Yesterday started out rough, I wanted nothing but junk food. I managed to behave myself until around 1 pm when I returned home from running some errands to discover that my hot water heater had had a meltdown. Yup my hallway where the water closet is was flooded and water was spraying out of the water heater. Upon investigation I found that due to circumstances beyond my control there was no shut off valve to the water heater, so I had to shut off ALL the water to my house.
Now I am for roughing it every now and then, and in fact quite enjoy it and embrace my inner pioneer. However, I really really like my modern conveniences, particularly hot water! So while my water heater melted down, so did I. My first response is a lot of swearing and chain smoking. Since I am in the process of giving up the cancer sticks, this was a day of double set backs. I smoked till my throat hurt. Next order of business was going to procure some water for us to get through the next 24 hours until the plumber can get things up and running again. So I trotted my hiney off to the Wal-mart.
Do not go to the store when you are stressed, in crisis and have PMS.. I ended up with my bottled water , a couple of avocados, a bag of chips and 2 packages of sugar cookies caked with icing. By the time J got home I had already polished off half a dozen cookies. When he saw the cookies and the telltale crumbs on my shirt the look on his face put me over the edge. I was overwhelmed with guilt and shame. He was so sweet too, he just shook his head and told me its ok, just don’t make myself sick..
Well geez, now I feel even worse.........and this morning, my tummy is reminding me why I am modifying my diet so drastically. I just cant eat crap anymore. It literally makes me sick.
In my defense, I did eat a relatively healthy dinner of spinach pasta with pesto. Classico makes a fantastic pesto and is pretty cheap considering how much it would cost one to make it from scratch. Now I would never say that anything canned or jarred would be better than fresh, but this is great when you are short on time or ingredients. We really like pesto a lot and have found a couple of other uses besides pasta or bread.
Pour pesto over a brick of cream cheese and serve with crackers or bagel chips as an appetizer.
Mash up an avocado or two and mix in some pesto, great on salads, and even better on a bagel with a bit of cream cheese and some red onions. In fact I know what I am having for lunch today. =)
Happy eating everyone!
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