My Road To Happiness

I haven’t finished writing about my trip yet but the Greek sections are more or less complete. I read them over the other day and realized I don’t have too much more to relate in terms of events. Next project is describing my one day in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m home sick with a lovely summer cold. It puts me in a position to watch a little more TV than normal. It certainly is the only reason that I’m watching Oprah.

Ruby - Worth it Reality TV

She’s interviewing reality TV stars, in particular, “Ruby” from the Style network. It’s the diary of a 500 lb woman and her journey to loose 300 lbs and save her own life.

I watched all the episodes of Season 1 last year. I was capitvated by her spirit and by her attempts to peel away the layers of her own past to uncover hope for her future.

New episodes start tonight at 5 and 5:30 pm on Style.

I’ve had a nice amount of time to unwind the last few days. Again, I find it interesting that out of work I have no trouble with eating. I’m not that hungry and when I do eat, it’s easy to cook healthy choices for myself. I’m satisfied with what I’m eating and don’t have a craving for fat, salt or sugar. Well, ok. I still crave salt.

Anyway, I thought I’d post a little update and encourage anyone of you reading this, challenged by middle aged spread, to tune into season 2 of Ruby this weekend. She’s so gracious about her situation that it is a good reminder that we don’t have so far to go in our own lives.

Best of luck, Ruby

As mentioned in a previous post, Dusty and I plan to cook our way through her regional Spanish cookbook as a way to both prepare for and quench our desire to travel to Spain. The first attempt was really successful, if I do say so myself.

She prepared a nice fresh little Gazpacho (though we both agreed we may have to wait until late July or early August for the best tomatoes) and marinated the Amish raised chicken a day ahead of time. When she arrived late in the afternoon on Saturday it was just right and ready to go.

Spanish chicken stage 1

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