It has been a weird week. I tweaked my back on the weekend, which
actually meant that my hips were acting up again and not rotating properly.
Then my body crashed – oh the joys of being a woman!! – worse than usual and I
spent a day on the couch sleeping and drinking tea. A woman I know gave me a
bag of Earl Grey tea that has little bits of lavender and vanilla and it helped
me not want to jump in front of a bus. Tuesday I went for a short walk and got
my back and hips worked on at a neighbourhood clinic. It was painful, but my
body felt so good afterward. My posture was straight; I could twist and turn,
and bend over without a problem. After seeing how rough I was for a few days
The Honey now thinks I should go for a massage monthly as a preventative
measure. I partly agree, but the cost does add up. I’m sure my RMT was able to
take a little holiday last year because of me. Tuesday was great then I wake up
Wednesday morning so sick to my stomach; another day on the couch and with some
tea and honey. By evening I was feeling better but was stumped as to the cause.
I had been in pretty decent shape the last few months so I guess it was bound
to happen that I would have an off week. Unfortunately, nothing much has gotten
done this week as a result – dishes piled up, laundry sat wet in the washing
machine or hung on the drying rack a few extra days, my business plan sat on
the floor collecting cat hair (oh, summer), and board meeting minutes didn’t
get sent out. Thankfully I was back to normal yesterday and a whole pile of
catching up happened.
This morning is another day and the weather is just perfect. I went for
my usual morning walk (no problems with the bosy), got a coffee for the walk
home, and am feeling pretty unmotivated to do any real work. My TESL books are
slowly getting summarized and packed away. There are about two shelves left;
the stuff I didn’t really use. Other projects have come up and they can wait
until these books get put away. The Honey and I have been talking about what to
do with the shelves now that they are half empty. One may find its way to the
curb or on Kijiji.
This seems to be the summer of sandwiches for us. The Honey got so sick
of salads in the spring that he actually begged not to have any more. It was
getting a little too much. Our salad pot finally bid us adieu two weekends ago,
scorched by the heat and then drowned by a massive rainstorm. The Parkdale
Market has been keeping us going with our usual vegetables and lettuce. Udi’s
bread has been one of my favourites because it doesn’t need to be toasted. I
still like it, but I’ve had to cut back more on my ingestion of potatoes as
those little guys are affecting me even more (I think the starch is more potent
than the potatoes, actually).
On a trip to Perth, we stopped in at FoodSmith’s. It’s a tiny grocery store
with a lot packed into it, and fabulous quality too. They even had some
gluten-free items I hadn’t seen at our stores here in Ottawa. We didn’t need
any groceries, but we ended up picking up some things because they were too
hard to resist. Silver Hills makes a bunch of healthy breads that can be found
at some of the health food stores. I’d heard there was a gf one, but never
found it. Walking around to the freezer section I saw two; a flaxseed and a
chia seed. I like flax so that one came home with us and it is good. It’s actually
healthy, tastes healthy, but also tastes good. Whether it’s toasted or not it
does the job. I was beginning to think I’d have to go without because I still
hadn’t found it around town, but luck would have it that Farm Boy now carries
it. Yea!!
New to the market is All But Gluten, a gluten-free line made by
Westons. The plain bread doesn’t really do anything for me, but the focaccia is
quite nice. I was lucky enough to get some freebies of it at the CCA
conference, and with my little Metro carrying it I can pick it up whenever I like.
Apparently, Walmart and other grocery stores carry it as well. It’s nice dipped
in oil and a nice vinegar, toasted for a snack, and sliced in half for a
sandwich. The Honey had no idea it was gf.
Udi’s is still on my favourite’s list, but now I have two more options
to add. And on a gf diet, options are always nice to have.
