Fattoush!

Fa-wha? Fattoush, it's what's for dinner. It's really a salad but that's the name of it. Toasted pita, cherry tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, cucumber, red onion, chickpeas, mint leaves, parsley leaves, red-wine vinegar, EVOO and a little salt n peppa = YUM! Yay! To quote the cookbook "The combination of vegetables, beans, and herbs is excellent for reducing high cholesterol." And it tastes good. Thank you, Julia for this cookbook!

And an update of where I stand on everything else. Today we did yoga when we got home. We you ask? Why, yes. Jeff does yoga. There is a great t-shirt out there that says "Real Men Do Yoga". Whatever. I can give you two simple reasons why guys do yoga, sex & golf. Nuff said.

So, we're trying to fit in exercising when we can. We obviously didn't get up this morning but we took time this afternoon. Yay us! We have eaten healthy Sunday, Monday and today. I don't count yesterday. I'm not sure what Jeff ate since I kicked him out of the house. The soup I made for bunko probably wasn't too bad but the two Sprites and cool whip cake wasn't good for me at all! And the snacks at each table? How can we possibly snack while we play? Don't know but we do! Especially if you make it to Table 1. Table 1 always has gummy candy! Gummy bears, gummy worms. Last night I served Gummy Lifesavers and we ate all three bags...UGH!

On to updates on the other goals...The very first step in the preparedness book I'm reading is to clean out the house. Check, I'm working on that! The kitchen is my next room to tackle. I'm kind of dreading it because I have two junk drawers but it needs to be sorted, cleaned and organized.

I'm not working on my project closet until all the other rooms in my house are cleaned up and cleaned out so that's not happening for a long while! As for the better neighbor, I have written three thank you notes for some recent things. That's a habit I kind of got out of for some reason. Time to stop neglecting good manners! I'm still working on that child like faith. That's going to be a long haul project. As for the childlike wonder for life and enjoying the small things. I think I was pretty darn successful about that last night at bunko. We've got a very diverse bunko group, 4 "girls" are my age and the other 8 are my mom's age (or older...shhh...don't tell!). But when you put all 12 of us in a room with 9 dice magic happens or should I say we try to break the record for laughing and loudness (yes, there are some ladies louder than me!)! It's a good time!

Hopefully I'll have another successful recipe to report about tomorrow night. Chicken...cross your fingers!