Update on the new eyeglasses and a few other things

Did you look at the pretty frames I posted the other day?  Well, I got in to see my eye doctor and the new and improved lenses will be ready to go soon.  However, one of the new frames did not work for me.  Yes, it is sad to say that the Frida Kahlo frames will not be mine.  They did NOT look good on me.  My daughter is coming to visit and I will offer them to her if she wants them and if they look good on her face.  If not?  Well, I will either offer them up to someone else or ask the seller if I can return them.  They are lovely and need to be worn.

Other random thoughts running through my head:

1. When you have little kids and you can't go to the bathroom by yourself, they eventually outgrow that nonsense and give you some space.  When you have cats?  Not so much.  This morning I had 2 in there with me and one at the door.  They are like little 2 year olds with OCD.

2. I am still sick.  I believe I am on the mend, but I am still sick.  And every time I go to a doctor they all ask "Are you depressed?"  Well, let me think.  I have been sick since April 1 and before that I had sciatica and couldn't walk and before that was the frozen shoulder.  What do you think?

3. I know summer is the worst time to try and watch anything on t.v. because it's usually a wasteland of crap and reruns.  In case you haven't seen any of these great summer shows, here are a few I highly recommend:  The Jim Gaffigan Show.  It's on Nickelodeon or TVLand.  Also the FX channel has 2 great new shows, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll starring Denis Leary and John Corbett, and also one called Married.  These are outstanding t.v. Look for them.  The upcoming fall season is going to include The Bastard Executioner whick I am really looking forward to and what appears to be the final season of The League.

4. I am still doing the mostly all meat-free, dairy-free and gluten-free.  I say mostly because I have eaten a bit of meat here and there.  Maybe once a week.  But no dairy and almost no gluten.  I went to an Indian restaurant and of course I had a small naan and one of the golub jammun for dessert.  The naan was totally worth it and the golub jammun was not.  It was not as good as I am used to and was a total waste of calories and gluten.  So far, I am still with the sinus congestion and still coughing.  I have lost 1 pants size so there's that!

5. I am almost completely off the caffeine, too.  I dropped my black teas months ago and drink a cup of green tea in the morning and then switch to red tea (rooibos) and herbal teas after that.  AND NO SUGAR!!!

6. I have been starting the Kon-Mari method of tidying up and decluttering my life.  I love her philosophy.  Here's the book in case you haven't seen it yet.

And that picture is almost life-size.  The book is tiny.  Everything in your life, your house, etc. should spark joy and bring happiness and be useful.  If not, thank it, and release it.

Have a great long Labor Day weekend!

Detoxing and Cleansing

As much fun as detoxing and cleansing your body out sounds, it's not nearly that much fun.  Not nearly.

I started with the 3 day juice and fruit cleanse.  Hey, it's summer!  There's fresh fruit everywhere and I love fruit.  What could be bad about this?

Have you ever had a colonoscopy?  You know the whole 24 hours ahead of that when you cleanse your whole colon of everything that has ever been inside it?  This is similar to that.

Here's the good thing; I have never eaten so much in my whole life.  I am continually grazing on watermelon, pineapple, grapes, honeydew and jicama.  It's all been really good, but I had to throw in the jicama for a crunch and a change in texture.

Oh!  I was at Central Market today to load up on more fresh fruit and vegetable goodness and there among the grapes was this:

And I was starving, so I took one to try them.  OH MY GOD!

This is the most horrific thing I have ever put in my mouth!  Vile, disgusting, putrid with a lingering aftertaste that will make you want to chew your own arm off if it would make that flavor go away.  And I have eaten some gross things but this was just the worst.

I had to sample every other grape in the store to finally get rid of it.  Even now, the memory of that flavor is making me nauseous just writing about it.  Please, for the love of God, get rid of these abominations.

If I have saved even one person from this atrocity, it was worth it.

I have no idea how long it will take my body to adjust to being mostly all vegan, and gluten-free.  Nor whether this will be a long-term change or just a temporary thing.  I am willing and ready to give it a try to regain my health and hopefully reverse some of the inflammation going on.

If you are so inclined, give me a thought or a prayer tomorrow as I am seeing the pulmonologist at long last.  I don't know if the scope and biopsy of the lungs is still a reasonable choice or if I am past the stage where that would be valuable information.

And I am off to brush my teeth again to get rid of the memory of those disgusting fake-flavored grapes.