well hello there. things have been quiet here on the blog front for many reasons, the main ones being that last week was school vacation and lulu has proven to be quite the climber, and her goal in life is to climb up on top of the television and jump off to her certain doom. which makes it hard for me to sneak upstairs and get some computer time. because you know, our laptop has been broken for approximately six months. which is a different story for a different day.
but here i am! and there have been many adventures while i was away. there have been birthdays and celebrations. there have been photobooths and love and joy. but there has also been sibling rivalry, and the kids running wild around the house, and glasses of wine after bedtime. it's an up-and-down kind of ride and i'm learning how to enjoy the moment while i'm in it, instead of wishing it away.
the biggest thing i have going on now is my newest journey to a meatless life. and let me just tell you...i'm a bit of a meat addict. it's one of the parts of me that has never felt right- all the meat consumption. i spent years and years as a vegetarian and struggled desperately with anemia, especially when becoming pregnant with gray. but lately i'm just so over meat- so over the same old same old when grocery shopping. so i'm slowly switching my ways of cooking...and buying...and consuming. it's been really enlightening and pretty awesome. because it's made me slow down and stretch my wings when it comes to cooking. and i'm reading some great books along the way, particularly the kind diet by alicia silverstone.
and this is the part where i explain how PATIENT and AWESOME johnny has been- because there are been some EPIC FAILS in my vegetarian cooking department. like those peanut noodles. you know, the ones that were supposed to be edible. but then we all had to have tongue transplants afterward because i thought it would be cool to replace the "seasame oil" with "HOT seasame oil." and this recipe called for a LOT of seasame oil.
but there have been some beautiful adventures to be had. like finding the huge asian supermarket a couple of cities away while on a date with boo. and buying a ton of new foods for $17. and then cooking together as a family. making bread. and surprisingly filling and delicious meals. all i had to do was stretch my wings. and i'm kind of loving it.
