Long weekend and feeling good!

First of all, thank you all so very much for the kind words, thoughts and prayers. Your support means so much to me and friends make blogging so worth it! :) I started Prednisone on Friday and already feel much much better. I will be seeing my doctor tomorrow to see how long I will be on it and what the next step is. A few of you mentioned avoided raw food while I wasn't feeling well and believe me, I always do. Last week I didn't eat anything raw, in fact, yesterday was the first time I felt well enough to enjoy raw food again. When I don't feel well it's plain, plain, plain meals. Hence my lack of posts lately.

Anyway, on Friday night I had my little brother in laws conformation and on Saturday my other brother in law (he's my age, 25), got engaged to his girlfriend!!! We are so extremely happy that it FINALLY happened! We even had them over today (along with my in laws) for a little lunch, champagne (non for me!) and strawberries. So exciting!! Of course it was almost 95 degrees today!!

Below is my dinner from last night. Some baked veggies (eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers) and a small side salad.
I've been in a sweet mood lately, which is unusual because I am not big on desserts. But I love a piece of dark chocolate every now and then. At Whole Foods I picked up a Dagoba Organic chocolate bar, the flavor was roseberry and it had raspberries and rose hips in it. This was so tempting and delicious. My favorite thing to do with chocolate is put it in the freezer and grab a small piece every so often. Chocolate bars usually last a few weeks in my house, but this one was gone by today!

It has been so hot and beautiful here this weekend. We've spent plenty of time in the yard, and I am positive my Vitamin D levels have gone up! I even got a little color! Here's some beautiful flowers outside the window in our office. So cheery!

Here's the little booger making a sad face because my mother in laws pug didn't come visit with them today! Poor little Ginger!

Last night I made some Quinoa (gluten free) pasta with asparagus, Lima beans and sun dried tomatoes. A lovely Spring pasta dish, to bad it felt like Summer! ;) I liked this pasta, but as it cooled down it got really hard, and crunchy..weird!

Today before our guests arrived I made myself a nice big energizing juice. This was kale, apple, and lemon. Simple, refreshing, perfect!

We grilled today when everyone was over, but after my juice I didn't feel like anything else, so for dinner I had my share of veggie burgers! I had 2 Sunshine Burgers-Garden Herb and Southwestern. I've tried most of the flavors now and I think Garden Herb is my favorite. I love that these burgers are gluten, soy, dairy, wheat and egg free, with very minimal ingredients. Mostly nuts and veggies! I used romaine lettuce leaves for the bun, sprouts, onion, sun dried tomatoes, mustard, and heirloom tomato.

So that's my exciting weekend! I will update soon with a doctor report! Enjoy life everyone!