i'm off!

I leave for the airport in 5 hours! We're going to Belize for a couple of weeks of lounging on the beaches, trekking through the jungle and checking out some Mayan ruins, jaguars and Belizean Rice & Beans (or Beans & Rice - those two are apparently two different dishes!)

I may have internet access now and then...and I may not. Even if I do, I may just break character and not take advantage of it! (wonder what the odds are on that???)

So...stay warm, stay safe....see you when I get back!

i'm as done as a 50's Beehive

I am done. For 3 months I've been working on this big, huge, secret new project. I had to do most of the work in the last 2 weeks, though, because I needed to get it done before I leave for vacation this Thursday. I've been glued to this computer and the phone for what feels like 24 hours a day, but has really been around 14 hours a day.

And now I am done. I've uploaded the new web pages, checked everything and checked everything again. I've written contracts and made schedules and made pretty pictures prettier and I'm done.

Done, done, done. I'm as done as a 12 minute egg. I'm as done as a 50's beehive. I'm as done as Brad and Jennifer. I'm as done as nehru collars and pink sponge curlers and yesterday's lunch. I AM DONE!

Are you maybe getting a sense of how happy I am that I'm done??!

What was the big secret project? Oh man. This is it. This is just the coolest thing ever, I swear. It's an Art Business Conference on a Caribbean cruise! I mean, dentist's and sales people and lawyers get to go to cool places for conferences...why shouldn't we?

And our speakers! Holy cow. I started off shooting for the moon by asking speakers & experts I was sure would turn me down. Know what? Not one did! The coolest people are going to be speaking and the knowledge and experience base on board is going to be phenomenal. Simply phenomenal.

I am so excited it's not even funny. (OK...now there's another one of those truly goofy phrases. why would it be funny if I were less excited?)

So.
There.
Now you know my big secret project.
Come on the cruise and eat blueberries and Greek yogurt with me, ok?

much better than cow urine

I am right now eating a bowl of blueberries, sliced banana, fresh California strawberries, raspberries and Greek yogurt. The stars of the medley are the blueberries and Greek yogurt. Are you kiddin' me?? How do they get that yogurt so thick and creamy?? Why would anybody eat any other kind of yogurt? It's like the difference between. . . oh, i dunno. . . I'm too tired to think up some clever analogy. It's just a really big difference, ok? Huge.

I have eaten a bowl of blueberries & plain Greek yogurt with other scrumptious fruits every night now for 12 nights in a row. I'm an addict. It's cool, though. Now that I'm settling into singlehood, it gives me something to look forward to every night. It's not quite as good as snuggling in bed, but it beats acquiring a cat. (not really too crazy about that whole litter box routine....)

This fruit & yogurt thing started when I was reading another blog, and they mentioned SuperFoods Rx and liking the sound of food that is super, I followed the link to Amazon, whereupon the book leapt into my shopping cart (clearly I am too tired to be blogging tonight...my self-edit button has already gone to sleep!) and bought itself before I had any say in the matter!

So, what could I do but read the darned thing once it arrived? One of these days I'll tell you about the first diet I was put on (I was 4) and then maybe the second one ( I was 8 ) and so on. Maybe I'll even let you in on the cow urine diet (I was 13). But not until I can trust you enough to not feel sorry for me for being chocolate-deprived at such a young age.

Anyway.....back to Superfoods Rx. I love it. I am cooking again. Banished from the freezer are all those little boxes full of almost-food! My pots and pans have been dusted off and the pantry is full of beans and whole grains, soups, vegetables and fresh fruits. And I love it. I mean, I love it. I love it because there's not a word in that whole book about what I CAN'T HAVE!!!! There's just a list of 14 foods exceptionally high in nutrients, and a bunch of stuff about what nice things they are willing and waiting to do for me if I eat them.

And that's making me pretty happy.

Sooooooooooo, I've got the list on my fridge of all the superstars. Next to that is a chart I whipped up so's I can check 'em off as I eat 'em. I aim for 10 of the 14 each day. In the 12 days, the least I've checked off in one day is 8. Most days I make it to 11. I feel really good. It seems the body senses the difference between a spinach salad with wild salmon with cauliflower with sweet potato dinner and a Lean Cuisine.

Go online. Oh wait...I guess you are online....well ok then, go to Trader Joe's online. Find the nearest store. Drive there as soon as possible. Buy a lot of blueberries and Greek yogurt. If you're single, buy even more.

unloading

How long does it take to unload a full dishwasher?

At my house, the average time it takes is a day and a half.

Almost every person I know is weird about unloading the dishwasher. If you timed it, most dishwashers can probably be unloaded in 5 or 6 minutes. It's like, nothing. Nada. No sweat. It doesn't cost any money to unload a dishwasher, it doesn't hurt to unload one, it doesn't require muscle or flexibility, it can be done in the comfort of your own home in any attire, it can be done morning, noon or night and the benefits of unloading a dishwasher far outweigh the consequences of leaving the clean dishes unloaded.

So why are they so darned hard to unload?

I'm going to bed now. And no....I am not going to unload my dishwasher before doing so....

(and speaking of unloading, don't you think "unloading" is a pretty industrial word for taking plates out of a box???!!)

polly wants a square!!

It's 3 am. I'm tired. It's been such an icky 4 days without the internet. There is little that is more difficult than running an online business without the "online" part! I felt like a plumber called onto a big, messy job - and then told the only tools I could use to fix it were scotch tape and kleenex.

But I hopped on here because I have to share this:
http://www.sheldrake.org/nkisi/nkisi1_text.html

Be sure to listen to the audio tape. It blew me totally and completely away. You will not believe it's a parrot talking!

I'm going to bed. I'll write again soon. Honest I will....

g'night, blogosphere...