I just got a bag of peaches and two pints of organic strawberries yesterday. The peaches will be washed and sliced, skin on, laid out on waxed paper or foil on a tray to freeze, then bagged. The strawberries will be capped, cored, and halved, and then frozen as well.

I don't have popsicles anymore, but a half-cup of frozen strawberries is the same cold-crunchy, with added vitamins and fiber. Half-thawed peaches with a dash of sugar and a splash of half and half is a decadent dessert. And a half-cup of each, combined with half a banana, a shot each of OJ and almond milk, with water as needed, makes an awesome smoothie-meal.

I've been shocked and dismayed at the loss of grapes in my diet. The sugar is too readily available. Everytime I try eating grapes, even along with a bit of ham or chicken, the sugar rush is unpleasant. Strawberries, cherries, peaches, apples, and citrus in season--satsumas, clementines, oranges, tangerines--are my usuals. And dried cranberries have replaced raisins in all the things that call for raisins. Apparently, grapes in all their forms are Right Out, at least right now. Even wine has no appeal right now.

Sue, cobbler might be quicker. Don't waste yummy peaches.

It's more the state of my kitchen...

I'm really limited in the fruits I can eat without pain. The IBS has resulted in over twenty pounds of weight loss since I was diagnosed. Which, you know, I needed to lose it.

Just not by being in pain, I wish.

Also, I wish so much I could publicly thank Maria and her colleagues. If I didn't know her...I just don't know how I would have fared. There are these amazing people over there who went to the mat to help me and I really can't say anything. It's difficult. I want to send them all flowers and write their bosses and tell them they were kind.

I've been hearing good things about this year's peaches, even from the supermarket, but I'm kind of allergic to stone fruits, so I avoid them. Also nasty fuzzy.

And, because I've been earwormed since Tuesday and must share, the Animaniacs quake song: [link]

Do peanut M&Ms count as fruit?

I would like to see your argument for that one.

But afterwards, I stopped at the farmer's market and got some peaches.

Good man! I put you in second place behind flea.

Do peanut M&Ms count as fruit?

Bzzzt! Scrappy, I expect better from you. You know you cannot resist the allure of peanut M&Ms!

I want to send them all flowers and write their bosses and tell them they were kind.

Maybe a socket wrench set and a punch in the shoulder?

You can still write personal thank-you notes, Allyson.

I kept a file of student notes that never saw the light of day except when I was having shitastic days, that I pulled out to reassure myself "You don't suck."

You should definitely write thank you notes and cc their bosses! ...except if they don't fix your problem the bosses are the ones you're mad at, so...awkward.

Fruit Audit: Who's had a serving of fruit today?

I am eating breakfast a bit late, after getting up late and doing some work I walked to the coffee shop. I am having iced coffee, and then I heated up leftover quinoa with some skim milk, cinnamon, craisins, and maple syrup. Mmm.

You can still write personal thank-you notes, Allyson.

Good call! oof. My head is made of dumb.