Tourists in our own town

Me and Lauren woke up on our day off to go to the Fallsview buffet. We went to the buffet to celebrate the 21 one days of our detox, and we had a coupon for a free buffet as well. We ate all of the food we couldn't have on the detox, like waffles covered in syrup, peppers in my omelet, bacon, and everything else we craved.



The buffet was great but I didn't want to go home right away, instead I wanted to see the magnificent falls. Plus it was a really warm day for the end of October and why the heck not. So I convinced Lauren it would be fun and would be better than going back home right away. It didn't take very long to walk there and get covered in mist by the roaring falls. The Canadian waterfall is so much more impressive then the American side. We saw the huge lights that get shined on the falls with all the different colours during the night. After watching the amazing amount of water going over the falls it was time to go on and we were getting wet.

We decided to take shelter in the gift shop building where we bought Jelly Bellys at Pop and Lollys and Lauren got her favourite jelly bean, juicy pear.

Then we took some pictures with some mascot beaver. There is this tram that takes people up and down to the falls for two dollars its allot faster than walking.

It was a neat little ride and a great view of the falls. From there we started to walk home and on the way I dove in this huge pile of leaves like a kid. In the fall the leaves are really amazing they turn red, orange and yellow. The leaves look like a puffy pillow but that pillow isn't soft when you land on it and hit the ground. That was our day of being tourists.


Trev

Day 21 - Last Day of the Detox

So since we've written about our detox, I've had nothing but good things to say. But by day 21 of depriving myself of alcohol, sugar, gluten, yeast, dairy and all the other great things in life, I'm over it. I like to think that I'd like to not consume any of these things most of the time, but once or twice a week I'd like to indulge a bit, just to make life worth living. I'm at the point now where I really am sick of carrots, bananas, soup and gluten free pasta. A couple of days of eating "normal" food may help that. Trev and I are planning on walking to the casino to participate in the Grand Buffet Breakfast. We have a coupon that will make one of our breakfasts free. It's about a 40 minute walk to the casino (yes, we're carless and have been for the last few months which has made this unbearable place even more unbearable), but I'm thinking of running there to stuff my face and then I'll probably feel like crap afterwards for doing so. Ah well....that's the price I'm willing to pay. Maybe I'll bring my camera so you can see how much fun we have eating "normal" food after 21 days?

Laur

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

This picture was taken last Halloween at the Filly and Firkin. Yes yes the attractive looking blonde is me and the beautiful pimp with the black top hat is my girl. Unfortunately this Halloween we are in our apartment watching TV and making beet chips. Last Halloween i had a stuffed bra and this year I'm chilling out to save for the trip of a life time. I did do something festive for Halloween, I put up some decorations for the Firkin. We live in a bungalo apartment and we were at the grocery store today, but we didn't know if we should buy any candy for kids if they stopped by trick or treating. So we decided not to and if someone came by for a treat we would hide. So far no knock and its 11pm, its safe to say no one is coming. Plus those treats would be one hell of a temptation since we're detoxing.

Trev

Brrrr.....it's cold in here!

So we're still detoxing. One more week to go! I don't know about Trevor, but I've lost some weight since I started. My skin looks great. I've been happier and had more energy. So there is a point to being on this detox. I just don't want to go back to eating the same way I did before after the 21 days is up. I do, however, want to drink! I also do need to eat a good chocolatey dessert, so those two things are first and foremost on the agenda and once I've had both my chocolate and alcohol fix, I'll go back to carrots and chicken and gluten free pasta :)

Other than that we are more than excited to move! We booked our one way flights to London a few months ago. We've booked the moving van to get our stuff to my parents house. We've put a couple of our things up for sale on the web. We've canceled our Hydro, Gas and Cable, obviously also notified our landlord that we're leaving too....and she's already rented out our place to a stripper :) She shows our apartment without asking us. She came by to tell us they were turning off the water for a few hours this morning, so after she told us she'd rented it out to a "dancer," she left and the first thing I said to Trevor was "Oh so she brought a stripper into our apartment!" Sometimes you gotta love Niagara Falls....'cause that's hilarious.

We've also got St. Paddy's Day (March 17th) booked. I know it's a little far ahead, but apparently it's a pretty busy time of year so better to be safe than sorry. We've booked our flight and hotel, YAY! We're going with my good friend from high school. He lives in London now. We're actually staying with him when we get there. This is obviously before we find a place of our own (and jobs!).

Anyways, just thought I'd give you an update on our EXCITING lives! We just had the last
couple of days off of work and we've been hibernating in our warm, little apartment. Here's what we look like when we're hibernating:

Laur

Detoxing is hard!

So for a week now Trev and I have been detoxing. Dr. Joshi's holistic detox to be exact. The top ten rules of the detox are as follows:

-No Red Meat
-No Dairy Produce
-No Fruit (except Bananas)
-No Wheat, Gluten, Yeast
-No Alcohol
-No Biscuits, Cakes, Doughnuts
-No Jams, Spreads (except Honey)
-No Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee or Tea (except Herbal teas)
-No Sugar, Chocolate or Sweets
-No Artificially Produced Flavourings: Ketchup, Vinegar, Mustard etc.

The entire point of eating this way for 21 days, is to feel and look better. We're almost done Week 1 (which is generally the hardest) and we do feel a lot better. This is the 3rd time we've done this detox and the first time (which probably took place around early April-ish 2007) I was ecstatic with the changes I experienced over just 3 short weeks (although it felt a lot longer at the time). Joshi quotes on the back of the book "If no-one comments within two weeks on how great you're looking - you must be cheating." And it's true....you'd be surprised.

My family's in town tomorrow night and taking us to our favourite steak house for dinner. So there will be a bit of detox cheating taking place. I can't speak for Trevor, but I'm somehow going to pass on the alcohol (even though I love a good glass of red at dinner and the martini's at this place are really amazing). And then instead of having a nice fat steak for dinner, I'll opt for fish instead. So although I'll be cheating on the detox, at least I won't feel like absolute crap for doing so.

There's not a lot of information on this detox on the web (although the book is great and you can buy it off Amazon.ca), but there's a forum link that I've managed to find a lot of information and ideas from, click here to take a look.

Here's a pic of some of our usual food we love to eat (and can't eat on this detox!)


Laur