Home Again, Home Again - And Missing Everyone Already

I was visiting family in Atlanta, during the recent snow storm.

What's wrong with me?! (The snow part, not the family.)

As beautiful as snow makes the surroundings look -

Gimme my California sunshine and high temperatures!

Of course, now I miss everyone already. :(

Two of my grandbrats.

And another one.

And her again.

But wait -

There's more.

Here's my gorgeous pal -

Mom of the two blonde brats.

Speaking of...

Here's one -

Really, really concentrating on his new "DSI".

(Love the toes.)

Love the hair too.

And the kid.

And all of the screamin' brats!!

This one already knows the "I can't heeear youuu." ??!

How'd that happen?! Trouble's on the horizon!

Here they are, visiting me in my room...

Oh, did I mention that I was sick with Bronchitis for the holidays?

A real bummer.

They had a birthday party for me, at my bedside.

Oh, did I mention that I was sick with Bronchitis for my birthday?

Double bummer.

BUT, a cheesecake from the "Cheese Cake Factory" took my mind off of it!

So did these.

No, I didn't share!

As some of you know, I'm a raw-foodist, supposedly eating only healthy things.

BUT, I'm also a sugar-addict, so once I get started - look out!!

(In their defense, they didn't get me started.

I'd already hit the little corner store for my sugar-fix, days before the cake arrived.)

I bought and ate junk-food until the day it was time to leave.

Here's what I had at the airport.

Not too bad?

Well, I had two.

One before my flight and one before my connecting flight.

How beautiful is that?!

I woke up from a power-nap and thought, "Look at all that snow!" Duh.

During the flight I had these.

Two bags.

They're small.

And these.

My last hoorah, before getting back home and having this...

Greens, greens, and more greens!!!!

And my healthy green-smoothies!

Yum!!

So, I got home and was telling my husband about the four donuts, I ate at one sitting. :-*

The next day he surprised me with these...

Did I say, "No"? Of course not!

Did I share? Of course not!

Sugar-addiction is a terrible thing.

While I was sick and in the hospital, I'd lost seven pounds.

When I got home -

I'd gained six and a half of them back!

Sugar-addiction is a terrible thing.

Now, it's back to these babies, when I want something sweet!

(These don't give me headaches, or an upset stomach, or make me feel all spacey and stupid!)

Speaking of 'something sweet' -

This was the last little face I saw (my shadow!) before I left Atlanta.

(She was supposed to stay in bed. :)

I love and miss them!!

"In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds.

I should be hanging from a charm bracelet."

- Erma Bombeck

"Just think of all the women on the Titanic that said,

'No thank you' to dessert that night".

- Erma Bombeck

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."

- Erma Bombeck

For more on:

Raw-food versus the Standard American Diet

There are SO many things to love!

I love "Followers" and comments too!

(Thank you!)

Signing off for now,

gabriele

California To Georgia - And All Points In Between

You have to love California -

Here we are, near Palm Springs, where it'll be in the 90s

and there's snow on the mountain!

We left my house for our road trip, at 9:55 AM, Pacific Time

and entered Arizona at 1:58 PM.

Our son and I ate only healthy stuff - like these deeelicious cashews.

Yeah, right!

But wait...

there's more!!

And we paid the price!!

Mel-Mel, on the other hand, didn't get any headaches!

But she was a real bitch the next day!!

(Sugar can have that effect on people.)

(As some of you know, I'm a raw foodist/vegetarian and am much healthier, following that lifestyle.

But, there are times when something comes up, where I choose to eat 'junk'!

Like a road trip!

But, when I do, my body lets me know that it's not happy with my choices, by doing bad things to me - one being headaches! Oh yeah, I pay the price.

I only do this occasionally - not on a daily basis!

I read somewhere that it's better to just pig-out on bad stuff for 'one' day,

than having "just a little" junk food 'every' day.)

Back to the road -

Here's Mel-Mel enjoying an Arizona sunset.

We entered Abilene, Texas, at 5:02 AM.

Gorgeous lights, as we drove through the Texas night.

More lights.

For miles, we could not figure out what that yellow light was,

so close to the road!

An enormous sign? A spotlight on a huge rock? It turns out that it was the moon!!

Texas suuure is flat.

Lights at a power plant.

A Texas sunrise.

(Which Mel-Mel missed, because she refused to turn her head.)

We spent eight hours driving through that state!

Texas suuure is big.

Entering Louisiana at 11:41 AM. (Still going by Pacific Time.)

Me, covering my face with my hands, as we crossed over the Mississippi River!

I'm NOT a fan of bridges, OR deep water!!

Entering Alabama

(Forgot to write down the time.)

Thousands of dead bugs later (sorry guys!) we entered Georgia.

We arrived at our final destination at 8:35 PM.

Only thirty five and a half hours later!

(Still going by Pacific Time, since that's what was on the van's clock.)

Who needs "TomTom", when you have Mel-Mel?!

And she made a few friends along the way -

A remorseful swine...

An oh-so-cute bovine...

And a poultry dude.

(She can be sweet when she wants to be!)

The van was a big hit!!

(As I mentioned in an earlier post, we gave my van to our youngest son and family.)

Our seven year old granddaughter thought it was just her size!

Our five year old grandson thought it was cool, because he had enough room to be a tough-guy, football player!

And our eleven month old granddaughter

was happy that she had plenty of room to stretch her legs!

It was a wonderful, fun, laughter-filled road trip, except for one little incident -

Who knew that Mel-Mel would break-out in song, hitting a note that my son and I had never heard before (and hope to never hear again!)?!

Our eardrums ached, and the ringing in the ears was awful, BUT...

the windshield got the worst of it!!

Mel-Mel might just be staying home the next time.

I leave you with this picture -

because I love it! :)

Signing off for now,

gabriele