Sauteed cabbage

It's 8C and overcast today, like it's trying to rain.

The gym was crowded today, of course, Monday morning. I didn't get to use a few of the weight machines as I didn't want to wait around.

I was at the grocery store today and decided I should start buying the tuna with less mercury. So I made a point to check it when I got home. Albacore canned tuna (white tuna) is the one to avoid due to the higher mercury levels. It seems skipjack, yellowfin and tongol have much lower levels as they are smaller fish. They recommend 1 to 4 servings per week for women and children under age 11. So we try not to have it more than once or twice a week. It's good, quick food that everyone likes, however. I also didn't take any of the plastic grocery bags and took my groceries to the car and packed them in the re-usable bags I had in the trunk.

I just made some delicious sauteed cabbage, i think I'll be doing all my vegetables like that this week, it's pretty simple:

Sauteed Cabbage

half a cabbage, finely chopped
2 tbs non hydrogenated margarine
1 tbs olive oil
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp mustard
half an onion chopped
half a tomato chopped
half a cup of vegetable or chicken or beef broth (low sodium, even better)
half a cup of water

First, heated a couple of tablespoons of margarine, a tablespoon of olive oil, then added half a chopped onion, and the mustard and some minced fresh garlic cloves. Add half a chopped tomato and then stirr in the cabbage. Add half a cup of low sodium vegetable stock, and half a cup of water. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

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Earth Hour

Well Earth hour came and went. I feel happy that we participated in the symbolic awareness. I must say that I wasn't happy with the battery powered votives I bought. Real candle light was so much better. Then we realized how much we take electricity for granted.

M is having a fine time in New Orleans this weekend despite his flight there being delayed by a couple of hours on Friday. He had a wonderful french toast breakfast and an air boat ride in the afternoon. He was also able to have the famous beignets at Cafe Du Monde and visited the French Market. Then they attended the Sheryl Crow concert. Sounds like he's bringing back all sorts of souvenirs for us.

Had a nice, coldish walk with a girlfriend this morning. We stopped for coffee part way. Well, time to go help K study.

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The morning paper came this morning with 2 sections of Wheels/Entertainment and no Front pages or business. Luckily I can rely on the internet for news! The guy is usually pretty reliable.

I took L to her tennis lessons this afternoon. K got a much needed haircut, albeit just a trim. The place became very crowded just AFTER we walked in, lucky us. I picked up some battery powered votive candles on sale that I thought I could use tonight. They keep saying how candles are such a fire hazard, and I likely would leave them unattended and forget all about them. I also replaced our smoke alarms with new ones as they wear out after many years.

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Singulair

Well, L has been taking singulair for about a year to help control her asthma, and now it seems they are doing a suicide probe on the drug, but don't recommend you stop taking it without first consulting your doctor. It has other side effects like cough, headache, flu. So I told her to be watchful of symptoms and keep taking it until we next see the doctor (whose office has been so busy lately, K has to go in next week for a possible ear infection).

I had emailed a friend to see if she wanted to meet for coffee Saturday morning, then I got an email from her to say she is still on her trip to China. They've gotten a bit sick over there, vomitting and diarrhea but she managed to see the Great Wall. She says Beijing is beautiful but Shanghai has a more obvious disparity, big buildings right beside slums, also that the shopping is great.

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Earth Hour preparation

I'll have to get the flashlights and candles out to participate in Earth Hour on Saturday from 8 to 9pm, it's getting a huge response in the city, even the local mall is shutting off its lights.

K just changed his pant size, from a 27 to 28 inch waist and of course, the legs are a bit longer. He's been eating a lot lately.

L is having an EQAO grade 10 literacy test this morning. It's a province wide test and you need to pass it to gain high school accreditation. She said it's not THAT easy from the practice tests they've been getting.

M is off to New Orleans this weekend with his sister. He won the trip from his company. I didn't feel able to leave the kids without either parent, especially during school time.

I went for a lovely walk this afternoon, the roads were a bit dirty, but the weather was quite nice, I saw a few joggers out.

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Bright spring sunshine

Went to my step class this morning. Seem to be running behind on my chores today. It's good to have bright spring sunshine even if it's cold.

L found out that Einstein had Attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD)disorder. But he was able to get focussed and look at the result. Interesting.

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Library's online resources

It's supposed to snow or rain this afternoon. It felt good to be back at the gym for a workout this morning.

A friend dropped off some cute chocolate treats for the kids yesterday while we were at a movie. K forced us to see 'College Road Trip', there wasn't much else on and he wanted to do something fun as he's been studying so much. It was an 'ok' movie in spite of the bad ratings. Donny Osmond has a role in it. We had to wake M up as he started snoring part way through the movie. We can't stomach his choice of movies (the Rambo type stuff).

It's amazing how the Easter chocolate prices have dropped after Easter, but how much of it can you eat? Better to keep it out of the house.

Went to the library today to get L a book for school. The libarian helped me with the search and it turns out the library's online system gives you access to the Globe and Mail newspaper from 1844-2002 along with lots of other resources. I was aware of Worldbook and a few others, but it's a good place to turn if you can't find a lot of information on your topic.

I also renewed my blood pressure prescription and checked with the pharmacist about my recent overdose. He said if I didn't get dizzy, or have any other noticeable effects I should be fine, no cumulative effect. He said a lot of people do stuff like that, that's why they like to prescribe one single pill where possible. Some people can't even remember whether they took the pill or not. That's happened to me a few times.

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