Monday, March 30, 2009

The weekend and things ahead..

I had a fabulous wonderful weekend. The movie "I love you, man" was hilarious! We had a great time.

This Friday coming up I have a colonoscopy (BLAH), wish me luck, I am praying things have improved. Then I am off all of next week. Whoohoo, fun times ahead!

On Friday it was so beautiful and warm here that I opened all of the windows and put Ginger's bed in the sun for her to enjoy it. Here she is laying down, soaking up the rays. She will be 3 years old on Sunday!! I can't believe how big she has gotten, I will do a special birthday post for her on Sunday.
We bought some cute garden statues for our yard. I named the bunny Filbert. The angel has no name, she just watches over us. :)
We also bought and planted four blueberry bushes!! I can't wait to be able to pick and eat my own fruit (probably not for 2 years!). I must be patient!

At Whole Foods this week, I picked up 2 different powders for my smoothies. Superfoods to the rescue!
On Saturday when T and I went to our favorite health food store and deli, I picked up these Just Peas. They have nothing added and nothing artificial, they are pretty tasty. I wanted to get the persimmon one as well, but they are almost $5.00 each, so I tried the peas first. Great little snack!
For dinner at the deli, I got the vegan falafel sandwich on a whole wheat wrap. This was very tasty and fulfilling. Someone had asked in my last blog post about how I tolerate wheat with Crohn's. It really doesn't bother me at all. I've been tested a few times for gluten intolerance and it always comes up negative. I do however, try to avoid wheat on my own. But I do indulge once in a while.
I also had a garden salad from there. I added some Parma to it when I got home. This salad was so fresh and colorful. My favorite kind of meal! :)
Have a wonderful Monday everyone! Hopefully I will post before my colonoscopy. We will be at my in laws Thursday night-Saturday night, so if you don't hear from me, that's why.

13 comments:

VeggieGirl said...

Aww, love Ginger :-)


Good luck with the colonscopy!!! I'm here for ya!!

Vegan_Noodle said...

Looks like a wonderful weekend!! I love falafel wraps... so good.

Best of luck with the procedure on Friday...take care!

Melomeals: Vegan for $3.33 a Day said...

Good luck with on Friday. I'll bet you have healed yourself so much..

jessy said...

good luck on friday, Lauren! i am thinking happy & healthy thoughts for you! :) glad you guys had a rock'n weekend! dan & i will have to see that movie! and hooray for the just peas! dan loooves the just apples the most! i think i need to check out the peas! i love them so much! mmmmmmm! Ginger is just too adorable! and blueberry bushes! oooooh! those are gonna be so awesome! i love the bunny & the angel, too! thanks for sharing all your fun garden pictures - seeing the process of it all rocks!

earthmother said...

I love the photo of the birthday girl getting a sun tan!

In-laws + Colonoscopy = lots and lots of pampering ala T, I hope! :D

Raspberry Stethoscope said...

Hey,
I made my first "green" smoothie. It has curly kale, pineapple, mango, and banana. All organic. It is delicious! I can't wait to experiment with more greens. thanks for the inspiration.

Raspberry Stethoscope said...

I forgot, I also added about a tablespoon of ground flax seeds!

Vegan On Stage said...

hey girl!!! so im guna comment here on your last three posts!!!

Boo on the blender.. I know that a vita mix is super expensive.. i dont have a vitamix but i got a smoothie maker from bed bath and beyond that is pretty amazing... seriosuly takes like 3 minutes to make a monster smoothie... look into it for the time being maybe? i think it cost me 50 bucks. ( i know how frusterating a bad blender can be!)

I wanna see I love you man!!! i love that whole crew of actors.. they are hysterical!

good luck on friday!!!

Alissa said...

good luck with that. the colonoscopy i mean. i hate those things. esp the prep.

take it easy.

Aimee (bitt) said...

good luck on the colonoscopy. i had one once and it was actually kinda cool to see what it looks like in there.

Megan said...

that wrap looks amazing!!

i love ginger :)

Gerlaine said...

You do wonderful blog posts! I can't wait to read from you again soon! Happy Birthday Doggie!

What wonderful food! I can't wait to begin my own raw food journey!

~Lauren Gerlaine

Mandee said...

Good luck for Friday and you are going to be so happy when your blueberry bushes produce fruit, you lucky, lucky girl!!