They just passed an ordinance that requires meals that come with a toy meet certain nutritional guidelines. It’s about time! Talk about target marketing and making parents lives miserable . . . McDonald’s is one of the worst culprits for marketing addictive crap to kids. With every other fast food joint following right on their heels. Every time you see a Happy Meal just substitute it with the words crack cocaine in your head.
So much to talk about and only a few thousand words to do it with . . .
Not to worry, I’m not going to make this too long but there are many stories to tell at the moment. With Halloween approaching (the best holiday of them all!) this one is a cute story on grist . . . kids giving out fair trade chocolate to the houses they trick or treat at. For stunningly good fair trade, organic, raw, whole food, sell your own sweet little Grandma for, chocolate in TO check out ChocoSol.
How the hell is Rob Ford my new mayor? This really shows how much we just look at the surface of something and don’t pay any attention to what’s underneath . . . what it’s made of! But the front of the box says whole grains and no transfats . . . that means it’s ok right? . . . problem is it doesn’t tell you about the 10 types of sugar and 40 types of preservatives until you get to the small print.
It really is rather wormy out there . . . poor little guys . . . a little extra moisture on the ground and they think they’re invincible and can go anywhere. Little do they know that soon (well according to the Weather Network, sometime Wed. or Thurs.) everything’s going to dry up on them and become rather crispy . . . then I’ll be picking worms off the sidewalk and tossing them back in the grass . . . ah the hazards of being an environmentalist that works in a garden with kids 
What a difference a day makes! It was a good day . . . way too much coffee involved but no sugar and lots of real food Even a good deal of spinach!
Just imagine me bouncing and skidding across the road . . . metaphorically speaking . . . no there are no abrasions or contusions on my body . . . just on my soul . . . Ha! Was that melodramatic enough for you?
Now if I could just get my head to accept that sugar is going to kill me 
I’ll be back shortly with updates on what’s been going on . . . hair – no worse than before and not spending tonnes of money on goop that could eventually kill me so can’t complain . . . food . . . don’t ask! . . . renewed interest in news and politics . . . probably not helping my blood presure . . . but I digress . . .
Sorry . . . Almost subjected you to the worst, clichéd opening line ever. We all know how long it’s been since I’ve been here! I have a very bad habit of letting myself start things and never finish them . . . Course I don’t plan to ever “finish” this. This is a lifelong project!
So . . . Anger . . . Why this topic you might ask? Ironically enough as I was starting this post my BlackBerry kept freezing and decided to reboot itself while I was attempting to log onto WordPress. Mind you that could be categorized as frustration . . .
Ugh! Just gave up the caffeine . . . again . . . for the millionth time. It’s actually about time I did it. I was using it to get through my pre and post radiation therapy, no thyroid hormone, tired state. So now that I’m topping up once again on the thyroid hormones I really don’t need it anymore . . . except apparently to make it through the day when I’ve had little sleep and lots of work . . . I was actually yawning today at work. I could have had a nap around lunch time. I can’t believe how much it’s keeping me going when I’m genuinely tired. I’m not talking no thyroid hormone etc. type tired but actual physical activity working 2 weeks straight tired. I had no idea it had that much of a stimulant effect on me.
I also know that it’s been way too long since my last post and so I’ll try a little summarizing to get us going again. I’ve written and rewritten, pondered and dismissed a number of posts in my head but haven’t gotten around to putting them down on “paper.” Continue reading
