Birthday parties, diapers, and lots of snow

I think that last post was post #24. So close.....

Anyway, we have been stuck indoors for much of the past week due to a couple of nasty snowstorms. Gotta love Minnesota. The first night it was thundering and lightning and snowing and freezing rain. A little surreal. The second day we lost power for a couple of hours, which was fun. We just kind of sat around looking at each other. I read my book. I am reading the book "Wicked" right now, about the life of the Wicked Witch of the West. I am really enjoying it, a lot. I'm almost done. Dorothy just landed her house on the Witch of the East.

I just finished sewing six new pocket diapers for Grace, and she loves them. The seams are a little crooked, but otherwise they look nice, and they work really well. I love pocket diapers. Her bottom stays so dry! What a wonderful invention. Easy to wash too.

I'm happy to say that over the last 2-3 weeks I have changed my eating habits and am eating more fruits and veggies, trying out new recipes, eating less, avoiding sugar and other junk, and I have lost almost 7 pounds. It feels great. In fact, I made pumpkin bars one day, and after eating one I felt really nauseas. Maybe it was all the sugar, white flour and fat. Yuck. I feel so good after eating a nice vegetarian healthy meal. I have been making things that Grace and I can eat, like the other night I made lentil patties, and homemade potato soup. The lentil patties were OK. I have made lentil loaf before and it was just OK. Grace liked it. Tonight I think I will make Spanish rice with black beans and corn. Delicious. And I made her a special ice cream for Garrett's birthday party made of blended dates, water, frozen strawberries and frozen bananas. That's it. It was delicious, and good for her. I ate it too. I didn't even want that awful Wal-Mart cake with an inch of sugary frosting on top. Yuck. It was cute though. Garrett picked out "Happy Feet" so there were cute penguins all over it.

I'm really just rambling here. But Garrett had a great time. He got a lot of money, clothes and art supplies. He has been painting and drawing ever since. Art is his favorite thing, and that makes me so happy. I wonder what Drew and Grace will be into? I can't believe I am old enough to have a seven year old. And yet I was still carded at a bar two weeks ago. Whatever. I feel like I am still a kid. I hope I always feel that way.