Just in time for the in-laws… I"m thinking: Sure come visit, care for my kids, cook for us, fix my non-existent landscaping and then take the cold, congestion and highly contagious pink eye with you… thanks! You’re the best!
But back to me, yep I’m feeling like one giant glob of head cold…and it’s gorgeous out! In fact, by the time I’m feeling better it’s gonna be raining cats and dogs. The weather forecast is calling for 80mm of rain or something insane like that over all 3 days of the long weekend.
So this Q House is trying to get outdoor stuff done and Mother Nature is not on our side. Oh well, we’ll likely exhaust all indoor activities, eat loads and maybe I’ll finally get to purging all the stuff swallowing me up...oooohhhhh I do love purging!
Update on the Q Boys:
Connor is loving the action around the house with the Q grandparents in town… yep he’s got them tucked into his back pocket. His smile dazzles and he’s happily playing, eating and sleeping like a champ (is there a catch?)
Kai is ALL OVER grandpa. Yesterday there was a flurry of activity as soon as grandpa walked in the door and then Grandpa had to pass out for 1.5hours to recover… not Kai though. He dutifully watched over sleeping Grandpa to ensure the moment he opened his eye lids, another game was initiated. Suffice to say Grandpa is earning his keep around here!!!
Grandma's popular around here too…Kai and Connor love the lipstick cheek kisses and Connor lies quietly with every diaper change or clothes swap for Gramma Lizzie. But she’s openly pleased to not have to work as hard as grandpa with the 3 year old play.
FOOD update:
Gramma Lizzie’s birthday was yesterday… so I made a homemade lemon cake with whipped frosting and lemon curd sandwiched between the cake layers. Martha Stewart I am not… this cake was tasty but NOT pretty!! It also took me a few hours… just 5! So I’m slow and Martha must be some kind of speedy baker…Oh well, I actually did each step to a tee except for a minor slip up on a lemon juice addition and the “do not boil” advisories!!! Who knew these were so important- guidelines right? Whatevs… the damn cake was tasty and Gramma Lizzie said she liked it!!
Gramma Lizzie also ate my crispy chickpeas and Millet’strone’ soup today! So perhaps I’m converting her… but to be fair I’m gonna tuck into whatever she’s got stewing in the crock pot tonight… to hell with eliminatin’! (But I might secretly blame her for re-introducing the good food life again if my ND asks! I certainly can't take the fall for this one!)
Kidding, I’ve been watching my symptoms and also paying heed to the damn sweet cravings! So all in all, I’m cleansed… but almost back onto regular eating, despite the original plan for re-introduction. I am however irreversibly changed with regards to the concepts I lived by for the last 3 weeks. It was a great experience and I'll be making some permanent changes... but seriously back to the Lemon cake...