kids will be skeletons

My friend Megan posted this on her blog. I'm glad she did so that I too could find out how many tinies I can handle at once.

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It's so many cus I'm not into treating them differently just cus they're little...they should learn to stop being such babies.

keep it rollin'

I've been meaning to scan in this picture for a couple of weeks now...

Jayne in Belgium, 1974

Emily at Jayne's house, 2008


(I didn't even mean to cross my legs that same way...guess I must be her daughter)

skeleton key

So the problem with losing your keys is that you can't call them.

stuff that works

Sunday ended a whole three weeks of mostly being gluten/animal product/sugar/caffeine free and it was one of the best experiences I've ever had. I say mostly because I had refried beans a time or two before I found out they are made with lard usually and I know some of the breads I ate probably weren't gluten free and perhaps honey snuck in on an ingredient list of something at some point. But, part of the point of the cleanse is being able to adjust and chose the best/healthiest options possible when presented with life so I feel really pleased with the way I stuck to it and happy with the fact that I didn't ever intentionally cheat; no sugar desserts, no dairy, no exceptions to the rules because it was a bad day or a special day.

So last week, the third week, was totally the reward for the first two and the key to the cleanse I think. It just seemed so normal and I felt so good the whole way through. And the benefits have been evident. Naomi fixed some really great dinners like Tofu Pad Thai

and Falafel.

Both were easy and quick and perfectly fit within the cleanse. I noticed that we cut probably in half the amount of both garbage and recycling in our house which is totally cool. My skin seems really healthy and happy and waking up has been easier. Checking restaurant nutrition information on the internet makes eating out a lot of places pretty simple. I went to a couple of raw or vegan specific joints in Salt Lake that were fantastic and I probably wouldn't have run across them otherwise. And though it wasn't the point starting, this has been a nice little result of treating my body well:


I think the most important thing I've learned is that keeping some pretty well defined rules from now on is the way to stay in control of this thing I've started...and to feel so great everyday is a fantastic motivation. So I'm staying off sugar for another week because I'm still not sure how I want to regulate that. I've thought about maybe only dark chocolate treats or maybe only eating sweets at events like birthdays or holidays. I'm figuring out what I want to keep out and what I want to reincorporate as it comes but poultry is back in though tofu is going to get a lot more attention. Brown rice and granola are replacing white rice and cereals, milk is moving to all soy and I'm thinking I'll say goodbye to most cheeses (can't really part with feta or fresh mozzerella) because I ate cheese and bean pupusas at an El Salvadorian restaurant last night and it didn't sit well. Fruit is a great snack, I'm eating lots more nuts and buying produce at the farmer's market.

So my closing thoughts are that everyone should do it. Okay, maybe not everyone, but I learned so much and thought so much and I just think it's a worthwhile pursuit if you are a crap eater like I have been for so long. Plan three weeks when you know you can stick with it and then call me...

mighty little man

Yesterday was the last day of my cleanse so I have post coming about that shortly. In the meantime, I work all day everyday on a computer which means I'm always in my e-mail...which means I'm usually kind of depressed that I'm not getting e-mails every second. So it's a pleasant surprise on a Monday morning when your brother sends you a Targer picture he drew for no apparent reason.



That guy is such an a-hole.

exit music (for a film)

I just watched this.

And if you like movies that seem to be making up the plot as it goes, then this is a good one to see. Uhhhh...throw some slow motion in! But also funny! Also a twist that doesn't make sense! Plus some heart set to music! Mostly though when is Jason Bateman going to play a guy who isn't a fool?

In better viewing, earlier this week, I saw this one:

It was funny in a cuter Curb Your Enthusiam kind of way. Although I could have done with less Sarah Silverman and more Bonnie Hunt.

I've been wanting to watch Bella for a long time and finally got around to it.

But I can't make a reasonable recommendation because this fogs my feelings:

nothing new

I feel like this story illustrates well what it was like growing up in the Clifford household. You see, Tuesday at Christopher's birthday party my dad told us to follow him outside because he had something for each of us in his car. What could it be?


Oh. Boxes of kind of good cereal (note that Elizabeth and I ended up with double Raisin Brans and the boys with sugary delights).

They were on sale, I totally understand and appreciate it, but it's also kind of funny...just like the faces of each of my siblings here:

I particularly love the itty-bitty Casty McScowlface.