Charlie The House Guest

Look What We Found!!
June 30th at 9:30pm ... little Charlie (that is what we called him, but it was obvious this wasn't his name) was running full throttle up our street. Tundie and I were sitting out the front, and saw this little guy go sailing by. Mare went out driving around looking for him. It was dark and he was obviously lost and scared - actually there were fireworks that night .... and he must have been terrified. Mare didn't have any luck finding him out driving around and came home.

Then 1/2 hour later .. he came back the other way, running as fast as he could. I yelled to Mare and she grabbed one of Thunder's leashes and ran down the street to try and find him (he was heading back towards the park). Five minutes later, I saw Mare walking back up to the house, with yes, a dog at the end of the leash she grabbed.

It was late by the time we got him home ... so of course he had to sleep over. We fixed up another dog bed in our bedroom - and there we were with an overnight guest. Little Charlie was muddy, scared and tired.

The next morning our mission was finding his home ... I drove the 4 of us around the neighbourhood asking anyone that was out if they recognized little Charlie ... all "no's".

Our next stop was the Humane Society ... it was amazing ... first it was amazing that they were open July 1st. Second that they are so wonderful, helpful and caring there .. check it out:

http://www.kwhumane.com

This is our second time this year calling the Humane Society, in May we called because Mare found a Robin in our front yard with a broken wing - she called, and they came and got him hours later. That without doubt saved his life. It made me so proud to live in a country that you can call someone and report an injured wild bird - and they come, take him and care for him.

So - we got "Charlie" to the Humane Society by 10:00 am ... at 3:30pm Mare called and his family had already come and taken him home. How more of a happy ending could you ask for.

Just as a side note .. for any of the Canadian Tire shoppers ... the Humane Society does take donations of Canadian Tire Money to buy supplies - so save it up, donate it, and help some animals.

Schwen

The Cleanse

The cleanse went so so .... we didn't stick to everything for the 3 days - but what I would like to do is try again, in fact do this every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If nothing else, it makes me think about everything I am eating. For the most part I did stick to no sugar, no gluten and no animal products.

It seems as soon as I declared that I wouldn't have something ... I started craving it. Tricky, tricky mind of mine.

I did have a coffee in the morning and a glass of wine in the evening .... so this coming week I will just do better. As Schwen said, that is all part of what this is ... not perfection, but just being a little bit better today than we were yesterday.

Above is a bowl of steel cut oatmeal with organic blueberries, walnuts and a little maple syrup on it - this is cleanse friendly ... and it is soo good.

My other great find was frozen waffles (Buckwheat Wildberry) ... from the health food freezer section in Zehr's. Two of those toasted in the morning with a tiny bit of maple syrup drizzled over was wonderful.

The third day ... for breakfast we had some gluten free rice bread ... toasted ... with Almond Butter on ..... mmmmm.

Another product that is gluten free are corn tortilla's. I went to a little Latino Store and purchased a bag of them .... 3 doz in the bag for $1.99. Basically it is corn, corn flour, water, lime and few preservatives ... they are very delicious - the smell is amazing and reminds me of when we lived in Mexico. The Old El Paso hard tortilla's are gluten and sugar free ... now, not so sure they are entirely healthy .... but it certainly is a nice comfort food .... filled with some nice refried beans, chopped tomatoes, spinach, olives and hot peppers. We also had some left over bbq'd portabello mushrooms, I chopped them up and had them in our tortilla ..... so so so good.

For 2 of the dinners I made a veggie chili .... my mom's recipe .. just without the ground beef. I don't eat meat any longer, but even if I did, I much prefer the chili without the meat. It is Chili sin Carne :) I also made a Cabbage Roll Casserole dish and added some kale to get some greens in there. It was alright the first day, but the 2nd and 3rd days it was amazing. My family can except that at our next get together.

I will find some more great recipe's this week. I will also step things up a notch at the gym - I have been going 2 times a week, but I notice I am pretty easy on myself ... I need to push myself just a little bit more.

Mare

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