A Headache....and 'Unofficial'

Okay, let me get the negative complaining part out of the way first and then I will get to some pictures and stuff.  I am on day 4 of a headache and growing increasingly grouchy. I am doing a min-detox of sorts that involves:  no caffeine, no sugar (well, almost none), grains, starches, etc. I have had no bread, coffee, pop, pasta and almost no dairy (besides two hard-boiled eggs) this week. You name it...I'm not eating it. Now besides the headache, it hasn't been so bad really. But yesterday in the middle of yelling at the kids for fighting for the 356th time I almost cracked and went straight to the kitchen to fix myself some coffee. I felt bad for yelling at them and worse about my headache. Is it really worth the stress? Yes and no. I wanted to make it until Wednesday, three days, and I did. Then I wanted to make it until Friday...and I still might. I did make an exception last night because we had a big family dinner out last night that had been planned for weeks and I knew I was going to get my usual rustic salad with crumbled blue cheese, and I did. I did avoid the bread, appetizers and dessert successfully though. Okay, now I'm done whining. But I still have a headache.

I wanted to share some pictures from Tuesday; The First Unofficial Day of Spring,  declared by yours truly. We met my sister and her kids at the park and spent half of the day there. The kids had a blast and were exhausted by the time we got home. It was a beautiful day with just perfect weather.

I think Jill and I actually could have went shopping and came back a couple of hours later and the kids still would have been in the Pine Forest working on that tee-pee structure. Catching frogs, getting wet and muddy,  playing on the playground, building a tee-pee, eating cupcakes, playing with your couisns.....very good for the First Unofficial Day of Spring.