Food Not Bombs

Today was my first day cooking for Food Not Bombs and it was great! I had been doing some donation pickup and internety stuff for them up til this point, but this was by far the most enjoyable part of the gig. Alix, Ayesha, myself and Isabelle went over to Alix's house to cook and did a totally kick ass job with what we had. This was definitely a learning experience and I will probably bring some of my own kitchen stuff with next time, although I am in love with Alix's knife set... seriously... I probably enjoyed using them a little too much. There's just nothing better than a really sharp knife when you've got tons of veggies to chop up. Anyway, here we are hard at work... Isabelle was honestly a huge help in the kitchen. I love that she really loves to get involved with that stuff!
I was in charge of the potato concoction. Thanks to Alix for contributing some of her own about to go bad stuff, and actually purchasing a couple things, and for the use of every kitchen gadget she owned! Anyway, I made some of my "famous" breakfast potato things, but with a lot more stuff and I guess they turned out pretty awesome, because they were gone before I could snap a pic... But, Alix's chili was equally awesome in my opinion and Ayesha's apple-cinnamon concoction made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Honestly... I think we just totally kicked ass! I've had some pretty blah FNB's food in my day, but this was really one of the best meals I've had in a looonnnggg time. Yummy! Here's some happy "customers"... Yay! Can't wait til the next fourth Sunday! :)

getting old

I'm afraid I'm getting a little too used to being a hermit... I seriously have little urge to go out and be social anymore. I would much rather just stay at home and relax with my kiddo and roomie. When H has to move out next week, that might change, but I'm really kinda worried that it won't. And actually, I'm a little more worried that I'm not really all that worried about it. I really just think I'm getting old and set in my ways... I think I'm turning into my Dad, bitter cynisism and all. ;) Really, it just boils down to only really wanting to spend time with the people who have proven to be trustworthy in my life and not wanting to go out of my way to look for more people to add to the fold. Was feeling a little sorry for myself last night... don't know why I let a cheesy hallmark holiday get to me, but I did, then I rememebered just how complicated relationships can be and just how miserable my "mariage" made me and still does and got over it. And this may all sound dark and depressing, but it's really not... I don't feel depressed, not over being alone and a hermit anyway. I kinda think it suits me. :) I think I'm going to make today Singles Day and go celebrate that fact. Yay!

Relaxation/Reflexology

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Relaxation/Reflexology

Last night we had an awesome girly spa night with foot massages, facials, truffles, champagne, strawberries and movies. It was awesome! All except for the movie Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, which is just bad... really bad. Doesn't this look awesome..?

I've been having some real issues with anxiety and insomnia so I've been using reflexology and accupressure on myself in an attempt to alleviate that some, and for the most part it really works. The thing with reflexology, which I know a bit more about from massage school, is that you want to make little "Walking" motions with your thumb to really get into the points, and you want to always "Walk" in an upward motion and not down. I want to find out more about accupressure (didn't get that far in school), because the little bit I was trying out on myself the other night was working wonders. I swear... the spots that corresponded to the lungs made me breath deeper, etc. Check it out...
http://www.corehealthinstitute.com/serenity-self-care-points--faq.html

And these neat little widgets I found here and in the next blog (cause I couldn't figure out how to get 'em in one place). Check it... It's good stuff!

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