Marion Nestle reports in her latest book, What to Eat, that “more than 80% of Americans snack at least once a day”. What’s more, snacks account for more than one-fifth of daily calories.
Look for that number to go up now that marketers at Taco Bell have introduced the FourthMeal, the meal between dinner and breakfast. [...]
Entries from June 2006
June 30, 2006
Eat More, Inc.
June 29, 2006
Of thighs and hairy butts
I was looking at some photos of men over on Scott’s site, and it doesn’t appear to me that men have a problem with their thighs rubbing together. Some of them have hairy butts, though.
June 29, 2006
Evaluating Cryobanks
We are out of IUI units. We need two per month: one for the day before and one for the day after ovulation. A few days ago I (Mel) checked on the inventory for our donor and found, no surprise, that we would have to go on the wait list for him again. We went on the wait [...]
June 28, 2006
House for Sale
No, not mine. Well, maybe. The lab mix stays.
Seriously, our neighbor across the street is selling her house, and what a house it is. Holy crap. It’s a brick Tudor, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1800 square feet, full, dry basement, in-ground swimming pool. It’s listed at $145k, but I know the seller wants to walk [...]
June 27, 2006
Books make u smrt
Are book hoarders smarter than non-book hoarders? They’re definitely more pretentious. What about folks who list books that they’re reading or have read on their blogs? I get wanting to keep track of a title so you don’t forget about it, but I don’t really care what somebody read three years ago. I can go [...]
June 26, 2006
Project Young’n Round 2 and Rosie Updates
We've just finished up our second round of inseminations last week, and I went back on the blasted progesterone this morning. I'm already in a bad mood, but I think it's because I know what's coming this time– sore boobs with no relief, feeling bloated and heartburny every time I eat, fatigue, stomach upset, and [...]
June 18, 2006
We’re back– Quick trip re-cap
We're back from a week in (mostly) sunny North Carolina. We had a great time– lots of quality together-time, much of it spent driving. Lots of seafood, including fried oysters, crabcakes, Spanish Mackerel, and Flounder. We'll probably be limiting seafood quite a bit from here on out because I (Mel) will be doing my best to keep [...]
June 12, 2006
Vacation Paradise
The start of our vacation has been hit and miss. We visited Colonial Williamsburg and had an enjoyable dinner. I was deliriously tired after driving the 800 or so miles to get to Hatteras Island. I took two Dramamine while waiting for the car ferry. No motion sickness, but I felt like I was in [...]
June 8, 2006
It’s official– didn’t happen this time
Just a quick update before we leave for vacation. I had the blood pregnancy test this morning and got the results back an hour ago. Not pregnant.
Apparently the progesterone supplement I'm taking is pushing my period back and elevating my waking temps. The silver lining is that it has pushed my period and subsequent [...]
June 7, 2006
Still negative. Still crazy.
Took another pregnancy test this morning, and it was negative again. This is day 27 of my usually 25 day cycle, though. Still no period. Waking temps are still high. I thought that perhaps the Prometrium (the progesterone supplement to correct my luteal phase defect) might be preventing my period from coming on. Getting conflicting information about [...]
