Any good Catholic or Jew will tell you the best thing for a cold or the flu is chicken soup, and nobody made it better than my mother Mary. I got the flu real good this time, but I still have to get up, and do some work. I'm trying to limit the amount of work I do because this particular strain of flu has me shaky and a bit dizzy. My head is buzzing, and I'm not very steady on my feet. I may have blogged this recipe before, but it's one of my signature dishes, and a staple for the winter weather. This is a cold winter in northern California so far.
I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this stupid contraption (computer) either. If I'm not on the street or trails walking dogs, or at some one's home taking care of a cat, or making chicken soup, I'll be in bed.
Enjoy the chicken soup.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption 1-7-13
Breakfast: 2 pancakes w/syrup, banana, plain black tea
Lunch: Chicken soup
Dinner: More chicken soup, lamb sandwich on a baguette
Snacks: orange juice, carrots,
Exercise: 2.5 miles walking
Mother Mary's Chicken Soup (Using a 6 quart pot)
Ingredients:
3 half chicken breasts bone in
3 large stalks of celery 1/4 dice
2 large carrots 1/4 inch diced
8 bay leaves
1 cup of parsley chop fine
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons crushed black pepper
Juice from half lemon
handful of fresh thyme
8 ounces Farafalle pasta
Directions:
1) Wash chicken breasts in cold water, and place in a 6 quart pot with hot tap water 3/4 of the way full. Add kosher salt, bay leaves, crushed black pepper, chopped onions, celery, parsley, lemon juice, and thyme.
2) Bring the stock to a rapid boil, and cut to medium simmer. Cook for 40 minutes, and take the chicken breasts out, and let them cool for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to low. Skim the stock with a large spoon to remove the smegma.
3) De-bone the chicken breasts, and save the skin for the dogs. Make sure no onions are in there. Chop the chicken meat up, and return it and any juices back to the stock pot. Skim the soup to remove the smegma. You'll have to do this throughout the process.
4) Bring the stock pot back a rapid boil, and add the carrots and the pasta. Cut heat to medium boil, and cook the pasta till it's aldente', stirring occasionally, around 12 to 14 minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.
Your done. Adjust salt and pepper to your desired taste and enjoy. I like a lot of pepper. I like to be able to feel the pepper in my ears when I'm eating it. Rapid cool and place in fridge. I don't care what anyone tells you, soup is always better after it's had time to rest in the refrigerator.
Stay healthy.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
The Flu
When I had my yearly physical in Sept. my doctor asked me if I wanted the flu shot and I declined. Looking back maybe it would have been a good idea.
Geraldine, my wife, went on a yoga retreat last weekend and brought home a little present for me, the flu bug, and now I have it.
I went to a 10 year memorial for my best friend Joe Chase. I saw a bunch of old friends from way back when. Even though I was ill, and I didn't want to infect anyone, I just couldn't miss it. Joe has been describe as many things, great husband, father, teacher, friend to all he encountered, but someone described Joe as saintly, and I think that fits him perfectly.
I was very good about my food intake. I didn't exercise much this weekend and I had some wine and reefer yesterday, but I needed it. It was a very emotional event.
I came home today and made pancakes for Geri, our friend Michael, and myself, and here's the recipe.
Shout out to Ron and Diane. Thanks for following the blog. Love you guys. This pancake recipe is dynamite. Once you have all the ingredients assembled it only takes about a 1/2 hour to put it together. Enjoy!
I'm going back to bed.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Blueberry, Walnut, Banana Pancakes: (makes 10 pancakes)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup walnuts chopped
2 bananas sliced
Vermont maple syrup
Blueberries
1 cup old fashioned oats
2/3 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons canola oil
non stick vegetable cooking spray
Vermont maple syrup
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon nutmeg
butter optional
1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
1/2 shot of dark rum, Kahlua or liqueur
1) Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, flours, salt, baking soda, sugar, oats and walnuts, cinnamon and nutmeg.
2) Mix all the liquid ingredients together in a separate bowl, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, rum etc, vegetable oil.
3) Whisk dry and wet together in the large bowl until fully incorporated.
4) Heat griddle to medium/high heat and spray with non stick vegetable oil. Pour ladle full in the pan, and add some blueberries. When the pancake it bubbling all over and the edges are turning brown flip the pancake and cook on the other side till brown.
Serve with sliced bananas and maple syrup., butter is optional. I refrained from the butter.
Geraldine, my wife, went on a yoga retreat last weekend and brought home a little present for me, the flu bug, and now I have it.
I went to a 10 year memorial for my best friend Joe Chase. I saw a bunch of old friends from way back when. Even though I was ill, and I didn't want to infect anyone, I just couldn't miss it. Joe has been describe as many things, great husband, father, teacher, friend to all he encountered, but someone described Joe as saintly, and I think that fits him perfectly.
I was very good about my food intake. I didn't exercise much this weekend and I had some wine and reefer yesterday, but I needed it. It was a very emotional event.
I came home today and made pancakes for Geri, our friend Michael, and myself, and here's the recipe.
Shout out to Ron and Diane. Thanks for following the blog. Love you guys. This pancake recipe is dynamite. Once you have all the ingredients assembled it only takes about a 1/2 hour to put it together. Enjoy!
I'm going back to bed.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Blueberry, Walnut, Banana Pancakes: (makes 10 pancakes)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup walnuts chopped
2 bananas sliced
Vermont maple syrup
Blueberries
1 cup old fashioned oats
2/3 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons canola oil
non stick vegetable cooking spray
Vermont maple syrup
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon nutmeg
butter optional
1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
1/2 shot of dark rum, Kahlua or liqueur
1) Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, flours, salt, baking soda, sugar, oats and walnuts, cinnamon and nutmeg.
2) Mix all the liquid ingredients together in a separate bowl, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, rum etc, vegetable oil.
3) Whisk dry and wet together in the large bowl until fully incorporated.
4) Heat griddle to medium/high heat and spray with non stick vegetable oil. Pour ladle full in the pan, and add some blueberries. When the pancake it bubbling all over and the edges are turning brown flip the pancake and cook on the other side till brown.
Serve with sliced bananas and maple syrup., butter is optional. I refrained from the butter.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
No Blog Saturday
No blog for Saturday......I will report on my health progress Sunday of Monday.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Have a wonderful weekend.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Friday, January 4, 2013
Frustration and Eating
Yesterday I took my friend Michael to the MediCal office, and I couldn't find the street we were looking for. I was getting very frustrated, and before I knew it I was reaching in the glove compartment for my raisins and nuts, and then guzzling down water. I was getting more and more frustrated going back and forth, swearing fuck this and fuck that, and then looking over at the In/Out Burger joint off Hwy. 880 saying to myself, "I could sure go for a double double and a large order of fries right about now. That would take away all this bullshit I'm going through right now" When I got home I made my lunch, ate it, and I was wiped out.
Man, the brain works in mysterious ways. If our bodies are the planet then the brain is the ocean. We know less about the brain than any other organ of the body. If we look at the body as a computer it's the software, and our bodies are the hardware. My software is wired to overeat.
I just had breakfast one and half hours ago, but when I made our friend Michael some potatoes, toast, and eggs for breakfast I was hungry again, even though I know my body doesn't need any more food. I just had cereal, tea, orange juice, and a banana. I gave in and had yogurt, 170 calories. It stopped the craving.
I know I'm loosing weight. I can see it in my face, it's getting thinner. I had to adjust my belt and my clothes are fitting looser. Even my wedding band is not as tight. Weight goes up and down and it's not good to look at the scale every day. Looking at the scale can get you discouraged because you eat really healthy all day, exercise like crazy, and then look at the scale and go, "What the fuck, I give up."
There's also what I call the WALL. I know I'm going to hit it. Like I've said before, "This ain't my first Sadie Hawkins dance." I can drop 30 pounds relatively fast. I've gone 6 months on a "diet" before, but when I hit the wall, I broke down. But I digress, more on the wall another time.
This is it for today. I'll make it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption Today: 1-4-13
Breakfast: Orange juice, black tea w/agave, cereal and soy milk, lemon yogurt
Snacks: Orange juice, nuts/raisins,
Dinner: marinated tofu w/teriyaki & ginger, brown rice, small salad w/red bell peppers, vinaigrette,
steamed veggies, broccoli, carrots, & celery
exercise: 4.5 trail miles
Man, the brain works in mysterious ways. If our bodies are the planet then the brain is the ocean. We know less about the brain than any other organ of the body. If we look at the body as a computer it's the software, and our bodies are the hardware. My software is wired to overeat.
I just had breakfast one and half hours ago, but when I made our friend Michael some potatoes, toast, and eggs for breakfast I was hungry again, even though I know my body doesn't need any more food. I just had cereal, tea, orange juice, and a banana. I gave in and had yogurt, 170 calories. It stopped the craving.
I know I'm loosing weight. I can see it in my face, it's getting thinner. I had to adjust my belt and my clothes are fitting looser. Even my wedding band is not as tight. Weight goes up and down and it's not good to look at the scale every day. Looking at the scale can get you discouraged because you eat really healthy all day, exercise like crazy, and then look at the scale and go, "What the fuck, I give up."
There's also what I call the WALL. I know I'm going to hit it. Like I've said before, "This ain't my first Sadie Hawkins dance." I can drop 30 pounds relatively fast. I've gone 6 months on a "diet" before, but when I hit the wall, I broke down. But I digress, more on the wall another time.
This is it for today. I'll make it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption Today: 1-4-13
Breakfast: Orange juice, black tea w/agave, cereal and soy milk, lemon yogurt
Snacks: Orange juice, nuts/raisins,
Dinner: marinated tofu w/teriyaki & ginger, brown rice, small salad w/red bell peppers, vinaigrette,
steamed veggies, broccoli, carrots, & celery
exercise: 4.5 trail miles
Thursday, January 3, 2013
China Town & Confession Time
I had to take my friend Michael to the Social Security Administration building in Oakland's Chinatown today, and man did the urges kick in, in high gear I might add.
My doctor's office was in Chinatown at the Asian Health Clinic at Webster and 8th, and every time I would go there of course I would hit some of my favorite food locations. Today I could smell the garlic, soy sauce, spices, and teriyaki in the air, and it dam near drove me mad. I could see the smoked ducks hanging in the butcher shops. I had a serious jones for a pork bun and some beef chow fun, but I said to myself; "Good for you, or bad for you?" I made it this time.
I went through this same scenario each time I went to Chinatown. I'd usually say; "It's your little treat to yourself."
It's like this for me all over town. If I had to go over to the Temescal area of town I'd say to myself, "I'll treat myself to a friend chicken sandwich at Bake Sale Betty's, and a big ass chocolate chip cookie or two." If I went into the city to go the my dentist Dr. George Karsant out on Ocean and 19th, I would make the appointment when I knew Zanze's Cheese Cake store was open.
If you've never had Zanze's Cheese Cake you're missing out on something special for sure. It's not dense like NY cheesecake, it's light, airy and decadent. When you bite into it you close your eyes, the taste hits the roof of your mouth, and before you know you just ate 2000 calories. He's only open Wednesday thru Friday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. He won't tell me his "secret" but I assume he's whipping some egg whites to get that consistency. He uses Philadelphia brand cream cheese, and he makes one kind of cheesecake, in 3 different sizes, that's it. Take it or leave it, and I always take it.
After I got my cheesecake from Mr. Z, I'd head over to San Jose Ave. across from the Ingleside Police station to the Roxie Deli, and get a hot Roxie special sub-sandwich. If it's nice out I'd go to the park across the street and devour the whole thing. It must weigh close to a pound and a half. You can order a half of sub, and I'd always struggle with that decision resolving that; "Hey, I only come over here twice a year to get my teeth cleaned, what's the harm?"
My wife was on a yoga retreat last weekend in the Santa Cruz mountains and our friend Liz dropped her off right in front of my Dr. Karsant's office. My mouth was salivating, and I was having the I gotta have it urges when I went past Zanze's even though I knew he was closed.
A junkie always has an excuse for why an he/she does something, immediately followed by the guilt. And this is how the mind of a food addict works. Am I never going to have another piece of Zanze's cheesecake again? If I live long enough I will, but I'll have to get a small one, which is what I always ordered anyway, and give the rest away to my neighbors. Before I ate the whole thing. It took me two days, but I ate it all be myself.
My wife Geri's food habits are the complete opposite of mine. She's the one who looks at a food item analyzes it contents, and then says to herself, "Is this healthy or not?" If it's not she'll invariably say, "I'll have that instead." Or she may say, "You know, I'm not that hungry, I'll have an apple and wait till later."
Sugar, fat, and salt work on the brain, and that's is what has become reconditioned. I figured out it's the pleasure center of my brain that I've been feeding, not my body. Maybe I been feeding some god damn anxieties and anger issues too. One thing I know for sure is my body doesn't need four thousand calories a day, duh. Mostly I've been eating to eat, almost a nervous habit.
The other thing I did was schedule my comings and goings around food. Monday or Tuesday I'd have a huge lunch with my buddy Buzz, who's bigger than me.We'd both make excuses for why we ate too much. Tuesday night after editing class I'd stop and get a big quesadilla suiza, small side of beans and rice, chips, guacamole, salsa, and I'd woof it all down. Two people could eat that meal no problem and be totally satisfied. I'd be full half way through, but I would soldier on. It was my present to me for making it through another video class. How could I refuse myself a present for working so hard. Saturday I'd pick up 5 bagels and cream cheese for the weekend. Sunday it's a lamb wrap and a samosa at the farmer's market in Montclair. Do I need the samosa on top of the lamb wrap too? And it goes on and on, like the weight. A vicious cycle of eating and guilt. Waking up in the morning and saying to myself; "Maybe today I'll make the change." I justify it all be saying to myself; "Hey, your doing what you've been trained to do all your life, cook and eat, what's so wrong with that? This is what you love. How can you deny yourself LOVE?"
There's a lot more to all of this that I'll get into in the future.
Question: How do you know when a junkie is lying? Answer: when their mouth is open.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption Today 1-3-13
Breakfast: 3/4 of a Yukon potato, fried with one scrambled egg, cooked in olive oil, S & P herbs
and spices, orange juice, 1 piece of wheat toast w/apricot jam
Lunch: 1 lamb link, brown rice & the rest of the black eyed peas, small green salad w/black
olives and red bell peppers
Snacks: nuts and raisins, banana
Dinner: Turkey sandwich on whole wheat with greens, tomato, mayo, mustard, black pepper
Dessert: apple
Exercise: 4 miles trail walks, 1 mile street walk
My doctor's office was in Chinatown at the Asian Health Clinic at Webster and 8th, and every time I would go there of course I would hit some of my favorite food locations. Today I could smell the garlic, soy sauce, spices, and teriyaki in the air, and it dam near drove me mad. I could see the smoked ducks hanging in the butcher shops. I had a serious jones for a pork bun and some beef chow fun, but I said to myself; "Good for you, or bad for you?" I made it this time.
I went through this same scenario each time I went to Chinatown. I'd usually say; "It's your little treat to yourself."
It's like this for me all over town. If I had to go over to the Temescal area of town I'd say to myself, "I'll treat myself to a friend chicken sandwich at Bake Sale Betty's, and a big ass chocolate chip cookie or two." If I went into the city to go the my dentist Dr. George Karsant out on Ocean and 19th, I would make the appointment when I knew Zanze's Cheese Cake store was open.
If you've never had Zanze's Cheese Cake you're missing out on something special for sure. It's not dense like NY cheesecake, it's light, airy and decadent. When you bite into it you close your eyes, the taste hits the roof of your mouth, and before you know you just ate 2000 calories. He's only open Wednesday thru Friday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. He won't tell me his "secret" but I assume he's whipping some egg whites to get that consistency. He uses Philadelphia brand cream cheese, and he makes one kind of cheesecake, in 3 different sizes, that's it. Take it or leave it, and I always take it.
After I got my cheesecake from Mr. Z, I'd head over to San Jose Ave. across from the Ingleside Police station to the Roxie Deli, and get a hot Roxie special sub-sandwich. If it's nice out I'd go to the park across the street and devour the whole thing. It must weigh close to a pound and a half. You can order a half of sub, and I'd always struggle with that decision resolving that; "Hey, I only come over here twice a year to get my teeth cleaned, what's the harm?"
My wife was on a yoga retreat last weekend in the Santa Cruz mountains and our friend Liz dropped her off right in front of my Dr. Karsant's office. My mouth was salivating, and I was having the I gotta have it urges when I went past Zanze's even though I knew he was closed.
A junkie always has an excuse for why an he/she does something, immediately followed by the guilt. And this is how the mind of a food addict works. Am I never going to have another piece of Zanze's cheesecake again? If I live long enough I will, but I'll have to get a small one, which is what I always ordered anyway, and give the rest away to my neighbors. Before I ate the whole thing. It took me two days, but I ate it all be myself.
My wife Geri's food habits are the complete opposite of mine. She's the one who looks at a food item analyzes it contents, and then says to herself, "Is this healthy or not?" If it's not she'll invariably say, "I'll have that instead." Or she may say, "You know, I'm not that hungry, I'll have an apple and wait till later."
Sugar, fat, and salt work on the brain, and that's is what has become reconditioned. I figured out it's the pleasure center of my brain that I've been feeding, not my body. Maybe I been feeding some god damn anxieties and anger issues too. One thing I know for sure is my body doesn't need four thousand calories a day, duh. Mostly I've been eating to eat, almost a nervous habit.
The other thing I did was schedule my comings and goings around food. Monday or Tuesday I'd have a huge lunch with my buddy Buzz, who's bigger than me.We'd both make excuses for why we ate too much. Tuesday night after editing class I'd stop and get a big quesadilla suiza, small side of beans and rice, chips, guacamole, salsa, and I'd woof it all down. Two people could eat that meal no problem and be totally satisfied. I'd be full half way through, but I would soldier on. It was my present to me for making it through another video class. How could I refuse myself a present for working so hard. Saturday I'd pick up 5 bagels and cream cheese for the weekend. Sunday it's a lamb wrap and a samosa at the farmer's market in Montclair. Do I need the samosa on top of the lamb wrap too? And it goes on and on, like the weight. A vicious cycle of eating and guilt. Waking up in the morning and saying to myself; "Maybe today I'll make the change." I justify it all be saying to myself; "Hey, your doing what you've been trained to do all your life, cook and eat, what's so wrong with that? This is what you love. How can you deny yourself LOVE?"
There's a lot more to all of this that I'll get into in the future.
Question: How do you know when a junkie is lying? Answer: when their mouth is open.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption Today 1-3-13
Breakfast: 3/4 of a Yukon potato, fried with one scrambled egg, cooked in olive oil, S & P herbs
and spices, orange juice, 1 piece of wheat toast w/apricot jam
Lunch: 1 lamb link, brown rice & the rest of the black eyed peas, small green salad w/black
olives and red bell peppers
Snacks: nuts and raisins, banana
Dinner: Turkey sandwich on whole wheat with greens, tomato, mayo, mustard, black pepper
Dessert: apple
Exercise: 4 miles trail walks, 1 mile street walk
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Rules Of The Road
In order for this lifestyle change to work I'm going to need some rules. If the experts are right about our bodies fighting weight loss then I'm up against some powerful hormone hitters. After seeing my wife Geri go through the change for the last 3 or 4 years, hormones are tough and I need to be tougher. These are not in order of most important and there are do's as well as don'ts.
1) limit red meat intake
2) Eat complex carbohydrates, beans, brown rice, nuts, quinoa, wild rice etc.
3) Walk after evening meals
4) Eat lots of fruit a vegetables
5) Limit salt intake
6) Eat meals slowly
7) Limit dairy...cheese
8) Limit desert with processed sugar, opt for fruit
9) Limit chocolate
10) No coffee (I've been good about this)
11) Limit alcohol intake
12) Limit reefer intake..opt for toklas
13) Join palates class
14) More exercise
15) Nuts, fruits and juices for snacks
16) Pizza once a month, no more
17) Smaller meals
18) Tell myself I can live without that
19) blog or record my food intake daily
That about covers it. There may be more in the future. I don't eat "fast food" per se, but I love french fries, pizza, and white flour. I don't go to McDonald's or Burger King what so ever, so that's not going to happen. My problem is ice cream after dinner, a whole pint. Remember "A pint is a pound the world around."
As a Chinese nutritionist once told me; "Your problem portion control." Can't argue with the facts.
I will be weighing myself again April 1st, and not till then. I started out at 242 pounds and I need to loose a a little more than 5 pounds a month. Doesn't sound like much. It's not like a school project that you can put off till the end of the semester, take a bunch of speed and finish it in 24 hrs. This is a long slow process. If I fall behind I fail, and like I've said before, I hate to lose.
Lastly, I won't lie about what I eat during the day. If I fucked up I'll put it in there. I will write about what I'm going through, the good, the bad and the ugly.
I'm going to leave it here. Wish me luck, which I don't believe in, but I'll take it if I can get it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption for 1-2-13
Breakfast: Cereal, soy milk, banana, lemon yogurt, black tea w/agave
Lunch: Small green salad with olives de Provence and red belle peppers, 1 piece of white fish, 1/2
cup of long grain brown rice
Snacks: Nuts/raisins, fresh mint tea w/agave
Dinner: 1 piece of Tilapia, black eyed peas and brown rice, 2 small piece of rustic baguette w/little
butter
Exercise: 3 miles trails, 1 mile street walking
1) limit red meat intake
2) Eat complex carbohydrates, beans, brown rice, nuts, quinoa, wild rice etc.
3) Walk after evening meals
4) Eat lots of fruit a vegetables
5) Limit salt intake
6) Eat meals slowly
7) Limit dairy...cheese
8) Limit desert with processed sugar, opt for fruit
9) Limit chocolate
10) No coffee (I've been good about this)
11) Limit alcohol intake
12) Limit reefer intake..opt for toklas
13) Join palates class
14) More exercise
15) Nuts, fruits and juices for snacks
16) Pizza once a month, no more
17) Smaller meals
18) Tell myself I can live without that
19) blog or record my food intake daily
That about covers it. There may be more in the future. I don't eat "fast food" per se, but I love french fries, pizza, and white flour. I don't go to McDonald's or Burger King what so ever, so that's not going to happen. My problem is ice cream after dinner, a whole pint. Remember "A pint is a pound the world around."
As a Chinese nutritionist once told me; "Your problem portion control." Can't argue with the facts.
I will be weighing myself again April 1st, and not till then. I started out at 242 pounds and I need to loose a a little more than 5 pounds a month. Doesn't sound like much. It's not like a school project that you can put off till the end of the semester, take a bunch of speed and finish it in 24 hrs. This is a long slow process. If I fall behind I fail, and like I've said before, I hate to lose.
Lastly, I won't lie about what I eat during the day. If I fucked up I'll put it in there. I will write about what I'm going through, the good, the bad and the ugly.
I'm going to leave it here. Wish me luck, which I don't believe in, but I'll take it if I can get it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption for 1-2-13
Breakfast: Cereal, soy milk, banana, lemon yogurt, black tea w/agave
Lunch: Small green salad with olives de Provence and red belle peppers, 1 piece of white fish, 1/2
cup of long grain brown rice
Snacks: Nuts/raisins, fresh mint tea w/agave
Dinner: 1 piece of Tilapia, black eyed peas and brown rice, 2 small piece of rustic baguette w/little
butter
Exercise: 3 miles trails, 1 mile street walking
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Clean Slate
The new year is like leaving your home town, and relocating to a place where no one knows you. You can now reinvent yourself, and be whomever you want to be. If you grew up in Kansas or Connecticut, and it wasn't cool to be gay, move to Houston or D.C., and let your free flag fly baby. The new year gives all of us a chance to forget about all the things we didn't accomplish last year, and work on a whole new list of crap we may or may not accomplish this year.
The one thing we can't plan for is the unexpected. We don't expect people to die, unless we know they are terminally ill, very old, or have a serious health condition that is life threatening. We don't plan on getting hit by a bus crossing the street, trampled by a herd of spooked cows, the old back gives out again, the house burns down, twist an ankle walking the dog, die in a plane crash, and yet all these things do happen everyday.
If I survive this new year this is my list of things I would like to accomplish before 2013 is in the rear view mirror. These are not in order of priority, and once again are subject to change. We operate on an open strategy concept.
1) Complete my food/diet/lifestyle change and loss 70 pounds. More details on this tomorrow.
2) Help my friend Michael get settled in his own place in Oakland.
3) Finish writing a screen play I started working on.
4) Go to Hawaii with Geri in February.
5) Visit my main man Rod Backman in Seattle, and all his hillbilly friends up north. Play music to 4:00 am, and get good and loaded doing it. (Gotta let the dog out of the cage once in a while)
6) Finish my advanced video class at Laney College.
7) Visit my friend Chef Chris Grant and his family in the Mississippi Delta, and do a bunch of cooking down there. Play the blues in Mississippi.
8) Finish a video I'm working on.
9) Turn 60. No plans for a big party yet.
10) Have a sausage making party at the La De Da Cafe with my hippie/hillbilly friends.
11) Put in night lighting and finish hooking up the sink at the La De Da Cafe.
12) Finish painting the side and the front of the house. This is year #4 I been threatening to do this.
13) Get the trailer outfitted with a solar unit, install the camp stove, and relocate it back up to our property in Surprise Valley.
14) Visit my buddy Joey and his family.
15) Repaint the teardrop trailer.
That's it. If I can do all this I'll be amazed.
Good luck with wiping your old slate clean, and getting your "things to do" list achieved in 2013.
Keep your corks popped, and your pipes packed.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption Today 1-1-13
Breakfast: banana, cereal, soy milk, black tea
Lunch: leftover shrimp with wild rice and black eyed peas
Snacks: nuts, raisins, apple, 2 piece of french bread with finely shaved cheddar cheese
Dinner: Big salad with greens, nuts, black olives, apple, cherry tomatoes, S & P
Exercise: 3 miles trail walk, 1 mile street walk
The one thing we can't plan for is the unexpected. We don't expect people to die, unless we know they are terminally ill, very old, or have a serious health condition that is life threatening. We don't plan on getting hit by a bus crossing the street, trampled by a herd of spooked cows, the old back gives out again, the house burns down, twist an ankle walking the dog, die in a plane crash, and yet all these things do happen everyday.
If I survive this new year this is my list of things I would like to accomplish before 2013 is in the rear view mirror. These are not in order of priority, and once again are subject to change. We operate on an open strategy concept.
1) Complete my food/diet/lifestyle change and loss 70 pounds. More details on this tomorrow.
2) Help my friend Michael get settled in his own place in Oakland.
3) Finish writing a screen play I started working on.
4) Go to Hawaii with Geri in February.
5) Visit my main man Rod Backman in Seattle, and all his hillbilly friends up north. Play music to 4:00 am, and get good and loaded doing it. (Gotta let the dog out of the cage once in a while)
6) Finish my advanced video class at Laney College.
7) Visit my friend Chef Chris Grant and his family in the Mississippi Delta, and do a bunch of cooking down there. Play the blues in Mississippi.
8) Finish a video I'm working on.
9) Turn 60. No plans for a big party yet.
10) Have a sausage making party at the La De Da Cafe with my hippie/hillbilly friends.
11) Put in night lighting and finish hooking up the sink at the La De Da Cafe.
12) Finish painting the side and the front of the house. This is year #4 I been threatening to do this.
13) Get the trailer outfitted with a solar unit, install the camp stove, and relocate it back up to our property in Surprise Valley.
14) Visit my buddy Joey and his family.
15) Repaint the teardrop trailer.
That's it. If I can do all this I'll be amazed.
Good luck with wiping your old slate clean, and getting your "things to do" list achieved in 2013.
Keep your corks popped, and your pipes packed.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Food Consumption Today 1-1-13
Breakfast: banana, cereal, soy milk, black tea
Lunch: leftover shrimp with wild rice and black eyed peas
Snacks: nuts, raisins, apple, 2 piece of french bread with finely shaved cheddar cheese
Dinner: Big salad with greens, nuts, black olives, apple, cherry tomatoes, S & P
Exercise: 3 miles trail walk, 1 mile street walk
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