.