Day 47 - A Few Random Things We've Learned

* Virtually all food available at chain restaurants is processed and off limits. And usually fattening
* While I may personally find xanthum gum as a food additive an interesting topic of conversation, that doesn't mean anyone else does.
* Valentine's Day is sort of pointless if one is in a romantic relationship, and depressing if one is not, which makes one wonder who this holiday is actually for
* The longer the list of ingredients, the more likely the food is going to make the "banned" list
* Borscht is fantastic. Apparently one should not judge beets by those pickled things they serve at schools
* One can never have too many friends, but one does need to learn to be creative with scheduling
* After 47 days of this experiment, it's hard to decide if having to bake our own bread is a problem or a perk
* The last day of kitty physical therapy is a good excuse for a chocolate martini
* Nothing makes one completely delusional about vegetable gardens like February
* Not all cats are independent
* One really doesn't need much to be happy, but chocolate cake might be on the list
* Sourdough starters are probably best if one grows up with them. Having a food substance living in the fridge that needs to be fed regularly is a little too weird for some people
* Your husband is a true sport if he can be presented with strangely green cooking experiments for several days in a row without complaint.
* If given enough bags of pureed pumpkin in the freezer, there are very few food items I won't try to add pumpkin to.
* If your pet has any sort of surgery, you can just about take the initial cost estimate and double it.
* One is really never too old to enjoy Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons
* Soup Night really is one of the best ideas ever. I wish I could find the magazine article that gave me the idea in the first place. I believe in giving credit where credit is due. Besides, I want to exchange soup recipes
* Recruiting one's friends to one's hobby isn't "enabling" until you take them on their first yarn shopping spree....
* The Neilsen Ratings people might be more on top of things than we thought. They sent us the initial questionnaire, but they might have found out about our one set of rabbit ear antennae before sending us anything else...
* While I have certainly been enjoying the 1/2 piece of chocolate cake every now and then, I would trade every last one of them in for an extra Diet Pepsi
* I have never in my life been so enthusiastic about Sunday mornings as I am now that they mean I have 2 whole "cheats" to use again.....