One year ago today I got the news that my Poppa had passed away.
This day one year ago was the beginning of the worst year of my life. It was also the last time I will ever get to see my beautiful cousin Jodi. Today was not an easy day for me, and I just want to share so much love to all of my family, wherever they may be today, especially Nan.
I don't really feel like saying a lot so I'll just say it with some photos celebrating a little bit of me and Poppa. I really miss Christmas and birthdays and chats waiting to hear that gruff and strong but gentle voice loudly saying 'okay then, Poppa loves you!' without fail, every time. I know - I love you too!
He always loved to do things with all of us grandchildren!
Best of all, he could always be counted on for a good snuggle.
One of the softest and most loving men that have ever existed.
This to me is the ultimate Poppa photo - most of my memories involve camping in the
mountains, he loved it almost as much as he loved his family!
I hope everyone can take a moment today to show the people you love, and remember how lucky we all are to be here each and every beautiful moment of every day.
So I've been really good at that posting every day thing! I feel like I start every post with a version of that lately ...
Monday was my last day of the cleanse! So exciting for me, so I made some of my favourite cleanse foods (although let's face it, I had about eight things that I rotated for twenty one days). For lunch I made my absolute favourite garlic quinoa pancakes, this time with sliced cucumbers and grape tomatoes and roasted garlic hummus. I was able to spread the batter out more this time and make them flatter and crispier. The combination with the veggies and hummus was so delicious and refreshing; I knew there was a lot of garlic in this meal, but didn't appreciate the full effect until I went to give Jamie a little smooch and he recoiled with a 'what the hell did you eat??' Oops! I cannot believe how much garlic I've eaten while on this cleanse. I'm fairly confident I had it every single day, and only recently was I using the garlic press. I mean, I love trying to practice my knife skills (especially after slicing off the tip of my thumb with an exacto knife making Jamie's flyswatter Halloween costume!) but I've never been great at chopping garlic. A press is just so much easier and more my style! Anyway they were obviously delicious. Since I'd gotten the fresh basil for the pancakes I decided to try the tomato basil pasta again since my attempt with the dried basil was fair at best. I'm so glad, because that sauce is just so delicious! The fresh basil is oh so yummy. I don't know if this makes me a crazy person or not, but lately I've been noticing a black licorice-type smell when I chop basil. Is that normal? Does anyone else ever notice something like that? Or is it likely I am going crazy? Either way, I love it and can't wait until we get the setup to plant some fresh herbs! I majorly dropped the ball Monday evening though and fell asleep reading (what is it about warm summer sun and a good book that makes a perfect nap??) missing both Yin and my meditation workshop! Yikes, super successful day Maia! It's okay, to make up for it I did what's been my favourite at-home routine lately - this hip-opening sequence and nighttime practice, both from Yoga Journal. I find it so relaxing and restorative, and also good for waking up from an evening nap when I don't necessarily need an energizing practice. Lately I've also been a huge fan of reclining bound angle pose, whether I'm in beginning or final savasana in class, or practicing at home, or just laying in bed for that matter, I always find myself drifting into this pose. I've really grown to love and revel in the sensation of hip-opening poses, relishing how much more open and flexible my body feels. Another thing I love about home practice is I can go at my own speed, if I feel like staying in a pose for as much as five whole minutes, or as little as five breaths. I've been feeling such a great stretch in the back of my legs lately when I'm in downward dog that I can get my foot flat on the ground! It's really satisfying and I feel great when I can look back and see my soles flush with the mat - or sweat-soaked towel if I'm in the studio - even if it doesn't necessarily happen every time! Since I had a major nap Monday I was up late and was able to catch the season finale of Top Chef Canada when Jamie got home from work (it was a late night!!) He offered that since it was after midnight I was technically done my cleanse - but I decided to wait anyway.
Tuesday morning I awoke with one and only one thrilling thought in my head - 'I can have milk today!!' Yes, it's been a long twenty-one days, or five hundred four hours, if you'd prefer: thirty thousand, two hundred forty minutes, and finally one million, eight hundred fourteen thousandfour hundred seconds !!! For those of you that have been reading since the beginning, or know me in any capacity in life know that I have a deep love for milk. I would like to share with you, an ode to milk.
an ode to milk a Maia Leggott original
for as long as I can remember : you have been a colossal presence in my life .
i know my whole family loves you, but i think it was me and dad the most, in my memory.
it really until I lived on my own and was working to support my own ass that I realized just how much of your succulent nourishment i actually drank -- four mouthwatering litres that don't stand a chance for more than two or three days .
i will not hesitate to say that you
are my most favourite
beverage of all time - every morning
when i wake up, the first thing i do
is either pour a glass or take a huge gulp out of the jug
-- this is okay because Jamie and I have separate milk preferences, mine being skim and his 2% - and let's face it, everyone chugs from the jug --
to coat my
cat-shit morning breath infused dried-out
tongue and throat. the warm lemon
water substitute is first-rate at
accelerating the poop process
-- but
not as satisfying to drink.
you are always my go-to - the ultimate
hangover fix
-- i have to give some love tochocolate here because your thicker consistency coats the hungover stomach in a delicious way --
accompanying any meal,
any junk food category -- salty/crunchy, sweet/candy, and chocolate --
to cool off on a hot
day, if i'm running late for something and
don't have anything else to fill my stomach
you provide the creamy coating i need
to survive an hour or two.
if this cleanse has revealed that my body
does not love you any more, i want you
to know that my soul will love you
forever, and probably still indulge
-- more
than i should.
That is my ode to milk, just to show you how much I've missed it. And because let's face it - I'm sitting at home writing my blog with reruns of How I Met Your Mother and The Office on in the background - why would I not be inspired to write an ode to my favourite beverage??
Needless to say as soon as I woke up Tuesday I rushed to superstore (I'm surprised I didn't buy it the night before in all honesty!) and bought a two litre - just in case I'm intolerant, wanted to start slow! I came home to pour a half cup of delectable creaminess and kissed the glass before I hastily gulped it down (this is not a joke- I am sincerely that lame). It was the most cold and delicious drink of milk I can ever remember having. As soon as it was gone I wanted more, but I wanted to do my best to follow the reintroducing foods regimen Brittanie had laid out. I tried to watch out for any signs that I had to say goodbye for good, but I'm so flatulent normally that any excess would probably go unnoticed. into mid-evening things still seemed to be going smoothly, so I had some milk with dinner, a bigger glass, and hot damn was it delightful! I also might have been a little bit bad food-wise - I figured since I'd done so well with dairy I could dive right in, I was just dying because Jamie had mentioned having perogies for dinner (one of my other most favourite things! I have a lot, in case you haven't noticed!), so I decided to be bad. We fried up some perogies in a mixture of sesame and sunflower oil, salt and pepper and fried separately a bunch of red, green and yellow bell peppers, onions and an assortment of seasonings and barbecue sauce and then tossed the two together -- oh my lanta was it delicious! Such a different and interesting combination. I had meant to make these perogies, substituting quinoa flour for a while, but never got around to it - this was just perfect timing! I still want to try them, especially after having frozen perogies and realizing how much more delicious fresh ones will be!
Wednesday morning began with an volunteer interview at the IWK, the children's hospital here in Halifax, which I have wanted to get into forever now! I'd stopped in the day before and they thought that showed real initiative and I deserved a spot - so I'll get to spend my summer playing outside with kids! I am so excited, because getting to play outside is such a major thing for a lot of these children, and I can't wait to be a part of that!
The afternoon was a hot one in Halifax, so Jamie and I hauled a blanket and our books over to the Commons to soak up some sun for the afternoon. I definitely had some time to get into my book, Rescue by Anita Shreve. In fact I had a hard time putting it down! It was a sweltering day, and we only lasted a couple of hours before heading home to fire up the barbecue! I have to say - I'm somewhat ashamed of what I have to say next, since Wednesday I was supposed to gradually introduce wheat by having a slice of whole grain bread with nothing on it. Instead, I had three hot dogs in top-sliced white bread buns.
It was so effing delicious oh my lanta.
I knew with every juicy, slightly charred, barbecued, ketchup-filled bite that I deserved it if I felt miserable afterwards. But I felt so proud of myself for just finishing the twenty one days that I rushed into it a little! I'll give myself credit for reintroducing dairy slowly, but my cravings got the better of me (just like when I tried to be vegetarian in grade ten and was sabotaged by my desire for Caitlin's ham sandwich on a white dinner roll) and I caved. But I will not be too hard on myself, because aside from the bloated feeling one would expect after crushing three barbecued hot dogs and buns I felt pretty much normal.
I couldn't wait to get to Jivamukti at 5:30 - I've been bad and hadn't gone to a class since Saturday!! Of course I've been doing it at home, but class always challenges me in different ways, especially Jivamukti! I was especially vigilant not to fall asleep this time, as I did before my last Jivamukti experience! Kirsten talked a little about how we were going to focus on the balancing part of Jivamukti tonight - and did we ever! It was probably one of my most favourite classes I've ever been to, but wow was my balance majorly off! I was shaky, I was falling out of poses like revolved half moon, revolved side angle, prayer twist with a lunge, and other poses that challenged the - apparently absent for the day - stability of my legs. I fell out a lot, but I tried to laugh at myself. I didn't always, but it just reminded me how beneficial it is for my body to go to a class every day! Between the heat outside and the humidity inside I was drenched within the first few minutes. I just love the energetic flow of a vinyasa-style class like this! I definitely want to get some more experience in this style of class, I've decided I'm ready to branch out into more styles - well, as soon as I start getting paid of course. Another part of class that stands out to me is when we did this Jivamukti version of full lotus, alternating sides and then having our arms bent underneath our knees with classic meditation hands. It was very cool, a pose I definitely want to try again. This class introduced me to a lot of new things, and also to the realization that I still have oh so much to learn about yoga!
We did three sets of wheel, although by the third set I had to come out of it early because I was shaking. We did shoulderstand for an extended period of time today too, and I really tried to make a conscious effort to roll myself up onto my shoulders and engage and lengthen my core while stacking my hips above and in line with my shoulders, whilst trying to keep my elbows tucked in rather than splayed out to the sides. I did have to come out once, but was pretty proud of how long I held it for! Needless to say final savasana was a welcome melting sensation for my tired body. I probably could have laid there all evening if I didn't have to pee so badly! I was the second to last person to leave though, as usual! I did surprisingly feel relief as I left and wandered out into the sunshine, the breeze giving me major sweat chills.
I came home and made some delicious creamy avocado pasta for dinner, giving myself a fairly hefty serving. I used smaller garlic cloves this time, and it was just delicious. I love how creamy it is! I felt absolutely exhausted, and was in bed before midnight, which hasn't happened in a little while! I'd wanted to spend some time finishing my book, but I think I barely made it three pages before I fell asleep. It's pretty much routine for Jamie to come home from work to find me fallen asleep with a book either on the couch or in bed, what can I say!
Thursday was another delightfully hot and sunny day in Halifax, and I got to spend the whole day outside for work! It was beautiful, albeit incredibly hot and sweaty. For breakfast I made a smoothie with soy yogurt, orange juice and frozen berries with a little matcha green tea powder (now that I can have caffeine again) - soo delicious! The matcha gives it a delightfully sweet taste while the soy yogurt has a very distinct tangy flavour that dairy yogurt doesn't provide. For dinner I sauteed some more peppers with barbecue sauce, salt and pepper and a little Montreal steak spice and had it on top of rice - yummy! Quick and simple, although I was too hungry to remember to take a photo, oops!
It's late now - this post took way longer than I expected it to, so I'm going to go do my sleepy stretches and head to bed! I hope everyone has been having a wonderful week, don't forget to get outside for your daily dose of vitamin D and appreciate the beauty in your day!
Ohh once again I found I've fallen behind on my blog posts. I can only assume that everyone was out enjoying the sunshine over the long weekend like I was and didn't notice!
Warning: this post will probably be gargantuan, with lots of photos!
First day post-challenge - Happy Birthday Canada! I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't get out to any patriotic activities. I had a very much needed sleep in, and spent the sunny afternoon gobbling up Still Life, which I finished and enjoyed thoroughly! I did celebrate Canada by enjoying some of it's great literary talent then I guess! But mostly I just relaxed and took the day to myself. I did whip up some delicious 15-minute creamy avocado pasta, which I hadn't had since the beginning of my cleanse. It was delicious and fresh and creamy and a little too garlicky, but that's oh so yummy. I started
another book called Rescue by Anita Shreve, but am having a hard time getting into it for some reason. Sometimes I need to step back and try something else and then revisit, we'll see! I did what I've dubbed my 'sleepy time' routine and went to bed anxious to make it back to the studio in the morning.
It felt so fantastic to get back in the hot room, even after missing only one day! It was a quiet class, and a little challenging! I went into eagle expecting the kick-ass performance of the day before, only that didn't so much happen. It's okay though; I'm getting a lot better at being okay when I fall out of things. Kirsten always teaches a fabulous and inspiring class, and we both commented on how great it felt after not doing yoga for a day! I always love it when I go into the studio and it's grey and damp outside, only to come out ninety minutes later to warm, smiling sunshine. Yoga and sun is always a recipe for a wonderful day!
I love my job right now because I can just spend my time walking around outside, and lately that has been pretty easy! I had walked by the Mi'kmaq pow wow at the Commons quite a few times and Jamie had gotten called off work so we decided to spend our Saturday afternoon wandering around the festival. The artwork for sale and crafts were beautiful, it certainly made me want to have money some of the pieces were so incredible. It was a little torturous for still-on-a-cleanse me, seeing the never ending stalls of Indian tacos - delectable looking flatbreads topped with a literal mountain of ground meat, vegetables, and cheese ... oh the cheese! Jamie didn't get one, I think partially he felt a little bad devouring that in front of me - even though later on he had no problems destroying a big slice of Sicilian drenched in donair sauce while I formed a small puddle of drool on the table. Even looking at this photo is making me want to cheat, on my last day. Jamie, don't hate me for posting this, I love how much you're enjoying it because you needed to savour it for both of us! At that I was anxious to work our way home because we were grilling for dinner and I was making tofu and veggie skewers! So excited for my first cleanse barbecue! I spent some time hunting down grilled tofu and veggie marinades online and found the two winners. We also chose a grilled potato salad, number 49 on the food network magazine's pull out booklet of 50 potato salads. Jamie was making one of his succulent-looking four new york strip steaks (I hope I remembered that right!) but I was anxious to try out my marinades! Here's what I decided on:
1 block extra firm tofu, well pressed
1/2 cup hoisin sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp lime juice
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Carefully slice tofu into 1-inch thick cubes or strips. If you're using skewers, cubes are best, but if you'll be placing your tofu directly on your grill, larger strips are better. I went against the grain and decided on triangles. Whisk together all the ingredients, except tofu, and place in a shallow dish. Place the tofu in the dish and spoon some of the marinate on top of the tofu. Allow the tofu to marinade for at least one hour, turning once or spooning more marinade over the top. You can also use a zip-lock bag instead of a dish.
Lightly grease your gill and cook tofu over medium flame for 6-7 minutes on each side, basting with extra hoisin sauce marinade.
1/3 cup olive or vegetable oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil
1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Combine in a bowl and use to baste veggies on a skewer - I used red, yellow and green peppers, grape tomatoes and zucchini, yumm!! I basted them before the grill, and used the rest of the marinade to brush while on the grill. 'But won't that make a huge mess??' I asked Jamie, only to have him reply 'Um ... it's a barbecue, that's sort of a requirement.' Right. I'm so new to this, I've maybe barbecued two hot dogs in my life and that's about the extent of it. Don't forget if you're using bamboo skewers to soak them for at least 20-30 minutes, I did and two of them still caught on fire and burned away! But still, I think we did pretty great! Jamie tried the new Rickard's Blonde, which looked delicious and light and just beyond my reach. Instead I had Perrier with frozen raspberries and cranberries in it. Still delicious, but not the same as a bubbly, foaming beer on a hot summer evening. Check out our barbecue!
this is your dinner: grilled edition
I always feel fancier when I drink out of my favourite wine glasses - they've got a diamond-like shape perfect for cupping your hand around. I love how the thawing raspberries dye the water a vibrant, bubbly pink!
Potatoes, onion and lemon grilling in rosemary and olive oil for our grilled potato salad! The smell coming off of this was heavenly ...
I love this photo! Grilling with such intensity and love.
Yumm ... herb-marinated veggie skewers and Asian-inspired
hoisin-marinated tofu.
No contact between the steak and my veggie half! Ohh what a tease ...
Dinner turned out simply scrumptious! A few of my tofu triangles broke, but they still tasted delicious! I saved some marinade to dip it in - uber-delicious! I absolutely loved my grilled dinner!
Jamie's grilled dinner subtracted tofu, added a dry-rubbed new york strip cooked medium rare with sauteed mushrooms and onions.
We both deemed our first big barbecue night together of the summer a huge success and both collapsed in two heaps of well-fed contentment!
Jamie having two days off in a row, let alone a Saturday-Sunday combination, is a rare thing so we decided to go on an adventure on sunny Sunday! We found a park online called Victoria Park only about eighty minutes away by Truro that boasted meandering trails and waterfalls, so we decided on a nature adventure! I was anxious to get out and enjoy the sunshine with my love and hopefully finally get some cool photos of myself doing yoga - let's face it, it's not like I haven't wanted to! I loved getting out in the sunshine and the trees. One of the attractions the park boasts is the 175-step Jacob's Ladder, which we climbed, me probably a bit more begrudgingly than Jamie. We did have to stop part way up for a pep talk, but we did it!
Check out some photos from our adventure!
Just heading off on our adventure! Jamie doesn't like me taking photos of him so I always have to catch him off guard. The best part about those kinds of photos is they are always the most beautiful!
Okay, maybe not always .... but that's why some genius invented digital cameras!
Yup, we decided to conquer the massively looming 175 steps of Jacob's Ladder. The wooden steps were spaced so close together I had to take them two at a time, which meant I had to go sort of fast because I had to put all my weight into it. Needless to say, as much as yoga has helped me get in much better shape, that is a lot of effing stairs!
We did it! What an accomplishment to stand at the top of those stairs and be able to say that! Then I saw some little kids doing it later on ... but it's still a lot of steps!
Jamie was a great photographer, instructing me to 'gaze off over my left shoulder at the beauty of nature.' It was pretty spectacular to have this pretty much right in the city! It was such a treacherous uphill climb, Jamie was a much more adventurous vertical climber than I was, and he was so brave!
On a completely unrelated note I love how many different ways you can make something look with different camera angles!
Well we made it to the waterfalls! Part of them, anyway. It was such a beautiful little slice of nature, and not as many people around as we would have expected. We both just stared for a little while, listening and watching the water cascade over the rocks.
I just love those moments when I catch Jamie off guard! So sue me, I like to take photos of my boyfriend because it drives him crazy! Secretly he loves it, I know, but he pretends not to!
But seriously, how beautiful is this view! It's a small falls, but we passed by another where the pool was just full of people swimming! Then we found this little gem hidden away. I really could have sat there all day and reveled in it. That being said ...
It seemed like the perfect, inspiring place to do some yoga! I was dying to get into it, and just loved the calm beauty here. I think Jamie did an amazing job with the photo! The water almost frames my warrior; I can't lie, it wasn't easy to stay strong and grounded on two different rocks straddling a pool of water, but I managed! I just love the strength of this pose, especially being able to do it outside, opening up my chest and my heart to the warm sunshine.
I had to open up into my dancer's pose because it's such a beautiful one! I'm not loving my form in this photo, especially my expression and it just reminds me how badly I need a haircut - but I do love the freedom I can feel my body experiencing in this photo, like I feel every time I open up into dancer. It's funny, the first thing I thought when I looked at this photo was 'two feet to the left and it would look like I'm peeing. Awesome.' What a wiener. A gorgeous photo of a beautiful pose in these surroundings and that's what I notice. Some things will never change I guess!
Yup, we are definitely that nature couple. That's what I said as soon as we snapped this photo - well, about nine of these before we got the lighting right. Every time we take a photo together I have to make Jamie laugh - to induce a natural smile, of course - by saying things like poopy diapers, boogers and farts, boobies to make us both laugh. It doesn't often turn out looking pretty or natural, in fact it most often catches us with eight chins, squinty eyes, or in my case, my bad side (I know I know - she can't possibly have a bad side! It's true, I'll admit it). But sometimes it catches us in that perfect moment, doing what we do best - looking naturally beautiful and whimsical. And being modest. No one ever has to see the other eight photos where our six-year-old-boy sense of humour wins over our stunning good looks. (I mean seriously, does potty humour ever not make everyone laugh? Or saying boobies?).
Eventually we came upon another of the many bridges and I brilliantly decided to do bridge poseon the bridge! Except I didn't want to put my head and shoulders on the ground so I opted for wheel instead, which was actually much more exhilarating! Staring at the sparkling brook below me while inverted is really mesmerizing! Jamie took about eight photos of me here, and although by the end of it my arms were shaking uncontrollably and he had to put his hand in the small of my back to help me up, I stayed up for a long time just completely losing myself in the glimmering water. It was so calming, and definitely a feeling I want to bring with me into my practice.
My boyfriend loves me so much he suffered injury to take photos that I demanded he capture. What a wonderful guy ;) and so tough! He wouldn't even take a band-aid! Which is good because I forgot to put them in the bag ...
As we were walking along the trail we commented on how we had seen absolutely no wildlife. It seemed very odd! So when we were walking on a fairly isolated and quiet part of the trail, when I heard a noise I stopped to look! Jamie made a few comments likening my attention span to the dogs in the movie Up! Who doesn't love this part?? It's true, I stopped to look at just about everything along the path, but when I heard that noise I was so happy that I stopped ...
Down in the grass I saw the ochre-coloured scales of a Nova Scotia garter snake (because I just know these things). I guess it was pretty small, but secretly I thought it was big! I was so excited to have seen a snake! It made me think of when we were younger and we would always go for hikes through the woods, or to waterfalls. Dad would always point out and name animals and creatures, Mum would always remember snacks and water. It was great, almost made me feel like a kid again. So we decided this summer we're going to go on an adventure every week. Spending time in nature doesn't cost money, and a lot of us take it for granted every day! Unless of course you venture into a provincial park, then maybe you might have to pony up - at least in PEI we do! Moral of the story: I forgot how wonderful and simple it is to just get away and enjoy the beauty of the earth.
The only covered bridge in Victoria Park! I knew I wanted to do something, but when I got up there I panicked so I dove into crescent moon! I just love how this photo turned out, with the colours and the slightly-skewed symmetry of my body and the harsh lines of the arched covering.
After this I tried for an inappropriately excessive amount of time to get a photo of a shimmering spiderweb between two trees that refused to focus. I don't understand why, but I just couldn't get one - very frustrating!! Then of course the camera battery died, so that was it for photographs - ah well, one less thing for me to carry!
It was a really stunning day, it made me love life and feel a lot of pride in Jamie and I - to both of whom going for a three-hour hike is a pretty foreign thing in recent memory! After the long walk and having forgotten to bring snacks (awful move on both of our parts) we were anxious to get home and fire up the grill again! I got my tofu marinade ready right away, so we could sit and relax a bit while it absorbed the delicious flavours. This is what I went with tonight:
Yummy Grilled Tofu From Book of Yum
1 lb of firm tofu - I used extra firm! 2 tbsp GF soy sauce - I used Bragg's seasoning
1 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
1 Tbsp rice vinegar - I only had apple cider, close enough!
1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
2 pressed cloves of garlic
Drain water from tofu, and cut horizontally in thirds or half. Wrap in towel and leave for 30 minutes or so until water has absorbed into towel. (I definitely didn't leave it for 30 minutes and it was fine!) Mix marinade ingredients, and marinate tofu for at least 30 minutes. If possible, grill, if not, broil or pan fry.
I tossed the tantalizing-smelling marinating tofu in the fridge as we both collapsed on the couch, exhausted after our day of walking steep stairs and even steeper hills, watching the beginning of Iron Chef America's Oh Canada marathon featuring Lynn Crawford vs. Bobby Flay, Chuck Hughes vs. Bobby Flay and Roger Mooking vs. Michael Symon. A perfectly relaxing way to end an awesome summer day, with the door open and the smell of the grill wafting in! We just needed to relax a little bit first ...
... and then we woke up nearly three hours later!! Wow I guess we were completely exhausted! It was dark out now and we have no lights on our balcony for barbecuing, so we settled for kraft dinner (Jamie) and corn fusilli with tomato basil sauce (me) - except I used dried basil because we were out of fresh, and it was so not as good as fresh. What a difference! Still good, but not nearly as delicious and fresh-tasting! Ah well, it certainly hit the spot after a long and wonderful day!
I will definitely fill you in on Monday tomorrow - although it wasn't an overly exciting day! But now I'm exhausted and I need to go sleep-meditate myself into my early morning tomorrow.
I hope everyone had an incredible long weekend full of love and good times, make sure you hold it and take it with you for the rest of your week!
