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Finished My Antonia this morning. Started this a few hours ago:

Just started this today: I read it in high school, but that was because I HAD to. Now I'm reading it because I want to.

Just finished: Just started:

The rule in our house is to name cats after baseball players. We have Sammy Sosa and Albert Pujols.

What, we're not supposed to like Radiohead anymore? I just had to post to see what my member no. is. I'm old school vc. Back from the days that a whole weekend would go by with no new posts...

Oh yeah, instead of white rice try Basmati rice., which is lower on the glycemic index. Also, Uncle Ben's Converted rice (which is white) is supposed to be good too. Also, "cloudy" apple juice is supposed to be better for you than clear, something to do with the fructose... Here are the benefits of a lower glycemic index diet: reduce the risk of heart disease reduce blood cholesterol levels reduce hunger and keep you fuller for longer prolong physical endurance help re-fuel carbohydrate stores after exercise

I'll try to explain the difference between white and whole grain... I'll use tortillas as an example. A regular flour tortilla has 24g of carbs and 1g of fiber. So you eat it and your body has to break down 23g net carbs before the carbs are turned to sugar and eventually to fat. A whole wheat tortilla has 19g of carbs and 14g of fiber (I'm not kidding). So when you eat that, your body only has to break down 5g of net carbs. That's how the whole glycemic index thing works. My dietician told me that if you're eating mostly white flour products, it's not much better than just eating

Eating fruit is fine, but make sure you're not eating too much. It has a lot of sugar, although it's natural. Stick with stuff like apples and grapes (with the skin on) as opposed to oranges for the fiber. Also, make sure you're eating protein to balance out any carbs you are eating and make sure you're getting enough fiber. If you're not much of a meat eater, cottage cheese, beans, and eggs are great protein choices. If you haven't already, stop eating stuff made with white flour and stick to whole wheat. Stuff like bread, pasta, tortillas, etc. Also try to stay away from white rice.

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. My son wants us to read it at the same time so we can talk about it as we go. I'd have it finished by now, but I need to let him catch up. I'm not used to reading slow...

I have an online friend who has a crush on Bob Saget. I think he's a huge dork.

When I'm done being diabetic, I'll have to try that. Anything for Stephen Colbert. Is it wrong that I find him attractive?

Sums it up for me too, only I've never seen him in person.

Many thanks!!

It was icy here yesterday and today. I didn't get any pics today, but I got this one last night of some ice on the branch of my Japanese Maple.

It blows my mind that she actually survived her childhood. I have about 15 or so books waiting to be read right now. So far this year, I've read O Pioneers by Willa Cather and I'm about 1/2 way through The Glass Castle. I'm slacking! Jay and I have discovered used book sales. The library in Ann Arbor has an awesome sale and trade paperbacks are only $2. We go every weekend and usually come home with a few books. Most of them are like brand new!

Jeff Daniels lives about 15 minutes from me.

My sister is named Corinne. She could never find those little license plates for her bike when she was little.

My youngest (for the next couple of months anyways) is named Jacob. How original could we be? The next one will be Grace. It was popular with people who are from the generation before me and with little kids now, but I don't know of anyone in their late twenties/early thirties with that name.

Jacob is at the other end of the spectrum. He's in the 9th percentile for weight and 95th for length. He's built like his dad... The kid eats like a pig too. He had pot roast, chicken, green bean casserole, a crescent roll, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, more mashed potatoes and more green bean casserole for dinner tonight and 6 ounces of formula. He just never stops moving long enough to give the food time to stick to his bones...

I think you have OSU confused with Michigan State.

I can see how it could inspire those players tomorrow. Even though he's no longer a coach, he's still an important part of that team. I'm sure those guys know Bo pretty well. They'll pull it off for him.

I don't have anything worth stealing in my house except my laptop. We don't keep cash or credit cards or anything and the only jewelry I have is my wedding ring and I wear that. They'd be SOL if they came to my house. They'd look at the cd's and wonder who the heck the bands were and figure that since they hadn't heard of them, they must suck...

Right now, Cash Cab is on and then it's To Catch A Thief on the Discovery Channel. I have no life and I've never watched lost anyways.

Yep, we found out Thursday that it was a girl. Her name will be Grace (Gracie) Marie.

Here's Jacob from a couple months ago... And, here he is from the pumpkin patch... And here's Mommy, Ryan and Gracie (in utero)...