Day 13 - almost halfway through the vegetarian experiment

13 days! That must be some kind of lucky number. Yeah, I know what you're thinking - 13 is bad luck. 13 has always been a good number for me. As a matter of fact, we are still trucking along with our vegetarian diet. No meat has been eaten for 13 days, and it has honestly not been difficult for me to stick to that. Why is that? I pay little heed to meat. I do not need it.

Today's menu included some tasty eggplant parmesan. It was my first attempt at making that dish and it turned out pretty decent. Now that I have a good baseline, I can add more seasoning to the batter to get more flavor. I got the batter recipe from The Vegetarian Family Cookbook by Nava Atlas. Good stuff.

Lunch was a BK Veggie Burger (MorningStar Farms) with a value-sized fries. The sizing of the fries and drinks at fast food restaurants deeply disturbs me. I can't believe a 16oz drink passes for a small, and that the current value size fry used to be the small fry. The medium drink is 32 ounces! Crazy! Honestly, you're probably better off not eating at fast food joints if you can help it.

Today was also quite a productive day. I fit in the time to finish painting the ceiling in our spare room and got a new ceiling fan installed in there as well. It looks great. The room is a vibrant green with a dark chocolate ceiling. Think of it like an upside-down tree. It's very soothing and will also provide a great office environment at home.

As a side note, I have been reading The Secret
and I am finding it quite fascinating. It is a book about the Law of Attraction, which relies on the power of positive thought to alter your life circumstances. If any of you have experiences with the Law of Attraction, I'd like to hear about it.

Signing off for now,
Charles