CHEESESLAVE

Grammy (my mom) and Stella (my niece) with Kate this afternoon.

My mom (Babsie) and my friend Louisa (who lives in France) both tagged me on this meme.

Rules of “tag”:

1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog
2. Share 7 random and/or weird things about yourself
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. When I was 26, I developed arthritis and a host of other maladies including respiratory allergies, chronic sinus infections, thrush on my tongue and sores in my nose that wouldn’t heal. After doing a ton of research, I traced it to candida, which is an overgrowth of yeast in the digestive tract, due to an imbalance of gut flora. I reversed all my symptoms in 2 months with diet and probiotics, but it took 2 years to fully heal. I’m glad I made the effort, since arthritis is a degenerative disease.

2. I love stories about mermaids, witches, psychics — anything to do with the supernatural. However, I’m not a fan of horror — too upsetting!). When I was a little girl I had a book about mermaids that I loved so much, my mom had to buy it for me from the library (I think I said I lost it).

3. I am a published author. I wrote a cookbook, and even traveled around the country and did radio and TV interviews to promote it. I have also written one unpublished novel, and have two other novels in the works. However, I’m not sure if I will publish a novel next — or maybe another book about food.

4. I’m currently 20 to 25 lbs over my normal weight. This is the most I have ever weighed (other than when I was pregnant). Ever since I had the baby, I can’t seem to lose it. I’m sure this is a metabolic/hormonal thing. I think it is reversible. Still learning…

5. Having a baby has been far and away the best experience of my life. I also love Seth very much — I’m so extremely grateful to finally have a family (after all these years of being alone!). I am happier now than I have ever been.

6. I want a second home in Europe — either Great Britain or France. I also want some chickens and a cow. And I want to learn how to make wine and cheese.

7. I speak a little French, a tiny bit of Spanish, and even less Japanese. I want to brush up on all of these languages, so I’m going to teach my daughter and learn in the process. (I just ordered the Muzzy Spanish set!)

Here’s who I’m tagging:

Angelique
Riana
Fighting Windmills
Momma of Many

OK that’s not seven, I know — but a lot of the people I would tag have already been tagged. And I gotta go get my pallets now!