Well, I would be two thirds of my way done were I to finish out the 92 day juice feast and at this point. I actually would like to finish it. My last post was a bit of whiny on my part. I think it was the detoxing talking. Today I actually decided that I would finish my juice feast with today as my last juice day. That felt good to me when someone suggested to just stop a day early because I had been talking about how ready I was to be done with it. I thought, yea, I can do that. Who has cemented me to 61 days? So, this morning, that was my verdict. As the day went on I felt pretty good and like, I liked being juicy and I didn't feel like today was my last day. I decided to keep on for one more day. Actually, that decision made me feel like I didn't want to stop at all. I could manage my 9 hours flight overseas if I brought a bunch of lemons on board with me and my ounces limit of liquid sweetener and cayenne but that would be pretty darn hard. And who wants to be in Italy and not eat?! So, I will be breakfasting with prunes on Saturday.
I haven't managed to stop myself from reading great food blogs like Heathy of Canada. She makes amazing looking foods. I am actually planning some raw nachos with a bunch of recipes from all over the web. Chips, salsa, guacamole, cheese sauce, sour cream, refried beans, veggies and all. Maybe even a little fake raw meat. It's going to be the works but I am going to have to wait a few weeks until I am transitioned into solids. My idea to make raw nachos comes from watching my mother and sister devour beautiful vegan gluten free nachos in Chicago at The Chicago Diner. I need to recreate that for myself.
Something interesting I learned lately is that you can use some very simple household items as a natural deodorant and not stink all day. I tried it for the first time today. When in the shower
or tub, make a paste of baking soda with water and put it on your armpits. Let it sit there for a few minutes and rinse. When you get out of the shower, sprits some apple cider vinegar on your pits and let it dry. Your done. I am excited to see how this works in the summer.
It is going to snow tonight again. What weather we've been having. They expect for all day snowing tomorrow as well. I am hoping that classes are cancelled so that I might spend some time alone in reflection over my feast on the last day of it. I already have creative ideas for my salads that are not too intense on the digestive system. I plan to make noodles out of zucchi
ni on my salad days and blend up some things like tomato, basil, olive or hemp oil and salt as a sauce and put avocado chunks and maybe some olives on it. Yea, I am definitely ready for food. I am too into the creation of food to be held back for so long. As an artist I feel my creativity shifting from canvas to plate. What is so different about the two anyway? Both white and empty and waiting for me to put something on them. An artist can express themselves in so many ways, especially outside the common realm of art. In the constant changing art world, a new medium is what everyone is looking for. I choose to be creative in all aspects of life, whether it be canvas, plate, valentine card, cd insert, costume ideas or the rules to a clue murder
mystery party(Yea, I've done that and it was the best most fun party I have ever thrown where everyone was a suspect and everyone had to work to find out who was the murderer). Hmm, how did I get from raw foods to murder mystery parties? Anyway, art is everywhere and everything if you look at it in the right way and I love that. I think these ramblings are my way of dealing with the fact that I think
a lot of people are going to be disappointed with me when I don't do as much fine arts after I graduate from school. I think a lot of the people that I know think of me as a fine artist before anything else. I think of myself as a person of many interests and creative in all ways. I want to continue that into the starting of a family and I don't think it is a cop-out to become a house wife and mother. It is the best thing one can do in my opinion. I want to grow a garden and home school my children and feed my family in the healthiest most balanced and creative way. The feminists are going to hate me. Well, I can't not be me so I am sticking to what I want to do. I do hope to do my fine arts as well, but they don't stand number one in my mind.
Phew, I think I needed to admit all this to myself. Thanks for reading if anyone out there is reading.
xo,
Elizabeth
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