Squirrelly Notes

Annual Health Exam Returns Promising Results

I had my annual health exam Monday and this year for some reason, the results came back fast (at least for me, Joe is still waiting for his.)  I was curious to see if being vegan for 11 weeks would yield any noticeable results. The one thing I was most concerned about was the 'C-reactive protein' which had taken a HUGE jump last year. It was supposed to be in a range between 0.00-3.00. Last year mine was 18.85   YIKES!!  This protein is an indicator of inflammation in the body and is related to 'cardiac', though I don't understand it completely.   This year, though still out of range, my level had  come down to 5.92. Five or six other indicators of kidney function that had been abnormal, have now normalized. Cholesterol (184) is only one point lower, yet tricglycerides are up a little (maybe because I weighed in 7 pounds heavier this year since I had been dieting last year.)  So it will be interesting next year to see what happens.

You'd think being vegan, I would have dropped tons of weight, but actually I went up 3 pounds. Since starting to drink a gallon of water everyday, over 2 of those 3, have dropped off again. I'm hoping this starts the trend I'm looking for - the numbers are certainly pointing that direction.

Do NOT Shop At, or Support, 'Petland'

Sicko employee and manager kill bunnies and apparently enjoy it enough to post it on Facebook.

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/08/bunnies_drowned.php

New Family Room Addition

We've been talking about doing this for awhile. The while finally arrived. When Joe suggested cutting down the entertainment center, I thought he was nuts. But it worked!  And it worked well. We set out to buy a 42" tv and came home with a 47". It was only $100 more - which we actually ended up not having to pay because of a misquote by our first salesman. So when we checked out, they took off the $100 that they under-quoted.
























How did we get it home? Believe it or not, it fit in my Fit.