My friends are so smart! When you don't have medical insurance you need your savvy friends. This move has jimmy and I both screeching owwwww on a regular basis. I very recently had the pleasure of getting together with old (as in known them a long time) friends. As I was listing off the physical maladies I was suffering, my friends ...pretty much in unison all said "you need a magnesium supplement". This does not surprise me as this move has really disrupted the Frankie & Jimmy slow food diet. I started taking a magnesium horse pill 5 days ago and I do feel significantly better. I gave Jimmy his first one last night. He has been out of town on a job since the advice was handed to me so he's a little behind on the 'feel better'. I think it also helped that I went on a detox lite regimen. I spent the week he was gone sipping detox tea, eating the best vegetable soup ever (twice a day) munching on fruit and snacking on jello. I had planned on keeping to the 'no meat no carbs' cleanse for a full week but Feral Jane blew that one for me. She came to keep me company for a couple of days while Jimmy was gone, cuz we haven't been here long enough for me to recognise all the noises our new house makes and at three am I am sitting in the living room with a cup of herbal tea and a historical romance......and every weapon in the house within arms reach, ready to do battle with whatever goblin appears. My paranoia in these situations is down right funny. So, if you think it would be a great joke to knock on my window at 3 am when Jimmy is gone..... be prepared to be shot, stabbed , hit in the head with a fireplace poker, maced, garroted, chemically burned and then buried in a hole in the back yard which I have already dug..... just in case. Feral Jane showed up with her pajamas and toothbrush to protect the unsuspecting midnight marauder....not me. But back to the detox diet. The first lunch we sat down to together, Feral Jane sliced herself a huge slab of bread and slathered it with butter. I fought the urge to follow suit ( good lord she made that bread and butter look good) I lost the battle after about 6 hours and decided I was detoxed enough to reward myself. That evening FJ and I enjoyed fresh bread with a cup of hot chocolate in front of a fire, indulging in girl talk. I didn't fall completely off the wagon but I did add carbs and dairy back in on day three. I definitely feel better. The arms and hands are improving a bit too. I just might be in good enough shape to start prepping this years garden in a couple of weeks. I really miss my old garden. Even in its 'only a few winter vegetables' state, it was still better than grocery store produce. I actually had to BUY carrots from safeway for my vegetable soup. The difference in carrots that are only a few minutes out of the ground compared to carrots that have been treated and sitting in cold storage for weeks is flooring. I have to admit I was surprised at how much our grocery bill skyrocketed during this move. Our winter garden only had carrots, onions,broccoli, brussel sprouts,spinach and collard greens. But until the kitchen aid was unpacked I was also buying bread. The disruption of the move and the cold winter stopped the girls from laying so I was buying eggs. The other fat price tag I encountered was flour, sugar and cooking oil. I gotta tell ya..... living like other people is expensive! But this too shall pass. In a few short weeks the new gardens will go in, new chickens will be added and storage will be figured out. In the mean time I will grit my teeth and avert my eyes from the bright marketing gimmicks and traverse the treacherous aisles of the local safeway.
P.S. I still cant find my camera.
P.S. I still cant find my camera.
