A Lazy Sunday

It’s a lazy Sunday around here. I just ate some salmon cakes, drank a cup of tea, and completed both the crossword and the Jumble in our local newspaper. Now my biggest to-do item is deciding if I’m going to read on the couch or crawl back under the blanket on my bed. Before I do either, I wanted to share some things that are making me happy and got me thinking today. In no particular order…

I really loved this post How Not to Talk to a Fat Person, written by David Leite of Leite’s Culinaria (one of my favorite, non-paleo food sites). I so relate to his stories! When I was in 10th grade, my guidance counselor — the GUIDANCE COUNSELOR of my school — told me, “You’d be such a pretty girl if you just lost some weight.” That shit stays with you, no matter what the rest of life brings your way, you know?

Dave and I went cross-country skiing for the first time ever yesterday! We are intentionally making “mean face” in the photo — we had a really fun time! It was 20 degrees and brilliantly sunny. We even saw a rainbow in the clouds! (And a unicorn peeking out from behind the trees.) I definitely need to work on my technique, but it was an exhilarating way to kill an afternoon and then we came home and watched this awesomeness…

The New England Patriots are just one game away from making it to the Super Bowl, and I’m ridiculously excited about that. Winner aside, last night’s game between the Pats and the Baltimore Ravens was great football. So close! So many great plays! If you missed it and have cable, definitely look for a replay on NFL Network.

Photos of our Well Fed magazine out in the wild have started rolling in. Thank you to all you sweet people who’ve shared your images with us! The publishers let me know that the magazine will be available on Amazon at some point, so people (like us!) who don’t live near a Whole Foods can still get a copy. I’ll keep you posted on when that happens.

I’m on Day 13 of my Whole30, and as of yesterday, I’m feeling really good! A few days ago, it was another matter entirely. Holy cow! It’s amazing to me how different each Whole30 experience can be. I was struck down by a headache last week that lasted 36 hours and made me feel like my face was going to pop off my skull. Then I had food dreams! As I wrote on Facebook: “I’m on Day 11 of my Whole30, and last night —for the first time ever — I had the infamous “food dreams.” I dreamt that I’d eaten ice cream twice, and I was SO upset in the dream. Then when I woke up, I was all stressed out until I was fully awake and realized it was just a dream. I don’t even like ice cream that much!”

If you’re not familiar with the Whole30 timeline, you might want to check it out.

And if you don’t follow me on Facebook, pop on over there and read the funny responses my post received from other Whole30-ers. I’m not the only one with weird food dreams! Skittles showed up twice, along with a girl who dreamt she had to eat her way out of a cake!

Despite the fact that our weird little town in Vermont has neither a neighborhood bar nor a Target closer than 90 miles away, it does have a world-class theater for plays and musicals (because we are, thankfully, close enough to New York City that it’s romantic for actors to come here). We subscribed to season tickets and the first production was Into the Woods. It was so delightful, we saw it twice. Then when we were in Prague, we saw a production there, in English, with a mixed cast of Czech and American actors. I’ve been singing “Into the woods… to grandmother’s house… and home before dark” for months. I loved the big screen adaptation! All of the actors did a brilliant job, and the magic of the woods coming to life was totally engrossing. I sometimes wish that the second half of the show wasn’t quite so melancholy because the first half is such a frothy good time, but it’s hard to fault the underlying truth of the story. We have to appreciate the fairytale moments and the hard truths of real life, in equal measure.

During our Reading Day, I devoured The Museum of Extraordinary Things. I read the whole thing in that one, magical day, and it was everything I hoped it would be. I won’t give too much away, in case you want to read it, but it has romance, hardship, betrayal, kind people, freaks, devastating fire, redemption, adventure, secrets, and loyalty in a setting that has as much life as the characters. Whew.

What are you up to? Seen any good movies? Read a good book?